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Name
  
Herbert Riehl

Education
  
University of Chicago

Fields
  
Meteorology


Born
  
March 30, 1915Germany (
1915-03-30
)

Citizenship
  
GermanyUnited States (1939)

Thesis
  
Subtropical Flow Patterns in Summer (1947)

Known for
  
Largely developed the subfield of tropical meteorology

Died
  
June 1, 1997, Denver, Colorado, United States

Notable awards
  
Carl-Gustaf Rossby Research Medal

Books
  
Tropical Meteorology, Climate and Weather in the Tropics, Introduction to the atmosphere, The jet stream

Doctoral students
  
Joanne Simpson, T. N. Krishnamurti, William M. Gray

Herbert Riehl (March 30, 1915 – June 1, 1997) was a German-born American meteorologist who is widely regarded as the father of tropical meteorology. He is well known for his work with Joanne Simpson on the importance of hot towers, and their critical role in transport of energy out of the tropics via the Hadley circulation.

Awards

  • American Meteorological Society Meisinger Award (1948)
  • American Institute for Aeronautics and Astronautics Losey Award (1962)
  • American Meteorological Society Carl-Gustaf Rossby Research Medal (1979)

    • Riehl wrote the first textbook on tropical meteorology.

    References

    Herbert Riehl Wikipedia
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