Meteorologists Make the First Computerized Weather Prediction
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- Series: Great Events from History II: Ecology and the Environment Series
- Categories: Science, Technology, Inventions, Environmental Issues
- Subcategories: Ecology, Environment, Conservation, Weather, Computers, Computer Science
- Curriculum: American History 1901-1950
- Geographical Location: New Jersey
- Date: April, 1950
Article abstract: Using one of the first electronic digital computers, John von Neumann and his colleagues attempted to prove that future weather could be quantitatively predicted from current information about the atmosphere.
Summary of Event
In 1950, in one of the first applications of electronic computers to civilian use, mathematician John von Neumann and two collaborators attempted to predict the weather over the North American continent over a twenty-four-hour period. Electronic digital computers had been developed during World War II, in order to...
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