In History
In History
“Pressure”: A nice movie, but with kinked isobars
Paul Gross on what the new movie "Pressure" gets right, and wrong, about D-Day meteorology and Operation Overlord
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Triumph from Tragedy: How a Discovery from the 1974 Super Outbreak Saved Countless Lives
By Bob Henson Like many of you, I’ve found that some weather events – even if they don’t directly affect...
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Wireless Wonder: A History of Radar Use for Weather Operations Part I
The earliest origins of radar meteorology are difficult to uncover. The secrecy surrounding radar in World War II delayed reporting...
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“One of the coldest and most savage spots on earth”: History and Records of the Automatic Weather Station on Denali
By Dr. Lea Hartl A fatal storm On February 20th, 1989, a three-person team of Japanese mountaineers climbing the West...
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The 1938 Hurricane
By Dr. Lourdes B. Avilés The One to Which All New England Hurricanes Are Compared… I have said that phrase...
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Deadly Weather During the Race to the South Pole
The Norwegian and British Antarctic expeditions to the South Pole are often regarded as the height of the heroic age...
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How the First Weather “Computers” Changed World War II
Behind the bloody beaches of D-Day and the deathly bloom of mushroom clouds in the bright desert, behind supercomputers and...
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How Ancient Greece Created Our Climate Zones
What do we plant? What do we wear? What weather hazards do we prepare for? Climate classifications make it easier...
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From Kamikaze to Katana: How Weather Protected Japan from Mongolian Invasion
By J. Neumann At the time of Genghis Khan’s death in 1227, the Mongolian Empire stretched east to west from...
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Making WAVES: Women Meteorologists in World War II
By J.M. Lewis Out of the nearly 6000 U.S. military officers who were trained to be weather forecasters during World...
