biography
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Panofsky, Hans (Arnold)
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| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (1917–88)
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| biography:
| Meteorologist, born in Kassel, Germany. His father, art historian Erwin Panofsky, brought the family to the USA in 1934. As a professor at Pennsylvania State University (1951–82), he won two of the highest honours from the American Meteorological Society, namely the Meisinger Award (1965) and the Rossby Medal (1976). A prolific writer, he advanced the understanding of clear-air turbulence and the dispersion of air pollutants. |
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