مقالات تاریخی درباره هواشناسی، ۱۹۱۹–۱۹۹۵: جلد تاریخ سالگرد الماس انجمن هواشناسی آمریکا

On the occasion of its 75th anniversary, the American Meteorological Society engaged a number of eminent pioneers and leading practitioners to write about the fields they helped develop. They were joined by several professional historians of science and technology. The resulting essays constitute a substantial sampling of what has been learned since 1919 in the atmospheric sciences and services—in research, in education, and in the private sector. This volume will be of interest to weather professionals and enthusiasts, historians of science, and to students of science and history. It will help us calibrate where we are, where we have been, and where we might be going as a discipline. Hopefully it will inspire others to value the past and to dig into it more deeply. Such attention to history is a necessary step in the maturation of a scientific discipline. Front Matter....Pages i-xviii Front Matter....Pages 1-1 The Evolution of Dynamic Meteorology....Pages 3-19 The Origin and Rise of Numerical Weather Prediction....Pages 21-39 Front Matter....Pages 41-41 The Evolution of Atmospheric Measurement Systems....Pages 43-56 A Short History of Radar Meteorology....Pages 57-98 Evolution of Satellite Observations in the United States and Their Use in Meteorology....Pages 99-155 A History of Calculating Aids in Meteorology....Pages 157-178 Front Matter....Pages 179-179 Formation of Rain: A Historical Perspective....Pages 181-223 A History of Research in Cloud Dynamics and Microphysics....Pages 225-259 Front Matter....Pages 261-261 A History of Hurricane Forecasting for the Atlantic Basin, 1920–1995....Pages 263-305 Severe Convective Storms: A Brief History of Science and Practice....Pages 307-319 75 Years of Research on the Physics of a Lightning Discharge....Pages 321-350 Front Matter....Pages 351-351 Steps in the Evolution of Climatology: From Descriptive to Analytic....Pages 353-377 Applied Climatology: A Glorious Past, an Uncertain Future....Pages 379-393 Hydrology in the Twentieth Century....Pages 395-413 Front Matter....Pages 415-415 A History of Private Sector Meteorology....Pages 417-441 A History of Aeronautical Meteorology: Personal Perspectives, 1903–1995....Pages 443-480 The American Meteorological Society and the Development of Broadcast Meteorology....Pages 481-507 Front Matter....Pages 509-509 From Geo- to Physical Science: Meteorology and the American University, 1919–1945....Pages 511-540 Meteorology Education in the United States after 1945....Pages 541-553 Front Matter....Pages 555-555 Historical Writing on Meteorology: An Annotated Bibliography....Pages 557-580 Front Matter....Pages 555-555 Historical Photo Gallery....Pages 581-596 Back Matter....Pages 597-617