DAMAGE MAP OF HURRICANE ANDREW ON AUGUST 24, 1992 - Dr. Tetsuya Theodore Fujita

Description: This listing is for a very nice: DAMAGE MAP OF HURRICANE ANDREW ON AUGUST 24, 1992 The condition is very nice / unused Open, it measures approximately 15" x 20 1/2" It is on a glossy, thick paper. This publication is an original copy from the MESOMETEOROLGY PROJECT, DEPARTMENT OF GEOPHYSICAL SCIENCES, THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO. It was from an estate of a protege' of Dr. Fujita. Tetsuya Theodore Fujita (1920-1998) was born in Kitakyushu, Japan. After receiving his doctorate from Tokyo University in 1950, he began a career as an associate professor at the Kyushu Institute of Technology. In 1953, he began to teach at the University of Chicago, at which he served as a professor until his death in 1998. During his career, Ted Fujita researched meteorology, focusing on severe storms such as microbursts, tornadoes, and hurricanes. He pioneered new techniques for documenting severe storms, including aerial photography and the use of satellite images and film. He also created the Fujita Scale for assessing tornado strength based on a given storm's wind speed and the amount of damage it caused.This was was published by the Department of the Geophysical sciences, The University of Chicago. The Dr. T. Theodore Fujita Collection contains published manuscripts, draft manuscripts, charts, graphs, maps, photographs, photographic negatives, slides, and miscellaneous other materials pertaining to his four decades of meteorological research. A complete set--over 200--reports from Satellite and Mesometeorology Research Project (SMRP) are present. This was his most significant project, documenting for the first time such phenomena as downbursts, multiple-vortex tornadoes, and other groundbreaking meteorological observations and discoveries. Publications, conference proceedings, and research materials from the SMRP, as well as from the National Severe Storms Project (NSSP) and JAWS (Joint Airport Weather Study), comprise the bulk of the collection PLEASE SEE MY OTHER LISTINGS IN MY STORE FOR SIMILAR ITEMS AND COMBINE FOR THE LOWEST POSTAGE. Please feel free to message any questions to me.(18)

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