Numerical weather prediction

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Who

John von Neumann and Jule Charney, who led the first computer weather forecast; both were Jewish. Early theory came from the non-Jewish scientist Lewis Fry Richardson.

When

1950

Where

Princeton, New Jersey, United States

Numerical weather prediction forecasts the atmosphere by solving physics equations on a computer, the basis of modern forecasting. The first successful computer forecast was produced in 1950 at Princeton, led by mathematician John von Neumann and meteorologist Jule Charney, building on Lewis Fry Richardson's earlier theory. Von Neumann and Charney were both Jewish; Richardson was not.

Part of “The Gifts of the Jews” — verified Jewish contributions to the world, with sources.