Verner Suomi (1915-1995) was the father of satellite meteorology. He invented the Spin Scan Radiometer, which for many years was the instrument on the GOES weather satellites that generated the time sequences of cloud images seen on television weather shows. Together with Robert Parent, in 1965 Suomi founded the Space Science and Engineering Center (SSEC) at the University of Wisconsin - Madison. Wikipedia
According to Dr. Verner Suomi, this was a comment he heard more than once over the course of his career and he was proud of it. earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Library/Giants/Suomi/
The definitive Wikipedia entry for Verner E. Suomi. Wikipedia is the biggest multilingual free-content encyclopedia on the Internet. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Verner_Suomi
The definitive Wikipedia entry for Verner E. Suomi. Wikipedia is the biggest multilingual free-content encyclopedia on the Internet. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Verner_E%2e_Suomi
