Bernhard Haurwitz
Bernhard Haurwitz · Science & Medicine
Meteorologist who developed the theory of atmospheric planetary (Rossby) waves
1905, Glogau, Germany (now Głogów, Poland) — 1986, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States
Germany · United States
Bernhard Haurwitz is recognized among Jewish contributors to Science & Medicine — Meteorologist who developed the theory of atmospheric planetary (Rossby) waves
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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Meteorologist who developed the theory of atmospheric planetary (Rossby) waves
Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Earth & Planetary Science
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