Bjerknes may refer to:
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Carl Anton Bjerknes
Carl Anton Bjerknes ( , ; 24 October 1825 – 20 March 1903) was a Norway, Norwegian mathematician and physicist. Bjerknes' earlier work was in pure mathematics, but he is principally known for his studies in hydrodynamics.
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(1825-1903), Norwegian mathematician and physicist
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Vilhelm Bjerknes
Vilhelm Friman Koren Bjerknes ( , ; 14 March 1862 – 9 April 1951) was a Norwegian physicist and meteorologist who did much to found the modern practice of weather forecasting. He formulated the primitive equations that are still in use in num ...
(1862–1951), Norwegian physicist and meteorologist, son of Carl Anton
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Jacob Bjerknes
Jacob Aall Bonnevie Bjerknes ( , ; 2 November 1897 – 7 July 1975) was a meteorologist. He is known for his key paper in which he pointed the dynamics of the polar front, mechanism for north-south heat transport and for which he was also awar ...
(1897–1975), Norwegian-American meteorologist, son of Vilhelm
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Bjerknes (lunar crater)
Bjerknes is a lunar impact crater that is located in the southern hemisphere on the rugged far side of the Moon. The crater lies behind the southeastern limb, and beyond the region that is sometimes brought into sight through libration. Thus t ...
, named in honour of Vilhelm
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