Akasofu Shunichi - Akasofu Shunichi

Japanese: 赤祖父俊一 - あかそふしゅんいち

1930－ A geophysicist from the late Showa to Heisei eras.
Born on December 4, 1930. Transferred to the University of Alaska while enrolled in graduate school at Tohoku University, where he became a professor at the University of Alaska Geophysical Institute in 1964 and its director in 1986. He later became director of the International Arctic Research Center. Known worldwide for his research on the aurora. Received the Japan Academy Prize in 1977 for his research on magnetospheric disturbances. Born in Nagano Prefecture. Graduated from Tohoku University.

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Japanese:

1930－　昭和後期-平成時代の地球物理学者。
昭和5年12月4日生まれ。東北大大学院在学中にアラスカ大にうつり,昭和39年アラスカ大地球物理研究所教授となり,61年同所長。のち国際北極圏研究センター所長。オーロラの研究で世界的に知られる。磁気圏擾乱の研究で,52年学士院賞。長野県出身。東北大卒。

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