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AMOS Medal

 Call for nominations for the AMOS Medal 2008: pdf

In 2000 the Australian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society extended its professional activities to better serve its members by establishing a major new prize, the AMOS Medal.  This medal is offered every second (even) year, and thus will again be awarded in 2008.

The AMOS Award recognises leadership in meteorology, oceanography, climate and related fields in , particularly through education and the development of young scientists, and through the building of research environments.  In particular the Award is directed to senior scientists who have made a substantial contribution over many years, advancing the science of meteorology, oceanography and climatology through leadership, mentoring and research management rather than personal research.  It should be noted that these criteria are complementary to those for the Priestley Medal and Christopher Taylor Award.

Since its inception awards have been made to:

2000 Ian Simmonds           The University of Melbourne
2002 Lance Leslie               University of New South Wales   
2004 Matthias Tomczak    Flinders University   
2006 Gary Meyers              CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research   

Any scientist may make a nomination, whether they are junior or a hold senior position in the organisation in which they work. Younger scientists in particular are encouraged to nominate their mentors for this Award. 

Mark Williams, chair, AMOS Awards Committee,

Bureau of Meteorology, Victorian Regional Office

GPO Box 1636M, VIC 3000

email mark.williams@bom.gov.au