Buys Ballot Medal
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The Buys Ballot Medal is a prize given out by the
C.H.D. Buys Ballot. The prize is awarded approximately every ten years to an individual that has made significant contributions to meteorology
.
The recipients have been:[1]
- 1893 – Julius von Hann, Austria
- 1903 – Richard Assmann and Arthur Berson, Germany
- 1913 – Hugo Hergesell, Germany
- 1923 – Sir Napier Shaw, United Kingdom
- 1933 – Vilhelm Bjerknes, Norway
- 1948 – Sverre Petterssen, Norway
- 1953 – Gustav Swoboda, Czech Republic
- 1963 – Erik Palmén, Finland
- 1973 – Joseph Smagorinsky, United States
- 1982 – Aksel C. Wiin-Nielsen, Denmark
- 1995 – Veerabhadran Ramanathan, United States
- 2004 – Edward Norton Lorenz, United States
- 2014 – Sir Brian Hoskins, United Kingdom
- 2023 – Sandrine Bony, France
See also
- List of meteorology awards
References
- ^ "Buys Ballot Medal — KNAW". www.knaw.nl. Retrieved 2017-10-03.
External links
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