Reid Bryson, a pioneer in the field of climatology and a founder of the UW-Madison’s meteorology department and Center for Climatic Research, died Wednesday, June 11, at his home in Madison at the age of 88.
Bryson was among the first to explore the influence of climate on humans and human culture and, in turn, human impacts on climate.
He was an early developer of simple computer models to study the causes of past climate change, comparing those simulations with records of paleo-climate and human culture.