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Jerome Namias

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Jerome Namias · Science & Medicine

What

Meteorologist, a pioneer of long-range and extended weather forecasting

When

1910, Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States — 1997, La Jolla, California, United States

Where

United States

Biography

Jerome Namias is recognized among Jewish contributors to Science & Medicine — Meteorologist, a pioneer of long-range and extended weather forecasting

How & why

Namias was an American meteorologist who pioneered long-range and extended weather forecasting, headed the U.S. Weather Bureau's Extended Forecast Division, and advanced understanding of the atmosphere-ocean interactions behind seasonal climate anomalies. He was Jewish.

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

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Meteorologist, a pioneer of long-range and extended weather forecasting

1910

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