Carl-Gustaf Rossby Research Medal

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The Carl-Gustaf Rossby Research Medal is the highest award for atmospheric science of the American Meteorological Society. It is presented to individual scientists, who receive a medal. Named in honor of meteorology and oceanography pioneer Carl-Gustaf Rossby, who was also its second (1953) recipient.

[edit] Previous names

The price was initially called Award for Extraordinary Scientific Achievement. In 1958 it was renamed The Carl-Gustaf Rossby Award for Extraordinary Scientific Achievement, and after 1963, its current name.

[edit] Recipients

• 1951 Hurd Curtis Willett
• 1953 Carl-Gustaf Rossby
• 1955 Jerome Namias
• 1956 John von Neumann
• 1960 J. Bjerknes and Erik Palmén
• 1961 Victor P. Starr
• 1962 Bernhard Haurwitz
• 1963 Harry Wexler, posthumously
• 1964 Jule G. Charney
• 1965 Arnt Eliassen
• 1966 Zdenek Sekera
• 1967 Dave Fultz
• 1968 Verner E. Suomi
• 1969 Edward N. Lorenz
• 1970 Hsiao-Lan Kuo
• 1971 Norman A. Phillips
• 1972 Joseph Smagorinsky
• 1973 Christian E. Junge
• 1974 Heinz H. Lettau
• 1975 Charles H. B. Priestley
• 1976 Hans A. Panofsky
• 1977 Akio Arakawa
• 1978 James W. Deardorff
• 1979 Herbert Riehl
• 1980 Sean A. Twomey
• 1981 Roscoe R. Braham, Jr.
• 1982 Cecil E. Leith, Jr.
• 1983 Joanne Simpson
• 1984 Bert R. Bolin
• 1985 Tiruvalam N. Krishnamurti
• 1986 Douglas K. Lilly
• 1987 Michael E. McIntyre
• 1988 Brian J. Hoskins
• 1989 Richard J. Reed
• 1990 Yale Mintz
• 1991 Kikuro Miyakoda
• 1992 Syukuro Manabe
• 1993 John M. Wallace
• 1994 Jerry D. Mahlman
• 1995 Chester W. Newton
• 1996 David Atlas
• 1997 Robert E. Dickinson
• 1998 Barry Saltzman
• 1999 Taroh Matsuno
• 2000 Susan Solomon
• 2001 James R. Holton
• 2002 V. Ramanathan
• 2003 Keith A. Browning
• 2004 Peter J. Webster
• 2005 Jagadish Shukla
• 2006 Robert A. Houze

[edit] External links

• http://www.ametsoc.org/ for a list of recipients.