Aili Nurminen
Aili Linnea Nurminen (16 July 1896, Pori – 27 November 1972, Barcelona) was a Finnish meteorologist who specialized in fog and cloud conditions and was a pioneer of the country's aviation meteorology efforts. She worked for the Finnish Meteorological Institute from 1926 to 1963. Life and work Born into the family of Juho Frans Nurminen, a tailor from Pori, Finland, Aili Nurminen graduated from Pori Girls' High School in 1918 and then studied at the University of Helsinki, where she graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in 1927. Nurminen went on o complete her master's degree and worked at the Central Institute of Meteorology as an acting assistant until she was appointed in December 1936 to the post of aeronautical meteorologist at the special aeronautical weather station at Malmi Airport in Helsinki. The new aeronautical weather service was needed, among other things, for the more accurate weather forecasts required by the new night flight operations at Malmi Airport. Nurminen took an active role in developing the fledgling field of Finnish aviation meteorology. On a study trip to Sweden and Germany in 1936, she learned lessons that were applied not only by the Finnish Meteorological Institute but also by the Finnish