James Murdoch Austin

James Murdoch Austin (May 25, 1915 – November 26, 2000) 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.

For other people named James Austin, see James Austin (disambiguation).
James M. Austin
Born(1915-05-25)May 25, 1915
Dunedin, New Zealand
DiedNovember 26, 2000(2000-11-26) (aged 85)
Concord, Massachusetts, United States
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
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