International Meteorological Organization Prize

The International Meteorological Organization Prize was established in 1956 and is awarded annually by the World Meteorological Organization. It recognizes outstanding scientific contributions to meteorology and, since 1971, operational hydrology. The award consists of a 57 mm 14-carat gold medal bearing the WMO emblem and a cash prize of 10,000 Swiss Francs. The reverse of the medal features the Latin inscription “Pro singulari erga scientiam meteorologicam merito,” meaning “for outstanding work on the science of meteorology.” The prize is named in honor of the International Meteorological Organization, the predecessor of the current WMO.

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Laureates

1956

First awarded

Announcement

World Meteorological Organization

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Outstanding contributions in meteorology and, since 1971, in operational hydrology

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History

The prize was created in 1956 and first awarded to Hans Theodor Hesselberg that same year. From 1963 onward, it has been presented annually. In 1971, operational hydrology was formally added as an award category. Presentations typically occur during WMO assemblies or related conferences. Over the decades, the IMO Prize has played a key role in promoting international advances in meteorological science and hydrology.

2023

2023 International Meteorological Organization Prize
Tim Palmer (physicist)

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

2022

2022 International Meteorological Organization Prize
Sue Barrell

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

2021

2021 International Meteorological Organization Prize
In-Sik Kang

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

2020

2020 International Meteorological Organization Prize
David Grimes

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

2019

2019 International Meteorological Organization Prize
Sergej Zilitinkevich

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

2018

2018 International Meteorological Organization Prize
Antonio Divino Moura

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

2017

2017 International Meteorological Organization Prize
Gordon McBean

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

2016

2016 International Meteorological Organization Prize
曽慶存

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

2015

2015 International Meteorological Organization Prize
Julia Slingo

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

2014

2014 International Meteorological Organization Prize
Alexander Bedritsky

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

2013

2013 International Meteorological Organization Prize
Tillmann Mohr

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

2012

2012 International Meteorological Organization Prize
Zaviša Janjić

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

2011

2011 International Meteorological Organization Prize
Aksel C. Wiin-Nielsen

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

2010

2010 International Meteorological Organization Prize
松野太郎

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

2009

2009 International Meteorological Organization Prize
Eugenia Kalnay

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

2008

2008 International Meteorological Organization Prize
Qin Dahe

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

2007

2007 International Meteorological Organization Prize
Jagadish Shukla

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

2006

2006 International Meteorological Organization Prize
Lennart Bengtsson

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

2005

2005 International Meteorological Organization Prize
John Zillman

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

2004

2004 International Meteorological Organization Prize
Bennert Machenhauer

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

2003

2003 International Meteorological Organization Prize
葉篤正

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

2002

2002 International Meteorological Organization Prize
Joanne Simpson

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

2001

2001 International Meteorological Organization Prize
モハンマド・ハッサン・ギャンジ

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

2000

2000 International Meteorological Organization Prize
エドワード・ローレンツ

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

1999

1999 International Meteorological Organization Prize
James Dooge

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

1998

1998 International Meteorological Organization Prize
John T. Houghton

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

1997

1997 International Meteorological Organization Prize
Mariano A. Estoque

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

1996

1996 International Meteorological Organization Prize
T.N. Krishnamurti

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

1995

1995 International Meteorological Organization Prize
Roman Kintanar

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

1994

1994 International Meteorological Organization Prize
James P. Bruce

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

1993

1993 International Meteorological Organization Prize
ヴェルナール・スオミ

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

1992

1992 International Meteorological Organization Prize
Yuri Izrael

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

1991

1991 International Meteorological Organization Prize
ラグナル・フィヨルトフト(

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Ragnar Fjørtoft

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

1990

1990 International Meteorological Organization Prize
Richard E. Hallgren

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

1989

1989 International Meteorological Organization Prize
Pisharoth Rama Pisharoty

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

1988

1988 International Meteorological Organization Prize
ケネス・ヘア

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

1987

1987 International Meteorological Organization Prize
Mikhail Ivanovich Budyko

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

1986

1986 International Meteorological Organization Prize
ヘルマン・フローン

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

1985

1985 International Meteorological Organization Prize
David Arthur Davies

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

1984

1984 International Meteorological Organization Prize
Thomas F. Malone

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

1983

1983 International Meteorological Organization Prize
Muhamed F. Taha 、 J.J. Burgos

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

1982

1982 International Meteorological Organization Prize
William James Gibbs

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

1981

1981 International Meteorological Organization Prize
バート・ボリン

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

1980

1980 International Meteorological Organization Prize
Robert M. White

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

1979

1979 International Meteorological Organization Prize
ヘルムート・ランズベルク

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

1978

1978 International Meteorological Organization Prize
A.E.G.E. Nyberg

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

1977

1977 International Meteorological Organization Prize
George P. Cressman

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

1976

1976 International Meteorological Organization Prize
エフゲニー・フョードロフ

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

1975

1975 International Meteorological Organization Prize
Warren L. Godson

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

1974

1974 International Meteorological Organization Prize
Joseph Smagorinsky

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

1973

1973 International Meteorological Organization Prize
Charles Henry Brian Priestley

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

John S. Sawyer

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

1972

1972 International Meteorological Organization Prize
Victor Antonovich Bugaev

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

1971

1971 International Meteorological Organization Prize
ジュール・グレゴリー・チャーニー

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

1970

1970 International Meteorological Organization Prize
Richard Th. A. Scherhag

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

1969

1969 International Meteorological Organization Prize
エリック・パルメン

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

1968

1968 International Meteorological Organization Prize
Graham Sutton

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

1967

1967 International Meteorological Organization Prize
Kirill Y. Kondratyev

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

1966

1966 International Meteorological Organization Prize
トール・ベルシェロン

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

1965

1965 International Meteorological Organization Prize
Sverre Petterssen

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

1964

1964 International Meteorological Organization Prize
Francis Reichelderfer

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

1963

1963 International Meteorological Organization Prize
Reginald Sutcliffe

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

1962

1962 International Meteorological Organization Prize
アンデルス・クヌートソン・オングストローム(

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Anders Knutsson Ångström

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

1961

1961 International Meteorological Organization Prize
K.R. Ramanathan

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

1960

1960 International Meteorological Organization Prize
Jacques van Mieghem

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

1959

1959 International Meteorological Organization Prize
ヤコブ・ビヤークネス

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

1958

1958 International Meteorological Organization Prize
Ernest Gold

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

1957

1957 International Meteorological Organization Prize
カール＝グスタフ・ロスビー

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

1956

1956 International Meteorological Organization Prize
Hans Theodor Hesselberg

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

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