CMOS / SCMO2011 Prizewinners / Lauréats des prix 2011*Awards presented at the 46th CMOS Congress,Montreal QC, May 30 and 31, 2012CMOS Scholarships and Scholarship Supplements are awarded for the academic year following the congress. CMOS Fellows are members so designated at the time of the award and henceforth entitled to call themselves Fellows of the Society as long as membership is maintained. If award recipients or designates were present, linked names will lead to a photo of their award presentation. Part One - CMOS
Prizes and Awards
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Douw G. Steyn, UBC for his
outstanding contributions to our understanding of ozone pollution,
especially in the Lower Fraser Valley region, for his exemplary
contributions to CMOS and his extensive efforts towards improving
educational and administrative programs in atmospheric science.
President's Prize / Prix du président Nathan Gillett, Environment Canada and University of Victoria, for his pioneering work in the field of climate change detection and attribution, culminating in the influential paper, Attribution of polar warming to human influence, published in Nature Geoscience in 2008. In this paper, Dr. Gillett led a team of international scholars in the discovery of an anthropogenic warming signal in both the Arctic and Antarctic regions. Through the use of an elegant application of optimal fingerprinting, he was able to show that the warming in these polar regions was directly attributable to human activities. This has led to the realization that we can now detect human-induced regional warming on every continent of the globe. J.P. Tully
Medal in
Oceanography David Welch,
Kintama Research Services Ltd., for his three decades of research
dedicated to understanding the sea life of salmon using innovative
data-gathering techniques with special reference to acoustic arrays.
The resulting data have been correlated with oceanographic conditions
and climate change to obtain a much deeper understanding of how the two
sciences of fisheries and oceanography are synthesized as a single
discipline of Fisheries Oceanography. He has been the leader of a major
initiative to track a wide variety of fish species’ movements around
the Pacific, the Pacific Ocean Shelf Tracking (POST) program. This
program has provided a core research platform for a wide range of
scientists to address questions concerning fish movement and survival
that would be otherwise prohibitively expensive for one researcher to
undertake alone.
Andrew Thomson Prize in Applied Meteorology Prix du Andrew Thomson en météorologie appliquée Michael Eby, University of
Victoria,
for his sustained contributions towards the development of the UVic
Earth System Climate Model, his support of users of the model
internationally, and his contributions towards international
assessments and model intercomparison projects.
François J. Saucier Prize in Applied Oceanography Prix en océanographie appliquée François J. Saucier not awarded for 2011 Rube Hornstein Medal in Operational Meteorology Médaille de Rube Hornstein en météorologie opérationnelle Ford Doherty,
Environment Canada, for his significant contributions to operational
forecasting, particularly through his development of the operational
archive system, Jervis, which has proven to be an indispensable tool
for forecasters. His subsequent development of a weather event
simulator (WxEds) has allowed forecasters to retrospectively re-run
historical weather events in a ‘real-time’ mode. This application
continues to be one of the most sought-after training applications by
operational meteorologists.
Neil J. Campbell Medal for Exceptional Volunteer Service La médaille Neil J. Campbell pour service bénévole exceptionnel Thomas J. Duck, Dalhousie
University, for his outstanding volunteer service to atmospheric
science, and particularly to the Canadian ozone monitoring and research
programs. He has led a vocal and effective campaign to attract
public attention to Canadian atmospheric research and the value of the
Canadian Foundation for Climate and Atmospheric Science. His extensive
interaction with the media has focused the public’s attention, not only
on the need to maintain ozone monitoring in Canada, but also on
atmospheric climate change and the value of science in general, in its
role of informing public policy and decision making.
Roger Daley Postdoctoral Publication Award Le Prix Roger Daley de publication post-doctorale Patrick Sheese, University of
Toronto, for his publication, Nighttime
nitric oxide densities in the Southern hemisphere mesosphere - lower
thermosphere, published in Geophysical Research Letters in 2011.
This research builds on a series of his papers describing his novel
methods to retrieve atmospheric temperature and chemistry data using
the Canadian OSIRIS (Optical Spectrograph and InfraRed Imaging System).
His research has made a significant contribution to our understanding
of mesospheric-lower thermospheric state variables. Camille Viatte
accepted the award for Patrick Sheese.
Tertia M.C.
Hughes
Memorial Graduate Student Prize Eric Oliver, Dalhousie
University,
for his outstanding Ph. D. dissertation at Dalhousie University, which
has led to three refereed publications in top-tier journals. Each paper
has addressed the very significant issue of the Madden Julian
Oscillation (MJO), and its effects on various ocean basins. Rodica Lindenmaier, University of Toronto, for her outstanding Ph. D. dissertation at the University of Toronto, which represents a significant research contribution at the Polar Environment Atmospheric Research Laboratory (PEARL) at Eureka, Nunavut. Her dissertation, addressing science questions within the context of the CANDAC (Canadian Network for the Detection of Atmospheric Change) and focusing on measuring stratospheric composition to improve our understanding of the processes controlling the Arctic ozone budget, has led to at least four refereed publications in top-tier journals. Citations for
outstanding
contribution towards promoting public awareness of meteorology or
oceanography
in Canada
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Louis Fortier,
Professor of Oceanography at Laval University and Director of
ArcticNet. Dr. Fortier was nominated for his incredible
contribution to international collaboration and mentoring
interdisciplinary scientists, including through ArcticNet; work that
has contributed significantly to the further development of
multidisciplinary ocean science. |
Monsieur Louis Fortier,
professeur en océanographie à l'Université Laval
et directeur du réseau ArcticNet. M. Fortier a
été mis en candidature pour sa contribution incroyable
à la collaboration internationale, pour le mentorat qu'il a
offert à des chercheurs interdisciplinaires, notamment dans le
cadre d'ArcticNet, et pour ses travaux, qui ont joué un
rôle important dans le développement de
l'océanographie multidisciplinaire. |
Link to DFO Information / lien aux information MPO
MSC Patterson Medal (2011)
SMC La medaille Patterson (2011)
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John Gyakum, Professor of the Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences at McGill University. For over 30 years, Dr. Gyakum has been a leading member in meteorological research and teaching in Canada and internationally. He has been extremely effective in research, in teaching undergraduate and graduate students and outreach to the general public - all while chairing the department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences at McGill University. John has authored or co-authored on more than 90 refereed publications. Collectively, these papers advanced our scientific understanding of oceanic cyclones considerably and in turn resulted in significant improvements in operational forecasting of oceanic cyclones and extreme events. |
Monsieur John Gyakum, professeur au Département des Sciences atmosphériques et océaniques de l'Université McGill. |
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