Joanne Simpson, 1923-2010

Dr. Joanne Simpson (1923–2010) 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.

This image originally appeared in the NASA Earth Observatory story Joanne Simpson, 1923-2010.

Photograph courtesy Joanne Simpson and the Schlesinger Library.

Published March 9, 2010

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