David Atlas
David Atlas · Science & Medicine
Meteorologist who invented and developed weather radar and Doppler weather radar
1924, Brooklyn, New York, USA — 2015, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
United States
David Atlas is recognized among Jewish contributors to Science & Medicine — Meteorologist who invented and developed weather radar and Doppler weather radar
David Atlas was a meteorologist regarded as the father of radar meteorology; he developed the theory and instruments for using radar — including Doppler radar — to measure precipitation, storms and clear-air turbulence, transforming weather observation and forecasting. He was born into a Jewish family in Brooklyn.
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Meteorologist who invented and developed weather radar and Doppler weather radar
Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Earth & Planetary Science
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