Arne Bjerhammar
Swedish geodesist / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Arne Bjerhammar (September 15, 1917 – February 6, 2011) was a Swedish geodesist. He was professor at Royal Institute of Technology (KTH) in Stockholm. He was born in Båstad, Scania in the south of Sweden.[1][2]
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Arne Evert Bjerhammar | |
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Born | (1917-09-15)September 15, 1917 |
Died | February 6, 2011(2011-02-06) (aged 93) |
Alma mater | Royal Institute of Technology |
Awards | Gauss medal (1969), The Great Prize of KTH (1982), IAG's Levallois medal (1987), Rossby Prize of the Swedish Geophysical Society (1988), Nordstjärneorden |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Geodesy, Mathematics |
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He developed a method used to determine the geoid in gravimetric data, as well as a system for electro-optical measuring of distances. He also did research about the Fennoscandian post-glacial rebound.