Aksel C. Wiin-Nielsen
1983
Aksel C. Wiin-Nielsen was a Danish meteorologist known for his contributions to numerical weather prediction and atmospheric modeling. His work advanced global weather forecasting techniques and played a key role in the development of modern meteorological research and institutions.
17 December 1924 – 26 April 2010
- Scientist, Meteorological Institute, Denmark, 1952–1955
- International Meteorological Institute, Stockholm, 1955–1959
- The Joint Numerical Weather Prediction Unit, Suitland, USA, 1959–1961
- The National Center for Atmospheric Research, USA, 1961–1963
- Professor, Chairman, the Department of Meteorolou and Oceanography, University of Michigan, USA, 1963–1974
Visiting Professor at Universities of Copenhagen, 1969–1970 and Bergen, 1971–1972
Director European Centre for Medium-range Weather Forecasts, 1974–1979
Secretary General: World Meteorological Organization, 1980–1983
Director: Danish Meteorologieal Institute, 1984–1987
Professor: University of Copenhagen, 1988–1994
Professor Emeritus, 1995
President
Council for the European Centre for MediumRange Weather Forecasts, 1987,
European Geophysical Society, 1988–1990
Fellow of the American Meteorologieal Society
Honorary Member
Royal Meteorological Society
Member: Finnish Academy of the Science and Letters,
Royal Swedish Academy of Scienees,
Royal Danish Scientific Society
Danish Academy of Technical Sciences (Vice President)
Dr.Sc. (h.c.) University of Reading and
University of Copenhagen.
Publications
- numerous scientific papers in atmospheric dynamics
- numerical weather prediction
- the general circulation of the atmosphere.
- Buys-Ballot Gold Medal, 1982, the Royal Netherland Academy of Sciences
- Erik Palmén Medal, Finnish Geophysical Society, 1988
- Friedman Rescue Award, 1993
