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Learn about the innovative minds behind modern weather prediction - Vilhelm Bjerknes, Lewis Fry Richardson, and John von Neumann. Explore their contributions to forecasting and the advancements that shaped today's meteorology.
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Vilhelm Bjerknes Source: http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Library/Giants/Bjerknes/
Richardson’s Forecast Factory (A. Lannerback). Dagens Nyheter, Stockholm. Reproduced from L. Bengtsson, ECMWF, 1984
John von Neumann and the ENIAC computer Source: ei.cs.vt.edu/~history/VonNeumann.html
Fred Shuman (right) and Otha Fuller circa 1955 at the IBM 701. The 701 was the first computer used by the JNWPU to produce operational numerical weather prediction. Source: NCEP (NWS)