Jacob Bjerknes

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Norwegian-American meteorologist person physicist

Jacob Bjerknes was a Norwegian-American meteorologist and physicist renowned for his pioneering work on atmospheric circulation and for elucidating the mechanisms behind the El Niño–Southern Oscillation.

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Norwegian-American → meteorologist → person → physicist →
awardReceived	American Meteorological Society Carl-Gustaf Rossby Research Medal → American Meteorological Society Honorary Membership → Royal Meteorological Society Symons Gold Medal →
citizenship	Norway → United States of America →
countryOfBirth	Sweden →
countryOfDeath	United States of America →
dateOfBirth	1897-11-02 →
dateOfDeath	1975-07-07 →
developedConcept	Bjerknes circulation theorem (applications in meteorology) → Bjerknes compensation →
educatedAt	University of Oslo →
employer	Geophysical Institute, Bergen → University of Bergen → University of California, Los Angeles →
era	20th century →
familyName	Bjerknes →
father	Vilhelm Bjerknes →
fieldOfWork	atmospheric physics → geophysics → meteorology →
givenName	Jacob →
influenced	climate dynamics of the tropical Pacific → modern numerical weather prediction →
knownFor	Bjerknes feedback mechanism → explanation of the El Niño–Southern Oscillation → front theory of cyclones → theory of atmospheric circulation →
languageOfWorkOrName	English → Norwegian →
memberOf	American Geophysical Union → Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters →
name	Jacob Bjerknes →
nationality	American → Norwegian →
notableStudent	Arnt Eliassen → Jule Gregory Charney →
occupation	university professor →
placeOfBirth	Stockholm →
placeOfDeath	Los Angeles →
researchFocus	mid-latitude cyclones → teleconnections in atmospheric circulation → tropical Pacific ocean–atmosphere interactions →
spouse	Henrietta Schultz →

Referenced by (2)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Jacob Bjerknes →	name
El Niño–Southern Oscillation →	wasNamedBy