Calculating the weather : meteorology in the 20th century /
Examines the various roles of computation throughout the history of meteorology, paying attention to the period from World War I to the 1960s. This title explains how forecasting the weather became a physics-based science. It studies the impact of the computer on meteorology, and provides an example...
| Основен автор: | Nebeker, Frederik. |
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| Формат: | Електронна книга |
| Език: | English |
| Публикувано: |
San Diego :
Academic Press,
℗♭1995.
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| Серия: |
International geophysics series ;
v. 60. |
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| Онлайн достъп: |
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=211463 |
| Подобни документи: |
Print version::
Calculating the weather. |
| Резюме: |
Examines the various roles of computation throughout the history of meteorology, paying attention to the period from World War I to the 1960s. This title explains how forecasting the weather became a physics-based science. It studies the impact of the computer on meteorology, and provides an example of science transformed by the computer. |
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| Физически характеристики: |
1 online resource (vii, 255 pages) : illustrations. |
| Библиография: |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-241) and index. |
| ISBN: |
9780080528410 0080528414 |