James Murdoch Austin

James M. Austin
Born(1915-05-25)May 25, 1915
DiedNovember 26, 2000(2000-11-26) (aged 85)
NationalityNew Zealand after 1946 United States
Alma materOtago University
University of New Zealand
MIT
Known forMeteorology of air pollution
SpousePauline Morrow Austin
Children
  • Doris A. Price
  • Carol T. West
AwardsMedal of Freedom
Scientific career
FieldsMathematics and Meteorology
InstitutionsMIT
Thesis Fronts and frontogenesis in relation to vorticity  (1941)
Doctoral advisorSverre Petterssen
Doctoral studentsEdward Norton Lorenz

James Murdoch Austin (May 25, 1915 – 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.

  1. ^ "James M Austin". Social Security Death Index. New England Historic Genealogical Society. Retrieved 28 April 2011.

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