Rudolf Geiger Explained

Rudolf Geiger
Birth Name:	Rudolf Oskar Robert Williams Geiger
Birth Date:	24 August 1894
Death Place:	Munich, West Germany
Nationality:	German
Field:	Meteorology
Known For:	Köppen–Geiger climate classification

Rudolf Oskar Robert Williams Geiger (; pronounced as /de/; 24 August 1894 – 22 January 1981) was a German meteorologist and climatologist. He was the son of Indologist Wilhelm Geiger and the brother of physicist Hans Geiger. He worked with Wladimir Köppen on climatology, hence the Köppen–Geiger climate classification.^[1]

References

• Prof. Dr. Rudolf Geiger zum 70. Geburtstag. Festschrift herausgegeben von seinen Schülern. Universität München – Meteorologisches Institut. Wissenschaftliche Mitteilungen Nr. 9, 1964 (with image).
• Baumgartner, Albert/ Nachruf – Prof. Dr. Dr. h. c. Rudolf Geiger. In: Mitteilungen der Deutschen Meteorologischen Gesellschaft Jg. 33, 1981, H. 1, S. 21–24.

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Notes and References

1. Web site: 2022-03-17 . Rudolf Oskar Robert Williams Geiger, German meteorologist . 2022-03-23 . Britannica . en.