Ragnar Fjørtoft was an internationally recognized Norwegian meteorologist. He was part of a Princeton, New Jersey team that in 1950 performed the first successful numerical weather prediction using the ENIAC electronic computer.
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Hermann FlohnAlso won International Meteorological Organization Prize
Knut FægriAlso won Fridtjof Nansen Award of Excellence, Mathematics-Natural sciences class
Lars Roar LangsletAlso won Order of St. OlavErnst Sejersted SelmerAlso won Order of St. Olav
Trond Helge TorsvikAlso won Fridtjof Nansen Award of Excellence, Mathematics-Natural sciences class
Helmut LandsbergAlso won International Meteorological Organization Prize
Knut FægriAlso won Fridtjof Nansen Award of Excellence, Mathematics-Natural sciences classLars Roar LangsletAlso won Order of St. OlavErnst Sejersted SelmerAlso won Order of St. OlavTrond Helge TorsvikAlso won Fridtjof Nansen Award of Excellence, Mathematics-Natural sciences classHelmut LandsbergAlso won International Meteorological Organization PrizeAbout this person
Ragnar Fjørtoft was an internationally recognized Norwegian meteorologist. He was part of a Princeton, New Jersey team that in 1950 performed the first successful numerical weather prediction using the ENIAC electronic computer. He was also a professor of meteorology at the University of Copenhagen and director of the Norwegian Meteorological Institute.
Country
NorwayCategory
Academics
Type
Academic
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1913 to 1998 · aged 84
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