Fleming, James Rodger, <br/><br/>
Inventing atmospheric science :  Bjerknes, Rossby, Wexler, and the foundations of modern meteorology / 
James Rodger Fleming. 
 - Cambridge, MA :  MIT Press,  (c)2016. 
 - 1 online resource 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographies and index. 
<br/><br/>Bjerknes --  Rossby --  Wexler --  Atmospheric sciences. 
<br/><br/> "This big picture history of atmospheric research examines the first six decades of the twentieth century, from the dawn of applied fluid dynamics to the emergence, by 1960, of the interdisciplinary atmospheric sciences. Using newly available archival sources, it documents the work of three interconnected generations of scientists: Vilhelm Bjerknes, Carl-Gustaf Rossby, and Harry Wexler, whose aspirations were fueled by new theoretical insights, pressing societal needs, and expanded technological capabilities. Radio, radar, aviation, nuclear tracers, digital computing, sounding rockets, and satellites provided new ways to measure and study the global atmosphere -- 
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<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780262334518 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Atmospheric science--History.<br/>Atmosphere--Research.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Index Terms: </label>SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY & SOCIETY/History of Science SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY & SOCIETY/History of Technology PHYSICAL SCIENCES/General 
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic Books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>QC855  / .I584 2016