Sunshine is delicious, rain is refreshing, wind braces us up, snow is exhilarating; there is really no such thing as bad weather, only different kinds of good weather. ~John Ruskin

Friday, October 26, 2012

Joanne Simpson (Dr. Simpson)

Joanne Simpson who was also known as Dr. Simpson was the first woman to receive a Ph.D in meteorology. In her twenties she was a student pilot during World War 2 and she studied in meteorology. She developed the first  computer cloud model. Dr. Simpson made a career at NASA and her research focused on convective cloud systems. In 1986, NASA asked Dr. Simpson to lead the science study for the proposed Tropical Rainfall measuring mission. Dr. Simpson was a retired meteorological scientist who stuudied in cloud systems and hurricans. She passed away on March 4, 2010.

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