Sir William Napier ShawFRS[1] (4 March 1854 – 23 March 1945) was a British meteorologist.[2] He introduced the tephigram, a diagram for evaluating convective instability in the atmosphere.[3] He also served as president of the International Meteorological Committee and Royal Meteorological Society.
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