S. George Philander | |
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 George Philander in October 2020. | |
| Born | Samuel George Harker Philander August 25, 1942 Caledon, South Africa |
| Nationality | South African |
| Alma mater | University of Cape Town Harvard University |
| Awards | Vetlesen Prize (2017) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Geophysics |
| Institutions | Princeton University |
| Thesis | The Equatorial Dynamics of an Homogeneous Ocean (1970) |
| External videos | |
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 "Two Scientists Win 2017 Vetlesen Prize", 2017. |
Samuel George Harker Philander (born August 25, 1942, Caledon, South Africa)[1] is a climate scientist, known for his work on atmospheric circulation and oceanic currents, particularly El Niño. He is the Knox Taylor Professor emeritus of Geosciences at Princeton University.
Among his published works written for a broad audience are Our Affair with El Niño: How We Transformed an Enchanting Peruvian Current into a Global Climate Hazard and Is the Temperature Rising?: The Uncertain Science of Global Warming.
- ^ "George Philander's Biography". The HistoryMakers. Retrieved 1 February 2023.