Herbert Riehl

Herbert Riehl
Born	(1915-03-30)March 30, 1915 Munich, Germany[1]
Died	June 1, 1997(1997-06-01) (aged 82)
Citizenship	Germany United States (1939)
Education	New York University (M.S.) University of Chicago (Ph.D.)
Known for	Largely developed the subfield of tropical meteorology
Awards	Carl-Gustaf Rossby Research Medal
Scientific career
Fields	Meteorology
Thesis	Subtropical Flow Patterns in Summer  (1947)
Academic advisors	Horace R. Byers
Doctoral students	Joanne Malkus, T. N. Krishnamurti

Herbert Riehl (March 30, 1915 – June 1, 1997) was a German-born American meteorologist who is widely regarded as the father of tropical meteorology.[2] He is well known for his work with Joanne Simpson on the importance of hot towers, and their critical role in transport of energy out of the tropics via the Hadley circulation. He was responsible for founding the atmospheric science department at Colorado State University.[1]

Awards

• American Meteorological Society's Clarence Leroy Meisinger Award (1947)[3]
• American Institute for Aeronautics and Astronautics Losey Award (1962)
• American Meteorological Society Carl-Gustaf Rossby Research Medal (1979)[3]

Riehl wrote the first textbook on tropical meteorology.

References

1. "Herbert Riehl (1915-1997) - Find a Grave Memorial". Find a Grave.
2. Gray, W. (1998). "Dr. Herbert Riehl". Meteorology and Atmospheric Physics. 67 (1–4): 3–4. Bibcode:1998MAP....67....3G. doi:10.1007/BF01277498. S2CID 120196653.
3. "Search Past Award Winners". American Meteorological Society. 2022. Retrieved 2022-03-04.

• Lewis, John M.; M. G. Fearon; H. E. Klieforth (Jul 2012). "Herbert Riehl: Intrepid and Enigmatic Scholar". Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc. 93 (7): 963–85. Bibcode:2012BAMS...93..963L. doi:10.1175/BAMS-D-11-00224.1.