Weathering the Storm
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Weathering the Storm
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Meteorology today is the beneficiary of the work of Sverre Petterssen. This memoir uncovers the history of meteorology, including forecasting for WWII bombing raids and D-Day.
Table of Contents
Chapter 1. Early Years
Chapter 2. Apprenticeship
Chapter 3. In the Grip of the Arctic
Chapter 4. Bergen and Beyond
Chapter 5. New Horizons
Chapter 6. A Visit by Friends
Chapter 7. To England via Newfoundland
Chapter 8. Loaned to the British
Chapter 9. The Upper-Air Group
Chapter 10. Bombing and Research
Chapter 11. A Stab at the Tirpitz
Chapter 12. Mr. Pyke and the Mastery of the Snow
Chapter 13. The Failure of Operation Freshman
Chapter 14. Algiers, Tunis, and Bari
Chapter 15. Naples and Anzio
Chapter 16. Overlord: A Dream and an Awakening
Chapter 17. Overlord: Planning for Chaos
Chapter 18. Overlord: Approach to D-Day
Chapter 19. Overlord: The Postponement
Chapter 20. Overlord: A No-Name Policy
Chapter 21. Washington and Honolulu
Chapter 22. Tea in the House of Lords
Chapter 23. Reconstruction and Travel
Chapter 24. At Crossroads in India
Chapter 25. Full Circle
Appendix A. Petterssen's Correspondence with J.M. Stagg
Appendix B. Timeline
Appendix C. Sverre Petterssen, A Select Bibliography
James Rodger Fleming
JAMES RODGER FLEMING is an internationally known historian of science and technology and Professor of Science, Technology, and Society at Colby College. He is a graduate of the Pennsylvania State University (B.S. astronomy), Colorado State University (M.S. atmospheric science) and Princeton University (Ph.D. history). He is the founder and first president of the International Commission on History of Meteorology, editor-in-chief of History of Meteorology, and history editor of the Bulletin of the AMS. In 2003 Professor Fleming was elected a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) “for pioneering studies on the history of meteorology and climate change and for the advancement of historical work within meteorological societies.” Professor Fleming held the Charles A. Lindberg Chair in Aerospace History at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum for 2005-06 and currently holds the Roger Revelle Fellowship in Global Environmental Stewardship from the AAAS. He is a Public Policy Scholar at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in Washington, DC. His books include Meteorology in America, 1800–1870 (Johns Hopkins, 1990), Historical Perspectives on Climate Change (Oxford, 1998), and Intimate Universality: Local and Global Themes in the History of Weather and Climate (Science History Publications/USA, 2006).