Taroh Matsuno

Tarō Matsuno (born October 17, 1934) is a Japanese meteorologist. He is a professor at the University of Tokyo.

He is the winner of the 55th IMO prize, the most prestigious award of the World Meteorological Organization.

He is the winner of the 2013 Blue Planet Prize with Daniel Sperling.

Matsuno showed that Kelvin waves should also exist at the equator