Professor Vilho Väisälä Awards Page Sections Professor Vilho Väisälä Awards Professor Vilho Väisälä Awards The Professor Vilho Väisälä Award for an Outstanding Research Paper on Instruments and Methods of Observation was established in 1985. A second Professor Vilho Väisälä Award for the Development and Implementation of Instruments and Methods of Observation in Developing Countries was established in 2004. Both awards are granted biannually. They are administered by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), and they carry a medal, diploma and a cash prize of US$ 10,000. The award ceremony shall normally take place during the conjoint WMO Technical Conference on Meteorological and Environmental Instruments and Methods of Observation (TECO). The first Professor Vilho Väisälä Award presentation ceremony took place in 1986 at the Vaisala headquarters in Vantaa. The presentation of the very first award coincided with the 50th anniversary of the founding of Vaisala Oy. Since 1986, the call for papers eligible for the Professor Vilho Väisälä Award has been made annually to the permanent representatives of the WMO in each country. For guidelines and criteria for both awards, please visit WMO site for the Professor Vilho Väisälä Awards. Professor Vilho Väisälä Award Winners 2018 Award Winners 26th Award for An Outstanding Research Paper on Instruments and Methods of Observation Asko Huuskonen, Mikko Kurri and Iwan Holleman Improved analysis of solar signals for differential reflectivity monitoring, Atmospheric Measurement Techniques, 9, 2016, p 3183-3192 4th Award for Development and Implementation of Instruments and Methods of Observation in Developing Countries Fan Yang, XingHua Yang, Wen Huo, Mamtimin Ali, XinQian Zheng, ChengLong Zhou and Qing He A continuously weighing, high frequency sand trap: wind tunnel and field evaluations, Geomorphology 293, April 2017, p 84-92 2016 Award Winners 25th Award for An Outstanding Research Paper on Instruments and Methods of Observation R.J. Dirksen, M. Sommer, F.J. Immler, D.F. Hurst, R. Kivi and H. Vomel Reference quality upper-air measurements: GRUAN data processing for the Vaisala RS92 radiosonde, Atmospheric Measurement Techniques, 7, pp 4463-4490, 2014 3rd Award for Development and Implementation of Instruments and Methods of Observation in Developing Countries Ms Amudha Bakthavathsalu and Dr Rabia Merrouchi Survey on alternatives for dangerous and obsolete instruments: evaluation of the questionnaire and recommendations for alternatives, WMO, IOM Report No. 117, 2014 2014 Award Winners 24th Award for An Outstanding Research Paper on Instruments and Methods of Observation A. Overeem, H. Leijnse, and R. Uijlenhoet (all Netherlands) The paper Country-wide rainfall maps from cellular communication networks was published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, Vol. 110, No. 8, pp. 2741–2745, 2013, in 2013. 2012 Award Winners 23rd Award for An Outstanding Research Paper on Instruments and Methods of Observation R. Boers, M.J. de Haij, W.M.F. Wauben, H. Klein Baltink, L.H. van Ulft, M. Savenije (all from the Netherlands) and C.N. Long (United States). The paper “Optimized fractional cloudiness determination from five ground-based remote sensing techniques” was published in the Journal of Geophysical Research, Vol. 115, D24116, doi:10.1029/2010JD014661, in 2010. 2010 Award Winners 22nd Award for An Outstanding Research Paper on Instruments and Methods of Observation Pamela Heiselman, David Priegnitz, Kevin Manross, Travis Smith and Richard Adams from the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) received the 22nd Award for their paper entitled "Rapid Sampling of Severe Storms by the National Weather Radar Testbed Phased Array Radar" It describes a study that demonstrated the Testbed Phased Array Radar's capability for adaptable, high temporal resolution scanning of quickly developing features in deep convective storms. 2008 Award Winners 21st Award for An Outstanding Research Paper on Instruments and Methods of Observation Olivier Bousquet, Pierry Tabary and Jacques Parent du Châtelet received the 21st Professor Dr Vilho Väisälä Award for their paper entitled “On the value of operationally synthesized multiple-Doppler wind fields”. 2nd Award for Development and Implementation of Instruments and Methods of Observation in Developing Countries Luca G. Lanza (Italy), Michel Leroy (France), Christophe Alexandropoulos (France), Luigi Stagi (Italy) and Willem M.F. Wauben (The Netherlands) were awarded the second Professor Dr Vilho Väisälä Award for their paper entitled “WMO laboratory intercomparison of rainfall intensity gauges”. 2006 Award Winners 1st Award for Development and Implementation of Instruments and Methods of Observation in Developing Countries Messrs John Nash, Richard Smout and Mark Smees - all three from the United Kingdom Met Office - and Mr Carl Bower of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in USA. The scientists were awarded for their joint paper entitled: "Dar-es-Salaam demonstration test of IMS 1600 Integrated Upper-air System, Dar-es-Salaam, 18-30 October 2004". 2005 Award Winners 20th Award for nn Outstanding Research Paper on Instruments and Methods of Observation Professor Joseph P. Pichamuthu, at M. Visvesvaraya Institute of Technology, Bangalore. The award was made in recognition of his work in the area of meteorological optical range (MOR)–fundamental in the safe landing of aircraft. 2004 Award Winners 19th Award for An Outstanding Research Paper on Instruments and Methods of Observation Dr. Iwan Holleman and Hans Beekhuis of the Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute (KNMI), Netherlands "Analysis and Correction of dual PRF Velocity Data" 2003 Award Winners 18th Award for An Outstanding Research Paper on Instruments and Methods of Observation Dr. Urs Baltensperger, Dr. Martin Gysel and Dr. Ernest Weingartner of the Paul Scherrer Institute, Switzerland “Hygroscopicity of Aerosol Particles at Low Temperatures. New Low-Temperature H-TDMA Instrument: Setup and First Applications” 2002 Award Winners 17th Award for An Outstanding Research Paper on Instruments and Methods of Observation Dr. Rolf Philipona of the Physikalisch-Meteorologisches Observatorium Davos, World Radiation Center (PMOD/WRC), Switzerland “Sky-scanning Radiometer for Absolute Measurements of Atmospheric Long-wave Radiation” 2001 Award Winners 16th Award for An Outstanding Research Paper on Instruments and Methods of Observation Dr. Ulrich Görsdorfand and Mr. Volker Lehman of the German Weather Service “Enhanced Accuracy of RASS-Measured Temperatures Due to an Improved Range Correction” 2000 Award Winners 15th Award for An Outstanding Research Paper on Instruments and Methods of Observation Dr. Edgeworth Westwater, Dr. Yong Han, Mr. Jack Sinder, Dr. James Churnside, Dr. Joseph Shaw, Mr. Michael Falls, Dr. Charles Long, Dr. Thomas Ackerman, Dr. Kenneth Gage, Mr. Warner Acklund and Dr. Anthony Riddle, Pilot Radiation Observation Experiment (PROBE) “Ground-Based Remote Sensor Observations during PROBE in the Tropical Western Pacific” 1999 Award Winners 14th Award for An Outstanding Research Paper on Instruments and Methods of Observation Dr. Barry Goodison and Mr. Paul Louie, Canadian Climate Centre, Dr. Daqing Yang, (China) University of Alaska, USA ”WMO Solid Precipitation Measurement Intercomparison – Final Report” 1998 Award Winners 13th Award for An Outstanding Research Paper on Instruments and Methods of Observation M.S. Golubev, D.A. Konovalov, A. Yu. Simonenko, State Hydrological Institute, Russian Federation, Yu.V. Tovmach, Saint Petersburg State Pedagogical University, Russian Federation “Estimation of Errors in Measurement of precipitation by the Valdai Monitoring System (VMS)” 1997 Award Winners 12th Award for An Outstanding Research Paper on Instruments and Methods of Observation Dr. Bruce W. Forgan, Australian Bureau of Meteorology, Melbourne, Australia “New Calibration Method for Reference and Field Pyranometers” 1996 Award Winners 11th Award for An Outstanding Research Paper on Instruments and Methods of Observation Dr. Dusan S. Zrnic, National Severe Storms Laboratory, Norman, Oklahoma, USA; Dr. Alexander Ryzhkov, Cooperative Institute for Mesoscale Meteorological Studies at the University of Oklahoma, USA “Precipitation and Attenuation Measurements at a 10 cm Wavelength” 1995 Award Winners 10th Award for An Outstanding Research Paper on Instruments and Methods of Observation Dr. Anthony C.L. Lee, UK Meteorological Office, Bracknell, UK “Filtering, Sampling and Information Content within Satellite-Derived Multispectral of Mixed-Resolution Imagery” 1994 Award Winners 9th Award for An Outstanding Research Paper on Instruments and Methods of Observation Dr. Dian J. Gaffen, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, MD, USA “Historical Changes in Radiosonde Instruments and Practices” 1993 Award Winners 8th Award for An Outstanding Research Paper on Instruments and Methods of Observation Dr. J.P. van derMeulen, The Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute (KNMI), De Bilt, Netherlands “The WMO Automatic Digital Barometer Intercomparison” 1992 Award Winners 7th Award for An Outstanding Research Paper on Instruments and Methods of Observation Dr. D.J. Griggs, Mr. D.W. Jones, Mr. M. Ouldridge, Mr. W.R. Sparks, UK Meteorological Office, Bracknell, UK “The First WMO Intercomparison of Visibility Measurements” 1991 Award Winners 6th Award for An Outstanding Research Paper on Instruments and Methods of Observation Mr. Malcolm Kitchen, UK Meteorological Office, Bracknell, UK “The Comparison of the Performance of Upper-Air Stations in the Global Observing Network” 1990 Award Winners 5th Award for An Outstanding Research Paper on Instruments and Methods of Observation Dr. Peter May, Bureau of Meteorology, Melbourne, Australia; Dr. Richard Strauch, National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration, Boulder, Colorado, USA; Mr. Kenneth Moran, National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration, Boulder, Colorado, USA “The Accuracy of RASS Temperature Measurements” 1989 Award Winners 4th Award for An Outstanding Research Paper on Instruments and Methods of Observation Dr. John Nash, UK Meteorological Office, Bracknell, UK; Dr. Francis J Schmidlin, National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration, Boulder, Colorado, USA “WMO International Radiosonde Comparisons (UK 1984, USA 1985)” 1988 Award Winners 3rd Award for An Outstanding Research Paper on Instruments and Methods of Observation Prof. Dietrich Sonntag, German Weather Service, Potsdam, East Germany “WMO Assman Aspiration Psychrometer Intercomparison” 1987 Award Winners 2nd Award for An Outstanding Research Paper on Instruments and Methods of Observation Dr. Boris Sevruk, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Department of Geography ETH, Hydrology Section, Zurich, Switzerland “Towards the Universal Precipitation Gauge of the Future” 1986 Award Winners 1st Award for An Outstanding Research Paper on Instruments and Methods of Observation Mr. C.G. Collier, Assistant Director of the UK Meteorological Office, Bracknell, UK “ Accuracy of Rainfall Estimates by Radar”
Professor Vilho Väisälä Awards The Professor Vilho Väisälä Award for an Outstanding Research Paper on Instruments and Methods of Observation was established in 1985. A second Professor Vilho Väisälä Award for the Development and Implementation of Instruments and Methods of Observation in Developing Countries was established in 2004. Both awards are granted biannually. They are administered by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), and they carry a medal, diploma and a cash prize of US$ 10,000. The award ceremony shall normally take place during the conjoint WMO Technical Conference on Meteorological and Environmental Instruments and Methods of Observation (TECO). The first Professor Vilho Väisälä Award presentation ceremony took place in 1986 at the Vaisala headquarters in Vantaa. The presentation of the very first award coincided with the 50th anniversary of the founding of Vaisala Oy. Since 1986, the call for papers eligible for the Professor Vilho Väisälä Award has been made annually to the permanent representatives of the WMO in each country. For guidelines and criteria for both awards, please visit WMO site for the Professor Vilho Väisälä Awards. Professor Vilho Väisälä Award Winners 2018 Award Winners 26th Award for An Outstanding Research Paper on Instruments and Methods of Observation Asko Huuskonen, Mikko Kurri and Iwan Holleman Improved analysis of solar signals for differential reflectivity monitoring, Atmospheric Measurement Techniques, 9, 2016, p 3183-3192 4th Award for Development and Implementation of Instruments and Methods of Observation in Developing Countries Fan Yang, XingHua Yang, Wen Huo, Mamtimin Ali, XinQian Zheng, ChengLong Zhou and Qing He A continuously weighing, high frequency sand trap: wind tunnel and field evaluations, Geomorphology 293, April 2017, p 84-92 2016 Award Winners 25th Award for An Outstanding Research Paper on Instruments and Methods of Observation R.J. Dirksen, M. Sommer, F.J. Immler, D.F. Hurst, R. Kivi and H. Vomel Reference quality upper-air measurements: GRUAN data processing for the Vaisala RS92 radiosonde, Atmospheric Measurement Techniques, 7, pp 4463-4490, 2014 3rd Award for Development and Implementation of Instruments and Methods of Observation in Developing Countries Ms Amudha Bakthavathsalu and Dr Rabia Merrouchi Survey on alternatives for dangerous and obsolete instruments: evaluation of the questionnaire and recommendations for alternatives, WMO, IOM Report No. 117, 2014 2014 Award Winners 24th Award for An Outstanding Research Paper on Instruments and Methods of Observation A. Overeem, H. Leijnse, and R. Uijlenhoet (all Netherlands) The paper Country-wide rainfall maps from cellular communication networks was published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, Vol. 110, No. 8, pp. 2741–2745, 2013, in 2013. 2012 Award Winners 23rd Award for An Outstanding Research Paper on Instruments and Methods of Observation R. Boers, M.J. de Haij, W.M.F. Wauben, H. Klein Baltink, L.H. van Ulft, M. Savenije (all from the Netherlands) and C.N. Long (United States). The paper “Optimized fractional cloudiness determination from five ground-based remote sensing techniques” was published in the Journal of Geophysical Research, Vol. 115, D24116, doi:10.1029/2010JD014661, in 2010. 2010 Award Winners 22nd Award for An Outstanding Research Paper on Instruments and Methods of Observation Pamela Heiselman, David Priegnitz, Kevin Manross, Travis Smith and Richard Adams from the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) received the 22nd Award for their paper entitled "Rapid Sampling of Severe Storms by the National Weather Radar Testbed Phased Array Radar" It describes a study that demonstrated the Testbed Phased Array Radar's capability for adaptable, high temporal resolution scanning of quickly developing features in deep convective storms. 2008 Award Winners 21st Award for An Outstanding Research Paper on Instruments and Methods of Observation Olivier Bousquet, Pierry Tabary and Jacques Parent du Châtelet received the 21st Professor Dr Vilho Väisälä Award for their paper entitled “On the value of operationally synthesized multiple-Doppler wind fields”. 2nd Award for Development and Implementation of Instruments and Methods of Observation in Developing Countries Luca G. Lanza (Italy), Michel Leroy (France), Christophe Alexandropoulos (France), Luigi Stagi (Italy) and Willem M.F. Wauben (The Netherlands) were awarded the second Professor Dr Vilho Väisälä Award for their paper entitled “WMO laboratory intercomparison of rainfall intensity gauges”. 2006 Award Winners 1st Award for Development and Implementation of Instruments and Methods of Observation in Developing Countries Messrs John Nash, Richard Smout and Mark Smees - all three from the United Kingdom Met Office - and Mr Carl Bower of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in USA. The scientists were awarded for their joint paper entitled: "Dar-es-Salaam demonstration test of IMS 1600 Integrated Upper-air System, Dar-es-Salaam, 18-30 October 2004". 2005 Award Winners 20th Award for nn Outstanding Research Paper on Instruments and Methods of Observation Professor Joseph P. Pichamuthu, at M. Visvesvaraya Institute of Technology, Bangalore. The award was made in recognition of his work in the area of meteorological optical range (MOR)–fundamental in the safe landing of aircraft. 2004 Award Winners 19th Award for An Outstanding Research Paper on Instruments and Methods of Observation Dr. Iwan Holleman and Hans Beekhuis of the Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute (KNMI), Netherlands "Analysis and Correction of dual PRF Velocity Data" 2003 Award Winners 18th Award for An Outstanding Research Paper on Instruments and Methods of Observation Dr. Urs Baltensperger, Dr. Martin Gysel and Dr. Ernest Weingartner of the Paul Scherrer Institute, Switzerland “Hygroscopicity of Aerosol Particles at Low Temperatures. New Low-Temperature H-TDMA Instrument: Setup and First Applications” 2002 Award Winners 17th Award for An Outstanding Research Paper on Instruments and Methods of Observation Dr. Rolf Philipona of the Physikalisch-Meteorologisches Observatorium Davos, World Radiation Center (PMOD/WRC), Switzerland “Sky-scanning Radiometer for Absolute Measurements of Atmospheric Long-wave Radiation” 2001 Award Winners 16th Award for An Outstanding Research Paper on Instruments and Methods of Observation Dr. Ulrich Görsdorfand and Mr. Volker Lehman of the German Weather Service “Enhanced Accuracy of RASS-Measured Temperatures Due to an Improved Range Correction” 2000 Award Winners 15th Award for An Outstanding Research Paper on Instruments and Methods of Observation Dr. Edgeworth Westwater, Dr. Yong Han, Mr. Jack Sinder, Dr. James Churnside, Dr. Joseph Shaw, Mr. Michael Falls, Dr. Charles Long, Dr. Thomas Ackerman, Dr. Kenneth Gage, Mr. Warner Acklund and Dr. Anthony Riddle, Pilot Radiation Observation Experiment (PROBE) “Ground-Based Remote Sensor Observations during PROBE in the Tropical Western Pacific” 1999 Award Winners 14th Award for An Outstanding Research Paper on Instruments and Methods of Observation Dr. Barry Goodison and Mr. Paul Louie, Canadian Climate Centre, Dr. Daqing Yang, (China) University of Alaska, USA ”WMO Solid Precipitation Measurement Intercomparison – Final Report” 1998 Award Winners 13th Award for An Outstanding Research Paper on Instruments and Methods of Observation M.S. Golubev, D.A. Konovalov, A. Yu. Simonenko, State Hydrological Institute, Russian Federation, Yu.V. Tovmach, Saint Petersburg State Pedagogical University, Russian Federation “Estimation of Errors in Measurement of precipitation by the Valdai Monitoring System (VMS)” 1997 Award Winners 12th Award for An Outstanding Research Paper on Instruments and Methods of Observation Dr. Bruce W. Forgan, Australian Bureau of Meteorology, Melbourne, Australia “New Calibration Method for Reference and Field Pyranometers” 1996 Award Winners 11th Award for An Outstanding Research Paper on Instruments and Methods of Observation Dr. Dusan S. Zrnic, National Severe Storms Laboratory, Norman, Oklahoma, USA; Dr. Alexander Ryzhkov, Cooperative Institute for Mesoscale Meteorological Studies at the University of Oklahoma, USA “Precipitation and Attenuation Measurements at a 10 cm Wavelength” 1995 Award Winners 10th Award for An Outstanding Research Paper on Instruments and Methods of Observation Dr. Anthony C.L. Lee, UK Meteorological Office, Bracknell, UK “Filtering, Sampling and Information Content within Satellite-Derived Multispectral of Mixed-Resolution Imagery” 1994 Award Winners 9th Award for An Outstanding Research Paper on Instruments and Methods of Observation Dr. Dian J. Gaffen, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, MD, USA “Historical Changes in Radiosonde Instruments and Practices” 1993 Award Winners 8th Award for An Outstanding Research Paper on Instruments and Methods of Observation Dr. J.P. van derMeulen, The Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute (KNMI), De Bilt, Netherlands “The WMO Automatic Digital Barometer Intercomparison” 1992 Award Winners 7th Award for An Outstanding Research Paper on Instruments and Methods of Observation Dr. D.J. Griggs, Mr. D.W. Jones, Mr. M. Ouldridge, Mr. W.R. Sparks, UK Meteorological Office, Bracknell, UK “The First WMO Intercomparison of Visibility Measurements” 1991 Award Winners 6th Award for An Outstanding Research Paper on Instruments and Methods of Observation Mr. Malcolm Kitchen, UK Meteorological Office, Bracknell, UK “The Comparison of the Performance of Upper-Air Stations in the Global Observing Network” 1990 Award Winners 5th Award for An Outstanding Research Paper on Instruments and Methods of Observation Dr. Peter May, Bureau of Meteorology, Melbourne, Australia; Dr. Richard Strauch, National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration, Boulder, Colorado, USA; Mr. Kenneth Moran, National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration, Boulder, Colorado, USA “The Accuracy of RASS Temperature Measurements” 1989 Award Winners 4th Award for An Outstanding Research Paper on Instruments and Methods of Observation Dr. John Nash, UK Meteorological Office, Bracknell, UK; Dr. Francis J Schmidlin, National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration, Boulder, Colorado, USA “WMO International Radiosonde Comparisons (UK 1984, USA 1985)” 1988 Award Winners 3rd Award for An Outstanding Research Paper on Instruments and Methods of Observation Prof. Dietrich Sonntag, German Weather Service, Potsdam, East Germany “WMO Assman Aspiration Psychrometer Intercomparison” 1987 Award Winners 2nd Award for An Outstanding Research Paper on Instruments and Methods of Observation Dr. Boris Sevruk, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Department of Geography ETH, Hydrology Section, Zurich, Switzerland “Towards the Universal Precipitation Gauge of the Future” 1986 Award Winners 1st Award for An Outstanding Research Paper on Instruments and Methods of Observation Mr. C.G. Collier, Assistant Director of the UK Meteorological Office, Bracknell, UK “ Accuracy of Rainfall Estimates by Radar”
Professor Vilho Väisälä Award Winners 2018 Award Winners 26th Award for An Outstanding Research Paper on Instruments and Methods of Observation Asko Huuskonen, Mikko Kurri and Iwan Holleman Improved analysis of solar signals for differential reflectivity monitoring, Atmospheric Measurement Techniques, 9, 2016, p 3183-3192 4th Award for Development and Implementation of Instruments and Methods of Observation in Developing Countries Fan Yang, XingHua Yang, Wen Huo, Mamtimin Ali, XinQian Zheng, ChengLong Zhou and Qing He A continuously weighing, high frequency sand trap: wind tunnel and field evaluations, Geomorphology 293, April 2017, p 84-92 2016 Award Winners 25th Award for An Outstanding Research Paper on Instruments and Methods of Observation R.J. Dirksen, M. Sommer, F.J. Immler, D.F. Hurst, R. Kivi and H. Vomel Reference quality upper-air measurements: GRUAN data processing for the Vaisala RS92 radiosonde, Atmospheric Measurement Techniques, 7, pp 4463-4490, 2014 3rd Award for Development and Implementation of Instruments and Methods of Observation in Developing Countries Ms Amudha Bakthavathsalu and Dr Rabia Merrouchi Survey on alternatives for dangerous and obsolete instruments: evaluation of the questionnaire and recommendations for alternatives, WMO, IOM Report No. 117, 2014 2014 Award Winners 24th Award for An Outstanding Research Paper on Instruments and Methods of Observation A. Overeem, H. Leijnse, and R. Uijlenhoet (all Netherlands) The paper Country-wide rainfall maps from cellular communication networks was published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, Vol. 110, No. 8, pp. 2741–2745, 2013, in 2013. 2012 Award Winners 23rd Award for An Outstanding Research Paper on Instruments and Methods of Observation R. Boers, M.J. de Haij, W.M.F. Wauben, H. Klein Baltink, L.H. van Ulft, M. Savenije (all from the Netherlands) and C.N. Long (United States). The paper “Optimized fractional cloudiness determination from five ground-based remote sensing techniques” was published in the Journal of Geophysical Research, Vol. 115, D24116, doi:10.1029/2010JD014661, in 2010. 2010 Award Winners 22nd Award for An Outstanding Research Paper on Instruments and Methods of Observation Pamela Heiselman, David Priegnitz, Kevin Manross, Travis Smith and Richard Adams from the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) received the 22nd Award for their paper entitled "Rapid Sampling of Severe Storms by the National Weather Radar Testbed Phased Array Radar" It describes a study that demonstrated the Testbed Phased Array Radar's capability for adaptable, high temporal resolution scanning of quickly developing features in deep convective storms. 2008 Award Winners 21st Award for An Outstanding Research Paper on Instruments and Methods of Observation Olivier Bousquet, Pierry Tabary and Jacques Parent du Châtelet received the 21st Professor Dr Vilho Väisälä Award for their paper entitled “On the value of operationally synthesized multiple-Doppler wind fields”. 2nd Award for Development and Implementation of Instruments and Methods of Observation in Developing Countries Luca G. Lanza (Italy), Michel Leroy (France), Christophe Alexandropoulos (France), Luigi Stagi (Italy) and Willem M.F. Wauben (The Netherlands) were awarded the second Professor Dr Vilho Väisälä Award for their paper entitled “WMO laboratory intercomparison of rainfall intensity gauges”. 2006 Award Winners 1st Award for Development and Implementation of Instruments and Methods of Observation in Developing Countries Messrs John Nash, Richard Smout and Mark Smees - all three from the United Kingdom Met Office - and Mr Carl Bower of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in USA. The scientists were awarded for their joint paper entitled: "Dar-es-Salaam demonstration test of IMS 1600 Integrated Upper-air System, Dar-es-Salaam, 18-30 October 2004". 2005 Award Winners 20th Award for nn Outstanding Research Paper on Instruments and Methods of Observation Professor Joseph P. Pichamuthu, at M. Visvesvaraya Institute of Technology, Bangalore. The award was made in recognition of his work in the area of meteorological optical range (MOR)–fundamental in the safe landing of aircraft. 2004 Award Winners 19th Award for An Outstanding Research Paper on Instruments and Methods of Observation Dr. Iwan Holleman and Hans Beekhuis of the Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute (KNMI), Netherlands "Analysis and Correction of dual PRF Velocity Data" 2003 Award Winners 18th Award for An Outstanding Research Paper on Instruments and Methods of Observation Dr. Urs Baltensperger, Dr. Martin Gysel and Dr. Ernest Weingartner of the Paul Scherrer Institute, Switzerland “Hygroscopicity of Aerosol Particles at Low Temperatures. New Low-Temperature H-TDMA Instrument: Setup and First Applications” 2002 Award Winners 17th Award for An Outstanding Research Paper on Instruments and Methods of Observation Dr. Rolf Philipona of the Physikalisch-Meteorologisches Observatorium Davos, World Radiation Center (PMOD/WRC), Switzerland “Sky-scanning Radiometer for Absolute Measurements of Atmospheric Long-wave Radiation” 2001 Award Winners 16th Award for An Outstanding Research Paper on Instruments and Methods of Observation Dr. Ulrich Görsdorfand and Mr. Volker Lehman of the German Weather Service “Enhanced Accuracy of RASS-Measured Temperatures Due to an Improved Range Correction” 2000 Award Winners 15th Award for An Outstanding Research Paper on Instruments and Methods of Observation Dr. Edgeworth Westwater, Dr. Yong Han, Mr. Jack Sinder, Dr. James Churnside, Dr. Joseph Shaw, Mr. Michael Falls, Dr. Charles Long, Dr. Thomas Ackerman, Dr. Kenneth Gage, Mr. Warner Acklund and Dr. Anthony Riddle, Pilot Radiation Observation Experiment (PROBE) “Ground-Based Remote Sensor Observations during PROBE in the Tropical Western Pacific” 1999 Award Winners 14th Award for An Outstanding Research Paper on Instruments and Methods of Observation Dr. Barry Goodison and Mr. Paul Louie, Canadian Climate Centre, Dr. Daqing Yang, (China) University of Alaska, USA ”WMO Solid Precipitation Measurement Intercomparison – Final Report” 1998 Award Winners 13th Award for An Outstanding Research Paper on Instruments and Methods of Observation M.S. Golubev, D.A. Konovalov, A. Yu. Simonenko, State Hydrological Institute, Russian Federation, Yu.V. Tovmach, Saint Petersburg State Pedagogical University, Russian Federation “Estimation of Errors in Measurement of precipitation by the Valdai Monitoring System (VMS)” 1997 Award Winners 12th Award for An Outstanding Research Paper on Instruments and Methods of Observation Dr. Bruce W. Forgan, Australian Bureau of Meteorology, Melbourne, Australia “New Calibration Method for Reference and Field Pyranometers” 1996 Award Winners 11th Award for An Outstanding Research Paper on Instruments and Methods of Observation Dr. Dusan S. Zrnic, National Severe Storms Laboratory, Norman, Oklahoma, USA; Dr. Alexander Ryzhkov, Cooperative Institute for Mesoscale Meteorological Studies at the University of Oklahoma, USA “Precipitation and Attenuation Measurements at a 10 cm Wavelength” 1995 Award Winners 10th Award for An Outstanding Research Paper on Instruments and Methods of Observation Dr. Anthony C.L. Lee, UK Meteorological Office, Bracknell, UK “Filtering, Sampling and Information Content within Satellite-Derived Multispectral of Mixed-Resolution Imagery” 1994 Award Winners 9th Award for An Outstanding Research Paper on Instruments and Methods of Observation Dr. Dian J. Gaffen, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, MD, USA “Historical Changes in Radiosonde Instruments and Practices” 1993 Award Winners 8th Award for An Outstanding Research Paper on Instruments and Methods of Observation Dr. J.P. van derMeulen, The Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute (KNMI), De Bilt, Netherlands “The WMO Automatic Digital Barometer Intercomparison” 1992 Award Winners 7th Award for An Outstanding Research Paper on Instruments and Methods of Observation Dr. D.J. Griggs, Mr. D.W. Jones, Mr. M. Ouldridge, Mr. W.R. Sparks, UK Meteorological Office, Bracknell, UK “The First WMO Intercomparison of Visibility Measurements” 1991 Award Winners 6th Award for An Outstanding Research Paper on Instruments and Methods of Observation Mr. Malcolm Kitchen, UK Meteorological Office, Bracknell, UK “The Comparison of the Performance of Upper-Air Stations in the Global Observing Network” 1990 Award Winners 5th Award for An Outstanding Research Paper on Instruments and Methods of Observation Dr. Peter May, Bureau of Meteorology, Melbourne, Australia; Dr. Richard Strauch, National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration, Boulder, Colorado, USA; Mr. Kenneth Moran, National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration, Boulder, Colorado, USA “The Accuracy of RASS Temperature Measurements” 1989 Award Winners 4th Award for An Outstanding Research Paper on Instruments and Methods of Observation Dr. John Nash, UK Meteorological Office, Bracknell, UK; Dr. Francis J Schmidlin, National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration, Boulder, Colorado, USA “WMO International Radiosonde Comparisons (UK 1984, USA 1985)” 1988 Award Winners 3rd Award for An Outstanding Research Paper on Instruments and Methods of Observation Prof. Dietrich Sonntag, German Weather Service, Potsdam, East Germany “WMO Assman Aspiration Psychrometer Intercomparison” 1987 Award Winners 2nd Award for An Outstanding Research Paper on Instruments and Methods of Observation Dr. Boris Sevruk, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Department of Geography ETH, Hydrology Section, Zurich, Switzerland “Towards the Universal Precipitation Gauge of the Future” 1986 Award Winners 1st Award for An Outstanding Research Paper on Instruments and Methods of Observation Mr. C.G. Collier, Assistant Director of the UK Meteorological Office, Bracknell, UK “ Accuracy of Rainfall Estimates by Radar”
2018 Award Winners 26th Award for An Outstanding Research Paper on Instruments and Methods of Observation Asko Huuskonen, Mikko Kurri and Iwan Holleman Improved analysis of solar signals for differential reflectivity monitoring, Atmospheric Measurement Techniques, 9, 2016, p 3183-3192 4th Award for Development and Implementation of Instruments and Methods of Observation in Developing Countries Fan Yang, XingHua Yang, Wen Huo, Mamtimin Ali, XinQian Zheng, ChengLong Zhou and Qing He A continuously weighing, high frequency sand trap: wind tunnel and field evaluations, Geomorphology 293, April 2017, p 84-92
2016 Award Winners 25th Award for An Outstanding Research Paper on Instruments and Methods of Observation R.J. Dirksen, M. Sommer, F.J. Immler, D.F. Hurst, R. Kivi and H. Vomel Reference quality upper-air measurements: GRUAN data processing for the Vaisala RS92 radiosonde, Atmospheric Measurement Techniques, 7, pp 4463-4490, 2014 3rd Award for Development and Implementation of Instruments and Methods of Observation in Developing Countries Ms Amudha Bakthavathsalu and Dr Rabia Merrouchi Survey on alternatives for dangerous and obsolete instruments: evaluation of the questionnaire and recommendations for alternatives, WMO, IOM Report No. 117, 2014
2014 Award Winners 24th Award for An Outstanding Research Paper on Instruments and Methods of Observation A. Overeem, H. Leijnse, and R. Uijlenhoet (all Netherlands) The paper Country-wide rainfall maps from cellular communication networks was published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, Vol. 110, No. 8, pp. 2741–2745, 2013, in 2013.
2012 Award Winners 23rd Award for An Outstanding Research Paper on Instruments and Methods of Observation R. Boers, M.J. de Haij, W.M.F. Wauben, H. Klein Baltink, L.H. van Ulft, M. Savenije (all from the Netherlands) and C.N. Long (United States). The paper “Optimized fractional cloudiness determination from five ground-based remote sensing techniques” was published in the Journal of Geophysical Research, Vol. 115, D24116, doi:10.1029/2010JD014661, in 2010.
2010 Award Winners 22nd Award for An Outstanding Research Paper on Instruments and Methods of Observation Pamela Heiselman, David Priegnitz, Kevin Manross, Travis Smith and Richard Adams from the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) received the 22nd Award for their paper entitled "Rapid Sampling of Severe Storms by the National Weather Radar Testbed Phased Array Radar" It describes a study that demonstrated the Testbed Phased Array Radar's capability for adaptable, high temporal resolution scanning of quickly developing features in deep convective storms.
2008 Award Winners 21st Award for An Outstanding Research Paper on Instruments and Methods of Observation Olivier Bousquet, Pierry Tabary and Jacques Parent du Châtelet received the 21st Professor Dr Vilho Väisälä Award for their paper entitled “On the value of operationally synthesized multiple-Doppler wind fields”. 2nd Award for Development and Implementation of Instruments and Methods of Observation in Developing Countries Luca G. Lanza (Italy), Michel Leroy (France), Christophe Alexandropoulos (France), Luigi Stagi (Italy) and Willem M.F. Wauben (The Netherlands) were awarded the second Professor Dr Vilho Väisälä Award for their paper entitled “WMO laboratory intercomparison of rainfall intensity gauges”.
2006 Award Winners 1st Award for Development and Implementation of Instruments and Methods of Observation in Developing Countries Messrs John Nash, Richard Smout and Mark Smees - all three from the United Kingdom Met Office - and Mr Carl Bower of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in USA. The scientists were awarded for their joint paper entitled: "Dar-es-Salaam demonstration test of IMS 1600 Integrated Upper-air System, Dar-es-Salaam, 18-30 October 2004".
2005 Award Winners 20th Award for nn Outstanding Research Paper on Instruments and Methods of Observation Professor Joseph P. Pichamuthu, at M. Visvesvaraya Institute of Technology, Bangalore. The award was made in recognition of his work in the area of meteorological optical range (MOR)–fundamental in the safe landing of aircraft.
2004 Award Winners 19th Award for An Outstanding Research Paper on Instruments and Methods of Observation Dr. Iwan Holleman and Hans Beekhuis of the Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute (KNMI), Netherlands "Analysis and Correction of dual PRF Velocity Data"
2003 Award Winners 18th Award for An Outstanding Research Paper on Instruments and Methods of Observation Dr. Urs Baltensperger, Dr. Martin Gysel and Dr. Ernest Weingartner of the Paul Scherrer Institute, Switzerland “Hygroscopicity of Aerosol Particles at Low Temperatures. New Low-Temperature H-TDMA Instrument: Setup and First Applications”
2002 Award Winners 17th Award for An Outstanding Research Paper on Instruments and Methods of Observation Dr. Rolf Philipona of the Physikalisch-Meteorologisches Observatorium Davos, World Radiation Center (PMOD/WRC), Switzerland “Sky-scanning Radiometer for Absolute Measurements of Atmospheric Long-wave Radiation”
2001 Award Winners 16th Award for An Outstanding Research Paper on Instruments and Methods of Observation Dr. Ulrich Görsdorfand and Mr. Volker Lehman of the German Weather Service “Enhanced Accuracy of RASS-Measured Temperatures Due to an Improved Range Correction”
2000 Award Winners 15th Award for An Outstanding Research Paper on Instruments and Methods of Observation Dr. Edgeworth Westwater, Dr. Yong Han, Mr. Jack Sinder, Dr. James Churnside, Dr. Joseph Shaw, Mr. Michael Falls, Dr. Charles Long, Dr. Thomas Ackerman, Dr. Kenneth Gage, Mr. Warner Acklund and Dr. Anthony Riddle, Pilot Radiation Observation Experiment (PROBE) “Ground-Based Remote Sensor Observations during PROBE in the Tropical Western Pacific”
1999 Award Winners 14th Award for An Outstanding Research Paper on Instruments and Methods of Observation Dr. Barry Goodison and Mr. Paul Louie, Canadian Climate Centre, Dr. Daqing Yang, (China) University of Alaska, USA ”WMO Solid Precipitation Measurement Intercomparison – Final Report”
1998 Award Winners 13th Award for An Outstanding Research Paper on Instruments and Methods of Observation M.S. Golubev, D.A. Konovalov, A. Yu. Simonenko, State Hydrological Institute, Russian Federation, Yu.V. Tovmach, Saint Petersburg State Pedagogical University, Russian Federation “Estimation of Errors in Measurement of precipitation by the Valdai Monitoring System (VMS)”
1997 Award Winners 12th Award for An Outstanding Research Paper on Instruments and Methods of Observation Dr. Bruce W. Forgan, Australian Bureau of Meteorology, Melbourne, Australia “New Calibration Method for Reference and Field Pyranometers”
1996 Award Winners 11th Award for An Outstanding Research Paper on Instruments and Methods of Observation Dr. Dusan S. Zrnic, National Severe Storms Laboratory, Norman, Oklahoma, USA; Dr. Alexander Ryzhkov, Cooperative Institute for Mesoscale Meteorological Studies at the University of Oklahoma, USA “Precipitation and Attenuation Measurements at a 10 cm Wavelength”
1995 Award Winners 10th Award for An Outstanding Research Paper on Instruments and Methods of Observation Dr. Anthony C.L. Lee, UK Meteorological Office, Bracknell, UK “Filtering, Sampling and Information Content within Satellite-Derived Multispectral of Mixed-Resolution Imagery”
1994 Award Winners 9th Award for An Outstanding Research Paper on Instruments and Methods of Observation Dr. Dian J. Gaffen, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, MD, USA “Historical Changes in Radiosonde Instruments and Practices”
1993 Award Winners 8th Award for An Outstanding Research Paper on Instruments and Methods of Observation Dr. J.P. van derMeulen, The Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute (KNMI), De Bilt, Netherlands “The WMO Automatic Digital Barometer Intercomparison”
1992 Award Winners 7th Award for An Outstanding Research Paper on Instruments and Methods of Observation Dr. D.J. Griggs, Mr. D.W. Jones, Mr. M. Ouldridge, Mr. W.R. Sparks, UK Meteorological Office, Bracknell, UK “The First WMO Intercomparison of Visibility Measurements”
1991 Award Winners 6th Award for An Outstanding Research Paper on Instruments and Methods of Observation Mr. Malcolm Kitchen, UK Meteorological Office, Bracknell, UK “The Comparison of the Performance of Upper-Air Stations in the Global Observing Network”
1990 Award Winners 5th Award for An Outstanding Research Paper on Instruments and Methods of Observation Dr. Peter May, Bureau of Meteorology, Melbourne, Australia; Dr. Richard Strauch, National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration, Boulder, Colorado, USA; Mr. Kenneth Moran, National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration, Boulder, Colorado, USA “The Accuracy of RASS Temperature Measurements”
1989 Award Winners 4th Award for An Outstanding Research Paper on Instruments and Methods of Observation Dr. John Nash, UK Meteorological Office, Bracknell, UK; Dr. Francis J Schmidlin, National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration, Boulder, Colorado, USA “WMO International Radiosonde Comparisons (UK 1984, USA 1985)”
1988 Award Winners 3rd Award for An Outstanding Research Paper on Instruments and Methods of Observation Prof. Dietrich Sonntag, German Weather Service, Potsdam, East Germany “WMO Assman Aspiration Psychrometer Intercomparison”
1987 Award Winners 2nd Award for An Outstanding Research Paper on Instruments and Methods of Observation Dr. Boris Sevruk, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Department of Geography ETH, Hydrology Section, Zurich, Switzerland “Towards the Universal Precipitation Gauge of the Future”
1986 Award Winners 1st Award for An Outstanding Research Paper on Instruments and Methods of Observation Mr. C.G. Collier, Assistant Director of the UK Meteorological Office, Bracknell, UK “ Accuracy of Rainfall Estimates by Radar”
