CHAPTER 19 ALFRED WEGENER CHAPTER 20 TOR BERGERON 77 CHAPTER 21 JACOB BJERKNES O CHAPTER 22 CARIL GUSTAF ARVID ROSSBY 83 CHAPTER 23 VINCENT JOSEPH SCHAEFER 86 CHAPTER 24 WALTER MUNK 88 CHAPTER 25 T THEODORE FUJITA 94 CHAPTER 26 BERT BOLIN 100 CHAPTER 27 CHARLES DAVID KEELING IO2 CHAPTER 28 JANE LUBCHENCO 108 CONCLUSION II2 GLOSSARY II4 FOR MORE INFORMATION I17 BIBLIOGRAPHY 12I INDEX I22
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INTRODUCTION US DDY nyone who has ever planned an outdoor event dressed in layers to accommodate seasonal temperature changes or wondered whether he or she should grab an umbrella on the way out the door knows that the weather can be unpredictable Throughout history many scientific minds have risen to the challenge of understanding and explaining the natu ral phenomena of storms weather fronts and climatic changes It is these pioneering individuals whom this book celebrates Early weather related scientific dis coveries often came about as the result of exploration of other matters The ancient Greek philosopher Aristotle wrote the Meteorologica a famous essay on meteorol ogy while studying the natural world and pondering the universe Galileo who is most famous for his work in astronomy invented the thermometer while teaching physics at the University of Padua Neither Daniel Fahrenheit nor Anders Celsius had studying the weather as their main goal yet each had a temperature scale he had devised named after him There also were renaissance men such as Benjamin Franklin and Joseph RMUDA 9
