Jule Gregory Charney

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Jule Gregory Charney was a pioneering American meteorologist and mathematician who laid the foundations of modern numerical weather prediction and large-scale atmospheric dynamics.

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instanceOf American scientist
mathematician
meteorologist
person
academicAdvisor Jorgen Holmboe
awardReceived American Meteorological Society Carl-Gustaf Rossby Research Medal
surface form: Carl-Gustaf Rossby Research Medal

National Medal of Science
William Bowie Medal
birthDate 1917-01-01
citizenship United States of America
contributedTo development of quasi-geostrophic models of the atmosphere
first successful numerical weather prediction experiments
understanding of baroclinic waves and midlatitude cyclones
deathDate 1981-06-16
educatedAt University of California, Los Angeles
employer Institute for Advanced Study
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
University of Chicago
familyName Charney
fieldOfWork atmospheric dynamics
geophysical fluid dynamics
meteorology
numerical weather prediction
fullName Jule Gregory Charney self-link
gender male
givenName Jule
influenced Akio Arakawa
Edward N. Lorenz
Joseph Smagorinsky
Norman Phillips
knownFor Charney equation
Charney–Eliassen model
Charney–Phillips vertical coordinate
baroclinic instability theory
foundations of modern numerical weather prediction
large-scale atmospheric dynamics
quasi-geostrophic theory
memberOf American Academy of Arts and Sciences
National Academy of Sciences
nationality United States of America
notableWork Numerical prediction of cyclogenesis
The Dynamics of Long Waves in a Baroclinic Westerly Current
positionHeld head of the Department of Meteorology at MIT
professor of meteorology at MIT
workLocation Cambridge, Massachusetts
Princeton, New Jersey, United States
surface form: Princeton, New Jersey

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Jacob Bjerknes notableStudent Jule Gregory Charney
American Meteorological Society Carl-Gustaf Rossby Research Medal notableRecipient Jule Gregory Charney
this entity surface form: Jule G. Charney
Jule Gregory Charney fullName Jule Gregory Charney self-link