Professor
Klaus Wyrtki
(
–
)
1925
2013
University of Hawaii
;
Honolulu, HI
Oceanographer; Educator
Area
Mathematical and Physical Sciences
Specialty
Astronomy, Astrophysics, and Earth Sciences
Elected
2007
Discovered the cause of El Nino. The first to suggest a teleconnection between the westward trade winds over the equatorial Pacific and the flood of warm surface waters near Peru. Has the ability to coax the essential features of ocean circulation from sparse data sets.
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