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If you don't know the story of Joanne Malkus / Joanne Simpson, you should!
She was a (the?) pioneer of cloud physics, a subject that at the time was considered "soft science" by the leading men of the field.
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https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/features/Simpson/simpson.php
https://www.chicagomag.com/city-life/August-2017/The-Woman-Who-Unlocked-the-Hurricanes-Power/ https://twitter.com/AndrewIWilliams/status/1288058565614342144
She was a (the?) pioneer of cloud physics, a subject that at the time was considered "soft science" by the leading men of the field.
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https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/features/Simpson/simpson.php
https://www.chicagomag.com/city-life/August-2017/The-Woman-Who-Unlocked-the-Hurricanes-Power/ https://twitter.com/AndrewIWilliams/status/1288058565614342144
'At the time, nobody thought clouds were a big part of what drives the weather; they were more the result of weather, not the cause.
Rossby said that no one was very interested in them, so it was a good subject “for a little girl to study." '
https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/features/Simpson/simpson2.php
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Rossby said that no one was very interested in them, so it was a good subject “for a little girl to study." '
https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/features/Simpson/simpson2.php
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At the time, clouds were considered "soft science", at least compared to Geophysical Fluid Dynamics.
Later on, she would go on to win the Rossby Medal - the highest award of the American Meteorological Association.
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Later on, she would go on to win the Rossby Medal - the highest award of the American Meteorological Association.
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She was also one of the early pioneers of the theory of hurricanes as heat engines in the 50s. A theory that got forgotten then rediscovered by people like Kerry Emanuel in the 80s. (Kerry touches on this in @profadamsobel's deep convection).
https://deep-convection.org/2020/02/22/episode-2-kerry-emanuel/
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https://deep-convection.org/2020/02/22/episode-2-kerry-emanuel/
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Oh yeah, and she also was the scientific lead on NASA's Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) mission.
And throughout all of this has A LOT of stories of the barriers and responsibilities that came with being one of the first women in atmospheric science.
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And throughout all of this has A LOT of stories of the barriers and responsibilities that came with being one of the first women in atmospheric science.
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But really, you should just read this article:
https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/features/Simpson/simpson.php
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https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/features/Simpson/simpson.php
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