Gordon Dobson
Gordon Miller Bourne Dobson (born February 25, 1889 , † March 11, 1976 in Oxford ) was a British physicist and meteorologist .
Life
Dobson was one of the pioneers of stratospheric and ozone research. For this purpose he developed the Dobsonian spectrophotometer in 1924 . He was the first to recognize the seasonal fluctuations in the thickness of the ozone layer during his measurements on the Antarctic station Halley Bay in the years 1956–1959. These were the fluctuations, the marked intensification of which in the course of the 1970s and 1980s was discovered by Robert Watson in 1985 and known as the ozone hole .
The Dobsonian unit is also named after Dobson , a unit of measurement for the thickness of the ozone layer. In 1927 he was elected as a member (" Fellow ") in the Royal Society , which in 1942 awarded him the Rumford Medal .
Fonts (selection)
- GMB Dobson (1973): The laminated structure of the ozone in the atmosphere . Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society 99 (422): 599-607.
literature
- John Houghton , CD Walshaw (1977): Gordon Miller Bourne Dobson, 1899--1976 . Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society, Volume 23, December 1977: 41-57 (obituary), doi: 10.1098 / rsbm.1977.0003 .
Web links
- Biographical information (Engl.)
Individual evidence
- ↑ GMB Dobson (1968): 40 Years Research on Atmospheric Ozone at Oxford - A History . Applied Optics 7 (3): 387-405.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Dobson, Gordon |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Dobson, Gordon Miller Bourne (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British physicist and meteorologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 25, 1889 |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 11, 1976 |
| Place of death | Oxford |