Hsiao-Lan Kuo

Hsiao-Lan Kuo

Hsiao-Lan Kuo (Traditional Chinese: 郭曉嵐, Simplified Chinese: 郭晓岚, Pinyin: Guō Xiǎolán) (1915-2006), or GUO Xiaolan, was a prominent Chinese American mathematician, meteorologist [ [http://www-news.uchicago.edu/releases/06/060515.kuo.shtml Hsiao-Lan Kuo, meteorologist, 1915-2006] ] . He was a recipient of the Carl-Gustaf Rossby Research Medal [List of Carl-Gustaf Rossby Research Medal winners] .

Career

Born in Mancheng Village, Hebei Province on Feb 7, 1915, Kuo obtained his B.Sc from Tsinghua University (1937), M.Sc from Zhejiang University (1942), and PhD from the University of Chicago USA (1948).

1949-1961, Kuo worked as a research associate, later a senior specialist, and finally the project director on the Hurricane Project at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.He was Professors Emeritus at the Department of Geophysical Sciences, University of Chicago.

Kuo was an academician of Academia Sinica (1988 election).

Works

Kuo developed important mathematical tools to describe the complex circulation patterns of atmospheric activity. He helped to mathematically model the birth of a hurricane. Many scholars comment that Kuo's work is an important part of the theoretical foundation for modern meteorology [ [http://www-news.uchicago.edu/releases/06/060515.kuo.shtml Comments] “Hsiao-Lan’s research is an important part of the theoretical foundation for much of modern meteorology,” “a brilliant scholar whose research inspired his students and fellow scientists with its keen physical insights, buttressed by mathematical argument.” ] . He is considered as a member of the "Chicago School of Meteorology", which started from Carl-Gustaf Rossby [ [http://geosci.uchicago.edu/about/history.shtml University of Chicago - Department of Geophysical Sciences: History] ] .

For this reason, in 1970, Kuo was awarded the Carl-Gustaf Rossby Research Medal, from the American Meteorological Society (AMS), which is the highest honour for atmospheric science [ [http://www.ametsoc.org/ American Meteorological Society] Homepage] [ [http://www.ametsoc.org/awards/awarddescriptions.html AMS Award Descriptions] ] .

The "Rayleigh-Kuo theorem" or "Rayleigh-Kuo Criterion" is named after him [ “It goes by the name of the Rayleigh-Kuo theorem, and it’s a very well-known theorem among our peers,” by N.Nakamura] .

ee also

* Carl-Gustaf Rossby Research Medal

References

Links

* Obituary notice: [http://www-news.uchicago.edu/releases/06/060515.kuo.shtml Hsiao-Lan Kuo, meteorologist, 1915-2006] (English)
* "Britannica": [http://www.britannica.com/eb/topic-325064/Hsiao-lan-Kuo Hsiao-lan Kuo (Chinese-American meteorologist)] (English)
* [http://www.cma.gov.cn/qxkj/qklw/qxxb/t20060901_155801.phtml A memorial of professor Guo Xiaolan] (English)
* Chinese Obituary: [http://www.networkchinese.com/region/tw/06061201.html 郭晓岚院士去世] (Chinese)
* [http://baike7.com/baike/%B4%F3%C6%F8%BF%C6%D1%A7-%BA%A3%D1%F3%BF%C6%D1%A7-%CB%AE%CE%C4%BF%C6%D1%A7_%B9%F9%CF%FE%E1%B0.html] Kuo's biography (Chinese)
* [http://kepu.ccut.edu.cn/100k/read-htm-tid-6894-fpage-4.html 郭晓岚教授对大气科学的杰出贡献——悼念郭晓岚先生逝世] , Kuo's contributions to meteorology (Chinese)


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