For their article titled “Remotely Sensed Soil Moisture Can Capture Dynamics Relevant to Plant Water Uptake.” Papers are selected “that the WRR Editor’s consider being in the top ~1% published in the journal each calendar year.”
The Peter S. Eagleson Hydrologic Sciences Award formerly known as the Hydrologic Sciences Award and the Robert E. Horton Award from 1956 to 1998, is presented annually and recognizes outstanding contributions to the science of hydrology over the course of the awardees’ careers. Successful nominees are senior scientists, with an emphasis on their contributions over the past five years.
For research that has provided unique insights in the field of hydrology, combining modeling efforts with space-based observations, putting GSFC at the forefront of Earth science.
Progress in Earth and Planetary Science Most Cited Paper Award
The paper "DYAMOND: The dynamics of the atmospheric general circulation modeled on non-hydrostatic domains”" by Bjorn Stevens, Masaki Satoh, Ludovic Auger, Joachim Biercamp, Christopher S. Bretherton, Xi Chen, Peter Düben, Falko Judt, Marat Khairoutdinov, Daniel Klocke, Chihiro Kodama, Luis Kornblueh, Shian-Jiann Lin, Philipp Neumann, William M. Putman (610.1), Niklas Röber, Ryosuke Shibuya, Benoit Vanniere, Pier Luigi Vidale, Nils Wedi and Linjiong Zhou received a Most Cited Paper Award 2021 by the journal Progress in Earth and Planetary Science.
For their contributions to the successful design and implementation of DEVELOP's virtual Software Carpentry Training program. The virtual trainings help teach basic research computing skills to workshop participants.
As part of the Satellite Needs Assessment Team "for outstanding teamwork in developing creative solutions to the Earth observation needs of the federal government in response to the Satellite Needs Working Group."
The article "Was Venus the first habitable world of our solar system?" by Michael Way et al. was voted the best research publication by the staff of Goddard Institute for Space Studies to have been published in 2016. The paper appeared in the journal Geophyslcal Research Letters.
Piers J. Sellers Award for Interdisciplinary Science
For outstanding achievement in the development of the SMAP Science Data System and algorithm, producing science data for the science community and general public
The National Science Foundation (NSF) and Popular Science magazine awards that celebrate the use of visual media to clearly and accessibly communicate scientific data and research.
The Hydrologic Sciences Medal is granted to researchers who make outstanding contributions to scientific knowledge in hydrology, hydrometeorology and/or hydroclimatology, including interactions between the land surface and the atmosphere. Dr. Randy Koster was selected for the inaugural medal “for ground-breaking contributions to the understanding of land-atmosphere interactions and their effects on hydroclimatic predictability and prediction.”
For creative and groundbreaking contributions to the understanding of land surface processes, land-atmosphere interactions, and their impact on climate predictability.
