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Verner Edward Suomi
Verner Edward Suomi
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This was followed by planetary investigations with similar instruments for Venus and Jupiter space probes. Professor Suomi's most influential invention was the spin-scan camera, enabling geostationary weather observations.
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In 1965 Professor Suomi founded-the Space Science and Engineering Center to specialize in atmospheric research and instrument development for satellites en cl space probes. Later, the computer system McIDAS was developed to manage data from "his" satellites.
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His inventions were simple en cl elegant, en cl their consequences are ubiquitous. Anyone looking at a satellite image of Earth on the evening weather is looking at the product of a rare mind." Professor Suomi creclitec3 the schools of iron-range country in northern Minnesota with giving him a grounding in practical scientific thought, an emphasis that he instilled in his many students.
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increasing the understancling of our global geophysical environment and in direct applications of weather imaging to humankind's daily activities.
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