About the Author

Robert H. Simpson was the first director of the National Hurricane Research Project and former director of the National Hurricane Center. He lives in Washington, DC. Neal M. Dorst is a meteorologist in the Hurricane Research Division of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

Reviews

"Few in the world of atmospheric science have enjoyed a career as varied, illustrious, and extended as the one carved out by Simpson, who died in late 2014 at the age of 102. We're lucky that Simpson took the time to document his busy life in detail, as told in Hurricane Pioneer. . . . Five stars for the gentle eloquence of its narrator and for its unique perspective on a twentieth-century life in atmospheric science."--Robert Henson "Weather Underground"