Lloyd Berkner
American physicist · United States · On the map · Scientists · Lived 1905 to 1967 · aged 62
Lloyd Viel Berkner was an American physicist and engineer. He was one of the inventors of the measuring device that since has become standard at ionospheric stations because it measures the height and electron density of the ionosphere.
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1967Died4 June 1967Golden Plate AwardAwardWilliam Bowie MedalAward1962Fellow of the American Geophysical UnionAwardJohn Adam Fleming MedalAward1905Born1 February 1905
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The data obtained in the worldwide net of such instruments were important for the developing theory of short wave radio propagation to which Berkner himself gave important contributions.
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United States
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Scientists
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Scientist
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Deceased
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Lived 1905 to 1967 · aged 62
