CMOS / SCMO
2002 Prizewinners /Lauréats des prix, 2002
(Awarded at the 37th CMOS Annual Congress, Ottawa
ON, June 2-5, 2003)
President’s Prize / Prix du président
To: Dr. Charles Lin for his record of important
contributions to several areas of atmospheric and oceanic science, including
atmospheric dynamics, mesoscale meteorology, ocean modeling, and specifically
for his development and use of coupled atmospheric-hydrologic models as
highlighted by his paper, co-authored with Wen, Béland and Chaumont,
A
Coupled Atmosphere-Hydrological Modeling Study of the 1996 Ha! Ha! River
Basin Flash Flood in Québec, Canada, published in 2002 in Geophysical
Research Letters, 29 (2).
J.P. Tully Medal in Oceanography /
Médaille J.P. Tully en océanographie
To: Stephen Pond for his widely recognized,
meticulous observational studies in air-sea interactions and coastal oceanography,
and for his prominent role in supervising many graduate students in physical
oceanography.
Dr. Andrew Thomson Prize in Applied Meteorology /
Prix Dr Andrew Thomson en météorologie appliquée
À Clément Chouinard et Jacques Hallé
pour leur contribution marquante à la recherche et à l'implantation
au Centre météorologique canadien de l'assimilation des mesures
d'irradiance tirées des télémesures satellitaires
de température et d'humidité. Chouinard et Hallé
ont aussi été de contributeurs clés aux activités
de R&D qui ont conduit à des changements importants des méthodes
d'assimilation des données et qui ont rendu possible l'utilisation
des ces nouveaux ensembles de données. Par suite de leur apport
à l'assimilation des données, la performance améliorée
des previsions numériques opérationelles à
court terme place le CMC parmi les meilleurs centres de prévision
numérique au monde.
To: Dr. Clément Chouinard and Jacques
Hallé for their outstanding contribution to the research, development
and operational implementation at the Canadian Meteorological Centre of
the direct assimilation of radiance measurements from satellite temperature
and moisture sounding instruments. Chouinard and Hallé
were also key contributors to R&D activities that led to significant
changes in the methodology of data assimilation and that made possible
the use of these new datasets. As a result of their contribution to data
assimilation, the improved performance of the short term NWP forecasts
issued operationally puts CMC among the best NWP Centres in the world.
Prize in Applied Oceanography /
Prix en océanographie appliquée
À François Saucier et Denis Lefaivre
pour le développement d'avant garde et la validation attentive de
modèles du Golfe et de l'Estuaire du Saint-Laurent ainsi que leur
application à la prévision opérationnelle des marées,
vagues libres, courants et trajectoires de déversements d'hydrocarbures.
To: François Saucier and Denis
Lefaivre for their pioneering development and careful validation of
models of the Gulf of St. Lawrence and the St. Lawrence Estuary and their
application to the operational forecasting of tides, surges, currents and
oil spill trajectories.
Rube Hornstein Medal In Operational Meteorology /
Médaille Rube Hornstein en météorologie opérationnelle
(Until 1996: Rube Hornstein Prize in Operational Meteorology
/
jusqu'à 1996, Prix de météorologie
opérationnelle Rube Hornstein)
To: William Purcell for his instrumental work
in promoting and developing software, such as the Weather Analysis Display
System and the Phoenix project, which allow meteorologists to place more
emphasis on real time data to improve weather forecasts of all kinds.
Tertia M. C. Hughes Memorial Graduate Student Prize /
Prix commémoratif Tertia M.C. Hughes
To: Dr. Yongsheng Chen for his groundbreaking
Ph. D. thesis work at McGill University: On the dynamics of the inner
spiral rainbands in a simulated hurricane. This work represents
important advancements in the area of hurricane dynamics research.
Campbell Scientific Best Student Poster Prize /
Prix Campbell Scientific de la meilleure affiche d'étudiant(e)
Winner / Gagnant
To: A. Soux, J. Voogt, T. R. Oke for A Model to
Calculate what a Remote Sensor 'Sees' of an Urban Surface
Runner-up / Deuxième prix
To: G. Smith, F. Saucier, D. Straub for Vertical
Mixing in a 3-Dimensional Ice-Ocean Model of the Gulf of St. Lawrence
Citations
Two awarded for 2002
To: Gary Saunders for his book: So Much
Weather: Facts, Phenomena and Weather Lore from Atlantic Canada, a
fun and informative book which brings the subject of East Coast weather
to the general public.
To: Bob Jones for his tireless volunteer
work over the years in a variety of CMOS endeavours and in particular his
role in recent years as "webmaster" for the CMOS and the Canadian Foundation
for Climate and Atmospheric Sciences web sites.
The CMOS - Weather Research House Scholarship Supplement/
Supplément SCMO - Weather Research House aux bourses d'études
supérieures
First year Scholarship
Morris Robert Flynn, University of Alberta
Second Year Scholarship
Amanda Cole, Berkeley University
CMOS Undergraduate Scholarships
CMOS Fellows Announced
Tim Oke for his outstanding contributions to urban
climatology and meteorology, and for his longstanding contributions to
Canadian meteorology and the Society.
Nancy Cutler for her outstanding contributions
to Canadian and global meteorology, for her strong advocacyfor women in
science, and for her extensive and sustained contributions to the Society.
John Maybank for his lifelong contributions to
agricultural and physical meteorology and for his outstanding organizational
and scientific leadership in the founding and organization of the Society.
Certificates of Appreciation / Certificats d'appréciation
To: Susan Woodbury who was recognized
for her many years of volunteer work with CMOS, and in particular for her
recent contribution in getting the Private Sector Directory started.
To: Francine Ford who was recognized for
her ten years of association with CMOS as our Business Manager.
MSC Patterson Medal
Professor Timothy Oke of UBC received the Patterson
Medal Award for distinguished service to Meteorology in Canada. The medal
was established in 1946 in honour of Dr. John Patterson, Controller of
the Meteorological Service of Canada from 1929 to 1946.
MSC J.P. Bruce Achievement Award
Jacques Vanier, Regional Director, MSC, Quebec
Region received the Jim Bruce Achievement Award. This award, presented
annually in honour of Jim Bruce, a past Assistant Deputy Minister, is awarded
to an individual who has made an outstanding contribution to the Meteorological
Service of Canada (MSC) and its objectives.