# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/david-atlas
# Generated: 2026-08-13T18:51:49.395Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/david-atlas"
name: "David Atlas"
slug: "david-atlas"
description: "David Atlas was an American meteorologist and one of the pioneers of radar meteorology. His career extended from World War II to his death: he worked for the US Air Force, then was professor at the University of Chicago and National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR), researcher at NASA and private consultant. Atlas owned 22 patents, published more than 260 papers, was a member of many associations, and received numerous honors in his field."
tagline: "Meteorologist and radar pioneer (1924-2015)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/David_Atlas_Weather_radar_pionneer.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
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profileType:
  name: "Academic"
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  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1924-05-25"
deathDate: "2015-11-10"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             2.222222222222222
  historical:           6.336897333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "ڈیوڈ اٹلس"
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    title: "David Atlas"
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    title: "David Atlas"
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  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Atlas"
    title: "David Atlas"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump