The Life Cycles of Extratropical Cyclones

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-ix

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2. The Problem of Weather Forecasting as a Problem in Mechanics and Physics

   • Vilhelm Bjerknes

   Pages 1-4

3. Vilhelm Bjerknes’s Early Studies of Atmospheric Motions and Their Connection with the Cyclone Model of the Bergen School

   • Arnt Eliassen

   Pages 5-13

4. Components of the Norwegian Cyclone Model: Observations and Theoretical Ideas in Europe Prior to 1920

   • Hans Volkert

   Pages 15-28

5. Constituting the Polar Front, 1919–1920

   • Robert Marc Friedman

   Pages 29-39

6. The Bergen School Concepts Come to America

   • Chester W. Newton, Harriet Rodebush Newton

   Pages 41-59

7. Richardson’s Marvelous Forecast

   • Peter Lynch

   Pages 61-73

8. Personal Recollections about the Bergen School

   • Erik Palmén

   Pages 75-79

9. Sutcliffe and His Development Theory

   • Brian J. Hoskins

   Pages 81-86

10. Historical Photos

    • Melvyn A. Shapiro, Sigbjørn Grønås

    Pages 87-87

11. Cyclone Climatology and its Relationship to Planetary Waves: A Review of Recent Observational Studies

    • Eero O. Holopainen

    Pages 89-99

12. Planetary Waves and Their Interaction with Smaller Scales

    • Isaac M. Held

    Pages 101-109

13. Advances in Cyclogenesis Theory: Toward a Generalized Theory of Baroclinic Development

    • Brian F. Farrell

    Pages 111-122

14. Numerical Simulations of Cyclone Life Cycles

    • Adrian Simmons

    Pages 123-137

15. A Planetary-Scale to Mesoscale Perspective of the Life Cycles of Extratropical Cyclones: The Bridge between Theory and Observations

    • Melvyn Shapiro, Heini Wernli, Jain-Wen Bao, John Methven, Xiaolei Zou, James Doyle et al.

    Pages 139-185

16. Observed Cyclone Life Cycles

    • Lance F. Bosart

    Pages 187-213

17. Theories of Frontogenesis

    • Huw C. Davies

    Pages 215-238

18. On the Representation and Diagnosis of Frontal Circulations in Two and Three Dimensions

    • Daniel Keyser

    Pages 239-264

19. Mesoscale Aspects of Extratropical Cyclones: An Observational Perspective

    • Keith A. Browning

    Pages 265-283

20. Dynamics of Mesoscale Structure Associated with Extratropical Cyclones

    • Alan J. Thorpe

    Pages 285-296

This book presents the expanded versions of invited papers presented at the International Symposium on the Life Cycles of Extratropical Cyclones, held in Bergen, Norway, 27 June–1 July 1994. It is of particular interest to historians of meteorology, researchers and forecasters. The material can be used for advanced undergraduate and undergraduate meteorology courses, and it represents a useful source of references to extratropical cyclones. The book provides the historical background of extratropical cyclone research and forecasting from the eighteenth to the mid-twentieth century. It also presents extratropical cyclone theory, observations, analysis, diagnosis and prediction.

• Cyclone Model
• Extratropical Cyclone Theory
• History of Extratropical Cyclones
• Vilhelm Bjerknes's Early Studies
• Weather Analysis
• Weather Forecasting
• meteorology

• National Center for Atmospheric Research, USA

  Melvyn A. Shapiro

• Geophysical Institute, University of Bergen, Norway

  Sigbjørn Grønås

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