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BorninDallas
RaisedinVirginia
Spentlotsof5meinSouthTexas
10yearsinMadison,WI
MovedtoAlbanyin2011
1)Yourname2)Whereareyoufrom(e.g.,whatwasthe
weather/climatewhereyougrewup)?3)Whatwasthebestlearningac5vity
you’vedoneincollege?
ABriefHistoryoftheFieldofMeteorologySynoptic:
DerivedfromtheGreekwordsyn(“together”)andopsis(“view”)Describesobserva5onsthatgiveabroadpointofview
Breakthroughsinmid1800s• Espy(1830s)à“ThermalTheoryofCyclones”
Storm!clouds!latenthea0ng!heatenginemodel• Redfield(1831)àCycloniccircula5ons
Vor0calstructuresaroundcyclones
• Loomis(1841)àcurrentsincyclonesCombina0onofkinema0cflows
Espy Redfield
Loomis
ABriefHistoryoftheFieldofMeteorologySynoptic:
DerivedfromtheGreekwordsyn(“together”)andopsis(“view”)Describesobserva5onsthatgiveabroadpointofview
Modernmeteorology• 1stLawofThermodynamics
àConserva5onofEnergy• Ferrelderivedthermalwind
Breakthroughsinmid1800s• Espy(1830s)à“ThermalTheoryofCyclones”
Storm!clouds!latenthea0ng!heatenginemodel• Redfield(1831)àCycloniccircula5ons
Vor0calstructuresaroundcyclones
• Loomis(1841)àcurrentsincyclonesCombina0onofkinema0cflows
• Koppen(1882)àthermalstructure Ver0cal0ltandver0calstructuresofcyclones
ABriefHistoryoftheFieldofMeteorology
Prof.VilhelmBjerknes
VilhelmBjerknesFatherofModernofMeteorology• Father(CarlAntonBjerknes)wasaprofessorofmathema5cs
andphysics• WorkedwithHeinrichHertz(namesakeoftheunitof
frequency)ontheexistenceofEMwavesandinstrumentsthattransmit/receiveradiopulses
• 1895–ProfessorattheUniversityofStockholmCombina5onoffluiddynamicsandthermodynamics-Developedprimi5veequa5ons(s0llusedtoday!!!!)
• 1904–TheoryàPrimi0veequa0onscouldbeusedtopredictatmosphericmo5on!
• 1917–FoundedBergenGeophysicalIns5tuteattheUniversityofBergen,Norway.• DevelopedNorwegianCycloneModel(withsonJacob,
HalvorSolbergandTorBergeron)