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Archival as AuthorArchival as SubjectPublished as AuthorPublished as SubjectJacob Aall Bonnevie Bjerknes
Dates
November 2, 1897 – July 7, 1975
Authorized Form of Name
Bjerknes, Jacob Aall Bonnevie, 1897-1975
Additional Forms of Names
Bjerknes, Jakob
Bjerknes, Jakob, 1897-1975
Biography
Abstract
Jacob Aall Bonnevie Bjerknes was a Norwegian-American meteorologist. He developed with his father, Vilhelm Bjerknes, the Norwegian cyclone model, which explains the life cycle of cyclones.
Important Dates
November 2, 1897Birth, Stockholm (Sweden).
1920 – 1931Superintendent, Weather Forecasting Office (Norske meteorologiske institutt), Bergen (Norway).
1924Obtained PhD in Meteorology, University of Oslo (Universitetet i Oslo), Oslo (Norway).
1931 – 1940Professor of Meteorology, Geophysical Institute, Bergen Museum (now Universitetet i Bergen, Geofysisk institutt), Bergen (Norway).
1940 – 1975Professor of Meteorology (1940-1965) and Emeritus Professor (1965-1975), University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles (Calif.).
1947Member, National Academy of Sciences.
1948 – 1951President, Meteorological Association, International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics.
1966Awarded National Medal of Science.
July 7, 1975Death, Los Angeles (Calif.).
Occupation
Meteorologist.
Places
Birth
Graduate Education
Employment
Death
Subjects
Relationships
People
Family
Bjerknes, C. A. (Carl Anton), 1825-1903
Grandfather.
Bjerknes, V. (Vilhelm), 1862-1951
Father.
Colleagues
Both employed at University of California, Los Angeles.
Vestine, E. H. (Ernest Harry), 1906-1968
Both employed at University of California, Los Angeles.
Both employed at University of California, Los Angeles.
Additional
Eliassen, Arnt
Institutions
Major Positions
Norske meteorologiske institutt
Bergen, Superintendent.
Universitetet i Bergen. Geofysisk institutt
Professor of Meteorology.
University of California, Los Angeles. Department of Atmospheric Sciences
Professor of Meteorology and Emeritus Professor.
Professional Activities & Affiliations
International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics
President, Meteorological Association.
National Academy of Sciences (U.S.)
Universitetet i Oslo. Institutt for teoretisk meteorologi
Obtained PhD (Meteorology) in 1924.
Resources
Archival Resources
Author
Jacob Aall Bonnevie Bjerknes charts, 1880-1959.
Archives
Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Mail Code C-075-C. La Jolla, CA 92093-0175, USA
Jakob Bjerknes Papers, ca. 1900-1988
UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections, Manuscripts Division
University of California, Los Angeles
280 Charles E Young Dr N, Los Angeles, CA 90095
Subject
Jule G. Charney papers, 1936-1981, (bulk 1948-1981)
Institute Archives and Special Collections
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
M.I.T. Libraries, Rm. 14N-118, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
Published Resources
Author
Subject
Jacob Aall Bonnevie Bjerknes: 1897-1975, Biographical Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences