Verner E. Suomi

Verner Suomi
(1985)
Born(1915-12-06)December 6, 1915
Eveleth, Minnesota, U.S.
DiedJuly 30, 1995(1995-07-30) (aged 79)
Madison, Wisconsin, U.S.
Alma materUniversity of Chicago (Ph.D., 1953)
Known forSatellite meteorology
AwardsNational Medal of Science (1976)
Carl-Gustaf Rossby Research Medal
Scientific career
FieldsMeteorology
InstitutionsUniversity of Wisconsin–Madison
Thesis The Heat Budget Over a Cornfield  (1953)

Verner Edward Suomi (December 6, 1915 – 30 July 1995[1]) was a Finnish-American educator, inventor, and scientist. He is considered the father of satellite meteorology. He invented the Spin Scan Radiometer, which for many years was the instrument on the GOES weather satellites that generated the time sequences of cloud images seen on television weather shows. The Suomi NPP polar orbiting satellite, launched in 2011, was named in his honor.

  1. ^ Verner E. Suomi, 1915-1995 Father of Satellite Meteorology Archived 2023-01-29 at the Wayback Machine, Space Science and Engineering Center, University of Wisconsin–Madison