Klaus Hasselmann
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Klaus Hasselmann is a German oceanographer and climate scientist renowned for developing models that link climate variability to human activity, work that earned him a share of the 2021 Nobel Prize in Physics.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Klaus Hasselmann canonical | 2 |
| Hasselmann | 1 |
| Klaus Ferdinand Hasselmann | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1593920 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Klaus Hasselmann Context triple: [Syukuro Manabe, coRecipientOfNobelPrizeInPhysics, Klaus Hasselmann]
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Syukuro Manabe
Syukuro Manabe is a Japanese-American climatologist and meteorologist renowned as a pioneer of climate modeling and a co-recipient of the 2021 Nobel Prize in Physics for his work on quantifying the role of greenhouse gases in climate change.
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Jule Gregory Charney
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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Vilhelm Bjerknes
Vilhelm Bjerknes was a pioneering Norwegian physicist and meteorologist who laid the foundations of modern weather forecasting through his work on atmospheric dynamics and the Bergen School of Meteorology.
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Jacob Bjerknes
Jacob Bjerknes was a Norwegian-American meteorologist and physicist renowned for his pioneering work on atmospheric circulation and for elucidating the mechanisms behind the El Niño–Southern Oscillation.
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James Hansen
James Hansen is a prominent American climate scientist and former NASA researcher known for his early and influential warnings about global warming and advocacy for climate action.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Klaus Hasselmann Target entity description: Klaus Hasselmann is a German oceanographer and climate scientist renowned for developing models that link climate variability to human activity, work that earned him a share of the 2021 Nobel Prize in Physics.
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Syukuro Manabe
Syukuro Manabe is a Japanese-American climatologist and meteorologist renowned as a pioneer of climate modeling and a co-recipient of the 2021 Nobel Prize in Physics for his work on quantifying the role of greenhouse gases in climate change.
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B.
Jule Gregory Charney
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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C.
Vilhelm Bjerknes
Vilhelm Bjerknes was a pioneering Norwegian physicist and meteorologist who laid the foundations of modern weather forecasting through his work on atmospheric dynamics and the Bergen School of Meteorology.
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D.
Jacob Bjerknes
Jacob Bjerknes was a Norwegian-American meteorologist and physicist renowned for his pioneering work on atmospheric circulation and for elucidating the mechanisms behind the El Niño–Southern Oscillation.
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E.
James Hansen
James Hansen is a prominent American climate scientist and former NASA researcher known for his early and influential warnings about global warming and advocacy for climate action.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (52)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
climate scientist
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human ⓘ oceanographer ⓘ physicist ⓘ university teacher ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Nobel Prize in Physics
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surface form:
2021 Nobel Prize in Physics
BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award ⓘ
surface form:
BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award in Climate Change
German Environmental Prize ⓘ Max Planck Medal ⓘ Nobel Prize in Physics ⓘ Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany ⓘ Symons Gold Medal ⓘ Vilhelm Bjerknes Medal ⓘ Wilhelm Exner Medal ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
Germany
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surface form:
Federal Republic of Germany
Germany ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1931-10-25 ⓘ |
| doctoralAdvisor | Friedrich Karl Richtmyer ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Georg-August University of Göttingen
NERFINISHED
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University of Hamburg NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| employer | Max Planck Institute for Meteorology ⓘ |
| familyName |
Klaus Hasselmann
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Hasselmann
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| fieldOfWork |
atmospheric physics
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climate science ⓘ physical oceanography ⓘ statistical physics ⓘ |
| givenName | Klaus ⓘ |
| hasChild |
Carl Hasselmann
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Ralph Hasselmann ⓘ |
| knownFor |
climate change detection and attribution
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linking climate variability to human activity ⓘ theory of stochastic climate variability ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName |
English
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German ⓘ |
| memberOf |
Academy of Sciences and Humanities in Hamburg
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surface form:
Academy of Sciences in Hamburg
American Geophysical Union ⓘ European Academy of Sciences and Arts ⓘ German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina ⓘ |
| name |
Klaus Hasselmann
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Klaus Ferdinand Hasselmann
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| NobelPrizeMotivation | for the physical modelling of Earth’s climate, quantifying variability and reliably predicting global warming ⓘ |
| notableWork |
fingerprint method for detecting anthropogenic climate change
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stochastic climate models ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Hamburg ⓘ |
| positionHeld | director of the Max Planck Institute for Meteorology ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| sharesNobelPrizeWith |
Giorgio Parisi
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Syukuro Manabe ⓘ |
| spouse | Susanne Hasselmann ⓘ |
| thesisTitle | Zur Theorie der nichtlinearen Wellen ⓘ |
| thesisYear | 1957 ⓘ |
| workLocation |
Hamburg
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Hamburg University NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Klaus Hasselmann Description of subject: Klaus Hasselmann is a German oceanographer and climate scientist renowned for developing models that link climate variability to human activity, work that earned him a share of the 2021 Nobel Prize in Physics.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
American Meteorological Society Carl-Gustaf Rossby Research Medal
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notableRecipient
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Klaus Hasselmann
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this entity surface form:
Klaus Ferdinand Hasselmann
this entity surface form:
Hasselmann