Keith Anthony Browning (born 31 July 1938) is a British meteorologist who worked at Imperial College London, the

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, and the University of Reading departments of meteorology. His work with Frank Ludlam on the supercell thunderstorm at Wokingham, UK in 1962 was the first detailed study of such a storm.; His well regarded research covered many areas of mesoscale meteorology including developing the theory of the

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. Arguably his greatest talent is his intuitive understanding of complex three-dimensional meteorological processes which he has described more simply using ''conceptual models''. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1978. He was president of the Royal Meteorological Society from 1988 to 1990. In 1992, Browning was elected a member of the National Academy of Engineering for fundamental contributions to the detection and understanding of storms, and the development of operational storm-detection and warning systems.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Browning, Keith Academics of Imperial College London Academics of the University of Reading British meteorologists Fellows of the Royal Society Presidents of the Royal Meteorological Society Carl-Gustaf Rossby Research Medal recipients 1938 births Living people Met Office