Frank Pasquill
| Frank Pasquill | |
|---|---|
| Born | 8 September 1914 Trimdon, County Durham, England |
| Died | 15 October 1994 (aged 80) |
| Fields | Meteorology |
| Institutions | Meteorological Office |
| Alma mater | University College, Durham |
| Known for | Atmospheric diffusion |
| Influences | O.G. Sutton, P.A. Sheppard, Kenneth L. Calder |
| Notable awards | Symons Gold Medal from the Royal Meteorological Society, Fellow of the Royal Society |
Frank Pasquill FRS (8 September 1914 – 15 October 1994) was an English meteorologist at the Meteorological Office who worked throughout his career in the field of atmospheric diffusion and micrometeorology. He retired as Deputy Chief Scientific Officer. He was a fellow of the Royal Society.
Frank Pasquill was the son of Joseph and Elizabeth (née Rudd) Pasquill. His father was a miner. Frank attended secondary school in Hartlepool. He was the first in his family to obtain a secondary education.
He attended University College, Durham and earned First Class Honours in physics in 1935. He was awarded a two-year fellowship at University College to pursue further studies.
In 1937, he married Margaret Alice Turnbull. They had two daughters in the 57 year marriage.
He worked from 1937 to 1943 at the Chemical Defence Establishment of the Meteorological Office at Porton Down. His main work was the measurement of the evaporation of liquids in turbulent air streams. He conducted both wind-tunnel and field measurements. He modified O.G. Sutton's equations based on these experiments and the results are now known as the Sutton-Pasquill model of evaporation.
From 1943 to 1946, he worked in Queensland, Australia on classified work on the dispersion of toxic agents. In 1946, he returned to head a new unit of the Meteorological Office at Cambridge. He conducted field measurements on evaporation and obtained vertical profiles of the turbulent fluxes of heat and water vapor.
In 1950 he was awarded the D.Sc. from the University of Durham. He was assigned to the Atomic Energy Research Establishment at Harwell. He worked with N.G. Stewart on the dispersion of radionuclides from nuclear plants and from the atomic testing.
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