Erik Björkdal

Erik Anton Björkdal was a Swedish meteorologist who studied at the Bergen School of Meteorology where the theory of fronts was developed. His contribution was mainly in the field of dynamic meteorology. Among his works, mention must be made of the correlation between the tropopause geopotential and the troposphere temperature.[1]

Erik Björkdal
Born21 February 1899 
Vimmerby Municipality 
Died30 May 1952  (aged 53)
Stockholm 
Alma mater
Occupation
Employer

Biography

Björkdal was born on 21 February 1899 in Vimmerby, Sweden.[2] After high school, he was admitted to the University of Uppsala and graduated in 1920. However, in 1919 he was employed by Vilhelm Bjerknes as an assistant at the Bergen School of Meteorology.[3] After graduation, he was transferred to the Norwegian Meteorological Institute in Oslo where he became Division Chief in 1937.[2]

During the Second World War, he replaced the director of the institute, Dr. Th. Hesselberg, who was absent for a period of time because of health problems. He eventually became head of meteorology at the Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute in Stockholm in 1949.[2]

Björkdal was an active collaborator at the international level with the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), among others with the Synoptic Meteorological Commission, of which he was vice-president from 1951, and with the Telecommunications Subcommittee, of which he was president from 1949.[2]

Björkdal died on May 30, 1952 in Stockholm.[2]

References
  1. Björkdal, Erik (1940). "On the correlation between the geopotential of the tropopause and te temperature of the middle troposhere" (PDF). Geophysica Norvegica. Oslo: Geofysiske publikasjoner. 12 (15).
  2. Anders Knutsson Ångström (July 1952). "Erik Björkdal (1899-1952): Vice-Président CMS I95I-I952" (PDF). Bulletin de l'OMM (in French). World Meteorological Organization. 1 (2): 46–47. Retrieved December 5, 2018..
  3. Cox, John D. (November 4, 2002). Storm Watchers: The Turbulent History of Weather Prediction from Franklin's. John Wiley & Sons. p. 174. ISBN 978-0-471-38108-2. Retrieved December 5, 2018.


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