RAL researchers receive awards from AMS and AGU

Two of RAL's Scientists have been awarded prestigious honors from the American Meteorological Society (AMS) and the American Geological Union (AGU)!

William Cheng won the Editor’s Award for Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology from AMS. Will's interests encompass a wide range of topics, including numerical modeling, numerical weather prediction, and machine learning. He is the lead modeler in the US Army Test and Evaluation Command project. Recently, he has applied machine learning in a number of projects, including forecasting the human thermal comfort index. This award recognizes his commitment to providing timely and rigorous evaluations across various subjects as well as his insightful recommendations that have significantly enhanced the quality of published papers in the journal. 

Seth McGinnis possesses a strong background in computer programming and works on a variety of projects related to making atmospheric science data accessible and usable to end users of all types. Seth is a member of a team being awarded AGU’s Open Science Recognition Prize for their contributions to the creation and evolution of the Climate and Forecast (CF) Metadata Conventions for NetCDF, a foundational standard in climate modeling data.

The honorees will be recognized at the annual AGU and AMS meetings, respectively. The AGU meeting will be held December 9-13, 2024, and the AMS meeting will take place January 12-16, 2025.