Miles Barnett
Miles Barnett | |
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Barnett in 1945 | |
| Born | Miles Aylmer Fulton Barnett 30 April 1901 |
| Died | 27 March 1979 (aged 77) Waikanae, New Zealand |
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| Known for | Appleton–Barnett layer |
| Spouse |
Margaret Dalton (m. 1927) |
| Children | 3 |
| Father | Louis Barnett |
| Relatives | Denis Barnett (brother) |
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| Thesis | An experimental proof of large-angled deviation of wireless waves in the upper atmosphere (1927) |
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Miles Aylmer Fulton Barnett (30 April 1901 – 27 March 1979) was a New Zealand meteorologist and physicist. Born in New Zealand, he obtained his Ph.D. at the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom. He worked there on the propagation of radio waves and on the ionosphere. Later, he returned to New Zealand, where he helped with the development of the Meteorological Service—becoming its director in 1939, just before the start of World War II. After the War, he participated in the transition between the International Meteorological Organization (IMO) and the new United Nations World Meteorological Organization (WMO).