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Honoring RAL's Outstanding Achievements

External Awards  UCAR Awards  Patents

External Awards

Recipient(s) Awardsort ascending Publication Year
Daniel Breed WMA Thunderbird Award 2014
Bruintjes, Roelof WMA Thunderbird Award 2012
Bruintjes, Roelof WMA Schaefer Award 2013
Bruintjes, Roelof WMA International Award 2009
Axisa, Duncan WMA Distinguished Service Award 2010
Sue Ellen Haupt, BrankoKosovic, Tara Jensen, Jim Cowie, Jeff Lazo, Bill Mahoney, Gary Cunning, Pedro Jimenez, Jared Lee, Tyler McCandless,... Utility Variable-Generation Integration Group (UVIG) 2017
Amman, Buja, Griggs, O'Neill & Tebaldi (CGD) USDA Abraham Lincoln Honor Award 2016
Aviation Digital Data Service (ADDS) U.S. Government Technology Leadership Award Finalist 2000
Weather Support to Deicing Decision Making (WSDDM) U.S. Government Technology Leadership Award 1999
Megenhardt, Daniel U.S. Department of Commerce, NWS, Certificate of Recognition 2009
Sharman, Robert and Cornman, Larry Top 50 Research Leaders of the Year, Scientific American 2003
Theriault, Julie Tertia M.C. Hughes Memorial Prize, Canadian Meteorological and Oceanic Society 2010
Brown, Barbara Special Recognition Award, WMO WWRP 2011
Greg Meymaris Significant Contributor 2018
Yates, David Quentin Martin Best Practices Paper, American Society of Civil Engineers 2013
Yates, David Quentin Martin Best Practices Paper, American Society of Civil Engineers 2010
Johnson, David Paul F. Holloway Non-Aerospace Technology Transfer Award, NASA Langley 2008
Politovich, Marcia Paul F. Holloway Non-Aerospace Technology Transfer Award, NASA Langley 2008
Cenlin He Outstanding Reviewer Award 2018
Bieringer, Paul Outstanding Platform Presentation, National Chem/Bio Defense Science and Technology Conference 2011
Aviation Weather Research Program Team NWA Aviation Weather Award 2002
Bruce Carmichael, Matthias Steiner, Robert Sharman, Ken Stone, James Pinto, Wiebke Deierling, Gary Cunning, Cathy Kessinger, and David... NWA Aviation Meteorology Award 2018
Miller, Kathleen Nobel Peace Prize - IPCC, Nobel Foundation 2008
Romero-Lankao Paty Nobel Peace Prize - IPCC, Nobel Foundation 2008
Bruce Carmichael National Business Aviation Association (NBAA) Silk Scarf Award 2018
Turbulence Research Team, Cornman, Larry et al. NASA Turning Goals into Reality 2003
In-Flight Icing Research Team NASA Turning Goals into Reality 2002
In-Flight Icing Research Team NASA Turning Goals into Reality 2001
Haggerty, Julie NASA Paul F. Holloway Technology Transfer Award 2007
Williams, John NASA Langley Certificate of Appreciation 2004
Wolff, Cory et al. NASA Earth Science Applications Award 2005
Cornman, Larry NASA Certificate of Appreciation, Aviation Safety and Security Program 2005
Romero-Lankao Paty Leopold Leadership Fellowship 2008
Romero-Lankao Paty Latina Leader Award in the Category of Science, Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute 2008
Cervone, Guido ISSNAF Young Investigator Award 2013
Williams, John First place (tie), Artificial Intelligence Contest 2008
Aviation Weather Research Program FAA Excellence in Aviation Research Award 2002
Micah Hahn Exceptional Early-Career Contribution to the Field of EcoHealth 2014
David Johnson European Patent: Optical Device for Correcting Geostationary Satellite Imagery for Earth Curvature Effects 2017
Breed, Daniel Distinguished Alumni Award, Sterling Illinois, Schools Foundation 2004
Mahoney, Haupt, Kosovic, Wiener, Myers, Y. Liu, Johnson, Sun, Delle Monache, Politovich, Williams, Linden, Cheng, Pearson, Y. Liu, Wu,... Colorado Governor's Award for High-Impact Research in the Sustainability category 2014
Steiner, Matthias Best Paper of Session Award, Digital Avionic Systems Conference 2010
Lindholm, Tenny A. Best Paper of Session Award, Digital Avionic Systems Conference 2001
In-situ Turbulence Detection System Aviation Week Laurels Award 2000
Cornman, Larry et al. Aviation Week Laurels Award 1998
Cornman, Larry and Wes Wilson Aviation Week Laurels Award 1990
Robert Sharman and Bruce Carmichael Aviation Industry Award 2017
Robert Sharman Aviation & Space Operations Weather Prize 2018
Rita Roberts and Jim Wilson Atmospheric Science Librarians International (ASLI) Choice Award

Meteorology of Tropical West Africa

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2018
Thompson, Greg and Lindholm, Tenny A. ATCA Technical Writing Award 2007
Wilson, James AMS Remote Sensing Lecture Award 2003
Mahoney, William AMS Kenneth C. Spengler Award 2010
David Gochis AMS Fellow 2018
Sue Ellen Haupt AMS Fellow 2018
Sharman, Robert AMS Fellow 2016
Matthias Steiner AMS Fellow 2014
Chen, Fei AMS Fellow 2012
Mahoney, William AMS Fellow 2011
Roberts, Rita AMS Fellow 2008
Brown, Barbara AMS Fellow 2007
Rasmussen, Roy AMS Fellow 2004
Politovich, Marcia AMS Fellow 2003
Foote, Brant AMS Cleveland Abbe Award 2010
Fei Chen American Meteorological Society Helmut E. Landsberg Award 2018
Andrew Newman and Larry Cornman American Geophysical Union (AGU): Outstanding Reviewers 2017
Turbulence and windshear warning system, Hong Kong Airport Air Traffic Management Magazine award 2000
Julie Vano AGU President-Elect Societal Impacts and Policy Sciences 2018
Amanda Siems-Anderson, Gerry Wiener, Thomas Brummet, Seth Linden, William Petzke, Padhrig McCarthy, Vince Garcia and Ali Ragan (WYDOT),... Best Paper Award by World Road Association (PIARC)

Use of the Pikalert® System in the Wyoming Department of Transportation Connected Vehicle Pilot Deployment.

 2018

UCAR Awards

Recipient(s) Awardsort ascending Year
Elena Tomasi, U. of Trento, Italy, Dimitris Herrera Hernandez, Cornell, Laura Clemente-Harding, Penn State Warner Internship for Scientific Enrichment (WISE): Winner 2017
Arianna Valmassoi Warner Internship for Scientific Enrichment (WISE) 2018
Jeff Cole (RAP) Technical Support Award: Nominee 1996
Gochis, Rasmussen, Yu, Dugger, McCreight, Karsten, Rafieeinasab, Yates, Read, Barlage, Sampson, Pan, Zhang, Gaydos, McAllister, Mills,... Scientific and Technical Advancement Award: Winner 2017
Haupt, Kosovic, Jensen, Cowie, Lazo, Wiener, Drobot, Yates, Cunning, Jimenez, Lee, McCandles, Alessandrini, Gagne, Fowler, Anderson, Aulign... Scientific and Technical Advancement Award: Winner 2016
Rachel Ames, Jeff Cole, Frank Hage, Tres Hofmeister, Nancy Rehak, and Ren Tescher (RAL) Scientific and Technical Advancement Award: Nominee 1997
Bob Barron, Bill Myers, John Caron, and Frank Hage, all of RAP Scientific and Technical Advancement Award: Nominee 1992
Peter Neilley, Bill Myers, Missy Petty, Gerry Wiener, Greg Thompson, Shel Dalton, and Greg Young Scientific and Technical Advancement: Nominee 2000
Greg Thompson, Paddy McCarthy, Frank Hage, and Shelly Knight Scientific and Technical Advancement: Winner 1999
Bob Barron, Cleon Biter, Dave Albo, Gerry Wiener, Jon Lutz, Kristi Brislawn Scientific and Technical Advancement: Winner 1988
Laurie Carson (RAL), Ming Hu (NOAA/ESRL), Xiang-Yu Huang (MMM), Louisa Nance (RAL), Kathryn Newman (RAL), Hui Shao (RAL), Don Stark (RAL),... Scientific and Technical Advancement: Nominee 2013
Bob Barron (RAL/AAP), Al Yates (RAL/AAP), Cory Morse (RAL/AAP), Deirdre Garvey (RAL/AO), Larry Cornman (RAL/AAP), Kent Goodrich (RAL/AAP),... Scientific and Technical Advancement: Nominee 2012
William Mahoney, Gerry Wiener, Bill Myers, Yubao Liu, David Johnson, Seth Linden, Will Cheng, Brice Lambi, Arnaud Dumont, Julia Pearson,... Scientific and Technical Advancement: Winner 2011
John Mickey (RAL/AAP). Co-nominees Qian Wu (HAO), Cyndi Bradley (EOL/DFS), Greg Card (HAO), Vince Grow (EOL/DFS), Alice Lecinski (HAO),... Scientific and Technical Advancement: Nominee 2011
David Ahijevych (NESL/MMM), Barbara Brown (RAL/JNT), Randy Bullock (RAL/JNT), Chris Davis (NCAR/ASP), Tressa Fowler (RAL/JNT), Eric... Scientific and Technical Advancement: Winner 2010
John Hubbert (EOL), Mike Dixon (RAL), Scott Ellis (EOL), and Greg Meymaris (RAL) Scientific and Technical Advancement: Winner 2009
Thomas Hopson (RAL and SERE*/ASP). Co-nominees include Hai-Ru Chang, Carlos Hoyos, Jun Jian, and Peter Webster (Georgia Institute of... Scientific and Technical Advancement: Nominee 2007
Dave Albo (WSAP), Ben Balsley, Kirk Clawson, Jeff Copeland (NSAP), Larry Cornman (AAP), Rod Frehlich (AAP), David Hahn (NSAP), Yubao Liu (... Scientific and Technical Advancement: Nominee 2006
Bill Mahoney, Bill Myers, Ben Bernstein, Jim Cowie, Jamie Wolff, Jaimi Yee, Seth Linden, Arnaud Dumont, and Paddy McCarthy Scientific and Technical Advancement: Nominee 2004
William Mahoney, Mike Dixon, Deirdre Garvey, Frank Hage, Celia Chen, David Johnson, Niles Oien, Susan Dettling, and Carol Park (all with... Scientific and Technical Advancement: Winner 2002
Scott Swerdlin, Tom Warner, Cindy Mueller, Laurie Carson, Yubao Liu, Doug Lindholm, Rebecca Ruttenberg, Tom Saxen, Hank Fisher, Daran Rife... Scientific and Technical Advancement: Winner 2001
Andrew J. Heymsfield (NESL/MMM), Gregory Thompson (RAL/HAP), Hugh Morrison (NESL/MMM), Aaron Bansemer (NESL/MMM), Roy M. Rasmussen (RAL/HAP... Outstanding Publication Award: Nominee 2011
Romero-Lankao Paty (RAL), Doug Nychka (CISL/IMAGe) and John Tribbia (formerly at ISSE) Outstanding Publication Award: Nominee 2010
Chris Davis (MMM/RAL), Barb Brown (RAL), and Randy Bullock (RAL) Outstanding Publication Award: Nominee 2009
David Yates, Jack Sieber and Annette Huber-Lee (Stockholm Environment Institute), David Purkey (National Heritage Institute), and Hector... Outstanding Publication Award: Nominee 2008
Rita Roberts. Co-nominee and co-author included Steven Rutledge (Colorado State University) Outstanding Publication Award: Nominee 2007
Thomas T. Warner (NSAP) Outstanding Publication Award: Nominee 2006
Janice Coen (RAL and MMM). Co-nominees and co-authors included Shankar Mahalingam (University of California, Riverside) and John Daily (... Outstanding Publication Award: Nominee 2005
Bob Sharman (AAP/RAL). Co-nominees and co-authors included Todd Lane (ASP/CMS), Terry Clark (MMM/CSM), and Hsiao-Ming Hsu (MMM) Outstanding Publication Award: Nominee 2004
Guifu Zhang, Ed Brandes, and J. Vivekanandan (RAP) Outstanding Publication Award: Nominee 2003
Larry Cornman, Corinne Morse, and Kent Goodrich (RAP). Co-nominee included Stephen Cohn (ATD now EOL). Co-authors included Warner Ecklund (... Outstanding Publication Award: Nominee 2002
Juanzhen Jenny Sun (RAL/MMM) and N. Andrew Crook (RAL/MMM) Outstanding Publication Award: Winner 2001
Trude Eidhammer and Gregory Thompson Outstanding Publication Award: Nominee 2018
Roy Rasmussen, Jothiram Vivekanandan, and Jeff Cole. Co-authors included: M. Kuperman (United Airlines, San Francisco, CA), Barry Myers (... Outstanding Publication Award: Winner 2000
James Wilson and Daniel Megenhardt Outstanding Publication Award: Nominee 1999
Roy Rasmussen, Ben Bernstein, and Greg Stossmeister. Co-nominees and co-authors included Masataka Murakami (Meteorological Research... Outstanding Publication Award: Nominee 1997
Larry Cornman, Gary Cunning, and Corinne Morse (RAL) Outstanding Publication Award: Nominee 1997
James Wilson, Brant Foote, Andrew Crooke, James Fankhauser, Charles Wade, John Tuttle, Cynthia Mueller, and Steven Krueger (RAP) Outstanding Publication Award: Nominee 1995
Jothiram Vivekanandan (Research Applications Program), Joseph Turk (Colorado State University), and V. N. Bringi (CSU) Outstanding Publication Award: Nominee 1994
Richard Katz and Barbara Brown Outstanding Publication Award: Nominee 1992
Andrew Crook (MMM/RAL); cowriters, Terry Clark and Mitchell Moncrieff Outstanding Publication Award: Nominee 1991
Andrew Crook (MMM/RAL). Co-authors, Mitchell Moncrieff (MMM), Richard Carbone ( ATD), and John Conway (University of Oklahoma) Outstanding Publication Award: Nominee 1990
James Wilson (ATD) and Roger Wakimoto (University of California, Los Angeles) Outstanding Publication Award: Nominee 1989
Monaghan, Hayden, Wilhelmi, and Steinhoff Outstanding Publication Award: Winner 2017
Martyn Clark, D. Kavetski, and F. Fenicia Outstanding Publication Award: Nominee 2016
Roy Rasmussen, Changhai Liu, Kyoko Ikeda, David Gochis, David Yates, Fei Chen, Michael Barlage, Jimy Dudhia, Wei Yu, Kathleen Miller, Vanda... Outstanding Publication Award: Winner 2015
Rife, D.L., J.O. Pinto, A.J. Monaghan, C.A. Davis and J.R. Hannan Outstanding Publication Award: Nominee 2014
Julie Demuth (NCAR/RAL), Rebecca Morss (NCAR/MMM), Betty Hearn Morrow (SocResearch, Miami, FL), and Jeff Lazo (NCAR/RAL). Outstanding Publication Award: Nominee 2013
Matthias Steiner (RAL/HAP), Richard Bateman (CU), Daniel Megenhardt (RAL/WSAP), Yubao Liu (RAL/NSAP), Matthew Pocernich (Neptune and... Outstanding Publication Award: Nominee 2012
Thomas T. Warner (RAL, posthumous) Outstanding Publication Award: Winner 2011
Kim Elmore, Cathy Kessinger, Cynthia Mueller, Phyllis O'Rourke, and Rita Roberts NCAR Outstanding Performance awards: Nominee 1983
Branko Kosovic Mentoring Award: Winner 2018
Branko Kosovic Mentoring Award: Nominee 2017
James Wilson (RAL/EOL) Mentoring Award: Winner 2004
Eulalia Hernandez Romero Halaby Fellowship: Winner 2017
Ranquist, Emily Halaby Fellowship: Winner 2016
Bruce Carmichael Education and Outreach Award: Winner 2017
Bruce Carmichael (RAL), Cindy Halley Gotway (RAL), and Lara Ziady (RAL): co-nominees Tim Barnes (SciEd), Carolyn Brinkworth (NCAR... Education and Outreach Award: Nominee 2016
Olga Wilhelmi, Jennifer Boehnert, and Kevin Sampson Education and Outreach Award: Nominee 2014
Rita Roberts and James Wilson Education and Outreach Award: Winner 2011
Michael Dixon Education and Outreach Award: Nominee 2010
Julie Demuth, Jeff Lazo and Olga Wilhelmi. Co-nominees included Eve Gruntfest (University of Colorado at Colorado Springs), Rebecca Morss (... Education and Outreach Award: Nominee 2007
Eve Gruntfest, Julie Demuth, Sheldon Drobot, Mary Hayden, Olga Wilhelmi (all ISSE), and Jeff Lazo (WSAP). Co-nominees included Rebecca... Education and Outreach Award: Nominee 2006
Marcia Politovich and Ben Bernstein Education and Outreach Award: Nominee 2001
Kevin Petty (ASP and RAL). Co-winners included Charlie Knight (ESSL/MMM) and Raj Pandya (ASP and ESSL/MMM). Education and Outreach Award: Winner 1998
Olga Wilhelmi and Jenn Boehnert Diversity Award: Winner 2017
Scott Landolt Diversity Award: Nominee 2014
Michael Dixon Distinguished Achievement Award: Winner 2017
Jason Knievel and Francois Vandenberghe Administrative Achievement Award: Nominee 2012
Deborah Henson, Patty Hill, Cheryl Jones, Carol Makowski, and Carol Park-Hill Administrative Achievement Award: Nominee 1992
Katherine Glasheen 2018 Halaby Fellowship 2018

Patents

Recipient(s) Patent No. + Details Patentsort ascending Issue Date
Roy M. Rasmussen US5744711 Winter Precipitation Measuring System 1998-04-28
F. Wesley Wilson, Jr. US5221924 Wind Shear Alert System (LLWAS) 1993-06-22
Paul E. Bieringer US7391358 Weather Radar Echo Tops Forecast Generation 2008-06-24
William L. Myers US5751289 Virtual Reality Imaging System with Image Replay 1998-05-12
William L. Myers US5490239 Virtual Reality Imaging System 1996-02-06
Roy Rasmussen US8505377 Thermal Plate Precipitation Measurement System 2013-08-13
Eleanor A. Praskovskaya, Alexander A. Praskovsky US6512996 System for Measuring Characteristic of Scatterers Using Spaced Receiver Remote Sensors (STARS) 2003-01-28
William L. Myers US6085147 System For Determination of Optimal Travel Path in a Multidimensional Space 2000-07-04
Roy M. Rasmussen US7191643B2 Sensor system to distinguish frozen and non-frozen liquid particulates 2007-03-20
Sheldon Drobot, Michael Chapman, Amanda Anderson, Gerry Wiener, Seth Linden, Crystal Burghardt US9401089 Road weather hazard system 2016-07-26
Frank W. Hage US7340949B1 Precipitation measurement device 2008-03-11
David Johnson US7676112 Optical device for correcting geostationary satellite imagery for earth curvature effects 2010-03-09
Shelly D. Dalton, Lawrence B. Cornman, Robert K. Goodrich, Nathaniel Beagley US6577265 Multi-stage processing for efficient and accurate spectral moment estimation 2003-06-10
Eugene David Albo, Robert Kent Goodrich US5648782 Microburst Detection System - Formerly Known as Fuzzy Logic 1997-07-15
Lawrence B. Cornman, Corinne Sue Morse, Robert Kent Goodrich US5940523 Method Of Moment Estimation and Feature For Devices Which Measure Spectra As a Function of Range or Time (NIMA) 1999-08-14
Lawrence B. Cornman, Corinne Sue Morse, Robert Kent Goodrich US6307500B1 Method of Moment Estimation and Feature For Devices Which Measure Spectra As a Function of Range or Time (NIMA) 2001-10-23
Jim Wilson US6340946 Method for Determining Storm Predictability 2002-01-22
Gregory Meymaris US7728765B1 Method and apparatus for clutter filtering staggered pulse repetition time signals 2010-06-01
Lawrence B. Cornman US5315297 Low-Level Wind-Shear Alert System (Microburst Shape Generation) 1994-05-24
Lawrence B. Cornman US5351045 Low-Level Wind-Shear Alert System (Improved Shape Generation) 1994-09-27
Lawrence B. Cornman US5208587 Low-level Wind Shear Alert System (Gust Front Detection) 1993-05-04
Lawrence B. Cornman US5257021 Improved Low-Level Wind-Shear Alert System (LLWAS & TDWR Integration 1993-10-26
Wayne R. Sand US5028929 Icing Hazard Detection for Aircraft 1991-07-02
Jothiram Vivekananadan US5777481 Ice Detection Radiometers 1998-07-07
Roy M. Rasmussen US6751571 Hotplate Precipitation Measuring System 2004-06-15
Roy M. Rasmussen US6546353B1 Hotplate Precipitation Measuring System 2003-04-08
Roy M. Rasmussen US6675100B1 Hotplate Measuring System 2004-01-06
Roy M. Rasmussen US6708133B1 Hotplate Measuring System 2004-03-16
Roy M. Rasmussen US6711521B1 Hotplate Measuring System 2004-03-23
Roy M. Rasmussen US6714869B1 Hotplate Measuring System 2004-03-30
Roy Martin Rasmussen, Wayne Michael Adams, Jeff Alan Cole, Frank William Hage, Charles Geoffery Wade US5850619 Frozen Precipitation Accumulation Alert System 1998-12-15
Richard A. Weekley, Robert K. Goodrich, Lawrence B. Cornman US6735550 Feature Classification for Time Series Data 2004-05-11
Eugene David Albo US5973635 Enhanced Microburst Detection System 1999-10-26
Jothiram Vivekananadan, Guifu Zhang US6536948 Determining Temperature of a Physical Medium Using Remote Measurement 2003-03-25
Jothiram Vivekananadan, Guifu Zhang US6721678B1 Determining 3-Dimensional Velocity of an Object 2004-04-13
Roy M. Rasmussen US7129846B2 De-icing information system 2006-10-31
Roy M. Rasmussen, Frank W. Hage US7369053B2 De-icing information system 2008-05-06
Bob Barron, Wayne Moor US6298307 Best in Time Forecasting System 2001-10-02
Paul E. Bieringer US7472021 Atmospheric Feature Detection Using Lagrangian Scalar Integration 2008-12-30