International Meteorological Organization Prize

The International Meteorological Organization Prize is awarded annually by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) for outstanding contributions in the field of meteorology and, since 1971, the field of operational hydrology.{{cite web|url=https://wmo.int/international-meteorological-organization-imo-prize|title=International Meteorological Organization (IMO) Prize|website=World Meteorological Organization|date=9 December 2015 |publisher=World Meteorolical Association (WMO)|accessdate=29 May 2018}}

The prize, established in 1956, consists of a 14-carat gold medal 57mm in diameter, displaying the official WMO emblem and on the reverse the Latin inscription Pro singulari erga scientiam meteorologicam merito (for outstanding work on the science of meteorology), together with a cash award of 10,000 Swiss Francs. It was named to commemorate the International Meteorological Organization, the predecessor organisation of the current World Meteorological Organization.

Prizewinners

Source: [https://wmo.int/international-meteorological-organization-imo-prize WMO]

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|2022

|Sue Barrell

2021

|In-Sik Kang

2020

|David Grimes

2019

|Sergej Zilitinkevich

2018

|Antonio Divino Moura{{Cite web|url=https://wmo.int/media/news/divino-moura-of-brazil-wins-imo-prize|title=Divino Moura of Brazil wins IMO Prize|date=June 27, 2018|publisher=WMO|accessdate=January 6, 2019}}

2017

|Gordon McBean{{Cite web|url=https://wmo.int/news/media-centre/wmo-presents-top-scientific-prize-gordon-mcbean-of-canada|title=WMO presents top scientific prize to Gordon McBean of Canada|date=June 29, 2018|publisher=WMO|accessdate=January 6, 2019}}

2016

|Zeng Qing-Cun{{cite web|url=http://english.iap.cas.cn/news/201705/t20170517_177117.html|title=IAP Scientsits ZENG Qing-Cun Receives Top Global Meteorological Prize|website=Institute of Atmospheric Physics|publisher=IAP/CAS|accessdate=29 May 2018}}

2015

|Julia Slingo{{cite web|url=http://blog.metoffice.gov.uk/tag/international-meteorological-organisation-prize/|title=Met Office staff and affiliates recognised for their work|author=Met Office Press Office|date=19 June 2015|website=Met Office|accessdate=29 May 2018}}

2014

|Alexander Bedritsky

2013

|Tillmann Mohr{{cite web|url=http://www.eumetsat.int/website/home/InSight/NewsUpdates/DAT_2056293.html|title=DR TILLMANN MOHR RECEIVES IMO PRIZE|date=17 July 2013|website=EUMETSAT|accessdate=29 May 2018|archive-date=16 June 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190616160832/https://www.eumetsat.int/website/home/InSight/NewsUpdates/DAT_2056293.html|url-status=dead}}

2012

|Zaviša Janjić{{cite web|url=https://geneva.usmission.gov/2013/05/23/ambassador-king-handed-imo-prize-to/|title=Ambassador King handed the 57th IMO Prize to Dr. Zavisa Janjic|last=King|first=Betty E.|date=22 May 2013|website=Mission of the United States Geneva Switzerland|accessdate=29 May 2018}}

2011

|Aksel C. Wiin-Nielsen{{cite web|url=http://www.ecmwf.int/en/about/media-centre/news/2011/imo-prize-first-ecmwf-director|title=IMO prize to first ECMWF Director|date=10 June 2011|website=ECMWF|publisher=European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts|accessdate=29 May 2018}}

2010

|Taroh Matsuno{{cite web|url=http://www.jamstec.go.jp/e/about/press_release/20100618/|title=Dr. Taroh Matsuno Becomes First Japanese to Win IMO Prize|date=18 June 2010|website=JAMSTEC|publisher=Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology|accessdate=29 May 2018}}

2009

|Eugenia Kalnay{{cite web|url=http://www.essic.umd.edu/joom2/index.php/publications-menu/reports/51-non-current-news/290-kalnay-awarded-the-international-meteorological-organization-prize|title=Kalnay awarded the International Meteorological Organization Prize|date=1 June 2009|website=ESSIC|publisher=College of Computer, Mathematical, and Natural Sciences|accessdate=29 May 2018|archive-date=2 December 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211202202346/http://www.essic.umd.edu/joom2/index.php/publications-menu/reports/51-non-current-news/290-kalnay-awarded-the-international-meteorological-organization-prize|url-status=dead}}

2008

|Qin Dahe{{cite web|url=http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-10/30/content_10281559.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090110212552/http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-10/30/content_10281559.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=10 January 2009|title=Chinese scientist Qin Dahe awarded top meteorological prize|publisher=China View|accessdate=8 December 2015}}

2007

|Jagadish Shukla{{cite web|url=http://www.iges.org/people/shukla_IMO.html|title=Shukla Receives 52nd IMO Prize from World Meteorological Organization|publisher=Institute of Global Environment and Society|accessdate=8 December 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141029160459/http://www.iges.org/people/shukla_IMO.html|archive-date=29 October 2014|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}

2006

2005

2004

2003

2002

2001

|Mohammad Hassan Ganji