Syukuro Manabe
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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.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Syukuro Manabe canonical | 11 |
| Manabe | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Syukuro Manabe Context triple: [University of Tokyo, hasNotableAlumni, Syukuro Manabe]
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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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B.
Sin-Itiro Tomonaga
Sin-Itiro Tomonaga was a Japanese theoretical physicist renowned for his fundamental contributions to quantum electrodynamics, for which he shared the 1965 Nobel Prize in Physics.
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Shizuo Kakutani
Shizuo Kakutani was a Japanese-American mathematician renowned for his contributions to functional analysis and probability theory, including the formulation of the Kakutani fixed-point theorem.
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William H. Press
William H. Press is an American astrophysicist and computational scientist known for his influential work in numerical analysis, cosmology, and science policy, including co-authoring the widely used textbook "Numerical Recipes."
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E.
Philip G. Saffman
Philip G. Saffman was a prominent British-American applied mathematician and fluid dynamicist known for his influential work on vortex dynamics and the theory of turbulence.
- 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: Syukuro Manabe Target entity description: 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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A.
Stanley Corrsin
Stanley Corrsin was a prominent American fluid dynamicist renowned for his pioneering contributions to the study of turbulence and mixing in fluid flows.
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B.
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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C.
Sin-Itiro Tomonaga
Sin-Itiro Tomonaga was a Japanese theoretical physicist renowned for his fundamental contributions to quantum electrodynamics, for which he shared the 1965 Nobel Prize in Physics.
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D.
Shizuo Kakutani
Shizuo Kakutani was a Japanese-American mathematician renowned for his contributions to functional analysis and probability theory, including the formulation of the Kakutani fixed-point theorem.
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E.
William H. Press
William H. Press is an American astrophysicist and computational scientist known for his influential work in numerical analysis, cosmology, and science policy, including co-authoring the widely used textbook "Numerical Recipes."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
Nobel laureate in Physics
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climatologist ⓘ meteorologist ⓘ person ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
American Meteorological Society Carl-Gustaf Rossby Research Medal
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Asahi Prize ⓘ BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award ⓘ
surface form:
BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award in Climate Change
Franklin Medal ⓘ
surface form:
Benjamin Franklin Medal in Earth and Environmental Science
Blue Planet Prize ⓘ Nobel Prize in Physics ⓘ |
| coAuthorWith | Richard T. Wetherald ⓘ |
| coRecipientOfNobelPrizeInPhysics |
Giorgio Parisi
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Klaus Hasselmann ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
Japan
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United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1931-09-21 ⓘ |
| degree | Doctor of Science in meteorology ⓘ |
| developed |
early general circulation models of the atmosphere
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one-dimensional radiative-convective climate model ⓘ |
| educatedAt | University of Tokyo ⓘ |
| employer |
Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory
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Princeton University ⓘ |
| familyName |
Syukuro Manabe
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Manabe
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| fieldOfWork |
climate modeling
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climatology ⓘ meteorology ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| givenName | Syukuro ⓘ |
| influenced | development of modern climate change projections ⓘ |
| knownFor |
early coupled atmosphere–ocean climate models
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pioneering numerical climate modeling ⓘ quantifying the role of greenhouse gases in climate change ⓘ radiative-convective equilibrium models of the atmosphere ⓘ |
| memberOf |
American Academy of Arts and Sciences
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Japan Academy ⓘ National Academy of Sciences ⓘ
surface form:
National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
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| name | Syukuro Manabe self-link ⓘ |
| nationality | Japanese-American ⓘ |
| NobelPrizeCategory | Physics ⓘ |
| NobelPrizeMotivation | for the physical modelling of Earth’s climate, quantifying variability and reliably predicting global warming ⓘ |
| NobelPrizeYear | 2021 ⓘ |
| notableWork | Manabe–Wetherald climate model ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Shingu, Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan ⓘ |
| researched |
climate sensitivity to greenhouse gas concentrations
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effects of increased atmospheric CO2 on surface temperature ⓘ |
| residence | United States of America ⓘ |
| workLocation | Princeton, New Jersey, United States ⓘ |
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Referenced by (12)
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this entity surface form:
Manabe
American Meteorological Society Carl-Gustaf Rossby Research Medal
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Syukuro Manabe
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