Joan Sydney Whitmore (1922 - 2002) was a South African hydrologist specialising in agriculture and water. She wrote a book about drought management on farmland, and many reports on water and agriculture, during her career as a government scientist. She had risen to the rank of Director by 1972, which was an unusual achievement for a woman at that time...[1]
Joan Sydney Whitmore | |
|---|---|
| Born | Joan Sydney Whitmore 1922 |
| Died | 2002 (aged 79–80) |
| Nationality | South African |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Hydrologist |
| Institutions | University of Pretoria |
Career
editJoan Whitmore worked in the South African Agroclimatological Research Unit from 1946 until 1958, when she joined the Department of Water Affairs hydrological section. She was the driving force behind the formation of the Hydrological Research Institute at Roodeplaat Dam,[2] and was its first director from 1972 until her retirement in 1977. She became a consultant in applied climatology and hydrology and lectured at the University of Pretoria. She was involved with the 1999 International Conference on Drought Management[3] in Pretoria. She became an active member of Soroptimist International[4]
Works
edit- Whitmore, Joan (1948). Agro-climatology (Technical report). Union of South Africa.
- Whitmore, Joan (1961). "Agrohydrology". South African Geographical Journal. 43 (1): 68–74. doi:10.1080/03736245.1961.10559366.
- Whitmore, Joan (1961). The Hydrological Cycle past present and future (Technical report). Vol. TR23. Department of Water Affairs.
- Whitmore, Joan (1967). Effects of catchment management on river flow characteristics (Technical report). Vol. TR39. Department of Water Affairs.
- Whitmore, Joan (1967). The influence of locality factors on mean annual rainfall (Technical report). Vol. TR40. Department of Water Affairs.
- Whitmore, Joan (1971). "South Africa's water budget". South African Journal of Science. 67 (3): 166–176.
- Whitmore, Joan (1975). Land-use planning to improve water yield of catchments (Technical report). Vol. TR54. Department of Water Affairs.
- Whitmore, Joan (2000). Drought management on farmland. Kluwer Academic Publishers.
Awards
edit- Department of Water Affairs Women in Water Award, 2003, posthumously.
Legacy
editThe Joan Whitmore bursary for female students registered for postgraduate study in environmental studies at the University of Pretoria[5]
References
edit- ^ "Department of Water Affairs celebrates a hundred years". www.wrc.org.za.
- ^ "RQS (Resource Quality Information Services) - Department of Water and Sanitation - South Africa - Internet Home Page - formerly RQS (Resource Quality Services), formerly IWQS (Institute for Water Quality Studies), formerly HRI (Hydrological Research Institute)". www.dwa.gov.za.
- ^ "Proceedings of the International Conference on Integrated Drought Management: Lessons for Sub-Saharan Africa; International Conference on Integrated Drought Management: lessons for Sub-Saharan Africa; 2000". unesdoc.unesco.org.
- ^ "SI TSHWANE (Pretoria)". home.mweb.co.za.
- ^ "University of Pretoria Bursary Book for the year 2009" (PDF).