Fujiwhara effect
Efecto Fujiwhara
- Date
- 1921 · confidence high
- Place
- Tokyo, Japan
- Credited to
- Sakuhei Fujiwhara
- Field
- Cosmos & Earth
What was discovered
Japanese meteorologist Sakuhei Fujiwhara described in a 1921 paper, based on earlier 1889 work, the effect that bears his name: the interaction of two nearby cyclones that rotate around each other and can merge into one.
What it led to
- Cyclone track prediction models
- Preparedness programs for interacting cyclones
- Studies of atmospheric vortex dynamics