| LC control no. | n 85800174 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Petterssen, Sverre, 1898-1974 |
| Associated country | Norway |
| Birth date | 1898-02-19 |
| Death date | 1974-12-31 |
| Place of birth | Hadsel (Norway) |
| Place of death | London (England) |
| Field of activity | Meteorology |
| Affiliation | University of Chicago Massachusetts Institute of Technology Great Britain. Meteorological Office United States. Air Weather Service Universitetet i Oslo India. Meteorological Department Norwegian Weather Forecasting Service |
| Profession or occupation | Meteorologists College teachers |
| Found in | LCCN 58-8045: His Introduction to meteorology, 1958 (hdg.: Petterssen, Sverre, 1898-) LC data base, 12-12-84 (hdg.: Petterssen, Sverre, 1898- ; usage: Sverre Petterssen) Weather analysis and forecasting, 1956: v. 2, t.p. (Sverre Petterssen, Ph. D; prof. of meteorology, Univ. of Chicago; former prof. of meteorology, M.I.T.; head of Upper-air Branch, British Meteorological Office; Chief of Norwegian Weather Forecasting Service; Dir., Scientific Services, U.S. Air Force Weather Service) back flap (Oslo Univ.; former Advisory Director of General Observatories in India; at Univ. of Chicago since 1952) Wikipedia, viewed May 23, 2017 (Sverre Petterssen (19 February 1898 - 31 December 1974) was a Norwegian meteorologist, prominent in the field of weather analysis and forecasting. Born in Hadsel, Norway. Died in London, England.) |
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