Vilhelm Bjerknes

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Norwegian person human meteorologist physicist

Vilhelm Bjerknes was a pioneering Norwegian physicist and meteorologist who laid the foundations of modern weather forecasting through his work on atmospheric dynamics and the Bergen School of Meteorology.

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Vilhelm Bjerknes canonical 11

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Norwegian person ⓘ
human ⓘ
meteorologist ⓘ
physicist ⓘ
awardReceived Buys Ballot Medal ⓘ
Royal Medal ⓘ
Symons Gold Medal ⓘ
child Jacob Bjerknes ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Norway ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1862-03-14 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1951-04-09 ⓘ
educatedAt University of Leipzig ⓘ
University of Oslo ⓘ
employer Geophysical Institute, Bergen ⓘ
surface form: Geophysical Institute in Bergen

University of Leipzig ⓘ
University of Oslo ⓘ
Stockholm University ⓘ
surface form: University of Stockholm
familyName Bjerknes ⓘ
fatherOf Jacob Bjerknes ⓘ
fieldOfWork geophysics ⓘ
meteorology ⓘ
physics ⓘ
founded Geophysical Institute, Bergen ⓘ
surface form: Bergen School of Meteorology
givenName Vilhelm ⓘ
influenced modern numerical weather prediction ⓘ
influencedBy Heinrich Hertz ⓘ
knownFor atmospheric dynamics ⓘ
foundations of modern weather forecasting ⓘ
hydrodynamic and thermodynamic theory of the atmosphere ⓘ
languageSpoken English ⓘ
German ⓘ
Norwegian ⓘ
memberOf Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters ⓘ
Royal Society ⓘ
surface form: Royal Society of London

Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences ⓘ
nativeLanguage Norwegian ⓘ
notableStudent Jacob Bjerknes ⓘ
notableWork Geophysical Institute, Bergen ⓘ
surface form: Bergen School of Meteorology

primitive equations of atmospheric motion ⓘ
theory of weather prediction based on hydrodynamics and thermodynamics ⓘ
occupation university teacher ⓘ
placeOfBirth Christiania ⓘ
Oslo ⓘ
placeOfDeath Oslo ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
workLocation Bergen ⓘ
Leipzig ⓘ
Oslo ⓘ
Stockholm ⓘ

Referenced by (11)

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Jacob Bjerknes → father → Vilhelm Bjerknes ⓘ
Bjerknes circulation theorem (applications in meteorology) → namedAfter → Vilhelm Bjerknes ⓘ
subject surface form: Bjerknes circulation theorem
Bjerknes → child → Vilhelm Bjerknes ⓘ
subject surface form: Carl Anton Bjerknes
Bjerknes → parent → Vilhelm Bjerknes ⓘ
subject surface form: Jacob Bjerknes
Arnt Eliassen → influencedBy → Vilhelm Bjerknes ⓘ
Carl Anton Bjerknes → fatherOf → Vilhelm Bjerknes ⓘ
Carl Anton Bjerknes → relative → Vilhelm Bjerknes ⓘ
Carl Anton Bjerknes → notableStudent → Vilhelm Bjerknes ⓘ
Carl Anton Bjerknes → influenced → Vilhelm Bjerknes ⓘ
Vagn Walfrid Ekman → influencedBy → Vilhelm Bjerknes ⓘ
Svein Rosseland → influencedBy → Vilhelm Bjerknes ⓘ