TY  - BOOK
AU  - Fleming,James Rodger
TI  - First Woman: Joanne Simpson and the Tropical Atmosphere
SN  - 9780198862734
AV  - QC858.S56 F54 2020
U1  - 551.5092 23
PY  - 2020///
CY  - Oxford
PB  - Oxford University Press
KW  - Simpson, Joanne.
KW  - Simpson, Joanne
KW  - Meteorologists
KW  - United States
KW  - Biography
KW  - Women scientists
KW  - fast
KW  - nli
KW  - Biographies
KW  - lcgft
KW  - rvmgf
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 179-190) and index; Dark clouds at dawn -- Chicago -- Woods Hole -- The path to Hot Towers -- UCLA -- NOAA -- University of Virginia -- NASA -- Breaking through
N2  - Clouds are the spark plugs in the heat engine of the tropical atmosphere, and heat from the tropics drives the planet's general circulation. Atmospheric scientists didn't know this in the 1950s, but Joanne Simpson, the first American woman to earn a Ph. D. in meteorology, did. Most histories of meteorology focus on polar and temperate regions and the accomplishments of male scientists. They marginalize or erase completely the contributions of female researchers.Joanne's work on the tropical atmosphere did not fit this pattern. Joanne had a lifelong passion for clouds and severe storms. She flew into and above them, photographed them, modeled them, attempted to modify them, and studied them from all angles. She held two university professorships, married three times, had two lovers (one secret), mentored a generation of meteorologists, and blazed a trail for other women to follow.this book is about Joanne's personal and professional life, her career prospects as a woman in science, and her relationship to the tropical atmosphere. These multifaceted and interacting textual streams constitute a braided narrative and form a complex dynamic system that displays surprising emergent properties. Is Joanne Simpson best remembered as a pioneer woman scientist or the best tropical scientist of her generation? She was both, with the emphasis on best scientist.--
ER  -