If there were any doubts about the human impact of that storm, she put them to bed for anyone listening. To this day, I think she gave one of the most effective, inspiring, and community-changing presentations that I have ever heard at the American Meteorological Society annual meeting (linked here) after Hurricane Maria. Bacon-Bercey.Īda Monzón. I have been fortunate enough to interact with Ada Monzón, Chief Meteorologist on television (WIPR-TV and Noticias 24/7) and on Univision Radio (WKAQ 580 AM). Having also worked in the private sector, the National Weather Service, and NOAA, Bacon-Bercey helped establish the AMS Board on Women and Minorities, which I chaired over two decades ago, and was instrumental in establishing a meteorology laboratory at Jackson State University, a historically black college or university (HBCU) that is unique in its production of outstanding black meteorologists. Bacon-Bercey received her undergraduate degree at the University of Kansas and her master's degree from UCLA. According to Physics Today, " She holds the distinctions of being the first African-American woman meteorologist and the first woman television meteorologist in the US." She is also the first African-American woman to earn the coveted American Meteorological Society (AMS) Seal of Approval. June Bacon-Bercey is truly a pioneer that holds many "firsts" after her name. Simpson has often said that the TRMM mission is her greatest career accomplishment. I served as Deputy Project Scientist for GPM while at NASA.
Simpson also led early cloud-seeding experiments and laid the foundation for NASA's current rainfall satellite program, which includes TRMM and the Global Precipitation Measurement Mission (GPM).
Current research suggests that "hot towers" may actually be a clue that a hurricane is undergoing intensification. Later, she applied the "hot tower" concept to hurricanes and suggested they help maintain the warm core structure. She, along with collaborator Herbert Riehl, shook up the status quo in meteorology by showing that latent heat released when water vapor changes to cloud water in cumulonimbus clouds maintained the trade winds and Hadley Circulation. Her work in the late 1950s on "hot towers" is still informing research and tropical weather prediction today. Wow, that sure was a "forecast bust." Simpson went on to be one of the most significant tropical meteorologists in history. in Meteorology, none ever would, and if any of them did, she would never be given a job. The Faculty Advisor told her and two other women that no woman ever got a Ph.D. She completed her Masters Degree and wanted to go into the Ph.D.
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