science · 24 August 1894 · 130 years ago
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Born 24 Aug 1894; died 22 Jan 1981 at age 86.
German meteorologist who was one of the founders of microclimatology (the study of the climatic conditions within a few metres of the ground surface). His observations, made above grassy fields or areas of crops and below forest canopies, elucidated the complex and subtle interactions between vegetation and the heat, radiation, and water balances of the air and soil.
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