Louis J. Battan
| Louis J. Battan | |
|---|---|
| Born |
February 9, 1923 Italy |
| Died | October 29, 1986 (aged 63) |
| Nationality | Italian |
| Fields | Atmospheric sciences |
| Institutions |
University of Chicago University of Arizona |
| Alma mater |
New York University (B.S., 1946) University of Chicago (M.S.; Ph.D, 1953) |
| Thesis | Observations on the Formation of Precipitation in Convective Clouds (1953) |
| Known for | Clouds, precipitation and radar work; Thunderstorm Project; NCAR |
| Notable awards | Meisinger Award |
Louis Joseph Battan (February 9, 1923 – October 29, 1986) was an American atmospheric scientist who received his doctorate from the University of Chicago in 1953, where he was hired to work in the field of the physics of clouds and precipitation. In 1958 he was appointed professor of meteorology and associate director of the Institute of Atmospheric Physics at the University of Arizona in Tucson. He was a pioneer in cloud physics and radar meteorology.
Dr. Battan immigrated to the United States with his parents, Anibale and Louise Battan, from northern Italy, a region known as Trentino-Alto Adige.
Along with his colleague and close friend, Dr. David Atlas, Dr. Battan underwent rigorous training in radar engineering and meteorology in the U.S. Army Air Corps, at Harvard University, and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) during World War II. He received his B.S. from New York University (NYU) in 1946 and then moved to the University of Chicago where he obtained his M.S. and a Ph.D. in 1953. During the Thunderstorm Project (1946–48), Dr. Battan used radar analysis to show precipitation initiation from coalescence in midlatitude convective clouds. He, along with Dr. Roscoe Braham Jr. and Dr. Horace R. Byers, conducted one of the first randomized experiments on cloud modification by the artificial nucleation of cumulus clouds.
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