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Verner Edward Suomi (December 6, 1915 – 30 July 1995 [1]) was a Finnish-American educator, inventor, and scientist. He is considered the father of satellite meteorology.
Jul 30, 1995 · Suomi taught science in Minnesota high schools from 1938 through 1941. At the start of World War II, he enrolled in a civil air patrol course and began studying meteorology. He was so taken with the new science that he decided to study at the University of Chicago and teach practical meteorology to pilots.
WRITTEN BY TERRI GREGORY AND DONALD R. JOHNSON. SUBMITTED BY THE NAE HOME SECRETARY. Professor Emeritus Verner E. Suomi died at University Hospital in Madison, Wisconsin, on Sunday, July 30, 1995, after a long battle with heart disease. Internationally recognized as the father of satellite meteorology,'' Professor Suomi invented numerous ...
Aug 1, 1995 · Verner E. Suomi, a meteorologist who developed weather-forecasting technology that makes it easier to plan space missions, agricultural irrigation and family picnics, died Sunday at...
Flat Plate Radiometer. Verner Suomi’s major contributions to space engineering began in the late 1950s when he and Robert Parent, a University of Wisconsin professor of electrical engineering, developed an instrument designed to measure the Earth’s heat balance from a satellite.
Jan 25, 2012 · NASA has renamed its newest Earth-observing satellite in honor of the late Verner E. Suomi, a meteorologist at the University of Wisconsin who is recognized widely as "the father of satellite meteorology." The announcement was made Jan. 24 at the annual meeting of the American Meteorological Society in New Orleans.
Verner E. Suomi was a meteorological heavyweight who developed a weather forecasting imaging system that gave meteorologists a new level of information to plan for agricultural irrigation and even guide space travel. The imaging technology process paved the way for the weather satellites used today. One of Suomi’s most notable inventions was ...
