Vilhelm Bjerknes

A) helped discredit the Norwegian cyclone model.
B) founded the Norwegian Geophysical Institute.
C) developed the polar front theory in order to explain the occurrence of hurricanes.
D) was a tragic victim of the fighting in World War I.


Answer: B

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