Brian Hoskins

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Professor Sir Brian Hoskins CBE FRS, is a British dynamical meteorologist and climatologist based at the Imperial College London. A mathematician by training, his research has focused on understanding atmospheric motion from the scale of fronts to that of the Earth, using a range of theoretical and numerical models. He is perhaps best known for his work on the mathematical theory of extratropical cyclones and frontogenesis^[1], particularly through the use of potential vorticity^[2]. He has also produced research across many areas of meteorology, including the Indian monsoon and global warming, recently contributing to the Stern review and the IPCC Fourth Assessment Report.

Contents 1 Career 2 Awards 3 Service 4 References 5 External links

[edit] Career

• B.A. (1st Class Honors) and Ph.D. in mathematics from the University of Cambridge, UK, in 1966 and 1970, respectively.
• Reader in atmospheric modelling (1976 - 1981) and professor of meteorology (1981 - present) at the University of Reading, UK.
• Head of the Department of Meteorology (1990 - 1996) at the University of Reading, UK.
• President of the Royal Meteorological Society (1998-2000).
• Royal Society council member (1999 - present) and research professor (2001 - present).
• First Director of Grantham Institute at Imperial College London (2008 - present).

[edit] Awards

• Knighthood (2007)
• Symons Gold Medal (2007) of the Royal Meteorological Society
• Elected to the U.S. National Academy of Sciences (2002) [1]
• Commander of the British Empire (1998)
• Honorary Professor of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (1998)
• EGS Vilhelm Bjerknes Medallist (1997) [2]
• Fellow of the Royal Society (1988) [3]
• Carl-Gustav Rossby Research Medal (1988) of the American Meteorological Society
• Charles Chree Silver Medal (1987) of the Institute of Physics
• Fellow of the American Meteorological Society (1985)
• Royal Meteorological Society L.F. Richardson Prize (1972) and Buchan Prize (1976)

[edit] Service

• President, Royal Meteorological Society 1998-2000
• Member, Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution [4]
• President, International Association of Meteorology and Atmospheric Sciences 1991-95
• Chair, Royal Society Global Environmental Research Committee
• Chair, Meteorological Office Science Advisory Committee and Member, Meteorological Office Board
• Vice-Chair, Joint Scientific Committee for the World Climate Research Programme
• Member, Scientific Advisory Committee for European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (Chair 1985-88)

[edit] References

1. ^ Brian J. Hoskins (1982). "The Mathematical Theory of Frontogenesis". Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics 14: 131-151. doi:10.1146/annurev.fl.14.010182.001023. 
2. ^ B.J. Hoskins, M.E. McIntyre and A.W. Robertson (1985). "On the use and significance of isentropic potential vorticity maps". Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society 111: 877-946. doi:10.1256/smsqj.47001. 

[edit] External links

• Entry on the ISI "highly cited" database
• Evidence to the House of Commons, on aviation and climate; 2003/04
• Evidence to the House of Lords Select Committee on Science and Technology