Klaus Hasselmann
Klaus Ferdinand Hasselmann (born 25 October 1931)[1] is a German oceanographer and climate modeller. He is Professor Emeritus at the University of Hamburg and former Director of the Max Planck Institute for Meteorology. He was awarded the 2021 Nobel Prize in Physics with Syukuro Manabe and Giorgio Parisi.[2]
Klaus Hasselmann | |
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| Born | Klaus Ferdinand Hasselmann 25 October 1931 (aged 94) |
| Education | University of Hamburg (Diplom) Max Planck Society University of Göttingen (PhD) |
| Awards | Nobel Prize in Physics (2021) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Climate variability Climate model |
| Institutions | University of Hamburg Max Planck Society Max Planck Institute for Meteorology German Climate Computing Centre |
| Thesis | Über eine Methode zur Bestimmung der Reflexion und Brechung von Stoßfronten und von beliebigen Wellen kleiner Wellenlängen an der Trennungsfläche zweier Medien (1957) |
| Website | Official website |
He is best known for creating the Hasselmann model.[3][4] His works has helped track and model the effects and weather patterns of climate change.
He was elected a member of the Academia Europaea in 1988.[5]
Referemces
- ↑ Klaus Hasselmann. Retrieved 5 October 2021.
- ↑ All Nobel Prizes in Physics (in en-US). NobelPrize.org. Retrieved 5 October 2021.
- ↑ Hasselmann, K.. Stochastic climate models Part I. Theory. Tellus 28 (6) (1976)Informa UK Limited. p. 473–485. doi:10.3402/tellusa.v28i6.11316.
- ↑ Arnold, Ludwig. Stochastic Climate Models (2001)Birkhäuser Basel. p. 141–157. ISBN 978-3-0348-9504-0. doi:10.1007/978-3-0348-8287-3_5.
- ↑ Klaus HasselmannAcademia Europaea.
Klaus Hasselmann Media
Cover image of the Ph.D. dissertation of Klaus Hasselmann defended in 1957 at the University of Göttingen
