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Joseph Klemp accepts his share of the 1979 Outstanding Publication
award from John Firor, then NCAR's executive director. (Photo by
Charles Semmer)
1979: (two awards)
Joseph Klemp and Robert Wilhelmson, "The simulation of three-
dimensional convective storm dynamics," JAS 35 (1978), p. 1070-
1096; "Simulations of right- and left-moving storms produced through
storm splitting," JAS 35 (1978), 1907-1110; "A numerical study of
storm splitting that leads to long-lived storms," JAS 35 (1978), p.
1974-1986
Dimitri Mihalas, Stellar Atmospheres, 2nd ed. (San Francisco,
Calif.: W. H. Freeman, 1978)
1980: (two awards)
William Holland (with Peter Rhines), "An example of eddy-induced
ocean circulation," Journal of Physical Oceanography 10 (1980),
1010-1031
Raymond Roble (with Paul Hays), "A quasi-static model of global
atmospheric electricity. 1: The lower atmosphere," JGR 84 (1979),
3291-3305; "2: Electrical coupling between the upper and lower
atmosphere," JGR 84 (1979), 7247-7256
1981: (two awards)
V. Ramanathan, "The role of ocean-atmospheric interaction in the CO2
climate problem, " JAS 38 (1981), 918-930
Melvyn Shapiro, "Frontogenesis and geostrophically forced secondary
circulations in the vicinity of jet-stream frontal zone systems," JAS
38 (1981), 955-973
1982: Boon-Chye Low, "Nonlinear force-free magnetic fields,"
Reviews of Geophysics and Space Physics 20 (1982), 145-159
1983: (two awards)
Victor Pizzo, "A three-dimensional model of corotating streams in the
solar wind. 1: Theoretical foundations," JGR 83 (1978), 5563-5572;
"2: Hydrodynamic streams," JGR 85 (1980), 727-743; "3:
Magnetohydrodynamic streams," JGR 87 (1982), 4374-4394; Pizzo
(with R. Schween, E. Marsch, H. Rosenbauer, K.-H. Mhlhuser, and F. M.
Neubaue), "Determination of the solar wind angular momentum flux
from the Helios data--an observation test of the Weber and Davis theory,"
Astrophysical Journal 271 (1983), 335-354
Joseph Tribbia, "On variational normal mode initialization," MWR
110 (1982), 455-470; Tribbia, David Williamson, and Roger Daley: "A
unified analysis-initialization technique," MWR 111 (1983), 1517-
1536
1984: James Coakley and Francis Bretherton, "Cloud cover from
high-resolution scanner data: detecting and allowing for partially filled
fields of view, " JGR 87 (1982), 4917-4932; Coakley, "Properties of
multilayered cloud systems from satellite imagery," JGR 88 (1983),
10818-10828; Coakley and Daniel Baldwin, "Towards the objective analysis
of clouds from satellite imagery data," Journal of Climate and Applied
Meteorology 23 (1984), 1065-1099
1985: (two awards)
Dimitri and Barbara Mihalas, Foundation of Radiation Hydrodynamics
(Oxford, England: Oxford University Press, 1984)
Maurice Blackmon, John Geisler, Gary Bates, and Salvador Muoz (with
Eric Pitcher), "A general circulation model study of January climate
anomaly patterns associated with interannual variation of equatorial
Pacific sea surface temperatures, " JAS 40 (1983) 1410-1425; Blackmon,
Bates, Geiser, and Munoz, "Sensitivity of January climate response to the
magnitude and position of equatorial Pacific sea surface temperature
anomalies," JAS 42 (1985) 1037-1049
1986: (two awards)
James Dye (with J. Jones, W. Winn, T. Cerni, B. Gardiner, D. Lamb, R.
Pitter, J. Hallett, and C. Saunders), "Early electrification and precipitation
development in a small, isolated Montana cumulonimbus," JGR
91 (1986), 1231-1247
Gary Klaassen and Terry Clark, "Dynamics of the cloud-environment
interface and entrainment in small cumuli: Two-dimensional
simulations in the absence of ambient shear," JAS 42 (1985), 2621-
2642
1987: (two awards)
Richard Harrison, "Solar Coronal Mass Ejections and Flares,"
Astronomy and Astrophysics 162 (1986), 283-291
Allan Lazrus and Gregory Kok (with Sonia Gitlin and John Lind),
"Automated fluorometric method for hydrogen peroxide in atmospheric
precipitation," Analytical Chemistry 57 (1985), 917-922; Lazrus,
Kok, and Brian Heikes (with Gitlin, Lind, and Richard Shetter),
"Automated fluorometric method for hydrogen peroxide in air,"
Analytical Chemistry 58 (1986), 594-597; Kok and Lazrus (with
Kathleen Thompson), "Derivatization technique for the determination of
peroxides in precipitation," Analytical Chemistry 58 (1986), 1192-
1194; Heikes, Kok, and Lazrus (with James Walega), "H202, O3, and SO2
measurements in the lower troposphere over the eastern United States
during fall," JGR 92 (1987), 915-931
1988: (two awards)
Boon-Chye Low, "Electric current sheet formation in a magnetic field
induced by continuous magnetic footpoint displacements,"
Astrophysical Journal 323 (1987), 358-367; and Low and R.
Wolfson, "Spontaneous formation of electric current sheets and the
origins of solar flares," Astrophysical Journal 324 (1988), 574-
781
Piotr Smolarkiewicz, Roy Rasmussen, and Terry Clark (MMM), "On the
dynamics of Hawaiian cloud bands: Island forcing," JAS 43 (1986),
1872-1905
1989: Chin-Hoh Moeng and John Wyngaard (MMM), "Statistics
of conservative scalars in the convective boundary layer," JAS 41
(1984), 3161-3169; "Analysis of closures for pressure-scalar covariances in
the convective boundary layer," JAS 43 (1986), 2499-2513; "Spectral
analysis of large-eddy simulations of the convective boundary layers,"
JAS 45 (1988), 3573-3587; "Evaluation of turbulent transport and
dissipation closures in second-order modeling" JAS 46 (1989), 2311-
2330
1990: Rolando Garcia (with Susan Solomon, George Reid, and
Susan Avery), "Transport of nitric oxide and the D. region winter
anomaly," JGR 92 (1987), 977-994
1991: Andrew Crook (with Terry Clark and Mitchell Moncrieff),
"The Denver cyclone. Part I: Generation in low Froude number flow,"
JAS 47 (1990), 2725-2742; and "The Denver cyclone, Part II:
Interaction with the convective boundary layer," JAS 48 (1991),
2109-2126
1992: Ralph Keeling and Stephen Shertz, "Seasonal and
interannual variations in atmospheric oxygen and implications for the
global carbon cycle," Nature 358 (1992), 723-727
1993: Chris Davis, "A potential-vorticity diagnosis of the
importance of initial structure and condensation heating in observed
extratropical cyclogenesis," MWR 120 (1992), 2409-2428
1972: Robert McBeth for his achievement in supporting 155 days
of field work composed of seven programs
1973: Ray Walling for printing and reproduction support

John Firor presents Toni Chapman (now Biter) with the 1974 Research Support Award (now termed the Technical Support Award). (Photo by Bob Bumpas.)
1974: Toni Chapman (now Biter) for her support to the National
Hail Research Experiment
1975: K. Redman for her general support to NCAR as a
senior editor
1976: (two awards)
Harold Cole for his support to the Viking project meteorological team
Dorothy Trotter for her contributions to analysis of scientific data in solar
physics
1977: (two awards)
Edward Elsberry and Michl Howard for designing and supervising
construction of the van for carrying the portable automated mesonet
(PAM)
Vonda Giesey for general administrative support, including conference
management
1978: Justin Kitsutaka for his long history of support in both
technical and administrative areas
1979: Lynn Post for her organization and direction of the Word-
Processing Committee
1980: Dean Frey, Dennis Joseph, Paul Mulder, Wilbur Spangler,
and Gregg Walters for preparing a complete and accessible meteorological
data set
1981: (two awards)
Raymond Bovet for developing the software for the Mesoscale Research
SectionŐs VAX 11/780 minicomputer
Frank Grahek for designing a system that allowed for the first
measurements of total elemental chlorine
1982: Marvin "Bud" Hewitt for his long service to NCAR
1983: Richard Lueb for 20 years of developing varied sampling
and telemetry systems
1984: Norm Zrubek for 16 years of sustained contribution in
support of the users of NCAR research aircraft
1985: Walter Grotewold for 21 years of design and fabrication
services
1986: Gilbert Summers for his exceptional performance during
the Genesis of Atlantic Lows Experiment and the Frontal Air-Sea
Interaction Experiment
1987: Dennis Joseph for his work in adapting and moving to
NCAR a data set of satellite observations
1988: (two awards)
Bill Bragg for delivering high-quality field support to NCAR's facility
users
Bob Lee for 40 years of support to HAO
1989: Ed Ringleman, Bob Carl, Harold Barber, and Jim Lundahl
for long-term accomplishment in maintaining NCARŐs air fleet
1990: Dick Bobka for 22 years of supporting field programs and
maintaining equipment for ATD
1991: Errol Korn, Cathy Irwin, Kurt Knudson, and Carmen
Paneitz for deploying and maintaining surface and sounding systems
1992: Ron Murdock, Kendall Southwick, Mark Bradford, Ken
Scully, and Wayne Brazille for data management achievements in the
Stormscale Operational and Research Meteorology Program's Fronts
Experiment Systems Test
1993: Edward Brown for 30 years of support to RAF