Special Procedures
• Atmospheric Research Awards (ARA) Committee
The Clarence Leroy Meisinger Award and The Henry G. Houghton Award:
These early career awards are intended to recognize scientists who are within ten years of having earned their highest degree or are under 40 year of age when nominated. Consideration will also be given, however, to those who are still in the early stage of their careers but have seen these interrupted for up to 5-10 years by family leaves, military service, and the like.
• Oceanographic Research Awards (ORA) Committee
The Nicholas P. Fofonoff Award:
This early career award is intended to recognize scientists who are within ten years of having earned their highest degree or are under 40 year of age when nominated. Consideration will also be given, however, to those who are still in the early stage of their careers but have seen these interrupted for up to 5-10 years by family leaves, military service, and the like.
• Awards Oversight Committee (AOC)
The Award for Outstanding Services to Meteorology by a Corporation:
All three letters of reference or support shall come from individuals not affiliated with the nominated corporation.
• Education & Human Resources Commission (EHR)
The Edward N. Lorenz Teaching Excellence Award:
The AMS Board for Higher Education (BHE), in consultation with the Commissioner for Education and Human Resources, is responsible for overseeing the award process and forming the selection committee. The selection committee, not fewer than five members, shall be composed of faculty members from both undergraduate and graduate institutions, at least one current member of the BHE, and, as an option, an active student AMS member. The selection committee will forward its recommendation (with a copy to the chair of the BHE) to the Commissioner.
The Award for Distinguished Science Journalism in the Atmospheric and Related Sciences:
The AMS Board on Outreach and Public Education (BOPE) in consultation with the Commissioner for Education and Human Resources is responsible for
overseeing the award process and forming the selection committee. The selection committee, not fewer than five members, shall be composed of scientists, educators, and journalists, at least one current member of the BOPE, and the Education and Human Resources Commissioner. The selection criteria are to include consideration of balance of the media type over time. The successful nomination will be reviewed by the STAC Commissioner for the quality of its scientific content. Only one recipient may be selected.
• Professional Affairs Commission (PAC)
The Award for Excellence in Science Reporting by a Broadcast Meteorologist:
The Committee on the Station Scientist submits a recommendation for this award to the Board of Broadcast Meteorology, which reviews it and then makes a recommendation to the AMS Commissioner on Professional Affairs.
The Award for Broadcast Meteorology.
The Board of Broadcast Meteorology serves as the selection committee. Nominations can come from an individual or group, and should be accompanied by examples of the individual’s work, such as an audio/video tape of an event, or a composite tape of the individual’s career work. Single event nominations must be based on extraordinary work during a demanding weather event. Although the Award is normally intended for an individual, under special circumstances, it may be awarded in recognition of a team effort.
The Henry T. Harrison Award for Consulting Meteorology. The Board for Certified Consulting Meteorologists makes a recommendation to the AMS Commissioner on Professional Affairs.
• Publications Commission
The Editor’s Award:
The Publications Commissioner oversees a process in which the journals’ Editorial Boards recommend individuals for outstanding service to the journals. The service generally takes the form of providing exceptional reviews in a timely fashion or providing reviews of difficult papers. Other forms of service are also recognized including providing Editors advice about disparate reviews and adjudicating
controversies between reviewers and authors. Each journal nominates at least one individual per year, but additional awards can be given for journals with high submission rates based on a formula that equates one award for each 500 submissions each year. The total number of Editor’s Awards is currently capped at 15, one for each of the ten journals, plus 5 because the total journal submissions were about 2500 in 2009.
• Scientific and Technological Activities Commission (STAC)
The Charles L. Mitchell Award:
The AMS Committee on Weather Analysis and Forecasting serves as the selection committee.
The Exceptional Prediction Award:
The AMS Committee on Weather Analysis and Forecasting serves as the selection committee.
The Francis W. Reichelderfer Award:
The STAC Commissioner, in consultation with the Professional Affairs Commissioner, is responsible for overseeing the award process and forming the selection committee. The selection committee is composed of a chair and two members from the Weather Analysis and Forecasting Committee, two members of the Board for Operational Government Meteorologists, one member from the Hydrology Committee, and one member from the Coastal Environment Committee.
The Helmut E. Landsberg Award:
The AMS Board on the Urban Environment serves as the selection committee.
The Award for Outstanding Achievement in Biometeorology:
The AMS Board on Atmospheric Biogeosciences serves as the selection committee, with input from the Chair of the Agricultural and Forest Meteorology Committee.
PAPERS
The Banner I. Miller Award:
The Banner I. Miller Award is presented for an outstanding contribution to the science of hurricane and tropical weather forecasting published in a journal with international circulation during the 48 months prior to the November 1st deadline for nominations. The award is presented at each Conference on Hurricanes and Tropical Meteorology. Recommendations are prepared by the STAC Committee on Tropical Meteorology and Tropical Cyclones.
LECTURERS
The Robert E. Horton Lecturer:
Nominations are considered by the STAC Committee on Hydrology.
The Bernhard Haurwitz Memorial Lecturer:
The STAC Commissioner is responsible for forming the selection committee. The selection committee, composed of a five-person panel including the Commissioner as chair, two members from the Atmospheric and Oceanic Fluid Dynamics Committee, one member from the Middle Atmosphere Committee, and one member from the Committee on Climate Variability and Change.
The Walter Orr Roberts Lecturer:
Nominations are considered by a committee of the STAC Commission, convened annually by the STAC Commissioner
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