Napier Shaw

English meteorologist (1854-1945) · United Kingdom · On the map · Died at 91

Sir William Napier Shaw was a British meteorologist. He introduced the tephigram, a diagram for evaluating convective instability in the atmosphere. He also served as president of the International Meteorological Committee and Royal Meteorological Society.

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