Isaac Held
Isaac Held · Science & Medicine
Climate scientist known for research on atmospheric dynamics and climate modeling
1948, Ulm, Germany
Germany · United States
Isaac Held is recognized among Jewish contributors to Science & Medicine — Climate scientist known for research on atmospheric dynamics and climate modeling
Held is an atmospheric scientist at Princeton's Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory whose theoretical work on atmospheric circulation, Hadley cells and climate modelling shaped modern understanding of how the atmosphere responds to warming. He was born in Ulm to Jewish refugee parents; his mother was a survivor of Auschwitz, and the family emigrated to the United States when he was a child.
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Climate scientist known for research on atmospheric dynamics and climate modeling
Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Earth & Planetary Science
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