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.
Written by: Producer Meg Rosenburg, EAPS Senior Lecturer Lodovica Illari and Science Writer Lauren Hinkel
Watch this video at MIT Video Productions and Storied Women of MIT: Pauline Morrow Austin (MIT Video).
Read more about Austin's life and an MIT exhibit in her honor (MIT News).