Awards and Prizes

The Norbert Gerbier-MUMM International Award

The Norbert Gerbier-MUMM International Award 2010 was awarded to J.M. Sánchez, G. Scavone, V. Caselles, E. Valor, V.A. Copertino and V. Telesa for their paper entitled “Monitoring daily evapotranspiration at a regional scale from Landsat-TM and ETM+ data: application to the Basilicata Region”, published in the Journal of Hydrology in 2008. Lead author J.M. Sánchez, V. Caselles and E. Valorby are from the Earth Physics and Thermodynamics Department, Faculty of Physics at the University of Valencia, Spain.  The other authors are with the Department of Engineering and Environmental Physics of the University of Basilicata, Portenza, Italy. The paper sheds light on water cycle processes using satellite data.

The laureates will receive their award during the 2010 Executive Council session.

The Norbert Gerbier-MUMM International Award 2009 was conferred upon K. Krishna Kumar (India) and Balaji Rajagopalan (USA) on behalf of their co-authors Martin Hoerling  (USA) and Mark Cane (USA) for their joint paper entitled “Unravelling the mystery of Indian Monsoon failure during El Niño”, published in the journal Science in 2006. The ceremony took place during the 61st session of the Executive Council.

Online abstract of the winning paper

Geneva, 10 June 2009 — (from left to right): HE M.A. Gopinathan, Ambassador of India; A. Bedritsky, President of WMO; M. Jarraud, Secretary-General of WMO (back row); Mme G. Guiard Gerbier; B. Rajagopalan and K. Krishna Kumar

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