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Klaus Hasselmann

German climate researcher, meteorologist, and oceanologist (born 1931)born 1931

Supervised 2 doctoral students at Universität Hamburg; Wikidata names Walter Tollmien as doctoral advisor and lists 1 doctoral student. Linked to Wikidata, ORCID, and 7 other registers.

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Students2

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Volker Barth “Integrated assessment of climate change using structural dynamic models”
2003 · Universität Hamburg · doctoral
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Johannes Schulz-Stellenfleth “Ocean wave measurements using complex synthetic aperture radar data”
2003 · Universität Hamburg · doctoral

Advisors on Wikidata1

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Walter Tollmien

Students on Wikidata1

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Patrick Heimbach

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The advisors of their advisors, four steps up at most, in the thesis records and on Wikidata, each kind marked; a person in both is listed once.

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stated by WikidataWalter Tollmien
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stated by WikidataLudwig Prandtl
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stated by WikidataAugust Föppl
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stated by WikidataFelix Kleinstated by WikidataGustav Heinrich Wiedemannstated by WikidataHeinrich Bruns

Below them, within 3 steps, the record reaches 3 people: 2 cited by thesis records, 1 stated by Wikidata.

Education and career7

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University of Göttingen
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University of Hamburg
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Max Planck Society
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University of Hamburg
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Max Planck Society
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Max Planck Institute for Meteorology
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German Climate Computing Centre
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At a glance

known as: physicist, meteorologist, university teacher, oceanographer, climatologist
fields: climate variability, climate model, climate change, simulation, human impact on the environment
degrees: doctorate
awards: Körber European Science Prize, 1990, BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award, 2009, James B. Macelwane Medal, 1964, Nobel Prize in Physics, 2021, Knight Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany, 2022, Sverdrup Gold Medal Award, 1971, Vilhelm Bjerknes Medal, 2002, Fellow of the American Geophysical Union, 1964
member of: Academia Europaea, from 1988, Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, European Geosciences Union, Royal Meteorological Society, American Geophysical Union, German Meteorological Society, Gesellschaft für Angewandte Mathematik und Mechanik, Global Climate Forum, from 2001, Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei, from 2022
Wikipedia: in 51 languages

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identity

stated by WikidataWikipediaKlaus Hasselmann
stated by WikidataWikidataQ109370
stated by WikidataORCID0000-0002-8501-1387
stated by WikidataVIAF311257778
stated by WikidataGND105309052
stated by WikidataIdRef145594920
stated by WikidataISNI0000000081300769

papers

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@misc{academicancestry_Q109370,
  author = {{Academic Ancestry}},
  title = {{Klaus Hasselmann: advisors and students}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://academicancestry.org/person/Q109370},
  note = {read on 2026-10-30}
}

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Academic Ancestry. (2026, October 30). Klaus Hasselmann: Advisors and students [Read on 2026-10-30]. https://academicancestry.org/person/Q109370