Verner Suomi

The Life and Work of the Founder of Satellite Meteorology

Biography & Memoir, Reference, Nonfiction, Science & Nature, Science
Cover of the book Verner Suomi by Jean M. Phillips, W. Paul Menzel, Thomas H. Vonder Haar, Hans Moosmüller, Frederick B. House, Matthew G. Fearon, John M. Lewis, American Meteorological Society
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Author: Jean M. Phillips, W. Paul Menzel, Thomas H. Vonder Haar, Hans Moosmüller, Frederick B. House, Matthew G. Fearon, John M. Lewis ISBN: 9781944970239
Publisher: American Meteorological Society Publication: February 15, 2018
Imprint: American Meteorological Society Language: English
Author: Jean M. Phillips, W. Paul Menzel, Thomas H. Vonder Haar, Hans Moosmüller, Frederick B. House, Matthew G. Fearon, John M. Lewis
ISBN: 9781944970239
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Publication: February 15, 2018
Imprint: American Meteorological Society
Language: English

As the space age got underway in the wake of Sputnik, one of the earliest areas of science to take advantage of the new observational opportunities it afforded was the study of climate and weather. This book tells the story of Finnish-American educator, inventor, and scientist Verner Suomi, who, in those early days of space science, brought his pragmatic engineering skills to bear on finding ways to use our new access to space to put observational instruments into orbit. In 1959, Suomi’s work resulted in the launching of Explorer VII, a satellite that measured the earth’s radiation budget, a major step in our ability to understand and forecast weather. Drawing on personal letters and oral histories, the book presents a rounded picture of the man who launched the field of satellite meteorology—in the process changing forever the way we understand and interact with the weather around us.

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As the space age got underway in the wake of Sputnik, one of the earliest areas of science to take advantage of the new observational opportunities it afforded was the study of climate and weather. This book tells the story of Finnish-American educator, inventor, and scientist Verner Suomi, who, in those early days of space science, brought his pragmatic engineering skills to bear on finding ways to use our new access to space to put observational instruments into orbit. In 1959, Suomi’s work resulted in the launching of Explorer VII, a satellite that measured the earth’s radiation budget, a major step in our ability to understand and forecast weather. Drawing on personal letters and oral histories, the book presents a rounded picture of the man who launched the field of satellite meteorology—in the process changing forever the way we understand and interact with the weather around us.

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