Sakuhei Fujiwhara
Sakuhei Fujiwhara | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Taken in September 1949 | |||||
| Born | October 29, 1884 | ||||
| Died | September 22, 1950 (aged 65) | ||||
| Alma mater | Tokyo Imperial University | ||||
| Known for | Fujiwhara effect | ||||
| Awards | Japan Academy Prize (1920) | ||||
| Scientific career | |||||
| Fields | Meteorology | ||||
| Japanese name | |||||
| Kanji | 藤原 咲平 | ||||
| |||||
Sakuhei Fujiwhara (藤原 咲平, Fujiwara Sakuhei; October 29, 1884 – September 22, 1950) was a Japanese meteorologist who became the namesake for the Fujiwhara effect. Novelist Jirō Nitta is his nephew and mathematician Masahiko Fujiwara is his grandnephew.