NASA: Earth Observatory News
Joanne Simpson, 1923-2010
8 Mar 2010, 23:08 UTC
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Dr. Joanne Simpson (1923&ndash2010) pores over reams of images of tropical clouds filmed during flights across the tropical Pacific. The photos and her hand-drawn maps of cloud formations became the foundation for her groundbreaking “hot towers” hypothesis about atmospheric circulation in the tropics.
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