Stanisław Bac (junior)

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Stanisław Bac (born January 9, 1929 in Lviv, died July 18, 2013 in Wroclaw) - agricultural engineer, agro-climatologist, professor at the University of Agriculture in Wroclaw (currently University of Life Sciences).

Graduate of the Second High School in Wrocław. He graduated from the Faculty of Agriculture at the University of Agriculture in Wrocław, earning in 1952 the degree of engineer in the field of gardening, and in 1953 - a master's degree in agriculture. While still a Master's student, he started working at the Department of Meteorology and Climatology at the University of Life Sciences. In 1958, he obtained the degree of doctor at the Faculty of Land Reclamation WSR on the basis of his dissertation The influence of microclimate on fenofases of fruit trees, and in 1968 he habilitated in 1968 on the basis of his dissertation. Research on the relationship of evaporation from free surface water, field evaporation and potential evapotranspiration. In 1969 he became an associate professor, in 1978 - an associate professor, and in 1990 - a full professor.

In the years 1971-1992 he was the head of the Department of Agro- and Hydrometeorology of the Wrocław University of Agriculture. In the years 1984-1992 he headed the Department of Meteorology and Climatology of the Institute of Geography at the University of Wrocław. He took short- and long-term scientific internships in the former USSR, East Germany, West Germany, the Netherlands, Yugoslavia and Czechoslovakia.

He authored almost 150 scientific papers, including over 50 in foreign languages, 7 academic textbooks and 12 textbooks for agricultural and gardening technicians. He conducted research in the field of water balance of agricultural areas, various types of evaporation, agrometeorology, climatology. In 1996 he developed the current agroclimatic regionalization of Poland. He was also involved in the improvement of scientific equipment - he was the author of 4 patents.

Honorary member of the Polish Geophysical Society, a long-term member of the Scientific Council of the Institute of Meteorology and Water Management and committees of the Polish Academy of Sciences.

Decorated with the Knight's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta, the Golden Cross of Merit, the Medal of the National Education Commission, the Rodło Medal, the Golden Badge of the ZNP and the Golden Badge of the Polish Geophysical Society.

He was the son of prof. Stanisław Baca, agrometeorologist. Buried in the cemetery of the Holy Family Parish in Sępolno in Wroclaw. Bibliography

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