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Professor Dr Vilho Väisälä Awards 2010

Outstanding Research Paper on Instruments and Methods of Observation

The twenty-second Professor Dr Vilho Väisälä Award for an Outstanding Research Paper on Instruments and Methods of Observation is awarded to:

P.L. Heinselman, D.L. Priegnitz, K.L. Manross, T.M. Smith and R.W. Adams (all from the USA)

The paper, "Rapid Sampling of Severe Storms by the National Weather Radar Testbed Phased Array Radar," was published in Weather and Forecasting, Vol. 23, Issue 5, pp. 808-824, in 2008.

Development and Implementation of Instruments and Methods of Observation

The third Professor Dr Vilho Väisälä Award for the Development and Implementation of Instruments and Methods of Observation is awarded to:

E. Vuerich (Italy), C. Monesi (Italy), L.G. Lanza (Italy), L. Stagi (Italy) and E. Lanzinger (Germany).

The paper, "WMO Field Intercomparison of Rainfall Intensity Gauges (Vigna di Valle, Italy, October 2007-April 2009)" was published as WMO/TD-No. 1504, Instruments and Observing Methods Report No. 99, in 2009.

A ceremony to present the two Väisälä was held in Helsinki in 2010 during the WMO Technical Conference on Meteorological and Environmental Instruments and Methods of Observation (30 August–1 September 2010).

		From left to right: M. Husu, J. Nash, P.L. Heinselman, D.L. Priegnitz, R.W. Adams and W. Zhang
		From left to right: J. Nash, L.G. Lanza, E. Vuerich, E.Lanzinger, L. Stagi, M. Husu and W. Zhang

For more information, see the background page for these awards.

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