Kudos

picture of Piers Sellers accepting the 1997 Henry G. Houghton Award from Paul D. Try, 1996 AMS presidentPiers Sellers, formerly EOS AM Project Scientist, now an astronaut candidate at the Johnson Space Flight Center, accepting the 1997 Henry G. Houghton Award from Paul D. Try, 1996 AMS president. Due to Sellers' schedule, the award was not presented to him until November 1997.


The following EOS colleagues were recipients of 1998 awards from the American Meteorological Society:

The Verner E. Suomi Award The Remote Sensing Lecturer

William L. Smith, Chief, Atmospheric Sciences Division, NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA "for his outstanding contributions to the advancements in remote sensing from space and the application of these data," and "for his lecture, 'Satellite Remote Sensing-The Evolution of a Global Observing System.' "

The Charles Franklin Brooks Award for Outstanding Services to the Society

Donald R. Johnson, Professor Emeritus, Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Madison; and Director of the Earth Sciences Division, Universities Space Research Association, Columbia, MD "for his dedication as an Editor and President, and for his leadership and innovation to improve education."

The Henry G. Houghton Award

Patrick Minnis, Senior Research Scientist, Atmospheric Sciences Division, NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA "for making outstanding contributions to understanding the effects of clouds and aerosols on the earth's radiation budget."

The Editor's Award, Journal of Climate

Dennis L. Hartmann, Professor, Department of Atmospheric Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, WA "for his conscientious, thorough, and insightful reviews on a wide range of subjects."

Elected Fellows for 1998:

Thomas P. Charlock, NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA

Anne R. Douglass, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD

Ying-Hwa Kuo, National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO

Dennis P. Lettenmaier, University of Washington, Seattle, WA

Thomas T. Wilheit, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX