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Featured Stories, MIT, MIT EAPS, News | June 23, 2017

Pauline Morrow Austin: Radar & Weather Maven

Pauline Morrow Austin (PhD ’42) joined MIT’s Weather Radar Research Project at its inception in 1946 and went on to direct the project from 1956-1979. Her pioneering work to interpret weather radar echoes laid the foundation for modern radar meteorology.

By MIT Video Productions

Video written by: Producer Meg Rosenburg, EAPS Senior Lecturer Lodovica Illari and Science Writer Lauren Hinkel