Forecasting Villhelm and Jacob BjerknesVillhelm

Denzel Pettway

Villhelm was a Norwegian Physicist and Meteorologist who studied hydrodynamics. He was born on March 14, 1862 in Christiania Norway.  His greatest discovery's were the Theory of Phenomenon of Electrical Resonance, The founding of Bergen Geophysical institute, and the Polar Front Theory. Before all of these discoveries he attended the university of Christiania in the 1880's were he graduated and later  began working alongside Heinrich Hertz who was known for proving the existence of electromagnetic waves. After a while he end up working at university of Christiania were he was a professor. Villhelm had a son who he influenced to pursue meteorology as a career. The name of his son was Jacob Bjerknes. Jacob Bjerknes was born November 7, 1897 in Stockholm Sweden. As an adult Jacob worked alongside his father at the Bergen Geophysical Institute where they came up with the Polar Front Theory. Prior to this theory Jacob and Villhelm Collaborated networks of weather bureaus which eventually led up to this theory. The Polar Front Theory was essential to understanding the weather in the middle and high latitudes which was a major feat for weather forecasters.