About Jacob Bjerknes

Jacob Aall Bonnevie Bjerknes was a Swedish-born Norwegian-American meteorologist. He is known for his key paper in which he pointed the dynamics of the polar front, mechanism for north–south heat transport and for which he was also awarded a doctorate from the University of Oslo.

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Jacob Bjerknes

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About Jacob Bjerknes

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Occupation: meteorologist, climatologist

Facts from Wikidata (CC0). Image by Hedvig Bjerknes via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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Norway, United States

Born

November 2, 1897

Died

July 7, 1975

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