Awards & Winners

Verner E. Suomi

Date of Birth 1915
Place of Birth Eveleth
(St. Louis County, Minnesota, United States of America)
Nationality
Verner Edward "Vern" Suomi was an American educator, inventor, and scientist. He is considered the father of satellite meteorology. He invented the Spin Scan Radiometer, which for many years was the instrument on the GOES weather satellites that generated the time sequences of cloud images seen on television weather shows. The Suomi NPP polar orbiting satellite, launched in 2011, was named in his honor.

Awards by Verner E. Suomi

Check all the awards nominated and won by Verner E. Suomi.

1976


National Medal of Science for Physical Science
(For providing a new view of the dynamics of our atmosphere, which already has brought substantial benefits to the people of this nation and the world.)