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Hurricane Pioneer: Memoirs of Bob Simpson
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Artikel-Nr:
9781935704751
Veröffentl:
2015
Erscheinungsdatum:
15.05.2015
Seiten:
272
Autor:
Robert H. Simpson
Gewicht:
245 g
Format:
225x164x11 mm
Sprache:
Englisch
Beschreibung:
Robert H. Simpson (1912-2014) was the first director of the National Hurricane Research Project and former director of the National Hurricane Center. Neal M. Dorst is a meteorologist in the Hurricane Research Division of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
Robert (Bob) Simpson, along with his wife, Joanne, are both meteorological pioneers and icons, particularly with respect to tropical meteorology. Bob was the first director of the National Hurricane Research Project in the late 1950s, and a former director of the National Hurricane Center 1967-1974. Along with Herbert Saffir, he was also the creator of the widely used Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale (Categories 1-5). Simpson is an Honorary Member of the American Meteorological Society, the highest honor that is bestowed by the Society.