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The North Atlantic Ocean drives the weather (21.08.2013)

Jacob Bjerknes, the father of modern weather forecasting, suggested a connection between European weather and temperatures in the North Atlantic. Fifty years later, the Bjerknes Centre in Bergen helps to prove that Bjerknes was right in his prediction.

The image shows the North Atlantic sea surface temperature from satellites (January 2008), which clearly shows the Gulf Stream and North Atlantic Current. These are the regions where the ocean pumps large amounts of heat into the atmosphere that are impor

The North Atlantic Ocean drives the weather (20.08.2013)

Jacob Bjerknes, the father of modern weather forecasting, suggested a connection between European weather and temperatures in the North Atlantic. Fifty years later, the Bjerknes Centre in Bergen helps to prove that Bjerknes was right in his prediction.