Portal:Weather/Selected biography/10
              < Portal:Weather < Selected biography 
 
            
          William Ferrel (January 29, 1817 – September 18, 1891) was an American meteorologist who developed theories that explained the mid-latitude atmospheric circulation cell in detail, and it is after him that the Ferrel cell is named. (Full article...)
Previously selected biographies: John Dalton, Sir George Stokes, More...