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Science & Medicine

Bernhard Haurwitz

Who

Bernhard Haurwitz · Science & Medicine

What

Meteorologist who developed the theory of atmospheric planetary (Rossby) waves

When

1905, Glogau, Germany (now Głogów, Poland) — 1986, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States

Where

Germany · United States

Biography

Bernhard Haurwitz is recognized among Jewish contributors to Science & Medicine — Meteorologist who developed the theory of atmospheric planetary (Rossby) waves

How & why

Bernhard Haurwitz was a German-born American meteorologist who advanced the mathematical theory of large-scale atmospheric waves — the planetary (Rossby-Haurwitz) waves that govern weather patterns — and of atmospheric tides. Of Jewish descent, he left Germany and became a leading figure in US dynamic meteorology. He is Jewish.

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Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Earth & Planetary Science

Contributions & Sources

Meteorologist who developed the theory of atmospheric planetary (Rossby) waves

1905

Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Earth & Planetary Science