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- Birth nameJoanne Gerould
- Joanne Simpson was born on March 23, 1923 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. Joanne is known for Stormchasers (1995). Joanne was married to Bob Simpson, Victor Starr and Willem Malkus. Joanne died on March 4, 2010 in Washington, District of Columbia, USA.
- SpousesBob Simpson(January 1965 - March 4, 2010) (her death)Victor Starr (divorced)Willem Malkus (divorced)
- She was a pioneer in atmospheric science. She developed the first mathematical models of clouds (using a slide rule), and discovered mechanisms of hurricane movement and tropical air currents.
- She spent 30 years at the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center in Maryland, USA, where she was chief scientist for meteorology. She also carried out research at the Woods Hole Institute in Massachusetts, and was the director of NOAA's Experimental Meteorology Lab in Florida for several years.
- She earned a master's degree and doctorate at the University of Chicago. She was the first woman to obtain a PhD in meteorology.
- When I first got to NASA, I realized I could talk science in the ladies' room. This was something new in my career, to find three or four other scientists in the ladies' room.
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