C. W. Thornthwaite
✓ Source-basedstableAmerican geographer and climatologist (1899-1963)
United StatesLived 1899 to 1963 · aged 64Fame41.7
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Charles Warren Thornthwaite was an American geographer and climatologist. He is best known for devising the Thornthwaite climate classification, a climate classification system modified in 1948 that is still in use worldwide, and also for his detailed water budget computations of potential evapotranspiration.
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Lived 1899 to 1963 · aged 64
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