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THE Physical Society has awarded its Charles Chree Medal and Prize for 1949 to Dr. G. M. B. Dobsen for his work on physical meteorology. Dr. Dobson is one of Britain's outstanding physical meteorologists whose researches have been chiefly concerned with the physics of the upper air. He has designed and used two instruments of outstanding importance in meteorological work. The first, an electronically operated recording double spectrometer for measuring the amount of ozone in the upper atmosphere, is now in use all over the world and is of great importance. The second, an automatic photo-electric hygrometer for use in high-altitude flights, was used with great success during the War, and has recently been described in the Proceedings of the Physical Society. Dr. Dobson has obtained very interesting and unexpected results with this instrument, which has solved one of the outstanding instrumental problems of meteorology. Dr. Dobson will receive the Medal and will describe his work at a meeting of the Society on November 4.
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Physical Society's Awards: Dr. G. M. B. Dobson, F.R.S. Nature 164, 430 (1949). https://doi.org/10.1038/164430d0
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