تحمل طوفان: سوئر پترسن، پیش‌بینی روز نجات و ظهور هواشناسی مدرن

This book presents the memoirs of Sverre Pettersen, prominent leader in the field of meteorology. Delving through his recollections of his childhood in Norway, education and work at the famous Bergen school of Meteorology to the World War II crisis and D-Day, Petterssen uncovers the history of meteorology, documenting it from his perspective. Meteorology today is the beneficiary of his work. Front Matter....Pages i-xiii Early Years....Pages 1-23 Apprenticeship....Pages 25-38 In the Grip of the Arctic....Pages 39-65 Bergen and Beyond....Pages 67-78 New Horizons....Pages 79-86 A Visit by Friends....Pages 87-93 To England via Newfoundland....Pages 95-103 Loaned to the British....Pages 105-113 The Upper-Air Group....Pages 115-120 Bombing and Research....Pages 121-128 A Stab at the Tirpitz ....Pages 129-142 Mr. Pyke and the Mastery of the Snow....Pages 143-159 The Failure of Operation Freshman....Pages 161-165 Algiers, Tunis, and Bari....Pages 167-175 Naples and Anzio....Pages 177-190 Overlord: A Dream and an Awakening....Pages 191-203 Overlord: Planning for Chaos....Pages 205-212 Overlord: Approach to D-Day....Pages 213-227 Overlord: the Postponement....Pages 229-245 Overlord: A No-Name Policy....Pages 247-255 Washington and Honolulu....Pages 257-260 Tea in the House of Lords....Pages 261-262 Reconstruction and Travel....Pages 263-273 At Crossroads in India....Pages 275-282 Full Circle....Pages 283-311 Back Matter....Pages 313-329