Dynamic Meteorology and Hydrography

Abstract

IN a lecture delivered at University College in May, 1910, Prof. Bjerknes outlined the methods, described characteristically as rational, by which he hoped to utilise synchronous meteorological observations for a more purely scientific purpose than the preparation of daily forecasts. The present work is the first instalment of a treatise prepared, in collaboration with Dr. J. W. Sandström, with such investigations in view, and is intended to present in an ordered and rational form the principles and development of meteorology and hydrography viewed from the point of view of a mathematical physicist. Bjerknes has realised the fact that economy of thought and labour are essential to advance in meteorological and hydrographic investigation, and although his book bears little actual resemblance to Lagrange's “Mécanique Analytique,” we cannot help calling to mind that classical masterpiece of scientific economy in reading this volume.

Dynamic Meteorology and Hydrography.

By Prof. V. Bjerknes and different collaborators. Pp. 146 + 36A + 30B + 22C. (Washington, D.C.: Carnegie Institution, 1910.)