Vilhelm Frimann Koren Bjerknes
1862-1951
Norwegian Geophysicist, Meteorologist, and Physicist
Vilhelm Bjerknes made seminal contributions to the foundation of dynamic meteorology as a mathematically e...
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Vilhelm Bjerknes (1862-1951), a pioneer of modern meteorology, was especially known for his studies in hydrodynamics and thermodynamics and their relation to atmospheric motion. Following the steps of...
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Vilhelm Frimann Koren Bjerknes was born in Christiania (later Kristiania, now Oslo), Norway. He was the son of Carl Anton Bjerknes, a noted mathematician and physicist, and Aletta Koren, a minister's ...
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