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eng Andrija Mohorovičić as a meteorologist

hrv Andrija Mohorovičić kao meteorolog

eng Andrija Mohorovičić’s meteorology-related activities are reviewed. It is shown that he was involved in teaching and professional work in meteorology throughout his professional career, and in meteorological research until his early forties – i.e. before switching to seismological research and arriving at the famous discovery of discontinuity between the Earth’s crust and its mantle. Mohorovičić taught meteorology at the Nautical School in Bakar (1882–1891) and later at the University of Zagreb (since 1894). As for the professional engagement in meteorology, his major achievements were foundation of meteorological station in Bakar (1887), start of meteorological forecasting in Croatia (1893), and establishment of the network of Croatian meteorological stations (1901). Mohorovičić’s meteorological research included, but was not limited to, the climatological investigation of clouds and their movements in the Bakar area, the study of tornado that struck Novska, and an early study of the Zagreb climate conditions. As demonstrated in a recent publication, Mohorovičić also made pioneering contribution to the investigation of atmospheric rotors, by describing in some detail a vortex with horizontal axis he had observed from Bakar (1889); this discovery influenced later research of similar phenomena in England and Germany, but was forgotten by the international scientific community some fifty years later.

hrv U članku se iznosi pregled aktivnosti Andrije Mohorovičića u području meteorologije. Pokazuje se da je kao meteorolog bio uključen u nastavni i stručni rad tijekom cijelog svojeg profesionalnog djelovanja, te da se znanstveno bavio meteorologijom do
svojih ranih četrdesetih godina – dakle, prije nego se posvetio znanstvenom seizmološkom istraživanju i tako došao do čuvenog otkrića plohe doskontinuiteta između Zemljine kore i plašta. Mohorovičić je predavao meteorologiju na Nautičkoj školi u
Bakru (1882–1891) te kasnije na Sveučilištu u Zagrebu (od 1894. godine). Što se tiče stručnog rada u području meteorologije, najznačajnija su mu postignuća utemeljenje meteorološke postaje u Bakru (1887), početak meteorološkog prognoziranja u Hrvatskoj
(1893) i uspostavljanje mreže hrvatskih meteoroloških postaja (1901). Mohorovičićeva meteorološka istraživanja uključivala su, između ostalog, klimatološku studiju oblaka i njihovog gibanja u području Bakra, izučavanje tornada koji je pogodio Novsku te rano
istraživanje zagrebačkih klimatskih prilika. Kako je pokazano u jednom nedavno objavljenom članku, Mohorovičić je također dao pionirski doprinos istraživanju atmosferskih rotora, detaljno opisujući vrtlog s horizontalnom osi što ga je opažao iz Bakra (1889); to
je otkriće utjecalo na kasnije istraživanje sličnih pojava u Engleskoj i Njemačkoj, ali ga je nakon pedesetak godina međunarodna znanstvena zajednica zaboravila.

Orlić, Mirko

eng Andrija Mohorovičić; teaching of meteorology; Croatian meteorological network; atmospheric rotors

hrv Andrija Mohorovičić; nastava meteorologije; hrvatska meteorološka mreža; atmosferski rotori

Andrija Mohorovicic Geophysical Institute

2007

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Geofizika

ISSN 0352-3659 (Print)

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Volume 24

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