Sakuhei Fujiwhara

Sakuhei Fujiwhara
Taken in September 1949
Born(1884-10-29)October 29, 1884
DiedSeptember 22, 1950(1950-09-22) (aged 65)
Alma materTokyo Imperial University
Known forFujiwhara effect
AwardsJapan Academy Prize (1920)
Scientific career
FieldsMeteorology
Japanese name
Kanji藤原 咲平
Transcriptions
RomanizationFujiwara Sakuhei

Sakuhei Fujiwhara[nb 1] (藤原 咲平, Fujiwara Sakuhei, October 29, 1884 – September 22, 1950) was a Japanese meteorologist who became the namesake for the Fujiwhara effect. Novelist Jirō Nitta is his nephew and mathematician Masahiko Fujiwara is his grandnephew.
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