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Mikhail Budyko

Russian climatologist (1920-2001) · Russia · On the map · Died at 81

Mikhail Ivanovich Budyko was a Soviet and Russian climatologist and one of the founders of physical climatology.

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2001Died10 December 20011998Blue Planet PrizeAward1994Robert E. Horton MedalAward1987International Meteorological Organization PrizeAward1920Born20 January 1920

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Sergey Zimov Studied under Mikhail

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Awards

Blue Planet Prize1998

Robert E. Horton Medal1994

International Meteorological Organization Prize1987

Order of the October Revolution

Order of the Badge of Honour

Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 4th class

Order of the Red Banner of Labour

Lenin Prize

About this person

He pioneered studies on global climate and calculated the temperature of Earth using a simple physical model of equilibrium in which the incoming solar radiation absorbed by the Earth's system is balanced by the energy re-radiated to space as thermal energy.

Country

Russia

Status

Deceased

Dates

Lived 1920 to 2001 · aged 81

The same award as Mikhail

Luna LeopoldBoth received Robert E. Horton Medal Ignacio Rodríguez-IturbeBoth received Robert E. Horton Medal