William Ferrel
✓ Source-basedrisingAmerican metereologist (1817-1891)
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William Ferrel was an American meteorologist who developed theories that explained the mid-latitude atmospheric circulation cell in detail, and it is after him that the Ferrel cell is named.
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Title page of a 1904 copy of Ferrel's "A popular treatise on the winds: Comprising the general motions of the atmosphere, monsoons, cyclones, tornadoes, waterspouts, hail-storms, etc."
First page of a 1904 copy of William Ferrel's "A popular treatise on the winds: Comprising the general motions of the atmosphere, monsoons, cyclones, tornadoes, waterspouts, hail-storms, etc."Scientists from United States 6
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United StatesCategory
Scientists
Type
Scientist
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1817 to 1891 · aged 74
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