Hsiao-Lan Kuo

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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 [1]. He was a winner of the Carl-Gustaf Rossby Research Medal [2].

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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).

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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 [3]. He is considered as a member of the Chicago School of Meteorology, which started from Carl-Gustaf Rossby [4].

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 [5] [6].

The Rayleigh-Kuo theorem or Rayleigh-Kuo Criterion is named after him [7].

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  1. ^ Hsiao-Lan Kuo, meteorologist, 1915-2006
  2. ^ List of Carl-Gustaf Rossby Research Medal winners
  3. ^ 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.”
  4. ^ University of Chicago - Department of Geophysical Sciences: History
  5. ^ American Meteorological SocietyHomepage
  6. ^ AMS Award Descriptions
  7. ^ “It goes by the name of the Rayleigh-Kuo theorem, and it’s a very well-known theorem among our peers,” by N.Nakamura

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