Tillmann Mohr

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Tillmann Werner Gustav Josef Mohr (born January 3, 1940 in Vacha ) is a German meteorologist .

From 1992 to 1995 he was President of the German Weather Service . In 1995 he was appointed General Director of EUMETSAT in Darmstadt. He was the only German so far to hold this office until he retired in 2004.

Life

Mohr studied mathematics, physics and meteorology at the universities of Würzburg and Frankfurt. After a research grant in Japan, he received his doctorate in 1970. phil. nat. with a thesis on tropical meteorology.

In 1965 Mohr joined the German Weather Service , where from 1967 he worked as a meteorologist in the analysis and forecast center at the Central Office of the German Weather Service in Offenbach. From April 1968 to October 1968 he was a scholarship holder of the Japanese government at the research center of the Japanese Weather Service in Tokyo. At the beginning of 1970 he switched to the satellite meteorology department and began working on the ESA project for a future European weather satellite ( METEOSAT ) as a representative for Germany . In 1973 he was promoted to head of the satellite meteorology department.

In 1978 Mohr took over the management of the weather forecast department in the Central Office of the German Weather Service and in 1983 he took over the management of the general infrastructure department. From 1984 he took over the position of Deputy President of the German Weather Service. In May 1992 Mohr was appointed President of the German Weather Service.

His involvement in satellite activities began in 1971 with ESRO (European Space Research Organization), later with ESA (European Space Agency) as a member and chairman of working groups and program committees. As chairman of the ESA-METEOSAT Operational Working Group, he headed the establishment of the METEOSAT Operational Program (MOP) and was chairman of the ESA-Operational METEOSAT Program Board (PB-OM) after its establishment. Preparations for the establishment of EUMETSAT were completed under his chairmanship .

After establishing EUMETSAT in June 1986, he headed the German delegation to the EUMETSAT Council and was chairman of the EUMETSAT Political Advisory Committee from 1989 to 1993. On August 1, 1995, he took over the helm of EUMETSAT from its first director, John Morgan, and was appointed director of EUMETSAT. In November 2000 this post was given the new title of Director General.

After his retirement he worked as personal advisor to the General Secretaries Michel Jarraud (2004–2015) and Petteri Taalas (2016–2019) of the World Meteorological Organization. In addition, since 2014 he has acted as a consultant to the Chinese Meteorological Administration for their FENGYUN satellite programs.

Awards and honors

  • 1996 - Member of the International Academy of Astronautics (IAA)                                                                                        
  • 2003 - Gagarin Medal (Russian Federation)                                                                                                                        
  • 2004 - Federal Cross of Merit, 1st class                                                                                                                         
  • 2014 - 58th IMO Prize of the World Meteorological Organization                                                                                                                                              
  • 2018 - EMS Silver Medal (highest award of the European Meteorological Society)

Publications

  • Allison, I., Beland, M., Alverson, K., Bell, R., Carlson, D., Danell, K., ... & Glaser, G. (2007). The Scope of Science for the International Polar Year 2007-2008. WMO / TD 1364.
  • Mohr, T. (1971). Picture of the month: air pollution photographed by satellite. Monthly Weather Review , 99 (8), 653-653.
  • Mohr, T. (1971). PICTURE OF THE MONTH: The Life History of a Huge Pack-Ice Field. Monthly Weather Review , 99 (1), 30-31.
  • Mohr, T., & Schmetz, J. (2006). Weather observations from space. In Utilization of Space (pp. 111-130). Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg.
  • Mohr, T. (1999). CEOS: its role and activities. Space Policy , 15 (3), 137-140.
  • Mohr, T. (2015). Contribution to the transformation of tropical cyclones into intense extra-tropical cyclones . German Weather Service, German Meteorological Library.
  • Allison, I., Béland, M., Alverson, K., Bell, R., Carlson, D., Cutler, P.,… & Huber, J. (2009). The state of polar research: A statement from the International Council for Science / World Meteorological Organization Joint Committee for the International Polar Year 2007-2008.
  • Eumetsat: Previsioni e ricerca climatic, Dallo Spazio per la Terra, de Agostini, Novarra (2003), p. 134-135
  • The role of satellites in WMO programs in the 2010s ”, WMO / TD No. 1177 (2003)
  • Weather Observations from Space, Utilization of Space, Springer (2006), p. 111-128
  • The Global Satellite Observing System: a success story, WMO Bulletin 59 (1), p. 1-5
  • Understanding Earth's Polar Challenges: International Polar Year 2007-2008, University of the Artic, Rovaniemi, Finland / CCl Press Edmonton, Alberta, Canada and ICSU / WMO Joint Committee for the Polar Year 2007-2008 (2011), p. 357-370

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b DWD: Dr. Tillmann Mohr honored with the world's most important prize for meteorology. In: https://www.dwd.de . DWS, May 28, 2013, accessed on January 22, 2020 .
  2. ↑ Dr Tillmann Mohr receives IMO Prize - EUMETSAT. Retrieved January 22, 2020 .
personal data
SURNAME Mohr, Tillmann
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Mohr, Tillmann Werner Gustav Josef
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German meteorologist
DATE OF BIRTH January 3, 1940
PLACE OF BIRTH Vacha