2015 marks the centennial of the birth of Dr. Verner Suomi, the “Father of Satellite Meteorology”

From NOAA Satellite and Information Service:

2015 marks the centennial of the birth of Dr. Verner Suomi, the “Father of Satellite Meteorology”! 

Although it might seem odd that we’re mentioning this now, at the close of December, we would be remiss to let the year pass without acknowledging Suomi and the impact he had on satellite weather studies.

Suomi was one of the first to recognize the role that satellites could play in weather forecasting and his legacy lives on with NOAA/NASA’s Suomi-NPP polar-orbiting satellite, which was named in his honor.

To learn more about Suomi and his contributions to Satellite Meteorology visit http://go.usa.gov/cXstY.