The Life Cycles of Extratropical Cyclones
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The Life Cycles of Extratropical Cyclones
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A collection of the expanded versions of papers presented at the International Symposium on the Life Cycles of Extratropical Cyclones, held in Bergen, Norway, in June/July 1994. This monograph is of interest to historians of meteorology, researchers and forecasters.
Table of Contents
Chapter 1. The Problem with Weather Forecasting as a Problem in Mechanics and Physics
Chapter 2. Vilhelm Bjerknes's Early Studies of Atmospheric Motions and Their Connection with the Cyclone Model of the Bergen School
Chapter 3. Components of the Norwegian Cyclone Model: Observations and Theoretical Ideas in Europe Prior to 1920
Chapter 4. Constituting the Polar Front
Chapter 5. The Bergen School Concepts Come to America
Chapter 6. Richardson's Marvelous Forecast
Chapter 7. Personal Recollections about the Bergen School
Chapter 8. Sutcliffe and His Development Theory
Chapter 9. Historical Photos
Chapter 10. Cyclone Climatology and its Relationship to Planetary Waves: A Review of Recent Observational Studies
Chapter 11. Planetary Waves and Their Interaction with Smaller Scales
Chapter 12. Advances in Cyclogenesis Theory: Toward a Generalized Theory of Baroclinic Development
Chapter 13. Numerical Simulations of Cyclone Life Cycles
Chapter 14. A Planetary-Scale to Mesoscale Perspective of the Life Cycles of Extratropical Cyclones: The Bridge Between Theory and Observations
Chapter 15. Observed Cyclone Life Cycles
Chapter 16. Theories of Frontogenesis
Chapter 17. On the Representation and Diagnosis of Frontal Circulations in Two and Three Dimensions
Chapter 18. Mesoscale Aspects of Extratropical Cyclones: An Observational Perspective
Chapter 19. Dynamics of Mesoscale Structure Associated with Extratropical Cyclones
Chapter 20. Numerical Simulations of Mesoscale Substructures and Physical Processes with Extratropical Cyclones
Chapter 21. Advances in Forecasting Extratropical Cyclogenesis at the National Meteorological Center
Chapter 22. Numerical Weather Prediction: A Vision of the Future, Updated Still Further