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Awards

Awarded in 2008:

• NOAA ADMINISTRATOR’S AWARD
  LCDR Alan C. Hilton  For planning and leading the operational, engineering, and logistical support to carry out a successful Atmospheric Chemistry cruise aboard the R/V Knorr.

• NOAA TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER AWARD
  Christian Meinig and Scott Stalin  For the invention of DART® tsunami technology, which allows NOAA to produce accurate tsunami forecasts and, through a patent and license, generated new U.S. jobs.
  

• DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE BRONZE MEDAL
  Patricia Quinn (OAR)  For outstanding dedication to developing U.S. CCSP Synthesis & Assessment Products integrating climate research for decision support.
  Phyllis J. Stabeno, William Parker, William Floering, Carol DeWit  For scientific and technical achievements that have advanced NOAA’s ability to detect Arctic climate change and its effect on the Bering Sea ecosystem.
  David McKinnie (OAR), Jennifer S. Lewis (NWS), Elaine Denning, Shannon C. McArthur (NWS), Paul F. Moersdorf (NWS), Eddie N. Bernard (OAR), Curtis B. Barrett (NWS) For outstanding contributions in the deployment of the first DART buoy for the Indian Ocean Tsunami Warning System, protecting lives and property.
  

• AMERICAN GEOPHYSICAL UNION (AGU) PRESIDENT-ELECT
  Michael J. McPhaden Dr. McPhaden was elected President-Elect of the AGU beginning July 2008 and will then become President for two years in July 2010. Dr. McPhaden's campaign statement reads that he is "committed to an AGU that is progressive, vibrant, and of relevance to society"

Awarded in 2007:

• NOBEL PEACE PRIZE
  Awarded to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and Albert A. Gore, Jr. "For their efforts to build up and disseminate greater knowledge about man-made climate change, and to lay the foundations for the measures that are needed to counteract such change.” PMEL scientists Timothy Bates, Richard Feely, Michael McPhaden, and Christopher Sabine were contributing members of the IPCC Working Group #1
  

• OAR EMPLOYEE OF THE YEAR
  Cynthia L. Loitsch
  For outstanding administrative and technical support.

Nancy. N. Soreide
For outstanding leadership/administrative/technical support, personal and professional excellence and quality improvement to customers.

• OAR OUTSTANDING SCIENTIFIC PAPER AWARD
  Lupton, J., D. Butterfield, M. Lilley, L. Evans, K. Nakamura, W. Chadwick Jr., J. Resing, R. Embley, E. Olson, G. Proskurowski, E. Baker, C. de Ronde, K. Roe, R. Greene, G. Lebon, C. Young. (2006). "Submarine venting of liquid carbon dioxide on a Mariana Arc volcano" Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems, Volume 7, Issue 8, CiteID Q08007.


• NOAA BRONZE MEDAL
  Chris Meinig, Harold Mofjeld, and Paul Whitmore (NWS), Charles McCreery (NWS), Stuart Weinstein (NWS), Barry Hirshorn (NWS), Delores Clark (NWS), Paula Dunbar (NESDIS)
  For personal and professional excellence as the Nation's experts and spokespersons on tsunamis following the December 26, 2004, Indian Ocean tsunami.
  
  Steven Hankin, Ronald Stouffer (GFDL), and Keith Dixon (OAR), Glenn Rutledge (NESDIS), Jordan Alpert (NWS), and Wesley Ebisuzaki (NWS)
  For development of the NOAA Operational Model Archive and Distribution System, the first operational U.S. National climate and weather model archive.
  
  
• NOAA TEAM MEMBER OF THE MONTH (October)
  Chris Sabine
  For being a key participant in NOAA’s initial efforts to understand the problem and importance of CO2 in the oceans and the atmosphere; primarily how CO2 contributes to warming the planet and causes increased acidification of the upper layers of the ocean.


• NOAA TEAM MEMBER OF THE MONTH (July)
  Tony Jenkins
  For developing and successfully implementing a method to measure zooplankton abundance in real time.


• 2007 AMERICAN GEOPHYSICAL UNION (AGU) FELLOW
  Timothy Bates
  Richard Feely


• 2007 AMERICAN METEOROLOGICAL SOCIETY (AMS) FELLOW
  Michael McPhaden


• LOWELL THOMAS AWARD FROM THE EXPLORERS CLUB
  Richard Feely
  Honored as a leading individual in exploring climate change.

Awarded in 2006:

• OAR EMPLOYEE OF THE YEAR
  Dennis Holzer
  For outstanding support in the development and maintenance of PMEL's observing system.
  
  
• NOAA TEAM MEMBER OF THE MONTH (November)
  Joe Sirott
  For his unique and innovative application of GOOGLE Maps technologies (known as Asynchronous JavaScript and XML or AJAX) to produce an exciting new Web portal to PMEL and other major oceanic and atmospheric observed datasets.


• NOAA TEAM MEMBER OF THE MONTH (May)
  Vasily Titov
  For anticipating a need to provide quickly concise and easy to understand information on the devastating Indonesian earthquake on Christmas night and producing an animation showing the global impact of the devastating tsunami in a sophisticated but easily understood format that has been used widely by media outlets worldwide.
  
  
• DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE GOLD MEDAL
  Richard Feely
  Christopher Sabine
  Catherine Cosca
  Dana Greeley
  Marilyn Roberts
  For painstaking observations and groundbreaking research over the past 15 years, showing that the uptake and storage of anthropogenic carbon dioxide by the ocean is causing the pH of the ocean to drop.
  
  
• OAR OUTSTANDING SCIENTIFIC PAPER AWARD
  Feely, R.A., C.L. Sabine, K. Lee, W. Berelson, J. Jkeypas, V. Fabry, F. Millero (2004). "Impact of anthropogenic CO2 on the CaCO3 system in the oceans." Science, 305(5682), 362-366.
  
  Baker, E.T. and Christopher R. German. (2004). "On the Global Distribution of Hydrothermal Vent Fields." Geophysics. Monogr. Ser. Vol. 148.
  
  
• THE TSUNAMI SOCIETY AWARD
  Eddie N. Bernard
  In recognition of outstanding and original contributions to the science of tsunami hazards.
  
  
• DISTINGUISHED CAREER AWARD
  Edward Baker
  For enduring scientific leadership, innovative research into fundamental processes of Earth-ocean interaction, and visionary expansion of NOAA research to a global scale.

Awarded in 2005:

• DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE GOLD MEDAL
  Eddie Bernard
  Marie Eble
  Frank Gonzalez
  Christian Meinig
  Hugh Milburn
  Harold Mofjeld
  Scott Stalin
  For research and development leading to the creation of a tsunami forecasting capability.
  
  
• OAR EMPLOYEE OF THE YEAR
  Ann Thomason
  Ruth Curl
  For demonstrating exemplary professionalism and dedication during a time of crisis to help NOAA explain its tsunami science to the world.
  
  
• NOAATech2006 AWARD
  Joe Sirott - AJAX and Dapper: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
  Willa Zhu (David Shulz and Kevin Kelleher) - Interactive Web Access to Historical Weather Data Archives
  Nazi Merati, Chris Moore (Tiffany Vance) - OceanGIS - Multidimensional GIS tools using Java and ArcGIS
  
  
• NOAA's PRESIDENTIAL RANK AWARD
  Michael J. McPhaden
  Cited for his establishment of the Tropical Atmosphere Ocean (TAO) array as the cornerstone of the climate observing system in the tropical Pacific and for fundamentally advancing our ability to detect, understand, and forecast variations associated with El Niño and La Niña.


• OAR OUTSTANDING SCIENTIFIC PAPER AWARD
  Johnson, G., B. Sloyan, W. Kessler, and K. McTaggart (2002). "Direct Measurements of Upper Ocean Currents and Water Properties across the Tropical Pacific During the 1990's." Progress in Oceanography 152, 31-61.
  
  
• ASSOCIATION OF COMMISSIONED OFFICERS SCIENCE AWARD
  LTJG Rick Hester
  
  
• 2005 AMERICAN METEOROLOGICAL SOCIETY (AMS) FELLOW
  Dennis W. Moore
  
• OCEANOGRAPHY SOCIETY (TOS) FELLOW
  Michael McPhaden
  
• SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN”S “SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY WEB AWARDS”
  TAO El Niño Theme Page

Awarded in 2004:

• NOAA ADMINISTRATOR'S AWARD
  Timothy S. Bates
  In recognition of leadership in national and international atmospheric chemistry programs.


• NOAA ADMINISTRATOR'S AWARD
  Cynthia L. Loitsch
  For outstanding leadership of the OAR Financial Data Management System, which was critical in facilitating the transition from FIMA to CAMS.


• 2002 PECASE AWARD PRESIDENTIAL EARLY CAREER AWARD FOR SCIENTISTS AND ENGINEERS
  Gabriel Vecchi
  For fundamental contributions concerning the roles of sub seasonal variability on the onset and termination of El Niño and on Indian Monsoon rainfall.


• DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE GOLD MEDAL
  PMEL / NDBC
  For the creation and use of a new moored buoy system to provide accurate and timely warning information on tsunamis.
  Note: The Gold Medal is granted for distinguished contributions and is the highest honorary recognition bestowed by the Department of Commerce. Because so many people contributed to this success, the Gold Medal is presented as an organizational award.
  
  
• THOMSON ISI HIGHLY-CITED RESEARCHERS IN GEOSCIENCES
  Timothy S. Bates
  Michael J. McPhaden

• OAR OUTSTANDING SCIENTIFIC PAPER AWARD
  Kessler, W. and R. Kleeman (2000). "Rectification of the Madden-Julian Oscillation into the ENSO cycle." J. Climate 13:3560-3575.
  
  Meinen, C.S. and M. J. McPhaden (2000). "Observations of the warm water volume changes in the equatorial Pacific and their relationship to El Niño and La Niña." J. Climate, 12:3551-3559.
  


• NOAA RESEARCH TEAM MEMBER OF THE MONTH
  Chris Moore
  For his outstanding work in advanced visualization technology applications in research.


• NOAA ADMINISTRATOR'S AWARD
  Christian Meinig
  In recognition of leadership and engineering development accomplishments as exemplified by the successful deployment of the New Millennium Observatory Network interactive sea floor sampling system.
  
  
• NOAA TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER AWARD
  Steven Hankin
  For his work enabling unprecedented web-based, one-stop access to distributed data sets across federal, state, academic, commercial, and non-profit organizations.
  
  
• NOPP
  National Oceanographic Partnership Program Excellence in Partnering Award
  Presented to the Argo Project. The Project wishes to thank the following PMEL employees: Gregory C. Johnson, Annie P.S. Wong, Elizabeth L. Steffen, Donald W. Denbo, and Willa Zhu.
  
  
• 2003 GRACE HOPPER GOVERNMENT TECHNOLOGY LEADERSHIP AWARD
  TAO Project
  "For leadership in the innovative application of information technology that contributes to the advancement of scientific knowledge and its application."
  
  
• NOAATECH 2004 GRID COMPUTING AWARD
  Christopher Moore and Al Hermann (PMEL), Dan Schaffer (FSL)
  Grid Computing


• 3D VISUALIZATION AWARD
  Christopher Moore and Al Hermann
  Transition from ImmersaDesk to low-cost Geo Wall


• GIS AWARD
  Nazila Merati (PMEL) and Tiffany Vance (NMFS)
  Global Ocean Observing Systems meet GIS
  


• WEB SERVICES AWARD
  LAS team at PMEL and Roland Schweitzer (CDC)
  Live Access Server (LAS) for Web Services

Awarded in 2002:

• NOAA RESEARCH EMPLOYEE OF THE YEAR
  Cynthia Loitsch
  For her leadership in the development and implementation throughout NOAA Research for the Financial Database Management System (FDMS).

• NOAA RESEARCH EMPLOYEE OF THE YEAR
  Patrick McLain
  For his pioneering design and implementation of electronic hardware with imbedded software systems for NOAA programs in climate and hydrothermal vents.


• NOAA ADMINISTRATOR'S AWARD
  Richard Feely and Rik Wanninkhof
  For outstanding leadership in studying the oceanic carbon cycle and its role in sequestering atmospheric CO2 as part of the NOAA Ocean Atmosphere Carbon Exchange Study (OACES).


• NOAA ADMINISTRATOR'S AWARD
  James Overland
  For exceptional leadership skills in support of NOAA's Arctic Research Program and development of the interagency Study of Environmental Arctic Change (SEARCH) program.


• PRESIDENTIAL RANK AWARD
  Dr. Eddie Bernard
  For 20 years of extraordinary accomplishments in developing a world-class oceanographic laboratory.


• BRONZE MEDAL
  NOAA FOCI Program - Organizational Award w/NMFS
  For scientific achievements that advanced fisheries oceanography and marine ecology, and enabled the US North Pacific fisheries to be managed more efficiently.


• NOAA EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH
  Andrew Shepherd
  “Making exceptional contributions for nearly 20 years.”
  For almost two decades, Andy Shepherd has been a senior member of the TAO Project which, despite essentially flat funding since 1996, has sustained high efficiency in delivering top quality oceanographic and surface meteorological data to NOAA forecasting centers and researchers and the scientific community.


• LIVE ACCESS SERVER
  Joseph Sirott, Jonathan Callahan, Steven Hankin
  Best Technology Transfer to Research


• IMMERSIVE VIRTUAL REALITY
  Christopher Moore and Nancy Soreide
  Best Visualization in Research Project


• SHIP TRACKER
  Tiffany Vance(PMEL) and Dennis Shields (OMAO)
  Near real-time NOAA ship locations and sensor data


• PMEL "OLD SALT" AWARD - Presented annually in recognition of exceptional commitment to Laboratory programs through at sea or field research support
  Brian Powers - 179 Days
  Bill Floering- 115 Days
  Patrick A'Hearn - 99 Days
  
  
• FRONTIER OF GEOPHYSICS LECTURER (AGU) Michael McPhaden
  
  
• WALTER ORR ROBERTS LECTURER
  Michael McPhaden
  Selected as The Walter Orr Roberts Lecturer in Interdisciplinary Sciences by the American Meteorological Society for significant contributions to the understanding of atmospheric processes through the effective interchange of knowledge.

Awarded in 2001:

• NOAA RESEARCH EMPLOYEE OF THE YEAR
  Steve Hankin
  For his development and leadership of the Ferret scientific analysis and visualization software over the past 10 years. Ferret is a flexible tool in which the user can probe and compare large and complex data sets and produce excellent publication-quality graphics widely used by thousands of scientists in NOAA and around the world.


• GOLD MEDAL
  Robert Embley
  For pioneering research in exploring deep ocean volcanic ecosystems that has led to the establishment of the world's first deep sea floor observatory.

Awarded in 2000:

• PRESIDENTIAL EARLY CAREER AWARD
  Robert Dziak
  For contributions to the understanding of how deep ocean volcanic and hydrothermal activity is affecting the global oceans physical, chemical, and biological environments.


• OAR OUTSTANDING SCIENTIFIC PAPER AWARD
  McPhaden, M.J. (1999). "Genesis and evolution of the 1997-98 El Niño." Science, 283, 950-954.

  Feely, R.A., R. Wanninkhof, T. Takahashi, and P. Tans (1999). "Influences of El Nino on the equatorial Pacific contribution to atmospheric CO2 accumulation." Nature, 398, 597-601.

  Gonzalez, F. (1999). "Tsunami." Scientific American, 280, 56-65.

Awarded in 1999:

• PUBLIC SERVICE AWARD
  Dr. Michael McPhaden
  Dr. McPhaden received the Seattle Federal Executive Board's "Celebration of the Stars" Public Service Award for his extraordinary contributions to PMEL's mission and to the world community by bringing on-line the Tropical Atmosphere Ocean array, which provides data to improve El Niño forecasting and help mitigate El Niño's negative impact on the economies of the United States and other nations.


• BRONZE AWARD
  Dana Greeley, Nancy Briscoe, Lynette Ansell , Nir Barnea, Kirsten Erickson, , Mark George, I. Sam Higuchi, Linda Jones, Angela Quinn, John Pierson, Jim Schell, Dan Strandy, Capt. Donald Suloff, Capt. Warren Taguchi, T. Minh Trinh, and Dave Ulrich
  For outstanding dedication and teamwork in exceeding the requirements of the Washington state compliance order.


• ERL OUTSTANDING SCIENTIFIC PAPER AWARD
  McPhaden, M.J., A.J. Busalacchi, R. Cheney, J.-R. Donguy, K.S. Gage, D. Halpern, M. Ji, P. Julian, G. Meyers, G.T. Mitchum, P.P. Niiler, J. Picaut, R.W. Peynolds, N. Smith, and K. Takeuchi (1998). "The Tropical Ocean-Global Atmosphere Observing System, A Decade of Progress." J. Geophys. Res., 103(C7>, 14,169-14,240.

  Peng, T.H., R. Wanninkhof, J.L. Bullister, R.A. Feely, and T. Takahashi (1998). "Quantification of Decadal Anthropogenic CO2 Uptake in the Ocean Based on Dissolved Inorganic Carbon Measurements"

• HPCC AWARDS FOR BEST SPONSORED RESEARCH IN ADVANCED NOAA TECHNOLOGY:
  LIVE ACCESS SERVER
  Steve Han kin and Jon Callahan
  Best Collaboration Tool (synchronous)

  OceanShare COLLABORATION TOOL
  Don Denbo and Chris Windsor
  Best Collaboration Tool (synchronous)
  
  NORTHWEST REGION NGI CONNECTION
  Russ Richards
  Best High Speed Networking

  VIRTUAL REALITY DEMONSTRATIONS
  Chris Moore, Al Herman, and Nancy Soreide
  Best Visualization

Awarded in 1998:

• ADMINISTRATOR'S AWARD
  Steven Hankin
  For extraordinary contribution to information technology in the form of innovative, and widely used software called "FERRET" for visualizing large, global, gridded data sets.


• BRONZE MEDAL AWARD
  Steven Hankin, Nancy Soreide, George Jamerson, Ann O'Donnell Ball, Daniel Manns, and Ernest Daddio
  For significant contributions toward the development of the NOAA Server System, which greatly enhances public access to critical environmental information.


• AMS SPECIAL AWARD
  Dr. Michael McPhaden
  For outstanding achievement in measuring the 1997-1998 El Niño


• ERL OUTSTANDING SCIENTIFIC PAPER AWARD
  Johnson, G.C., and D.W. Moore (1997). "The Pacific subsurface countercurrents and an inertial model." J. Phys. Oceanogra. 27(11), 2448-2459.
  
• OUTSTANDING NOAA CORPS JUNIOR OFFICER of the YEAR
  LT Robert Kamphaus
  For playing a key role in establishing the Center for Tsunami Inundation Mapping Efforts (TIME).

Awarded in 1997:

• GOLD MEDAL
  Dr. Michael McPhaden
  For his scientific leadership and skilled project management in bringing on line an unparalleled oceanographic and atmospheric observing system of global importance.


• BRONZE MEDAL
  Nancy Soreide
  For leadership in the advancement and utilization of information technology for wide availability of environmental information and real time data

Ronald K. Reed
For pioneering research achievements on oceanographic circulation of the North Pacific Ocean and the Bering Sea.

• BRONZE MEDAL (JOINT ORGANIZATIONAL AWARD)
  PMEL, OGP, AL, SAO PMEL personnel receiving this award include Hugh Milburn, Tiffany Vance, Andrew Shepherd, Linda Mangum, LCDR Timothy Wright, and Stanley P. Hayes (posthumously).
  For the acquisition, conversion, and deployment of the NOAA Ship KA'IMIMOANA

Awarded in 1996:

• ERL OUTSTANDING SCIENTIFIC PAPER AWARD
  Fox, C.G., W.E. Radford, R.P. Dziak, T. Lau, H. Matsumoto, and A.E. Schreiner (1995). "Acoustic detections of a seafloor spreading episode on Juan de Fuca Ridge using military hydrophone arrays." Geophysical Research Letters, 22(2), 131-134.

Baker, E.T., D.R. German, and H. Elderfield (1995). "Hydrothermal plumes over spreading-center axes: Global distributions and geological inferences." Geophysical Monograph 91, American Geohphysical Union, Washington, DC, 47-71.

Schumacher, J. and A. Kendall (1995). "An example of fisheries oceanography: Walleye Pollack in Alaskan Waters." US national Report to International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics 1991-1994, Reviews of Geophysics, SUpplement, 1153-1163.

Awarded in 1995:

• ADMINISTRATOR's AWARD
  James R. Holbrook
  For being a leader in exploring how the national Internet infrastructure, international World Wide Web standards, and easy-to-use browsing software can be used to provide better public access to NOAA's expanding spectrum of environmental data and information processing.

Awarded in 1994:

• GOLD MEDAL
  Dr. Christopher Fox
  For his research that utilized the Navy's underwater acoustic monitoring system to detect and locate underwater volcanic eruptions.

Awarded in 1993:

• PRESIDENTIAL RANK AWARD
  Dr. Eddie Bernard
  For sustained superior accomplishment in management of programs of the United States Government and for noteworthy achievement of quality and efficiency in the public service.

Awarded in 1991:

• SILVER MEDAL
  Hugh Milburn
  For major contributions to the field of observational oceanography.

Awarded in 1990:

• ERL OUTSTANDING SCIENTIFIC PAPER AWARD
  Baker, E.T., J.W. Lavelle, R.A. Feely, G.J. Massoth, S.L. Walker, and L.E. Lupton. "Episodic Venting of Hydrothermal Fluids from the Juan de Fuca Ridge." J. Geophys. Res., 94, 9237-9250.

Awarded in 1989:

• GOLD MEDAL
  Dr. Stanley P. Hayes
  For outstanding contributions and scientific leadership of NOAA's Equatorial Pacific Ocean Climate Studies (EPOCS) Program.

Awarded in 1987:

• ERL OUTSTANDING SCIENTIFIC PAPER AWARD
  Preisendorfer, R.W. and C.D. Mobley (1986). "Albedos and Glitter Patterns of a Wind-Roughened Sea Surface"

Awarded in 1986:

• ERL OUTSTANDING SCIENTIFIC PAPER AWARD
  Apel, J.R. J.R. Holbrook, A.K. Liu, J.J. Tsai (985). "The Sulu Sea Internal Solution Experiment"

Awarded in 1984:

• ADMINISTRATOR's AWARD
  Dr. Frank Gonzalez
  For outstanding research in coastal wave forecasting.

Awarded in 1976:

• GOLD MEDAL
  Dr. Gaylord Miller
  For the establishment of the Joint Tsunami Research Effort group and for his research in tsunamis.
  
  
• SILVER MEDAL
  Dr. Jerry Galt
  For his efforts in understanding circulation in the Gulf of Alaska oil leasing sites.