Harry Wexler was an American meteorologist, born in Fall River, Massachusetts.
13 Facts About Harry Wexler
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Harry Wexler worked for the United States Weather Bureau from 1934 until 1942, then served as a Captain to a Lieutenant Colonel with the weather service of the Army Air Corps during World War II from 1942 until 1946.
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On September 14,1944, Major Harry Wexler became the first scientist to deliberately fly into a hurricane.
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Harry Wexler accompanied a flight of a Douglas A-20 "Havoc" that flew into the hurricane to collect scientific data.
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Science fiction author and futurist, Arthur C Clarke, had been following Wexler's work on hurricanes in the 40s and wrote to Wexler to ask for his thoughts on Clarke's idea of using an artificial satellite to study weather patterns from space.
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Harry Wexler studied the use of computers for weather prediction and modification.
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Harry Wexler was instrumental in finding funds and support for the measurement and study of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere initiated by Roger Revelle and Charles David Keeling, key work for drawing attention to the problem of global warming.
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Harry Wexler was chief scientist for a US expedition to the Antarctic for the International Geophysical Year in 1958.
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Harry Wexler continued working at the bureau until his death in 1962.
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Harry Wexler had been researching the link connecting chlorine and bromine compounds to the destruction of the stratospheric ozone layers, but died of a heart attack while on vacation in Woods Hole, Massachusetts.
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Harry Wexler had already accepted an invitation to deliver a lecture entitled "The Climate of Earth and Its Modifications" at the University of Maryland Space Research and Technology Institute.
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Harry Wexler was survived by his wife Hannah, and her daughters Susan and Libby.
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Harry Wexler's wife donated his papers to the Library of Congress in 1963.