Bjerknes

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Norwegian-language surname mathematician meteorologist physicist scientific family surname

Bjerknes is a Norwegian surname most notably associated with the influential family of physicists and meteorologists who helped found modern weather forecasting and climate science.

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Label Occurrences
Bjerknes canonical 5

Statements (59)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Norwegian-language surname ⓘ
mathematician ⓘ
meteorologist ⓘ
meteorologist ⓘ
physicist ⓘ
physicist ⓘ
scientific family ⓘ
surname ⓘ
awardReceived Buys Ballot Medal ⓘ
Rumford Medal ⓘ
surface form: Royal Society Rumford Medal
child Vilhelm Bjerknes ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Norway ⓘ
Norway ⓘ
Norway ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Norway ⓘ
Norway ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1825-10-24 ⓘ
1862-03-14 ⓘ
1897-11-02 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1903-03-20 ⓘ
1951-04-09 ⓘ
1975-07-07 ⓘ
employer University of Bergen ⓘ
University of California, Los Angeles ⓘ
University of Leipzig ⓘ
University of Oslo ⓘ
familyName Bjerknes self-linksurface differs ⓘ
Bjerknes self-linksurface differs ⓘ
Bjerknes self-linksurface differs ⓘ
fieldOfWork climatology ⓘ
hydrodynamics ⓘ
hydrodynamics ⓘ
meteorology ⓘ
physics ⓘ
synoptic meteorology ⓘ
influenced Geophysical Institute, Bergen ⓘ
surface form: Bergen School of Meteorology
languageOfOrigin Norwegian ⓘ
memberOf Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters ⓘ
notableFor association with a family of meteorologists ⓘ
association with a family of physicists ⓘ
contributions to climate science ⓘ
contributions to climate science and climate dynamics ⓘ
contributions to modern weather forecasting ⓘ
development of dynamic meteorology ⓘ
development of the polar front theory ⓘ
development of weather prediction based on hydrodynamics and thermodynamics ⓘ
explanation of the El Niño–Southern Oscillation mechanism ⓘ
formulation of primitive equations for atmospheric motion ⓘ
foundational contributions to modern weather forecasting ⓘ
founding modern meteorology ⓘ
research on hydrodynamic analogies to electromagnetic phenomena ⓘ
parent Vilhelm Bjerknes ⓘ
placeOfBirth Christiania ⓘ
Christiania ⓘ
Stockholm ⓘ
placeOfDeath Christiania ⓘ
Los Angeles ⓘ
Oslo ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Jacob Bjerknes → familyName → Bjerknes ⓘ
Bjerknes → familyName → Bjerknes self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: Vilhelm Bjerknes
Bjerknes → familyName → Bjerknes self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: Carl Anton Bjerknes
Bjerknes → familyName → Bjerknes self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: Jacob Bjerknes
Vilhelm Bjerknes → familyName → Bjerknes ⓘ