Jesús Emilio Ramírez González | |
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Born | 1904 Yolombó, Antioquia, Colombia |
Died | 1981 |
Nationality | Colombian |
Alma mater | Saint Louis University |
Known for | Development of seismograph system for tracking Pacific Ocean storms |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Geophysics, Seismology |
Institutions | Geophysical Institute of the Colombian Andes |
Doctoral advisor | James B. Macelwane |
Jesús Emilio Ramírez González (1904–1981 [1]) was a Colombian geophysicist and seismologist. [2]: 139 Born in Yolombó, Antioquia, he earned a M.S. (1931) and PhD (1939) at Saint Louis University under James B. Macelwane. In the late 1930, he and Macelwane invented a system with that was able to track storms out in the middle of the Pacific Ocean using seismographs. He was able to show that " microseisms were traveling, rather than standing waves and that their origins could be traced to storms at sea". [3] With Spanish meteorologist Simón Sarasola he co-founded the Geophysical Institute of the Colombian Andes and was its director for 38 years. He was a president of the Academia Colombiana de Ciencias Exactas and the Centro Regional de Sismologia de America del Sur (CERESIS) [2]: 326–327 The Jesús Emilio Ramírez González Planetarium of Medellín is named for him. [4]