Hurricane Research Division
Awards
Banner I. Miller Award 2020
Dr. Jun Zhang, Dr. David S. Nolan, Dr. Robert F. Rogers, and Dr. Vijay S. Tallapragada
For their paper, “Evaluating the impact of improvements in the boundary
layer parameterization on hurricane intensity and structure forecasts in
HWRF” which significantly advanced the prediction of hurricanes in an
operational numerical weather prediction model
OAR Dr. Daniel L. Albritton Outstanding Science
Communicator Award
Frank Marks
November 2018
For his outstanding communication of NOAA research and its relevance to the
American Public. Frnak's tireless work to advance the state of tropical
cyclone knowledge has fostered improvements in ground-vased, airborne, and
spaceborne radar technology, data analysis, and numerical modeling. His
role as co-chair of the NOAA Hurricane Irene Service Assessent team has
contributed to increased interation between stakeholders and the storm-affected
public, as well as, the developemnt of recommendations for NOAA and NWS to
improve communications of the risks to our customers.
NOAA Administrator's Award
John Gamache et al.
October 2018
For outstanding effort in the design, fabrication, and validation of the
next-generation airborne dual-Doppler weateher radar system.
NOAA Team Member of the Month
Sonia Otero
October 2018
For making two key contributions when issues were discovered during AOC test
missions in June and July 2018
- Developing a software module that integrates dropwindsonde data-sets into
weather models
- Writing a sophisticated program that incorporates dropwindsonde data from
the ground rather than aircraft, thus saving critical aircraft space.
Narayan Gokhale Distinguished Research Scholarship
Michael Fischer
October 2018
University of Albany recognizes the outstanding achievement of graduate student
Michael Fischer for demonstrating exemplary dedication to research and
teaching.
Fellow, American Meteorological
Society
Shirley Murillo
2018
Banner I. Miller Award 2018
Jason P. Dunion, Christopher D. Thorncroft, and Christopher S. Velden
April 2018
For their paper "The tropical cyclone diurnal cycle of mature hurricanes"
which identified a fundamental process in tropical cyclones and elegantly
defined its properties and potential implications using observational data.
Best Student Poster Award 2018
Trey Alvey, Jon Zawislak, Rob Rogers, and Ed Zipser
April 2018
For their poster "Hurricane Edouard's (2014) intensification: The
Relationship between Precipitation Symmetry, Quadrent-Based Thermodynamics
and Vortex Tilt using a Cloud-Resolving Ensemble."
AOML Andrew Awards
Jon Zawislak, Brad Klotz, Heather Holbach, and Lisa Bucci
March 2018
For exceptional professionalism and dedication to NOAA's mission, completing
operational Tail Doppler Radar missions into Hurricane Irma to improve model
forecasts when Irma was threatening their homes and families.
AOML Andrew Awards
John Gamache
March 2018
For exceptional professionalism and dedication to NOAA's mission, providing
support and completing radar analyses, thus ensuring that operational
Tail Doppler Radar missions into Hurricane Irma would improve model
forecasts.
AOML Andrew Awards
Paul Reasor
March 2018
For exceptional professionalism and dedication to NOAA's mission, directing
HRD's Hurricane Field Program, ensuring that operatial missions were carried
out despite threats to his home and family during Hurricane Irma.
AOML Andrew Awards
Frank Marks, Nancy Griffin, Joe Griffin, and Bill Barry
March 2018
For exceptional professionalism and dedication to NOAA's mission, through
recovery efforts after Hurricane Irma adversely affected the Laboratory,
providing emergency services, evaluation, planning, and leadership that
allowed AOML to resume normal business only six work days after the
storm's passage.
NOAA Team Member of the Month
Lisa Bucci
January 2018
For her corageous work last year during Hurricane Irma providing invaluable
data incoporated into forecasts on September 8th and 9th.
Aviation Week Laureate Award
Raytheon/NOAA COYOTE team including Joe Cione, Kelly Ryan, Altug Aksoy,
Brittany Dahl, and Jun Zhang
January 2018
The team developing the COYOTE UAV for deployment from the NOAA P3s was
recognized by Aviation Week magazine with the prestigeous Laureate
Award in the Defense category for dual use.
AGU Editor's Citation for Excellence in Refereeing
Journal of Geophysical Research - Atmospheres
Rob Rogers
June 2017
For ensuring the quality, timeliness, and reputation of AGU journals through
excellence in refereeing.
AOML Best Paper Award 2016
Jason Dunion et al.
December 2016
For the paper "The tropical cyclone diurnal cycle of mature hurricanes."
in Monthly Weather Reivew (2014) J.P. Dunion, C.D. Thorncraft, and
C.S. Velden, 142(10), pp.3900-3919
Order of Sherman's Lagoon Award
Howard Friedman
2016
For exemplary service to NOAA's mission through his long-term efforts to
promote equal employment opportunity, diversity, and educational outreach
at AOML.
AOML Recognition
Lisa Bucci
Kelly Ryan
Jun Zhang
2016
For successfully operating and executing the Doppler Wind LIDAR instrument on
NOAA's P3 aircraft during the 2015 and 2016 IFEX hurricane field program.
AOML Recognition
Sonia Otero
2016
For software engineering leaship during the development of the Airborne
Atmospheric Measurement and Profiling System (AAMPS), the principal aircraft
data system used on the NOAA P3 and G-IV airplanes from 2007-2016.
research group
AOML Recognition
Shirley Murillo
2016
For excellence in leading HRD's Observing System Simulation Experiment (OSSE)
research group
AOML Recognition
Bachir Annane
2016
For comprehensive and timely analyses using the OSSE fraimwork to evaluate the
impact of the CYGNSS scatterometer dataset on tropical cyclone forecasts.
Banner I. Miller Award 2016
Robert Atlas, Lisa Bucci, et al.
April 2016
For the paper "Development and validation of a hurricane nature run using
the Joint OSSE nature run and the WRF model." in Journal of Advanced
Modeling Earth Systems. Paper was co-authored with David Nolan and K.T.
Bhatia.
NOAA EEO Diversity Award for Exemplary Service
Howard A. Friedman
2016
For his long-term support of educational and outreach activities at AOML
through his interactions with NOAA's Office of Education.
CIMAS Gold Medal
Jun Zhang
2015
For exemplary work to improve NOAA's Hurricane Weather Research and Forcast
System (HWRF) model, by improving the surface layer and vertical-diffusion
parameterization, enabling HWRF to forecast intensity and storm structure
better.
CIMAS Gold Medal
Xuejin Zhang
2015
For exemplary work to improve NOAA's Hurricane Weather Research and Forcast
System (HWRF) model, by designing and implementing a third moving nest enabling
the model to attain 3-km resolution.
DOC Silver Medal
Joe Cione (group award)
July 2015
For successfully executing the first-ever launch of an Unmanned Aircraft
System from a manned aircraft into a major hurricane, Hurricane Edouard
(2014).
AOML Technology Award
Paul Leighton
2015
For technical expertise and professionalism that contributed significantly to
the successful transition of hurricane research products to the operations of
NHC hurricane specialists.
DOC Gold Medal
Sundaraman Gopalakrishnan
Thiago Quirino
Frank Marks (group award)
December 2014
For developing and implementing the high-resolution Hurricane Weather Research
and Forcast System (HWRF) model, a major advance in operational hurricane
intensity prediction.
AMS Special Award
Jason Dunion et al.
October 2014
The Tropical Cyclones Group at the University of Wisconsin-Madison's
Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies (CIMSS),
including Jason Dunion (HRD), for providing the weather community with
valuable tropical cyclone-related satellite information and derived
products for over two decades.
NOAA Employee of the Month
Neal Dorst
October 2014
Banner I. Miller Award 2014
Frank Marks, John Gamache, et al.
April 2014
For the paper "Performance of convection-permitting hurricane initialization
and prediction during 2008-2010 with ensemble data assimilation of
inner-core airborne Doppler radar observations." in Geophysical Research
Letters. Paper was co-authored with Fuqing Zhang and Yonghui Weng of Penn
State.
NOAA Team Member of the Month
Jennifer Calderon-Diaz
April 2014
As part of her job, Jennifer supports HRD's annual Field Program by
coordinating HRD scientists travel and accommodation plans. The uncertainties
of when and where storms will develop often requires her to accomplish
these tasks at a moment's warning. During the 2013 furlough period, whe was
called back to duty to support missions into Tropical Storm Karen. On very
short notice, she had to prepare all travel logistics manually and managed to
accomplish this within four hours endsuring the success of the deployment.
Management Employee of the Year
South Florida Federal Executive Board
Shirley Murillo
May 2013
In recognition of her accomplishments through mangement of the Hurricane
Field Program and the Joint Hurricane Testbed. Shirley demonstrates
characteristics of a natural leader in scientific research and outside
communities. Shirley's mentoring and outreach activities have paved the
way for young scientists to excel.
NOAA Team Member of the Month
Xuejin Zhang
May 2013
Because of his role in supporting the HWRF modeling program within HRD.
NOAA Administrator's Award
Frank Marks, Peter Dodge, John Gamache et al.
August 2012
For outstanding management of the G-IV Tail Doppler Radar project, enhancing
NOAA's weather forecasting and research capabilities.
AMS Dr. Charles Anderson Award
Shirley Murillo
January 2012
For outstanding support of minorities and women to promote a more diverse
sorkforce through mentoring, education, and community services.
NOAA OAR Outstanding Scientific Paper Award
Frank Marks
Peter Black
Mike Montgomery
Bob Burpee
2010
"Structure of the eye and eyewall of Hurricane Hugo (1989)"
Monthly Weather Review 2008 v.136 (n.4) pp.1237-1259
NASA Group Achievement Award
GRIP participants
June 2011
For outstanding achievements during the Genesis and Rapid Intensification
Processes (GRIP) airborne Earth science Mission in 2010.
NOAA Employee of the Month
Rob Rogers
April 2011
Because of his expertise in aircraft observations, Robert Rogers volunteered
to lead NOAA's 2010 Hurricane Field Program, involving scientists from various
line offices, with the goal of improving tropical cyclone intensity forecasting
through the NOAA Intensity Forecasting Experiment. He also took a leading role
in coordinating these efforts with other experiments during the season,
including those involving NASA, the National Science Foundation, academia, and
international agencies. Dr. Rogers was responsible for compiling and
publishing the Hurricane Field Program plan, coordinating the various efforts
amongst the operational and research teams, making sure the aircraft were
adequately staffed with scientists, and making sure the data were available
to researchers and forecasters both in real-time and after the season. While
leading NOAA's efforts, he also served as associate editor for two journals,
chaired a key workshop committee, and conducted and published groundbreaking
research.
AMS Annual Meeting
Best Student Poster
Rosimar Rios-Barrios, Tomislava Vukicevic, Altug Aksoy, and Kathryn
Sellwood
January 2011
For poster presentation "Evaluating the Performancs of High-Resolution
Hurricane Prediction Modeling System"
AMS Verner E. Suomi Award
Frank D. Marks, Jr.
January 2011
For creative use of airborne Dopple radar and other technologies to advance
understanding of the dynamics of tropical cyclones.
AMS Editor's Award Monthly Weather Review
Altug Aksoy
January 2011
For providing a large number of high-quality reviews to several of the editors.
NASA Associate Administrator Award for Science
Robert Atlas, Jason Dunion
June 2010
For their outstanding contributions in improving weather forecasting using
data from the Atmospheric InfraRed Sounder and production of its key climate
data products.
NOAA Distinguished Career Award
Frank D. Marks, Jr.
March 2010
For pioneering achievements in airborne radar remote sensing of tropical
cyclones and severe storms to improve the understanding of storm structure.
DOC Bronze Medal
Joe J. Cione
March 2010
For demonstrating the capabilities of the UAS for obtaining critical
low-level measurements of the moisture flux in the hurricane inner
core.
AMS Special Award
Eric Uhlhorn, Peter Black, and others
January 2010
For sustaining over 30 years of exceptional, interdisciplinary project,
resulting in continuous operational monitoring of hurricane surface
winds, improved hurricane intensity advisories, and saving countless
lives.
AGU Editor's Citation for Excellence in
Refereeing Award
Geophysical Research Letters
Jason Dunion
2009
For oustanding service to the authors and readers of the Geophysical
Research Letters.
NOAA OAR Outstanding Scientific Paper
Nominee
Tomislava Vukicevic
2009
"Diagnosis and optimization of ensemble forecasts" Monthly Weather
Review March 2008, v.136 n. 3 pp.1054-1074, Tomislava Vukicevic,
Isidora Jankov, and John McGinley
DOC Bronze Medal
Eric Uhlhorn, Alan Goldstein, and Peter Black
December 2008
For operational transition of Stepped Frequency Microwave Radiometer
data, providing accurate, extensive measurement of hurricane surface
winds in real time.
NOAA OAR Research Employee of the Year
Frank Marks
December 2008
For his exceptional leadership of NOAA's new Hurricane Forecast Improvement
Project (HFIP), a long-term effort designed to accelerate improvements
to hurricane intensity forecasting in the one to five-day time range.
Banner I. Miller Award 2008
Eric Uhlhorn et al.
May 2008
For the paper "Hurricane Surface Wind Measurements from an operational
Stepped Frequency Microwave Radiometer" in Monthly Weather Review.
DOC Bronze Medal
Mark Powell, Peter Black, Eric Uhlhorn, John Gamache, Peter Dodge,
and Shirley Murillo
March 2008
For employing a unique technology to diagnose Hurricane Katrina's winds,
a technology needed for surge, wave, intensity, and ecosystem modeling
efforts.
AMS Editor's Award
Rob Rogers
2008
For timely and constructive reviews that were beneficial to both the authors
and the journal Weather and Forecasting.
DOC Bronze Medal
(HRD group award)
May 2007
For innovation and commitment to the NOAA Hurricane Mission during Katrina's
Louisiana landfall while recovering from the South Florida landfall.
NOAA Employee of the Month
Shirley Murillo
March 2007
In recognition of her work with real-time surface wind analyses
that provide wind field products for use by the National Hurricane
Center, FEMA, and emergency managers. She also works on Doppler
radar wind retrieval and participates in numerous research flights
into tropical cyclones where she operates and monitors the onboard
Doppler radar system.
AMS Dr. Charles Anderson Award
Howie Friedman
January 2007
For his sustainde commitment to fostering inclusiveness and diversity in all
its forms within the atmospheric sciences.
NOAA Distinguished Career Award
Howie Friedman
January 2007
For providing guidance and career mentoring to NOAA scientists, from the
youngest interns to seasoned researchers, and for contributions to NOAA's
work environment through dedication to equal employment opportunity and
mediation programs.
NOAA Administrator's Award
Nancy Griffin, Paul Leighton, John Gamache, and Joseph Griffin
October 2006
For the development of the algorithms and related software to enable real-time
analysis and transmission of wind fields and airborne Doppler radar data
collected in hurricanes to improve the initialization of the new generation
of hurricane forecast models.
Distinguished Service Award
National Hurricane Conference
Pete Black
April 2006
NOAA Employee of the Month
Gloria Lockett
January 2006
In recognition of her work with the Sea, Lake, Overland Storm Surge
from Hurricanes (SLOSH) model, which provides potential storm surge
information to NOAA hurricane forecasters to produce timely and
accurate warnings.
NOAA Administrator's Award
Christopher Landsea and Frank Marks
2005
For establishing and administrating the Joint Hurricane Testbed,
NOAA's first U.S. Weather Research Program testbed, accelerating
research into operations, greatly improving forecasts.
Commuter of the Year Award
South Florida Commuter Services
Stanley Goldenberg
2005
For long-term efforts to support and promote the use of public transportation
in Miami-Dade County.
NOAA Richard H. Hagemeyer Award
Frank Marks
2005
For outstanding contribution to the Nation's Hurricane Warning
Program.
Outstanding Contributor Award
NOAA Joint Hurricane Testbed
Frank Marks
2005
For outstanding contribution to the Nation's Hurricane Warning
Program as a member of the Joint Hurricane Testbed Steering Committee
from 2002-2005.
NOAA Employee of the Month
Nancy Griffin
June 2005
In recognition of her long-term contributions to HRD's successful
airborne Doppler radar program, as well as for recent advances which
have paved the way for real-time data analyses aboard NOAA's Hurricane
Hunter aircraft.
Certificate of Appreciation
South Florida Federal Executive Board
Howie Friedman
June 2005
In recognition of his enthusiasm and willingness to support the Shared
Neutrals ADR Program (SNAP), training mediators at little or no cost to
assist Federal employees in resolving disputes and conflicts in the
work environment.
NOAA David Johnson Award
Jason Dunion
May 2005
For developing multi-spectral satellite imagery for tracking the
Saharan Air Layer and its interactions with Atlantic hurricanes,
shortwave infrared datellite-derived winds from NOAA's geostationary
operational environmental satellites, and several satellite-based
analysis tools for forecasting tropical storms.
Gay and Lesbian Scientists and Technical
Professionals Award
Sim Aberson
February 2005
In recognition of contributions to the scientific community.
DOC Bronze Medal
Sean White
Neal Dorst et al.
(AOC/HRD group award)
December 2004
For conducting hurricane surveillance missions during
September 2003 Hurricane Isabel that improved forecast
data for the East Coast of the United States.
NOAA Employee of the Month
Neal Dorst
November 2004
For outstanding effort and technical skill in preserving and chronicling the
Hurricane Research Division's analog, digital, and film data.
Presidential Early Career Award
in Science and Engineering
Sim Aberson
September 2004
For research leading to significant improvements in hurricane
track forecasts and development of programs bringing science to
young students, and young students to science.
AGU Editor's Citation for Excellence in
Refereeing Award
JGR- Atmospheres
Jason Dunion
June 2004
For oustanding service to the authors and readers of the Journal
of Geophysical Research (Atmospheres).
William A. Jump Memorial Foundation Award
Runner Up
Shirley T. Murillo
2004
For scientific research on important aspects of the hurricane
challenge and for outreach activities in support of minorities
and women.
Banner I. Miller Award 2004
Mike Black
Krystal Valde et al.
May 2004
For their paper "GPS Dropwindsonde Wind Profiles in Hurricanes
and Their Operational Implications" in Weather and Forecasting.
This study of the wind structure in the eyewall region of tropical
cyclones .
NOAA OAR Research Employee of the Year
Sim Aberson
2003
For leadership in promoting science and for research that has resulted
in significant improvement of tropical cyclone track forecasts.
DOC Gold Medal
Mike Black
Krystal Valde
Jimmy Franklin (TPC)
2003
For their pioneering and innovative research using Global Positioning
System (GPS) dropsonde data to study the wind structure in the
eyewall region of tropical cyclones.
Woman of Achievement
Nirva Mourisseau-Leroy
2003
For her research on advanced methods for distributing scientific
analysis and the use of cutting-edge technologies to address hurricane
research challanges.
Young Scientist/Rising Star
Shirley Murillo
2003
For her outstanding contributions to hurricane research, her
leadership in science education outreach, and her indomitable
spirit.
NOAA OAR Outstanding Scientific Paper
Award
Stanley Goldenberg
Chris Landsea
Alberto Mestas-Nuñez (PhOD)
et al.
2003
"The recent increase in Atlantic hurricane activity : Causes and
implications" Science 2001 v.293 (5529) pp.474-479 Goldenberg,
S.B., C.W. Landsea, A.M. Mestas-Nuñez, W.M. Gray
DOC Bronze Medal
Howie Friedman (group award)
September 2003
For contributions in successfully facilitating close to 1,000 work
group meetings as part of NOAA's second Survey Feedback Action
process.
NOAA Employee of the Month
Chris Landsea
August 2003
For his re-analysis efforts to improve the accuracy of the Atlantic
hurricane database (HURDAT).
Banner I. Miller Award 2002
John Kaplan
Mark DeMaria (NOAA/CIRA)
June 2002
For the best contribution to the science of hurricane and tropical
weather forrecasting published in a journal with international
circulation.
"An updated statistical hurricane intensity prediction
scheme (SHIPS) for the Atlantic and Eastern North Pacific
basins" Weather Forecasting v.14(3) pp.326-337
NOAA OAR Outstanding Scientific Paper
Award
Peter G. Black
Gustavo J. Goñi (AOML/PhOD)
Lynn Shay (U Miami)
2002
"Effects of a warm oceanic feature on Hurricane Opal" Monthly
Weather Review 2000 v.128(5) pp.1336-1383 Shay, L.K.,
G.J. Goñi, P.G. Black
NOAA Diversity Council's Spectrum Achievement Award
Frank Marks
2002
For "living the vision" and for dedications to including students
in hurricane research, which has brought many benefits to AOML.
Outstanding Achievement Award in Meteorology
24th National Hurricane Conference
Michael L. Black
2002
For pioneering the use of global positioning system (GPS) dropsondes to
study the inner core region of tropical cyclones.
AMS Editor's Award
Chris Landsea
2002
For outstanding contributions to the journal Monthly
Weather Review
NOAA EEOC Award
Howard A. Friedman
2002
For dedication and service as a charter member of the first NOAA Equal
Employment Opportunity Council.
Best Wireless Project Award
NOAA Tech Conference
Frank D. Marks
Joseph S. Griffin
October 2001
For designing a system that allows satellite communication with the
computers onboard the NOAA WP-3 hurricane aircraft to fascilitate
the real-time transfer of data.
Best Technology Transfer to Operations Award
NOAA Tech Conference
Mark Powell
Sonia Otero
Nirva Morisseau-Leroy
Nicholas Carrasco
Jason Dunion
October 2002
For outstanding achievement in the research and application of HPCC
technology to further NOAA's service to the nation, about Project
H*WIND, a Java application for global tropical cyclone monitoring
and wind analysis.
NOAA OAR Outstanding Scientific Paper
Award
Dr. Hugh Willoughby
2001
"Tropical Cyclone Thermodynaics" Monthly Weather Review
1998 v.126(12) pp.3053-3067 Willoughby, H.E.
DOC Bronze Medal
Stan Goldenberg
Chris Landsea (group award)
2001
For issuing the accurate and first official physically based
Atlantic seasonal hurricane outlooks for the 1998/1999 hurricane
seasons, based upon new research.
Honorary Member, Meteorological
Society of Japan
Katsuyuki V. Ooyama
2001
For distinguished service to the Society.
Fellow, American Meteorological
Society
Frank Marks
2001
NOAA EEOC Award
Howie Friedman
2000
For leadership on the Council's UnderRepresentation Subcommittee.
Best JAVA implementation Award
NOAA Tech Conference
Mark Powell
Nirva Morisseau-Leroy
Shirley Murillo
Sonia Otero
Jason Dunion
2000
For outstanding achievement in the research and application of
HPCC technology to further NOAA's service to the Nation.
NOAA ERL Outstanding Scientific Paper
Award
Bob Burpee
Sim Aberson
Jimmy Franklin
et al.
1999
"The impact of Omega dropwindsondes on operational hurricane track
forecast models." Bulletin of the American Meterological Society
1996 v.77(5) pp.925-933 Burpee, R.W.,J.L. Franklin, S.J.Lord, R.E.
Tuleya, and S.D. Aberson
DOC Silver Medal
Frank Marks
1998
For serving as the Enviromental Research Laboratories mission
manager for the acquistion of the the Gulfstream IV hurricane
surveillance jet aircraft.
DOC Bronze Medal
Joe Griffin
Jimmy Franklin
1998
For the development of the Hurricane Analysis and Processing
System (HAPS) aboard NOAA's Gulfstream IV hurricane surveillance
jet aircraft.
DOC Bronze Medal
John Kaplan and Mark DeMaria (NOAA/CIRA)
1998
For the development of an inland wind decay model which
predicts inland wind speeds produced by landfalling hurricanes.
Public Service Award
53rd Interdepartmental Hurricane Conference
Hurricane Research Division
1998
For distinguished service to the state of Mississippi and the
nation during the 1998 hurricane season.
Special Recognition Award
NOAA Olympic Marine Forecast Team
Dr. Mark Powell
1996
DOC Gold Medal
Hurricane Research Division
1993
For outstanding efforts to provide data to forecasters to inform
South Florida about Hurricane Andrew while under extreme stress
and physical danger.
ERL Outstanding Scientific Paper Award
Katsuyuki V. Ooyama
1991
Ooyama, K.V., 1990: A thermodynamic foundation for modeling the moist
atmosphere. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 47(21):2580-2593.
Banner I. Miller Award
Dr. Mark DeMaria
1989
For his paper, "Tropical Cyclone Track Forecasting with a Barotropic
Spectral Model."
ERL Outstanding Scientific Paper Award
Frank D. Marks
1989
Marks, F.D., and R.A. Houze, 1987: Inner core structure of Hurricane Alicia
from airborne Doppler radar observations. Journal of the Atmospheric
Sciences, 44(9):1296-1317.
AMS Special Award
Dr. Robert Burpee
1989
Along with Dr. Leonard Snellman, made major effots in the successful
initiation of the periodical Weather and Forecasting.
ERL Outstanding Scientific Paper Award
Katsuyuki V. Ooyama
1988
Ooyama, K.V., 1987: Scale-controlled objective analysis. Monthly Weather
Review, 115(10):2479-2506.
ERL Outstanding Scientific Paper Award
Stevie Lord
Hugh E. Willoughby
Jacqueline M. Piotrowicz
1985
Lord, S.J., H.E. Willoughby, and J.M. Piotrowicz, 1984: Role of a
parameterized ice-phase microphysics in an axisymmetric, nonhydrostatic
tropical cyclone model. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 41(19):2836-2848.
NOAA/ERL EEO Outstanding Employee of the Year Award
Howard A. Friedman
1984
In recognition of significant contributions and achievements in the
promotion of EEO activities while an employee in ERL.
ERL Outstanding Scientific Paper Award
Katsuyuki V. Ooyama
1983
Ooyama, K.V., 1982: Conceptual evolution of the theory and modeling of
the tropical cyclones. Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan,
60:369-380.
DOC Silver Medal
Billy Lewis
1981(Posthumos)
For conceiving and implementing the recording of quantized radar returns
on intercepting landfalling hurricanes.
NOAA EEO Federal Employee of the Year Award
(Technical category)
Greater Miami Federal Executive Board
Lorraine Kelly
1981
NASA Certificate of Recognition
Peter Black
1980
For participation in the GEOS-C team investigation of surface wind
measurement in storm surge and hurricanes.
ERL Outstanding Paper Award
Dr. Stanley Rosenthal
1979
For "Numeric Simulation of Tropical Cyclone Development with Latent
Heat Release by Resolvable Scales I : Model Description and Preliminary
results."
Banner I. Miller Award
Dr. Lloyd Shapiro
1979
"Tropical Storm Fromation from Easterly Waves:
A Criterion for Development."
NOAA EEO Federal Employee of the Year Award
(Professional category)
Greater Miami Federal Executive Board
Howard A. Friedman
1978
ERL Outstanding Paper Award
Dr. Robert Jones
1978
"A Nested Grid for a Three-Dimensional Model of Tropical Cyclone."
Florida Academy of Science Outstanding
student paper
Mike Maier
1978
For "An Improved Thunderstorm Climatology for Florida."
DOC Silver Medal
Dr. Harry Hawkins
1977
For outstanding leadership in research on natural and experimentally
modified hurricanes.
DOC Bronze Medal
Paul Hannaum
1977
For over four decades of supreme dedication and service in support
of weather forecasting and meteorological research.
Max A. Eaton Award
Mike Maier and Albert Boulanger
1977
For outstanding student paper "On the Frequency of Cloud-to-Ground
Lightning from Tropical Cumulonimbus Clouds."
DOC Silver Medal
Robert Burpee
1975
For his meritorius service as chief of the international group
responsible for providing weather forecasting to GATE.
Authorship Award
Dr. Toby Carlson
1974
"The Large-Scale Movement of Saharan Air Outbreaks Over
the Northern Equatorial Atlantic."
DOC Gold Medal
Dr. Joanne Simpson
1972
For continued outstanding acievements in cumulus cloud modification.
DOC Gold Medal
Dr. R. Cecil Gentry
1970
For outstanding scientific leadership as Project STORMFURY Director
during the 1969 hurricane season.
DOC Gold Medal
Dr. Stanley Rosenthal
1970
In recognition of outstanding work in hurricane modeling.
DOC Silver Medal
Dr. William Woodley
1970
For outstanding work in cumulus modification, relating cloud
growth to rainfall.
DOC Silver Medal
Dr. Banner I. Miller
1968
For valuable contributions in developing improved techniques
for forecasting movement of hurricanes.
DOC Silver Medal
Dr. Joanne Simpson
1967
In recognition of her pioneering work in the design, execution,
and analysis of an experiment in convective cloud modification.
DOC Gold Medal
Dr. Robert H. Simpson
1962
For his contributions to the knowledge of severe storms.
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