Table of Contents: Weather by the numbers

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Harper, Kristine.
Format:	Electronic
Language:	English
Published:	Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, c2008.
Series:	Transformations (M.I.T. Press)
Subjects:	Meteorology > History. Weather forecasting > History. SCIENCE > Meteorology & Climatology. > Earth Sciences Electronic books.
Online Access:	View fulltext via EzAccess

Table of Contents:

A stagnant atmosphere : the weather services before World War II
Toward a more dynamic atmosphere : discipline development in the interwar period (1919-1938)
An expanding atmosphere : the war years (1939-1945)
Initial atmospheric conditions : scientific goals, civilian manpower, and military funding (1944-1948)
An international atmosphere : Carl-Gustav Rossby and the Scandinavian connection (1948-1950)
Creating a realistic atmosphere (1950-1952)
A changing atmosphere : from developmental to operational numerical weather prediction (1952-1955)
A new atmosphere.