Verner Suomi | |
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Born | |
Died | July 30, 1995 | (aged 79)
Alma mater | University of Chicago (Ph.D., 1953) |
Known for | Satellite meteorology |
Awards | National Medal of Science (1976) Carl-Gustaf Rossby Research Medal |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Meteorology |
Institutions | University 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.