Dr. Toshio Yamagata, Director of the Climate
Variations Research Program at Frontier Research System for Global Change
(FRSGC: Joint project of the JAMSTEC and the NASDA), has been honored by
the American Meteorological Society (AMS) “for his outstanding accomplishments
in the study of ocean and climate dynamics, especially with respect to El
Nino and air-sea interaction over the Indian Ocean.” Dr. Yamagata will receive
the AMS's 2004 Sverdrup Gold Medal at the Annual Awards Banquet to be held
as a major event of the 84th Annual Meeting of the Society on Wednesday
evening, January 14, 2004 in Seattle, Washington. Dr. Yamagata was also
elected as a new fellow of the AMS for his outstanding contributions to
the atmospheric and related oceanic sciences. About
Sverdrup Gold Medal
This medal named for H. U. Sverdrup, a pioneer in the field
of oceanography, is one of the AMS’s highest honors, which is given to
researchers who made outstanding contributions to the scientific knowledge
of interactions between the oceans and the atmosphere. The past recipients
includes eminent scientists such as Dr. Henry Stommel, and Dr. walter
H. Munk. In addition, Dr. Julan P. McCreary, the Director of International
Pacific Research Center has received the said medal on 1996.
AMS's home page: http://www.ametsoc.org/
Yamagata's Profile
Dr. Yamagata, after graduating from the Geophysics Department
of the University of Tokyo in 1971, received his Doctor of Science in
1977 from the same university. His research has focused on large-scale
dynamical processes of the oceans and the atmosphere using both simple
and sophisticated models. He has received numerous awards and recognitions
including the Burr Steinbach Visiting Scholar of Woods Hole Oceanographic
Institution, the Society Award of the Meteorological Society of Japan
and the Society Award of the Oceanographic Society of Japan. He has served
since 1995 as Professor at Department of Earth and Planetary Science of
the University of Tokyo. He is affiliated with the Frontier Research System
for Global Change as charter program director of both Climate Variations
Research Program and International Pacific Research Center.
Biography of Dr. Yamagata
Contacts
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