Vilhelm Bjerknes

Vilhelm Bjerknes was born in March 14, 1862 in Oslo Norway. His Father was Carl Anton Bjerknes and his mother name was Aletta Koren. His father was a teacher and was teaching mathematics, but later on he left his job to go and study Hydrodynamics. Vilhelm completed his education in the University of  Kristiania where he learned physics and mathematics. Later on in 1887 he studied Hydrodynamic. After getting a masters in Science he found out that it is best to study atmospheric motion when you combine thermodynamics and hydrodynamics. Doing this helped read the motion of the atmosphere and making long term predictions more reliable. After realizing the potential of his work he went to the United States to get funding. After getting funding he studied until 1941 when WWII started. At this point money and resources was low. After the war Bjerknes and his group continue their studies until the government decided to make the Western Bergen Weather Service. The group's accuracy of forecast got better to the point where they was able to do it for the public.