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Tarō Matsuno (born October 17, 1934) is a Japanese meteorologist. He is a professor at the University of Tokyo.

He is the winner of the 55th IMO prize, the most prestigious award of the World Meteorological Organization.

He is the winner of the 2013 Blue Planet Prize with Daniel Sperling.

Matsuno showed that Kelvin waves should also exist at the equator

References

1. George Musser (2017-10-05). "Waves that drive global weather patterns finally explained, thanks to inspiration from bagel-shaped quantum matter". Science. Retrieved 2021-06-25.
2. "Prof. Tarō Matsuno wins IMO Prize". World Meteorological Organization. 18 April 2016. Archived from the original on December 18, 2023. Retrieved 2021-06-25.
3. "UC Davis professor Daniel Sperling wins Blue Planet Prize". Los Angeles Times. 2013-06-18.
4. Matsuno, Tarō (1966). "Quasi-Geostrophic Motions in the Equatorial Area". Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan. Series II. 44 (1): 25–43. doi:10.2151/jmsj1965.44.1_25.
5. McCornick, Katie (18 July 2023). "How Quantum Physicists Explained Earth's Oscillating Weather Patterns". Quanta Magazine.

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