Sakuhei Fujiwhara
| Sakuhei Fujiwhara | |
|---|---|
| Born |
October 29, 1884 Suwa, Nagano, Japan |
| Died | September 22, 1950 (aged 65) |
| Fields | Meteorology |
| Alma mater | Tokyo Imperial University |
| Known for | Fujiwhara effect |
| Notable awards | Japan Academy Prize (1920) |
Sakuhei Fujiwhara(藤原 咲平 Fujiwara Sakuhei?, October 29, 1884 – September 22, 1950) was a Japanese meteorologist who became the namesake for the Fujiwhara effect. Novelist Jirō Nitta is his nephew and mathematician Masahiko Fujiwara is his grandnephew.
Born in the city of Suwa, Nagano Prefecture, Fujiwhara received his primary education at Takashima Common Elementary School and Suwa Higher Elementary School, where he was in the same class as future army general, Tetsuzan Nagata. He was also close friends with Shigeo Iwanami, who would go on to found the Iwanami Shoten Publishing company. He joined the Central Meteorological Observatory (current Japan Meteorological Agency) in 1909 after completing undergraduate studies in theoretical physics at Tokyo Imperial University (current University of Tokyo).
Fujiwhara earned his doctorate in 1915 through his research work on the abnormal propagation of sound waves, and earned the Japan Academy Prize in 1920 in recognition of his research. He traveled to Norway in the same year to study meteorology under Vilhelm Bjerknes.
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