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Sunday, 22 January 2017 Elected Fellows 2

MARY C. BARTH DAVID GRIMES

Senior Scientist, National Assistant Deputy Minister, Center for Atmospheric Meteorological Service of Research, Boulder, Colorado. Canada, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, and President, World Mary Barth is a Senior Scientist Meteorological Organization, at the National Center for Geneva, Switzerland. Atmospheric Research, where she leads the group on Regional David Grimes has been and Process Modeling for Assistant Deputy Minister and atmospheric chemistry. Barth head of the Meteorological has led modeling and field measurement studies examining Service of Canada since 2006. During his over 40-year career, how clouds affect trace gases and aerosols via scavenging he has held a number of leadership positions in scientific, and chemistry, how aerosols affect convective storms, and operations, research, policy, and management domains. David atmospheric chemistry in South and Southeast Asia. She has mentored many over these years. Since 2011, David has received her Ph.D. in Atmospheric Sciences from the University been President of the World Meteorological Organization, of Washington. recognized for his effective leadership in advancing global collaborative scientific efforts in the fields of weather, climate and water. Elected Fellows 3

WILLIAM J. THOMAS M. HAMILL GUTOWSKI, JR. Meteorologist, NOAA, Boulder, Professor and Associate Dean Colorado. for Research, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Iowa State Tom Hamill performs, University, Ames, Iowa. coordinates, and leads weather R&D in NOAA, specifically Dr. Gutowski is an Associate the improvement of ensemble Dean for Research at Iowa prediction, data assimilation, State University. His research and statistical post-processing covers the hydrologic cycle, systems necessary to improve regional climate and extreme events, for which he has authored probabilistic weather predictions on time scales of days to or co-authored over 100 peer-reviewed publications, including a month. Hamill and team members develop these research reports of the IPCC and the National Academy of Sciences. methods, demonstrate their suitability for operational use, and Dr. Gutowski is currently Co-Chair of the Science Advisory then work with colleagues in the National Weather Service to Team for the WCRP’s Coordinated Regional Downscaling adapt them for regular use. Hamill lives with his wife and son in Experiment (CORDEX). He has also served as an Editor for the Boulder, Colorado. Journal of Hydrometeorology. Elected Fellows 4

PATRICK A. HARR TERENCE F. KELLY

Head, Atmospheric Sciences President, Venture Section, Directorate of Management, LLC, Madison, Geosciences, National Science Wisconsin. Foundation, Arlington, Virginia. Terry Kelly is a UW-Madison Pat Harr recently joined the meteorology graduate and has National Science Foundation enjoyed an extended on-air as the Atmospheric Science television career, holding an Section Head from the faculty AMS Seal of Approval and of the Naval Postgraduate earning the AMS Award for School. His research interests are in tropical meteorology, Outstanding Service by a Broadcast Meteorologist. Terry has tropical cyclones, tropical – extratropical interaction, founded three companies pioneering the development and on- midlatitude synoptic-dynamic meteorology, and applied air use of computer weather graphics systems and proprietary statistics. He served as lead investigator for several international ultrafine grid point weather data and forecasts. Over 500 field campaigns on tropical cyclones and has served as an Editor television stations and networks worldwide now use these tools of Monthly Weather Review and Chair of the Committee on to explain and forecast the weather. Hurricanes and Tropical Meteorology. Elected Fellows 5

ZHANQING LI MICHAEL C. MacCRACKEN Professor, Atmospheric and Oceanic Department and Chief Scientist, Climate Change ESSIC, University of Maryland, Programs, Climate Institute, College Park, Maryland. Washington, DC.

Zhanqing Li is a professor at Mike has volunteered as Chief the University of Maryland Scientist for Climate Change (since 2001). He has received Programs with the Climate his Ph.D. (1991, Canada), Institute since retiring from BSc (1983) and MSc (1986) the Lawrence Livermore (China). He has engaged in studies on remote sensing, National Laboratory in October 2002. From 1968-93 he led the atmospheric physics, climate, atmospheric and terrestrial Laboratory’s modeling studies of the climatic effects of nuclear environments focusing on aerosol, cloud, radiation budget, war, greenhouse gases, and other forcings. From 1993-97, he precipitation and biomass burning. He has authored 240 peer- was the first executive director of the interagency Office of the reviewed articles, received numerous awards from U.S., Canada U.S. Global Change Research Program and from 1997-2001 and Germany. He is a fellow of AMS, AGU & AAAS, an editor executive director of their National Assessment Coordination of Journal of Geophysical Research and guest-editor of Journal Office. of Atmospheric Chemistry & Physics. 6 Elected Fellows

GREG McFARQUHAR THOMAS MOTE

Professor, Department of Distinguished Research Atmospheric Sciences, Professor of Geography, University of Illinois, Urbana, University of Georgia, Athens, Illinois. Georgia.

Greg McFarquhar is a professor Thomas Mote is a at the University of Illinois. Distinguished Research Since receiving his Ph.D. Professor of Geography at the from Toronto in 1993, he University of Georgia, where he has published 133 papers, served as the founding director supervised 30 graduate students, and participated in 28 field for the Program in Atmospheric Sciences. His research involves campaigns. He was chair of the AMS Committee on Cloud the application of satellite remote sensing to understand the Physics and is currently Vice-President of the International impact of climate change and variability on the cryosphere, Commission on Clouds and Precipitation. His research particularly as related to the mass balance of the Greenland examines the impact of cloud processes on weather and climate ice sheet, and assessing the regional to local-scale impacts of using aircraft and remote sensing observations, and models. climate change on precipitation extremes. Elected Fellows 7

JOHN D. MURPHY PETER P. NEILLEY

Chief Operating Officer, Senior Vice President of NOAA/National Weather Global Forecasting Sciences Service, Silver Spring, for The Weather Company and Maryland. IBM Distinguished Engineer, Andover, Massachusetts. John D. Murphy is Chief Operating Officer (COO) of Peter Neilley is an IBM the National Weather Service Distinguished Engineer and (NWS). He has overall Senior VP for The Weather responsibility for day-to-day Company, where he oversees mission execution units responsible for delivering weather, the creation of next-generation weather technologies. Before water, climate, and space weather products, services, and TWC, he was a NCAR scientist. He earned his B.S. from information as well as the budgetary planning for 11 National McGill University, and Masters and Ph.D. degrees from MIT. Service Programs. Mr. Murphy came to the NWS in 2011 after Dr. Neilley was a long-time member/chair of the AMS WAF serving more than 29 years with the United States Air Force as a Committee. He currently is co-chair of the UCAR Community career meteorologist. Advisory Committee for NCEP (UCACN), and the NCEP Modelling Advisory Committee (UMAC). Elected Fellows 8

JUDITH PERLWITZ RUI M. PONTE

Research Scientist, NOAA/ Principal Scientist and Leader, ESRL Physical Sciences Atmosphere, Ocean, and Division and CIRES/University Climate Section, AER, Inc., of Colorado, Boulder, Lexington, Massachusetts. Colorado. Ponte is Principal Scientist Judith Perlwitz is a Research and Leader of the Atmosphere, Scientist at NOAA/ESRL Ocean and Climate Section Physical Sciences Division and at AER in Lexington, MA. CIRES/University of Colorado, His research interests include Boulder, Colorado. She served as Editor of Journal of Climate, sea level, ocean circulation and climate, in relation to the the AMS Middle Atmosphere Committee, and Lead Author of Earth’s rotation and gravity. Ponte was a member of TOPEX/ the IPCC AR5. Dr. Perlwitz is currently serving as Co-Chair of POSEIDON and GRACE satellite teams that won the NASA/ the WCRP Core Project on Stratosphere-Troposphere Processes DOI Pecora Award in 1998 and 2007. He received his Ph.D. and their Role in Climate (SPARC). in Physical from MIT and the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution in 1988. Elected Fellows 9

HENRY E. REVERCOMB CAROLYN A. REYNOLDS Senior Scientist, Space Science and Engineering Center, Lead Scientist, Probabilistic University of Wisconsin- Prediction Research Office, Madison, Madison, Wisconsin. National Research Laboratory, Monterey, California. Dr. Hank Revercomb, director of the UW-Madison, Space Carolyn Reynolds has Science and Engineering worked at the Naval Research Center (SSEC) for the last Laboratory, Monterey, 17 years, has carried on the California, since receiving her SSEC traditions established by Professor V. E. Suomi. He has Ph.D. in Meteorology from Penn State in 1993. She headed been a leader in using radiation measurements to study the NRL’s global modeling section from 2005-2014 and currently atmospherics of the earth and other planets. Specialties include: leads the Probabilistic Prediction Research Office and NRL high spectral resolution instrumentation for atmospheric remote Monterey’s Earth System Prediction Capability effort. She has sensing and spectroscopy, operational infrared sounders, climate served on AMS and other committees and is a Monthly Weather observing systems, and net flux observations of Venus and Review editor. She has over 60 peer-reviewed publications on Jupiter. ensemble design, predictability, and adjoint applications. 10 Elected Fellows

WALTER A. ROBINSON ROBERT SHARMAN

Professor, Department Marine, Project Scientist, National Earth, and Atmospheric Center for Atmospheric Sciences, North Carolina State Research, Boulder, Colorado. University, Raleigh, North Carolina. Bob Sharman is a project scientist at the Research Walt Robinson is a professor of Applications Laboratory, Atmospheric Sciences at NC National Center for State University. His research Atmospheric Research. addresses the large-scale He received his Ph.D. dynamics of climate variability and change. He received B.S./ in atmospheric sciences from UCLA. His research M.S. degrees in physics from the University of Pennsylvania interests include upper-level gravity waves and turbulence and his Ph.D. in Geological Sciences from Columbia University characterization using high resolution fluid dynamical for research at NASA’s Goddard Institute of Space Studies. numerical simulations. He has developed an automated aviation He has served as a program director at the National Science turbulence forecasting system that is in use by the aviation user Foundation and currently is co-chief editor of the Journal of the community. He is a recipient of the SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN Atmospheric Sciences. Top 50 Scientists Award for 2003. Elected Fellows 11

CHRISTOPHER D. DANIEL WILKS THORNCROFT Professor, Department of Earth Professor and Chair, and Atmospheric Sciences, Department of Atmospheric Cornell University, Ithaca, New and Environmental Sciences, York. University at Albany, SUNY, Albany, New York. Daniel Wilks is Professor in the Department of Earth Chris Thorncroft received his and Atmospheric Sciences Ph.D. from the University of at Cornell University. He Reading (U.K.) in 1988. He is a has published more than Professor in the Department of Atmospheric and Environmental 100 peer-reviewed papers addressing various applications of Sciences, at the University at Albany, SUNY. His research is probability and statistics in weather and climate, including concerned with improving our understanding of the processes ensemble postprocessing, stochastic parameterizations, seasonal that determine the nature and variability of the West African forecasting, statistical downscaling, statistical simulation, monsoon system, including how this impacts Atlantic tropical forecast verification, and various topics in statistical inference. cyclones. The research spans a wide range of timescales from He is the author of the book Statistical Methods in the diurnal-to-multidecadal and including climate change. Atmospheric Sciences. Elected Fellows 12

CHUN-CHIEH WU SHANG-PING XIE

Distinguished Professor, Roger Revelle Professor, Department of Atmospheric Scripps Institution of Sciences, National Taiwan Oceanography, University of University, Taipei, Taiwan. California , La Jolla, California. Prof. Chun-Chieh Wu received his Ph.D. from MIT in 1993. He Shang-Ping Xie studies is a distinguished professor in ocean-atmosphere interactions, the Department of Atmospheric climate variability and change. Sciences, National Taiwan He received his bachelor’s University. His research foci are tropical cyclone dynamics degree from Ocean University of China (1984) and doctorate and targeted observation. Prof. Wu is serving as the Secretary from Tohoku University (Japan, 1991), previously taught at General of Asia Oceania Geoscience Society, Vice President of Hokkaido University (Japan) and University of Hawaii. He has Meteorological Society of Taiwan, member of the Committee published about 300 research papers, was a lead author of the of Tropical Meteorology and Tropical Cyclones of AMS, and IPCC Fifth Assessment Report (2013), and served as a Journal Editor of the Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, AMS. of Climate editor (2006-2010). He is a Thompson-Reuters highly-cited researcher and AGU fellow. Elected Fellows 13

YONGKANG XUE SANDRA E. YUTER

Professor, Department of Professor, Department of Geography and Department Marine, Earth, and Atmospheric of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, North Carolina State Sciences, the University of University, Raleigh, North California, Los Angeles, Carolina. California. Sandra Yuter combines remote Yongkang Xue is a professor at sensing and in situ observations the Department of Geography to explore the joint interactions and the Department of of dynamical and microphysical Atmospheric & Oceanic Sciences, the University of California, processes within clouds. Her research foci include marine Los Angeles. He has been instrumental in the development low clouds, snow storms, orographic precipitation, and deep of four generations of the “SSiB” land surface scheme for the convection. She has led four field projects and several multi- Earth system modeling and investigates the impact of land/ year field observatories. Dr. Yuter is a professor of atmospheric atmosphere/ocean feedback processes on climate variability sciences in the Department of Marine, Earth, and Atmospheric and anomalies, including land’s interactions with monsoon Sciences at North Carolina State University. system as well as spring mountain land temperature anomaly on downstream summer drought/flood. 14 Elected Fellows

SHIYUAN ZHONG W. DAVID ZITTEL

Professor, Department of Meteorologist, NOAA/NWS/ Meteorology-Climatology, Office of Observations (OBS)/ Michigan State University, East Radar Operations Center Lansing, Michigan. (ROC)/Applications Branch, Norman, Oklahoma. Shiyuan Zhong is a professor of meteorology-climatology A University of Washington at Michigan State University. (1970) graduate, David Zittel Much of her research focus pioneered radar data display has been on understanding techniques at NSSL, laying boundary-layer processes and their roles in many applications, the groundwork for successful automated echo tracking. For including air pollution, fire behavior, wind energy, and regional 35+ years, he has held key roles in the NEXRAD program climate. She has an extensive publication record on these adapting and testing new algorithms and assuring data quality topics, with a balance in both field and numerical studies. She associated with radar upgrades, especially velocity dealiasing, has served as an editor for the Journal of Applied Meteorology super-resolution, and dual polarization. Recently, he has refined and Climatology for eight years, and is a proud mother of two techniques to measure dual polarization ZDR calibration using daughters. returns from rain, snow, Bragg scatter, and sunspikes. THE AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING STUDENT THE AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING CHAPTER 15 OF THE YEAR CHAPTER OF THE YEAR

WEST CENTRAL FLORIDA UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA AT MONROE Tampa, Florida Monroe, Louisiana

For continued service to the community through outreach and For service to the community, including a dedicated response to volunteering, and for dedicated commitment to membership and the catastrophic 2016 floods in Louisiana, and commitment to networking opportunities providing opportunities for members 16 THE AWARD FOR AN EXCEPTIONAL SPECIFIC PREDICTION

NOAA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE Taunton, Massachusetts

For exceptional forecast services in connection with the record-breaking series of winter storms that impacted eastern Massachusetts from late January through February 2015 THE LOUIS J. BATTAN THE LOUIS J. BATTAN 17 AUTHOR’S AWARD AUTHOR’S AWARD K-12

HOLLY BAILEY THOMAS M. KOSTIGEN Correspondent, Yahoo News, New York, New York. Author and Journalist, Los Angeles, California.

For Mercy of the Sky: The For Extreme Weather, whose Story of a Tornado, in fascinating and insightful which she promotes tornado scientific content and visually awareness and preparedness stimulating imagery encourage through storytelling of a recent readers to understand and event in an absorbingly and prepare for severe weather of meteorologically informative all kinds style Thomas M. Kostigen is a Holly Bailey is a national New York Times bestselling correspondent for Yahoo News author and journalist. He has based in New York, where written numerous books on the she covers news, politics and culture. She previously worked environment, as well as two novels. He contributes to major for Newsweek Magazine, where she was a White House publications worldwide as a columnist and writer-at-large, and correspondent covering the presidencies of George W. Bush and has reported from war zones to the world’s wonders across five Barack Obama. A native of Oklahoma City, she wrote her first continents. Kostigen speaks widely at conferences and events book, The Mercy of the Sky, about severe weather in her home around the globe, and appears regularly as a guest in the media state. and television host. THE BANNER I. MILLER AWARD 18 DAVID S. NOLAN, ROBERT M. ATLAS, KIERAN T. BHATIA, AND LISA BUCCI For their paper, “Development and validation of a hurricane nature run using joint OSSE nature run and the WRF model”

DAVID S. NOLAN, Professor, University of KIERAN T. BHATIA, Postdoctoral Research Miami, Miami, Florida. Associate, Princeton University, Princeton, New Dave Nolan earned a B.A. in Physics in 1990 and Jersey. a Ph.D. in Earth and Planetary Sciences in 1996, Kieran Bhatia received his Ph.D. in Meteorology both from Harvard University. He held post-doc and Physical Oceanography at the University of and scientist positions at Berkeley, Colorado State, and Princeton, Miami in 2015. He is originally from the Washington, D.C. area before becoming a faculty member at the Rosenstiel School of and received a B.S. in Physics from the University of Maryland Marine and Atmospheric Sciences. He is currently Chair of the at College Park. He is currently a postdoctoral research associate Department of Atmospheric Sciences. at Princeton University where he is researching how hurricane impacts will respond to a changing climate. ROBERT M. ATLAS, Director, NOAA Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory, LISA BUCCI, Senior Research Associate, Miami, Florida. , CIMAS, Miami, Florida. Dr. Atlas received his Ph.D. in Meteorology and Lisa Bucci is a Senior Research Associate and Oceanography in 1976 from New York University. Ph.D. candidate at the University of Miami’s In 1978, Dr. Atlas joined NASA as a research scientist. He served Cooperative Institute contracted to NOAA’s as head of the NASA Data Assimilation Office, and as Chief Hurricane Research Division. Her research interests include meteorologist at NASA GSFC, and was a key member of the performing and evaluating regional observing system simulation team that first demonstrated the significant impact of quantitative experiments and is a frequent flyer in HRD’s annual hurricane satellite data on numerical weather prediction. He is currently field program. Lisa holds degrees from the University of director of NOAA AOML in Miami, Florida Michigan and Florida State University. EDITOR’S AWARD EDITOR’S AWARD 19 Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society Journal of Hydrometeorology

JOHN R. ALBERS BENJAMIN F. ZAITCHIK Research Scientist, CIRES, University of Colorado, ESRL/ Assistant Professor, Department of Earth and Planetary NOAA, Boulder, Colorado. Sciences, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland.

For outstanding effort to For thorough, timely reviews identify key criteria to be of several manuscripts, satisfied by a proposed considerably improving their manuscript and detailed scientific quality and thereby comments that greatly helping maintain the high improved it standards of the journal

John Albers is a research Benjamin Zaitchik is an scientist at the Cooperative Assistant Professor at Institute for Research in the Johns Hopkins University. Environmental Sciences His research addresses (CIRES) at the University of hydroclimatic variability across Colorado-Boulder. He received his undergraduate degrees at a range of spatial and temporal scales. Prior to joining JHU, the University of Wisconsin-Madison (Atmospheric Science Ben was a Research Associate at NASA Goddard Space Flight and Applied Mathematics), his Ph.D. at the University of Center and a AAAS Fellow at the U.S. Department of State. He California-Davis (Atmospheric Science), and was a National holds a Ph.D. in Geology & Geophysics from Yale University, Science Foundation Postdoctoral Fellow at CIRES-NOAA an M.S. in Soil Sciences from Cornell University, and a B.A. in ESRL. His interests include large-scale dynamics, low- Biology from Harvard College. frequency variability, stratospheric chemistry, and stratosphere- troposphere communication. EDITOR’S AWARD EDITOR’S AWARD 20 Weather and Forecasting Journal of Climate

RICHARD L. THOMPSON JACOB SCHEFF Lead Forecaster, Storm Prediction Center, Postdoctoral Research Scientist, Lamont-Doherty Earth Norman, Oklahoma. Observatory of Columbia University, Palisades, New York.

For careful, thorough, and For thorough and very constructive reviews that have constructive reviews provided maintained the high scientific in a timely fashion standards of the journal Jacob (Jack) Scheff works I was born in Houston, Texas, on hydroclimate change and and have been interested in climate dynamics past, present the weather my entire life. and future, using models, After graduating with an theory and observations. He M.S. in meteorology from the was an NSF Atmospheric & University of Oklahoma in Geospace Sciences postdoctoral 1992, I began my career with fellow at Lamont-Doherty the National Weather Service. The past 22 years have been during 2015 and 2016, and received his Ph.D. in Atmospheric spent with the Storm Prediction Center in Norman, Oklahoma. Sciences from the University of Washington in 2014. Jack has greatly enjoyed all of his reviews for AMS journals. EDITOR’S AWARD EDITOR’S AWARD 21 Journal of Climate Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

JAMES KOSSIN IAN SIMMONDS Atmospheric Scientist, NOAA’s Center for Weather and Professor, The University of Melbourne, Climate, National Centers for Environmental Information Melbourne, Australia. (NCEI), College Park, Maryland. For careful, thoughtful, For careful and insightful and insightful reviews that reviews of numerous significantly improved the manuscripts quality of manuscripts Ian Simmonds is Professor Jim Kossin is an atmospheric of Atmospheric and Oceanic scientist in NOAA’s Center for Sciences at The University Weather and Climate, which of Melbourne, Australia. He is part of the National Centers has a broad range of interests for Environmental Information including meteorology, (NCEI). His research focuses climatology, and oceanography. on tropical cyclone and climate Specific areas are climate interactions, and he is active in the U.S. national (NCA) and variability and change, air-sea interaction, data analysis, international (IPCC) climate assessment reporting process. Antarctic circulation, urban climates, and Arctic and Antarctic sea ice. He has published over 170 scientific articles in the fully-refereed international literature, and these have been cited in excess of 6000 times in the Web of Science. EDITOR’S AWARD 22 EDITOR’S AWARD Monthly Weather Review Monthly Weather Review

TAKEMASA MIYOSHI ELIZABETH SATTERFIELD Team Leader, RIKEN Advanced Institute for Computational Meteorologist, Naval Research Laboratory, Science, Kobe, Japan. Monterey, California.

For prompt and detailed For providing thorough, reviews of a large number of constructive, and insightful manuscripts reviews in a timely manner

Takemasa Miyoshi received the Dr. Elizabeth Satterfield joined Ph.D. degree in meteorology NRL’s Marine Meteorology from the University of Division in 2012. She holds Maryland, College Park, a B.S. degree from Georgia Maryland. He leads the Data Tech, an M.S. degree from Assimilation Research Team at the University of Maryland, the RIKEN Advanced Institute and a Ph.D. from Texas A&M for Computational Science, University. She is a recipient of Kobe, Japan; is a Visiting Professor in the Department of the Karles fellowship (2012) and an Alan Berman publication Atmospheric and Oceanic Science, University of Maryland; award (2014). Dr. Satterfield currently serves as vice chair of and is a Visiting Senior Scientist in the Application Laboratory, the AMS Probability and Statistics Committee. Her research Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology, interests include ensemble predictability, ensemble post- Yokohama, Japan. His research interests include numerical processing, and data assimilation. weather prediction and data assimilation. EDITOR’S AWARD EDITOR’S AWARD 23 Journal of Physical Oceanography Journal of Physical Oceanography

SONYA LEGG CHRIS FAIRALL Senior Research Oceanographer, Princeton University, Physicist, NOAA/ESRL, Princeton, New Jersey. Boulder, Colorado.

For clear and concise reviews For timely and insightful of manuscripts, mainly reviews of manuscripts on involving interactions among the science and technology internal waves and topography of air-sea interaction and its measurement Sonya Legg received her Ph.D. in physical oceanography from Chris Fairall is a physicist Imperial College in 1993, and at NOAA’s Earth System following a NOAA Climate and Research Laboratory in Global Change postdoctoral Boulder, Colorado, where he fellowship, spent seven years heads the Boundary Layer as a scientist at the Woods Hole Observations and Processes Oceanographic Institution. She is currently a senior research team. He works in unraveling the mysteries of how the ocean oceanographer in the Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences and atmosphere battle as part of the Earth’s climate system program at Princeton University, collaborating closely with the from El Niño to hurricanes. He has spent decades developing NOAA Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory. Her research and deploying air-sea interaction observing systems for NOAA focuses on small-scale mixing in the ocean, including breaking ships and aircraft and has participated in nearly 70 research field internal waves. programs. EDITOR’S AWARD EDITOR’S AWARD 24 Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology

GEORGE S. YOUNG SCOTT ELLIS Professor, The Pennsylvania State University, Project Scientist, NCAR Earth Observing Laboratory, State College, Pennsylvania. Boulder, Colorado.

For constructive and respectful For consistently excellent reviews of multiple manuscripts reviews that significantly improved the reported research and its Scott Ellis is a radar presentation meteorologist in the National Center for Atmospheric Dr. Young received his B.S. and Research’s Earth Observing M.S. from Florida State and Laboratory. His research his Ph.D. from Colorado State. focuses on data quality for both Since then he has been on the research and operational radars faculty of Penn State. and developing algorithms to retrieve physical quantities from radar data. He works with dual-polarization and multiple- wavelength radars, both ground-based and airborne. Scott has supported more than 20 field campaigns and contributed to the development of data quality algorithms utilized by the NEXRAD radar network. EDITOR’S AWARD EDITOR’S AWARD 25 Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

DANIEL P. STERN YUAN WANG UCAR Visiting Scientist, Naval Research Laboratory, Research Scientist, California Institute of Technology, Washington, DC. Pasadena, California.

For many insightful For multiple timely, and thorough reviews of penetrating, and constructive manuscripts on tropical cyclone reviews on subjects ranging dynamics from cloud physics and aerosols to climate Dr. Stern studies the structure and dynamics of tropical Dr. Wang is a research scientist cyclones, from observational, at California Institute of numerical, and theoretical Technology. His research perspectives. He received interests include aerosol- his B.A. in Science of Earth cloud-precipitation interactions Systems from Cornell and their climate impacts, University in 2005, and Ph.D. in Meteorology and Physical aerosol properties and haze formation, cloud microphysics Oceanography from the University of Miami in 2010. Dan was and dynamics, anthropogenic forcing on atmosphere, ocean a postdoc at Penn State University from 2010-2012, and an NSF and cryosphere. Dr. Wang mainly uses multiscale weather and Postdoctoral Fellow at NCAR from 2013-2015. Currently, Dan climate models in combination with spaceborne and in-situ is a UCAR Visiting Scientist at the Naval Research Laboratory. measurements to address those scientific questions. EDITOR’S AWARD EDITOR’S AWARD 26 Weather, Climate, and Society Earth Interactions

TODDI A. STEELMAN GREGORY BRIAN GOODRICH Executive Director and Professor, School of Environment and Associate Professor, Department of Geography and Geology, Sustainability, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada. Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, Kentucky.

For rigorous and thoughtful For insightful reviews of papers reviews that have maintained focused on hydroclimatology, the high quality of the journal teleconnections, and applications of statistical Dr. Toddi A. Steelman methods is Executive Director and Professor, School of Dr. Greg Goodrich joined the Environment and Sustainability, faculty at WKU in 2005 after University of Saskatchewan, completing his Ph.D. from Saskatoon, Canada. Her broad Arizona State University. His research agenda focuses on research focuses on how multi- improving the governance of decadal climate teleconnections environmental and natural resources, emphasizing the role of such as the Pacific Decadal Oscillation (PDO) and the Atlantic the public and community in science, policy, and decision- Multidecadal Oscillation (AMO) influence precipitation patterns making interactions. associated with interannual teleconnections such as the El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO) and the North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO). He has served as the WKU Meteorology program leader since 2008. EDITOR’S AWARD THE MAX A. EATON 27 Glossary of Meteorology STUDENT PRIZE

BRENT L. SHAW KUNIAKI INOUE VP, Commercial Weather, Iteris, Inc., Postdoctoral Researcher, NOAA/Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Norman, Oklahoma. Laboratory, Princeton, New Jersey.

For numerous timely For his paper, “Gross and complete reviews in Moist Stability assessment: collaboration with members Convective Amplification and of the Weather Analysis and Decay” Forecasting Committee Kuniaki Inoue is currently Brent Shaw is a Certified a postdoctoral researcher at Consulting Meteorologist and NOAA/GFDL in Princeton, VP for Commercial Weather at NJ. He obtained his Ph.D. in Iteris, Inc. He holds B.S. and Atmospheric Science from M.S. degrees in Atmospheric the University of Wisconsin- Science from the University Madison in 2016. His research of Kansas and Colorado State University, respectively. He interests include the dynamics of tropical waves and the has been involved in applied meteorological research and MJO, and coupling between moist convection and large-scale development for over 20 years, spanning military, civilian, and circulations. Before attending the graduate school, he received commercial sectors. A native of Kansas City, he and his wife his B.S. and graduated with distinction in 2010 in Forest Ashley make their home in Norman, Oklahoma, and have three Science from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. children. 97th Annual Awards banquet

Wednesday, 25 January 2017 THE ROBERT E. HORTON LECTURER IN THE BERNHARD HAURWITZ MEMORIAL 29 HYDROLOGY FOR 2017 LECTURER FOR 2017

HOSHIN V GUPTA WAYNE H. SCHUBERT Professor, Department of Hydrology and Atmospheric Sciences, Professor Emeritus, Department of Atmospheric Science, The University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona. Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado.

For research into calibration For profound insights into and optimization of the role of cloud processes in hydrological models, and for the dynamics of large-scale fundamental contributions circulations towards quantifying uncertainty in hydrologic model predictions Wayne Schubert joined the CSU Atmospheric Science Hoshin Gupta is a hydrologist, Faculty in 1973 after systems theorist, philosopher, completing his Ph.D. at and leader in Systems Methods UCLA. He has taught classes for Reconciling Models with in atmospheric dynamics and Data. Historically he has driven tropical meteorology. His improvements to model-based learning, including multi-criteria research areas have included the parameterization of deep and diagnostic methods, and is now leading developments in convection, the marine boundary layer, simplified models of assessment and correction of model structural adequacy based balanced flows, and the dynamics of tropical cyclones. He has in Bayesian and Information Theoretic approaches. Hoshin is a had the great pleasure of working with an outstanding group Fellow of the AGU and the 2014 Dalton Medalist of the EGU of approximately 30 research colleagues and graduate students Union, and recent Editor of Water Resources Research. over the last several decades. THE WALTER ORR ROBERTS LECTURER IN 30 INTERDISCIPLINARY SCIENCES FOR 2017 SPECIAL AWARD

CYNTHIA ROSENZWEIG EARTH SCIENCE Senior Research Scientist, NASA Goddard Institute for Space WOMEN’S NETWORK Studies, New York, New York. For innovative efforts in For inspirational commitment to turning climate knowledge broadening the participation of women in into action in support of the Earth sciences, providing a supportive environmentally-based decision environment for peer mentoring and making in agriculture, urban professional development systems, and assessment ESWN is an international peer-mentoring network with over Dr. Cynthia Rosenzweig is 3000 women in the Earth Sciences, most of whom are in the a Senior Research Scientist early stages of their careers. The ESWN mission is to promote at NASA Goddard Institute career development, build community, provide opportunities for Space Studies in New for informal mentoring and support and facilitate professional York City. Dr. Rosenzweig is collaborations. Having more women in science improves Co-Director of the Urban Climate Change Research Network research outcomes and makes our economy stronger, while (UCCRN). She is Co-Editor of UCCRN’s recently released opening doors of opportunity and equity for women around the Second Assessment Report on Climate Change and Cities world. More information at eswnonline.org. (ARC3.2), the first-ever global, interdisciplinary, cross-regional, science-based assessment to address climate risks, adaptation, mitigation, resilience, and transformation relevant to cities. THE AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING SERVICES THE AWARD FOR BROADCAST 31 TO METEOROLOGY BY A CORPORATION METEOROLOGY

CLIMADATA CORPORATION ALEX V. GARCIA, CBM Miami, Florida Chief Meteorologist, KABB TV, San Antonio, Texas.

For pioneering work, sustained For devotion to the safety, over 25 years, providing welfare, and education of weather forecasts, warnings, the citizens of South Central and specialized meteorological Texas, and 30 years of valuable services to Spanish-speaking people in the U.S. and abroad contributions to the scientific community ClimaData is a small firm whose legacy is providing potentially life-saving weather alerts and forecasts to over 60 Spanish- Alex Garcia is the Chief language media outlets in the U.S. and Caribbean. Over the Meteorologist for Fox News years, ClimaData has garnered a wide spectrum of other at Nine in San Antonio, clients, including heads of state, multinational pharmaceuticals, Texas. Alex has received the litigators, and many weather-sensitive industries. Today AMS CBM Seal of Approval, ClimaData is also helping organizations like the National eight Associated Press Awards for Best Weathercast and is Environmental Education Fund (NEEF) and Climate Central the FLASH 2016 National Weatherperson of the Year. He is reach a wider audience by translating educational material into the founder of the National Tropical Weather Conference and Spanish. StormCenter LIVE: Severe Weather Conference for broadcast meteorologists. He produces a series of science education programs through his non-profit organization, the Urban Science Initiative Inc. THE HENRY T. HARRISON AWARD FOR THE HELMUT E. LANDSBERG AWARD 32 OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTIONS BY A CONSULTING METEOROLOGIST WALTER F. DABBERDT Corporate Science Advisor, Vaisala Group, BRUCE A. EGAN, CCM Louisville, Colorado. President, Egan Environmental Inc., Beverly, Massachusetts.

For an exceptional career that For decades of leadership in laid the foundation for many urban meteorology, including regulatory dispersion models, fundamental contributions and for mentoring young to street-canyon modeling, professionals monitoring networks, and evaluating severe weather Dr. Egan is a Fellow of the impacts on cities AMS and provides expertise in air pollution meteorology and Walter Dabberdt has been with dispersion model development Vaisala since 2000, following and applications to both public extended stays at NCAR and and private sector clients. Prior Stanford Research Institute. He to founding EEI, he managed consulting groups at URS and at received the B.S. from SUNY Maritime College and M.S. and ENSR/ERT. He studied Engineering and Applied Physics and Ph.D. from University of Wisconsin-Madison. His professional Environmental Health Sciences at Harvard, and Meteorology interests include urban, PBL and mesoscale meteorology; at MIT. He has served on or chaired several AMS committees, dispersion; observing systems; air quality; and fluid modeling. workshops and conferences. Dabberdt is an AMS Past President, and has served on numerous scientific, technical and advisory bodies in the U.S., Canada, China, Finland and at WMO. THE AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING THE NICHOLAS P. FOFONOFF AWARD 33 ACHIEVEMENT IN BIOMETEOROLOGY J. THOMAS FARRAR MARC AUBINET Associate Scientist, Department of Physical Oceanography, Professor, University of Liege, Gembloux Agro Bio Tech, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Liege, Belgium. Woods Hole, Massachusetts.

For significant contributions, For insightful analysis of in research and education, to observations yielding a deeper applying the eddy-covariance understanding of tropical and method to atmosphere- upper ocean dynamics, and biosphere interactions and to for generous collaboration the problem of advection and leadership in major field experiments Marc Aubinet focused his researches on gas exchanges J. Thomas Farrar is an between ecosystems and Associate Scientist in the atmosphere. He developed Department of Physical and managed for more than 20 Oceanography at the Woods years eddy covariance sites in Belgium on forests, grasslands Hole Oceanographic Institution. He obtained his Ph.D. in and crops and studied their carbon balance and their methane physical oceanography from the Massachusetts Institute of and N2O emissions. Professor of environmental physics at Technology and the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech (University of Liege), he is especially in 2007. His research interests concern the dynamics of the concerned with education and, through his papers and book, tropical oceans and air-sea interaction on scales ranging from contributed significantly to the popularization of the eddy meters to global. covariance methodology. THE HENRY G. HOUGHTON AWARD THE CLARENCE LEROY MEISINGER AWARD 34

JENNIFER E. KAY PIERRE GENTINE Assistant Professor, Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Associate Professor, Earth Institute, Department of Earth and Sciences, University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, Colorado. Environmental Engineering, Columbia University, New York, New York. For the innovative use of For fundamental and observations and global climate diverse contributions to models to better understand the the understanding of land- rapidly evolving climate of the atmosphere interactions, polar regions atmospheric convection, and ecohydrology Jen Kay is an assistant professor of Atmospheric and Pierre Gentine is an associate Oceanic Sciences and Fellow professor in Earth and of CIRES at the University of Environmental Engineering at Colorado at Boulder. She is also Columbia University and at a visiting scientist at NCAR, the Earth Institute. His work where she worked as a scientist prior to joining CU-Boulder. focuses on land-atmosphere interactions, the boundary layer and Dr. Kay researches polar climate change, feedbacks, and convection, as well as, vegetation regulation of the continental variability, with a specific focus on connecting global coupled hydrologic cycle, using a combination of theory, modeling, and climate modeling with observed cloud, precipitation, and sea ice remote sensing observations. He is a recipient of the NASA, processes. DOE and NSF early career awards. THE JOANNE SIMPSON MENTORSHIP AWARD THE KENNETH C. SPENGLER AWARD 35

M. SUSAN LOZIER JON DAVIS Ronie-Richele Garcia Johnson Professor of Ocean Sciences, Meteorology Team Lead, Riskpulse, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina. Chicago, Illinois.

For leadership in establishing a For extraordinary vision to nationwide mentoring program advance the role of meteorology for early-career female physical in the new energy economy and oceanographers and serving as outstanding leadership of the a mentoring role model for the AMS Energy Committee and its community conference

Susan Lozier has been a Jon leads Riskpulse’s member of the Duke faculty forecasting operations and since 1992, where she is now consulting services for global a distinguished professor. energy and agricultural She was named an American markets as well as supply chain Meteorological Society Fellow in 2008, a Fellow of the logistics. He is widely considered one of the foremost experts American Geophysical Union in 2014, and a Fellow of the on the impact of weather and climate on global commodities. American Association for the Advancement of Science in 2015. He graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in She serves as the President of The Oceanography Society and is 1985. His career path included 18 years in the commodity the international lead for the Overturning in the Subpolar North divisions within Citigroup, 10 years at Chesapeake Energy, and Atlantic Program. the past 3 years at Earthrisk/Riskpulse. THE CLEVELAND ABBE AWARD FOR THE EDWARD N. LORENZ TEACHING 36 DISTINGUISHED SERVICE TO ATMOSPHERIC EXCELLENCE AWARD SCIENCES BY AN INDIVIDUAL MARK W. WYSOCKI LOUIS W. UCCELLINI Senior Lecturer, Cornell University, Director, National Weather Service, Silver Spring, Maryland. Ithaca, New York.

For dynamic, forward-looking For unwavering dedication leadership in a distinguished to inspiring generations of career dedicated to advancing students in the classroom, and operational meteorology to for compassionate involvement make the nation weather-ready in the daily lives of his advisees

Dr. Louis W. Uccellini, as Mark Wysocki joined the Director of the National Cornell faculty as an instructor Weather Service, is responsible in Meteorology in 1988. He for the civilian weather is now a Senior Lecturer operations for the United responsible for classroom States, its territories, adjacent instruction for science waters, and ocean areas. Previously, he served as Director of majors and non-science majors. He serves as the Director of the National Centers for Environmental Prediction and section Undergraduate Studies in Atmospheric Science and is the State head for the Mesoscale Analysis and Modeling Section at Climatologist for New York State. His main interest lies in Goddard Space Flight Center’s Laboratory for Atmospheres. teaching with research interests in the areas of air pollution, He is co-author of the AMS monograph Northeast Snowstorms. forecasting and weather analysis. He received his Ph.D. in meteorology from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. THE CHARLES FRANKLIN BROOKS THE HYDROLOGIC SCIENCES MEDAL 37 AWARD EFI FOUFOULA-GEORGIOU J. MARSHALL SHEPHERD Distinguished Professor, Department of Civil and Director, Atmospheric Sciences Program, University of Environmental Engineering, University of California, Irvine, Georgia, Athens, Georgia. Irvine, California.

For visionary leadership as For pioneering contributions to president and serving as an the science of hydrometeorology outstanding ambassador for and for visionary and sustained the Society through outreach in leadership in advancing popular and social media interdisciplinary hydrologic research Dr. J. Marshall Shepherd, a leading international expert on Efi Foufoula-Georgiou is a weather and climate, served as Distinguished Professor in the 2013 President of American the Department of Civil and Meteorological Society (AMS), Environmental Engineering at Dr. Shepherd is Director of the the University of California, University of Georgia’s Atmospheric Sciences Program and Irvine. Her research focuses on hydrology and geomorphology, is the Georgia Athletic Association Distinguished Professor. with special interest on space-time modeling of precipitation Dr. Shepherd hosts The Weather Channel’s Award-Winning and landforms. She is the recipient of the John Dalton Medal Sunday talk show Weather Geeks and is a contributor to Forbes of EGU, the Hydrological Sciences Award of AGU, the Robert Magazine. Horton Lecture of AMS, and Fellow of AGU and AMS. She is the President of the Hydrology section of AGU. THE HENRY STOMMEL RESEARCH AWARD THE VERNER E. SUOMI AWARD 38

LYNNE D. TALLEY SERGEY SOKOLOVSKIY Distinguished Professor of Physical Oceanography, Project Scientist, UCAR, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, Boulder, Colorado. San Diego, California. For exceptional contributions For exceptional theoretical to understanding the genesis, and practical contributions to distribution, and fate of mode the science and application of and intermediate waters, and radio occultation observations their importance in global heat of Earth’s atmosphere and freshwater transport Sergey Sokolovskiy is a project Lynne Talley is a Distinguished scientist at UCAR, working Professor of Physical on the GNSS radio occultation Oceanography at Scripps remote sensing of the Institution of Oceanography, atmosphere from space since University of California, San 1995. He has been involved in Diego. Talley’s research focuses on the general circulation of GPS/MET, COSMIC and COSMIC-2 projects, by contributing the ocean, depicting the movement of heat, salinity, and water to methodology, inversion algorithms and science applications masses. She received a B.A. in physics from , of the GNSS RO. One of his main contributions is the model- and a Ph.D. in physical oceanography from MIT–Woods Hole aided open-loop RO tracking of RO signals. In 1997 and 2007 Oceanographic Institution. Prior to joining Scripps, Talley was a he received Science and Technology Advancement Awards from postdoctoral researcher at in Corvallis. UCAR. THE SVERDRUP GOLD MEDAL AWARD THE JULE G. CHARNEY AWARD 39

SHANG-PING XIE DAVID J. RAYMOND Roger Revelle Professor, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, Professor Emeritus of Physics, New Mexico Institute of Mining University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California. and Technology, Socorro, New Mexico.

For fundamental contributions For profound insights into to understanding the coupled the interaction between ocean-atmosphere feedback atmospheric convection and the processes involved in climate larger-scale environment variability and climate change After receiving a Ph.D. in high Shang-Ping Xie studies energy physics from Stanford ocean-atmosphere interactions, University, David Raymond climate variability and change. switched to atmospheric He received his bachelor’s physics, first at the University degree from Ocean University of Hawaii and then at New of China (1984) and doctorate Mexico Tech. Interests in from Tohoku University (Japan, 1991), previously taught at geophysical fluid dynamics and atmospheric convection led Hokkaido University (Japan) and University of Hawaii. He has to many theoretical studies and field programs in the tropics published about 300 research papers, was a lead author of the over the past 25 years. These studies helped uncover the subtle IPCC Fifth Assessment Report (2013), and served as a Journal and fascinating relationships between convection and weather of Climate editor (2006-2010). He is a Thompson-Reuters systems such as tropical cyclones and the Madden-Julian highly-cited researcher and AGU fellow. oscillation. THE CARL-GUSTAF ROSSBY 40 RESEARCH MEDAL

RICHARD ROTUNNO Senior Scientist, National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, Colorado.

For elegant, rigorous work that has fundamentally increased our understanding of mesoscale and synoptic-scale dynamics, especially the role of vorticity in the atmosphere

Richard Rotunno is a Senior Scientist at the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder, Colorado. He received a Ph.D. in 1976 in Geophysical Fluid Dynamics from Princeton University. His research covers a wide range of topics in mesoscale meteorology. He is a two- time recipient of the AMS Banner I. Miller Award (1991 with K. Emanuel; 2010 with G. Bryan) and in 2004 he was the recipient of the AMS Jule G. Charney Award. HONORARY MEMBER 41

SUSAN KATHRYN AVERY President Emerita, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, Massachusetts.

Susan Avery most recently served as president and director of the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution from 2008-2015. She holds a Doctorate in Atmospheric Science from the University of Illinois. From 1982-2008 she was on the faculty at the University of Colorado, Boulder where she also held various administrative positions. Avery is a Fellow and former president of the American Meteorological Society, and a Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers and the American Association for the Advancement of Science. HONORARY MEMBER 42

MARGARET A. LeMONE Senior Scientist Emerita, National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, Colorado.

Margaret “Peggy” LeMone received her B.A. at the University of Missouri- Columbia (1967) and her doctorate at the University of Washington (1972). Her interests include the boundary layer and its interaction with clouds and the surface, convective-system structure and its impact, science education, and equal opportunity. An AMS member since 1969, she has served in several capacities, including as founding Chair of the Board on Women and Minorities, as member of the Council, and as President. HONORARY MEMBER 43

THOMAS H. VONDER HAAR University Distinguished Professor of Atmospheric Science, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado.

Professor Thomas H. Vonder Haar (Ph.D., Wisconsin, 1968) has taught and advised students and led research at the Department of Atmospheric Science, Colorado State University since 1970. With students and colleagues he designs and uses satellite observations for new understanding of weather and climate. He is a Fellow of AMS and AGU and former AMS Councilor and Committee Chair. For his scientific research and leadership he was awarded the AMS Charney award, elected to the National Academy of Engineering and named a University Distinguished Professor at CSU. 98th Annual Meeting

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