# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/alexander-obukhov
# Generated: 2026-08-14T05:10:50.379Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/alexander-obukhov"
name: "Alexander Obukhov"
slug: "alexander-obukhov"
description: "Alexander Mikhailovich Obukhov was a Soviet and Russian geophysicist and applied mathematician known for his contributions to statistical theory of turbulence and atmospheric physics. He was one of the founders of modern boundary layer meteorology. He served as the Head of the theoretical department at Sternberg Astronomical Institute, a division of Moscow State University."
tagline: "Soviet Russian physicist and applied mathematician (1918–1989)"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Scientists"
  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1918-05-05"
deathDate: "1989-12-03"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           40.97
  momentum:             1.2
  historical:           5.878294666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  45
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aleksandr_Ob%C3%BAjov"
    title: "Aleksandr Obújov"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Michailowitsch_Obuchow"
    title: "Alexander Michailowitsch Obuchow"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Obukhov"
    title: "Alexander Obukhov"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9E%D0%B1%D1%83%D1%85%D0%BE%D0%B2%2C_%D0%90%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BA%D1%81%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B4%D1%80_%D0%9C%D0%B8%D1%85%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87"
    title: "Обухов, Александр Михайлович"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexandre_Oboukhov"
    title: "Alexandre Oboukhov"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Obukhov"
    title: "Alexander Obukhov"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4330048"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump