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Awards

American Meteorological Society

Cleveland Abbe Award

Richard Carbone, 2001
for building consensus in the weather research community on problems of major national and international importance, and for fostering the conduct of collaborative and coordinated weather research

Vincent Lally, 1990
for outstanding leadership in the development of scientific ballooning and its application to meteorology


Roy Jenne, 1986
for outstanding service to the national and international atmospheric science community in providing innovative and comprehensive data management

Charles Anderson Award

Warren Washington, 2000
for pioneering efforts as a mentor and passionate support of individuals, educational programs, and outreach initiatives designed to foster a diverse population of atmospheric scientists

Louis J. Battan Award

Stephen Schneider, 1990
for Global Warming, a book on the atmospheric sciences that fosters public understanding of meteorology

Jule G. Charney Award (Called the Second Half - Century Award prior to 1982)

Roland Madden, 2001
for pioneering investigations of atmospheric predictability, global waves, and the intraseasonal oscillation

Kevin Trenberth, 2000
for improving our understanding of the dynamics of the climate system through diagnostic analyses of its fundamental properties

Robert Dickinson, 1988
for outstanding contributions to our understanding of biofeedback processes

Richard Anthes, 1987
for sustained contributions in theoretical and modeling studies related to tropical and mesoscale meteorology

Max A. Eaton Prize

Peter Bannon, 1979
for the paper, "Extra-tropical Forcing of the East African Jet"

AMS Editor's Award

Rod Frehlich, 2001
Journal of Applied Meteorology, for exceptional efforts as a scientific reviewer

Gerald Meehl, 2000
Journal of Climate, for consistently comprehensive, insightful, and constructive reviews on a range of climate issues

Margaret LeMone, 1989
for co-authoring Earth Science, a junior high school introductory text


Andrew Weinheimer, 1989
for providing exceptionally meritorious reviews of manuscripts for the Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology


Kevin Trenberth, 1988
for Journal of Climate


Robert Dickinson, 1976
for unusually constructive and authoritative reviews of scientific contributions to the Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, which have led to substantial improvement in both the quality and the style of the journal


James Deardorff, 1972
for critical and conscientious review of manuscripts for the Journal of Atmospheric Sciences, resulting in considerable improvement in its scientific quality

Educom Medal (AMS/EDUCAUSE Award)

David Fulker, 1998
for his leadership and Unidata's success in providing universities with access to atmospheric and related data for use in science instruction

Father James B. Macelwane Award

Wendy Schreiber, 1986
for the paper, "Case Studies of Two Thunderstorms Initiated by Boundary Layer Convergence"

Clarence Leroy Meisinger Award

James Hurrell, 2001
for the analysis and diagnosis of observed climate variability and the role of anthropogenic climate change

Clara Deser, 1999
for insightful and dynamically informed analyses of climate variability on time scales ranging from days to decades

Chin-Hoh Moeng, 1997
for application of large-eddy simulation for increased understanding of turbulence and boundary layer clouds

Robert Dickinson, 1973
for prolific and imaginative work on a variety of problems concerning the dynamics of planetary and terrestrial atmospheres

President of AMS

Robert Serafin, 2001

David Atlas, 1974


William Kellogg, 1973

Second - Half Century Award (Renamed the Jule B. Charney Award in 1982)

James Deardorff, 1974
for many productive efforts toward furthering our understanding of turbulent processes in the planetary boundary layer through analytical studies and highly original numerical and laboratory experiments


Douglas Lilly, 1973
for theoretical, experimental, and observational contributions to the study of small-scale atmospheric phenomena, including thermal convection, mountain waves, and turbulent interactions

 

American Geophysical Union

William Bowie Medal

Bernhard Haurwitz, 1970
for outstanding contributions to fundamental geophysics and for unselfish cooperation in research

Editor's Citation for Excellence in Refereeing

John Winchester, 1988
for work on the journal, Global Biogeochemical Cycle

James B. Macelwane Medal

Scott Doney, 2000
for measuring and modeling transient trace chemicals, calculating the time scales of oceanic ventilation, quantifying the irreversible thermodynamic component of air-sea gas transfer, and modeling coupled physical-biological dynamics of the oceans

 

National Academy of Engineering

Member of the Academy

Warren Washington, 2002

Margaret LeMone, 1997

Robert Serafin, 1994

 

National Academy of Sciences

Arctowski Medal

Arthur Hundhausen, 1999
for his exceptional research in solar and solar-wind physics, particularly in the area of coronal and solar-wind disturbances

Raymond Roble, 1996
for his indispensable contributions to understanding the effects of variable solar inputs on the earth's atmosphere and ionosphere by powerful global modeling techniques

Jack Eddy, 1987
for studies of solar activity changes of short and long duration and their effects on the ionosphere and terrestrial atmosphere

Member of the Academy

Robert Dickinson, 1988
for exceptional research in solar and solar-wind physics, particularly in the area of coronal and solar-wind disturbances

James McWilliams,, 2002
for exceptional research in solar and solar-wind physics, particularly in the area of coronal and solar-wind disturbances

George and Cynthia Mitchell International Prize for Sustainable Development

Michael Glantz, 1991
for the paper, "The Use of Analogies in Assessing Physical and Societal Responses to Global Warming"

U.S. Environment and Resources Council Award

Michael Glantz, 1975
for the paper, "Nine Fallacies of a Natural Disaster."

National Science Board

Chair of Board

Warren Washington, 2002

President of AAAS

Walter Orr Roberts, 1968

 

American Astronomical Society

Dimitri Mihalas, 1974
for work on the theory of stellar atmospheres

American Institute for Aeronautics (Now the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics)

Otto C. Winzen Lifetime Achievement Award

Vin Lally, 2003
for outstanding contributions to the advancement of free-flight balloon systems and related technologies, and the application and development of superpressure balloons for worldwide atmospheric measurements

Losey Atmospheric Sciences Award

John McCarthy, 1987
for development of new technology and innovative experiments that have led to a greatly improved understanding of low-level weather hazards and their impact on flight safety

Air Pollution Control Association (Now the Air and Waste Management Association)

Frank A. Chambers Award

Jack Calvert, 1986
for studies of the photochemistry and reaction kinetics of tropospheric pollutant molecules, which have been of major value in the elucidation of the complex mechanisms operative in the chemistry of the polluted troposphere. Also, for research adding to our knowledge of the reaction pathways of several classes of important pollutant species, including the sulfur and nitrogen oxides, ozone, hydrocarbons, aldehydes, and ketones

 

Super Computing Conference / Gordon Bell

Gordon Bell Award for Parallelism

Robert Chervin, 1988
first annual award for significant work in parallel computing

 

Cray Research

Gigaflop Performance Award

Robert Chervin, 1989
for achievements in meeting climate modeling challenges by restructuring and converting atmospheric and ocean general circulation models for parallel execution at a sustained speed of 1.125 gigaflops

 

Fulbright Program

Fulbright Scholar

Philip Rasch, 1989
awarded for improvements in the methods used to transport water vapor in global climate models

 

German Meteorological Society

Alfred Wegener Medal

Joachim Kuettner, 1986
for achievements in the science of meteorology, especially for the exploration of atmospheric flow over mountains by means of instrumented sailplanes. Also, for pioneering the theory of continental drift and enriching our knowledge of the global circulation of the atmosphere

 

Government Executive Magazine and the Council for Excellence in Government

Government Technology Leadership Award

The ADD development team in NCAR's Research Applications Program, 2000
for participation in the FAA-sponsored program to create the Aviation Digital Data Service

The WSDDM development team in NCAR's Research Applications Program, 1999
for participation in the FAA-sponsored program to create the Weather Support to Deicing Decision Making system

 

Government of Mauritania

Medal of National Merit

William Curtis, 1973
for his work with the solar eclipse effort in Mauritania


Nelder Medrud, 1973
for his work as the field support manager in Chinguetti, Mauritania

 

John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation

MacArthur Fellowship

Stephen Schneider, 1992

 

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Exceptional Scientific Achievement Medal

Robert MacQueen, 1974
for his work with the Skylab satellite effort

Group Achievement Award

Alfred Shipley and the Operations Group from the National Scientific Ballooning Facility, 1979
for contributions to the Nimbus 7 Correlative Measurement Program

Public Service Medal

Alfred Shipley, 1985
for outstanding managerial competence, leadership, and technical initiatives that have been essential to the development and advancement of scientific ballooning

 

National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences

Emmy Award

Jack Eddy, 1970
for his appearance as a scientific consultant on NBC television's live coverage from Mexico of the 1970 solar eclipse

 

National Science Foundation

Superior Accomplishment Award

Richard Dirks, 1987
for superior performance as director of GALE, an interagency field program to study the conditions that cause severe winter storms in the western Atlantic Ocean

 

President of the United States of America

Presidential Award for Excellence in Science, Mathematics, and Engineering Mentoring

Significant Opportunities in Atmospheric Research and Science, Thomas Windham, director, 2001
for promoting participation among women, minorities, and persons with disabilities in scientific and engineering careers

 

Queen Elizabeth II of Great Britain

Polar Medal

Geoffrey King, 1969
for research in ionospheric magnetism and auroras in Antarcticas

 

Society for Technical Communication

Distinguished Technical Communication Award, International Competition

Bob Henson, Nita Razo, and Zhenya Gallon, 2001
for UCAR at 40


Robert Henson, Nita Razo, and Visual Science, Inc., 1999
for UCAR Highlights 1998 / 1999


Lucy Warner, 1990
for the 1989 NCAR Annual Report, for its accessible and interesting style, quality of color photography, and careful editing

 

United Nations Environment Programme

Global 500 Member

Michael Glantz, 1990
for pioneering climate impact studies, making special note of his work on El Niño and Peruvian fisheries in the mid-1970s and his more recent analysis of drought in Africa

Leadership Award

Walter Orr Roberts, 1989
For distinguished leadership, dedication, and support of the cause of the environment, and for placing so generously his wisdom and talents in the service of the earth.

 

World Hunger Association

World Hunger Media Award

Michael Glantz, 1987
for the article, "Drought in Africa," Scientific American, June 1987.