Bergen school of meteorology cyclone model

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The Bergen school of meteorology cyclone model is an early 20th-century conceptual framework that explains the life cycle and structure of mid-latitude cyclones using air mass contrasts and frontal systems.

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instanceOf conceptual model ⓘ
cyclone model ⓘ
meteorological theory ⓘ
mid-latitude cyclone model ⓘ
appliesTo extratropical cyclones ⓘ
mid-latitude cyclones ⓘ
associatedWith Halvor Solberg ⓘ
Jakob Bjerknes ⓘ
linked to: Jacob Bjerknes

Tor Bergeron ⓘ
Vilhelm Bjerknes ⓘ
assumes interaction between polar and tropical air masses ⓘ
basedOn air mass contrasts ⓘ
frontal systems ⓘ
coreConcept cold front ⓘ
occluded front ⓘ
polar front ⓘ
warm front ⓘ
describes cyclone life cycle ⓘ
cyclone structure ⓘ
describesStage cyclogenesis ⓘ
cyclolysis ⓘ
mature cyclone stage ⓘ
occlusion stage ⓘ
developedBy Bergen School of Meteorology ⓘ
era early 20th century ⓘ
explains development of occlusions ⓘ
formation of frontal waves ⓘ
precipitation distribution in cyclones ⓘ
typical wind patterns around cyclones ⓘ
field meteorology ⓘ
synoptic meteorology ⓘ
historicalSignificance early systematic theory of extratropical cyclones ⓘ
foundation of frontal theory ⓘ
influenced modern synoptic analysis ⓘ
weather forecasting techniques ⓘ
originatedIn Bergen ⓘ
Norway ⓘ
representation polar front wave model ⓘ
timePeriod circa 1910s ⓘ
circa 1920s ⓘ
usedFor conceptual weather analysis ⓘ
teaching synoptic meteorology ⓘ
usesConcept air masses ⓘ
baroclinicity ⓘ
frontogenesis ⓘ

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Bjerknes circulation theorem → foundationFor → Bergen school of meteorology cyclone model ⓘ
Jorgen Holmboe → movement → Bergen school of meteorology ⓘ
linked to: Bergen school of meteorology cyclone model