Carl Ludvig Schreiner Godske (20 May 1906 – 3 July 1970) was a Norwegian mathematician and meteorologist. He was born in Bindal. He was a member of the

Bergen School of Meteorology __NOTOC__ The "Bergen School of Meteorology" is a school of thought which is the basis for much of modern weather forecasting. Founded by the meteorologist Prof. Vilhelm Bjerknes and his younger colleagues in 1917, the Bergen School attempts to de ...

, working as meteorologist in

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from 1938, and appointed professor at the

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from 1946. Among his publications is ''Dynamic Meteorology and Weather Forecasting'' from 1957. He was also a pioneer in the application of electronic computers in Norway. He chaired the Norwegian Geophysical Society from 1956 to 1957 and was a fellow of the

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from 1937. He was decorated Knight, First Class of the Order of St. Olav in 1967.

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1906 births 1970 deaths People from Bindal Norwegian meteorologists Academic staff of the University of Bergen Members of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters 20th-century Norwegian mathematicians {{Norway-academic-bio-stub