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Vilhelm Bjerknes

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Norwegian physicist and meteorologist (*1862 - †1951)

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Vilhelm Friman Koren Bjerknes was a Norwegian geophysicist and meteorologist with essential contributions to the foundation of the modern practice of weather forecasting. He formulated the primitive equations that are still in use in numerical weather prediction and climate modeling.

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Vilhelm Bjerknes with his wife Honoria and his first two children, Karl Anton and Jacob Bjerknes, circa 1898Vilhelm Bjerknes with his wife Honoria and his first two children, Karl Anton and Jacob Bjerknes, circa 1898Vilhelm Bjerknes with his brother Ernst Wilhelm Bjerknes (left) and his sister-in-law, Norway's first female professor, Kristine Bonnevie at her cabin Snefugl at Mysuseter circa 1946Vilhelm Bjerknes with his brother Ernst Wilhelm Bjerknes (left) and his sister-in-law, Norway's first female professor, Kristine Bonnevie at her cabin Snefugl at Mysuseter circa 1946

Awards 9

1939Vega Medal
1938Gunnerus Medal
1933Buys Ballot Medal
1933Foreign Member of the Royal Society
1932Symons Gold Medal
1930Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh
1926Alexander Agassiz Medal
1908Fridtjof Nansen Award of Excellence, Mathematics-Natural sciences class
Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St. Olav‎

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Vilhelm Friman Koren Bjerknes was a Norwegian geophysicist and meteorologist with essential contributions to the foundation of the modern practice of weather forecasting. He formulated the primitive equations that are still in use in numerical weather prediction and climate modeling. He is the founder of the Bergen School of Meteorology, which was successful in advancing weather prediction and meteorology in the early 20th century.

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Country
Norway
Category
Scientists
Type
Scientist
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1862 to 1951 · aged 89
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29 languages

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