James Murdoch Austin
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James Murdoch Austin (May 25, 1915 ā November 26, 2000)[1] was a New Zealand-American meteorologist. He was notable for his pioneering modeling of the meteorology of air pollution, especially that of smokestack particulates. He is also notable as the doctoral advisor of the pioneer of chaos theory and early practitioner of numerical weather prediction, Edward Norton Lorenz.
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James M. Austin | |
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Born | (1915-05-25)May 25, 1915 |
Died | November 26, 2000(2000-11-26) (aged 85) |
Nationality | New Zealand after 1946 United States |
Alma mater | Otago University University of New Zealand MIT |
Known for | Meteorology of air pollution |
Spouse | Pauline Morrow Austin |
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Awards | Medal of Freedom |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Mathematics and Meteorology |
Institutions | MIT |
Thesis | Fronts and frontogenesis in relation to vorticity (1941) |
Doctoral advisor | Sverre Petterssen |
Doctoral students | Edward Norton Lorenz |
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