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Norman Phillips  

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  • Norman Phillips is a theoretical meteorologist who pioneered the use of numerical methods for the prediction of weather and climate changes. His influential studies led to the first computer models of weather and climate, as well as to an understanding of the general circulation of the atmosphere, including the transports of heat and moisture that determine the Earth's climate. [Source: Encyclopedia of Global Warming & Climate Change; Phillips, Norman]

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