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{{Short description|Portuguese meteorologist}}
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|birth_date = {{Birth date|1922|11|9|df=y}}
|birth_place = [[Miuzela]], [[Almeida, Portugal|Almeida]], [[Portugal]]
|death_date = {{Death date and age |1996|12|6|1922|11|9|df=y}}
|death_place = [[Lisbon]], [[Portugal]]
|nationality = Portuguese
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|occupation = Meteorologist
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'''José Pinto Peixoto''' (November 9, 1922 – December 6, 1996) was a Portuguese [[meteorologist]]. As a part of [[Victor P. Starr|Victor Starr]]'s research group, including [[Abraham H. Oort]] and [[Edward Norton Lorenz|Ed Lorenz]], and then later as director of the [[Geophysical Institute de Luis]] at the [[University of Lisbon (1911–2013)|University of Lisbon]], he contributed to theories of the global [[atmospheric circulation]]. <ref name=cvc-bio>{{cite web |title=Jose Pinto Peixoto (1922-1996) |url=https://cvc-instituto--camoes-pt.translate.goog/ciencia/p57.html?_x_tr_sch=http&_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-US |website=Science in Portugal |publisher=Centro Virtual Camoes |access-date=4 November 2022}}</ref>
'''José Pinto Peixoto''' (born 1922, [[Miuzela]], [[Almeida, Portugal|Almeida]], died 1996, [[Lisbon]]) was a Portuguese [[meteorologist]].


Piexoto is best known for his textbook, ''Physics of Climate'', written in conjunction with Abraham H. Oort.<ref>{{cite book |first1=José P. |last1=Peixoto |first2=Abraham H. |last2=Oort |title=The Physics of Climate |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3tjKa0YzFRMC |year=1992 |publisher=Springer-Verlag |isbn=978-0-88318-712-8 |edition=3rd}}</ref>
Peixoto is best known for his textbook, ''Physics of Climate'', written in conjunction with [[Abraham H. Oort|Oort]].<ref name=peixoto-oort>{{cite book |first1=José P. |last1=Peixoto |first2=Abraham H. |last2=Oort |title=The Physics of Climate |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3tjKa0YzFRMC |year=1992 |publisher=Springer-Verlag |isbn=978-0-88318-712-8 |edition=3rd}}</ref>


Career Honors<sup>1</sup>
Career Honors<ref name=cvc-bio></ref><ref name=peixoto-oort></ref>
* Professor of [[Physics]], [[Thermodynamics]], and Theoretical [[Meteorology]] at the [[University of Lisbon]]
* Professor of [[Physics]], [[Thermodynamics]], and Theoretical [[Meteorology]] at the [[University of Lisbon (1911–2013)|University of Lisbon]]
* Director of the [[Geophysical Institute de Luis]]
* Director of the [[Geophysical Institute de Luis]]
* President [[National Academy of Sciences of Lisbon]]
* President of the [[National Academy of Sciences of Lisbon]]
* Member Executive Committee of the [[European Science Foundation]]
* Executive Committee Member of the [[European Science Foundation]]


==References==
==References==
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Revision as of 16:25, 4 November 2022

José Pinto Peixoto
Born(1922-11-09)9 November 1922
Died6 December 1996(1996-12-06) (aged 74)
NationalityPortuguese
OccupationMeteorologist

José Pinto Peixoto (November 9, 1922 – December 6, 1996) was a Portuguese meteorologist. As a part of Victor Starr's research group, including Abraham H. Oort and Ed Lorenz, and then later as director of the Geophysical Institute de Luis at the University of Lisbon, he contributed to theories of the global atmospheric circulation. [1]

Peixoto is best known for his textbook, Physics of Climate, written in conjunction with Oort.[2]

Career Honors[1][2]

References

  1. ^ a b "Jose Pinto Peixoto (1922-1996)". Science in Portugal. Centro Virtual Camoes. Retrieved 4 November 2022.
  2. ^ a b Peixoto, José P.; Oort, Abraham H. (1992). The Physics of Climate (3rd ed.). Springer-Verlag. ISBN 978-0-88318-712-8.