Robert E. Horton Medal

Award given by American Geophysical Union

The Robert E. Horton Medal is given out by the American Geophysical Union to recognize "outstanding contributions to the geophysical aspects of hydrology". The award was created in 1974 and named after Robert E. Horton to honor his contributions to the study of the hydrologic cycle. It was awarded biennially until 1995 and then annually thereafter.[1][2][3]

Past recipients

Source: American Geophysical Union

  • 1976 Walter B. Langbein
  • 1978 Harold A. Thomas Jr.
  • 1980 William C. Ackermann
  • 1982 John R. Philip
  • 1984 Charles V. Theis
  • 1986 Abel Wolman
  • 1988 Peter S. Eagleson
  • 1990 Paul A. Witherspoon
  • 1992 Luna B. Leopold
  • 1994 Mikhail Budyko
  • 1995 Don Kirkham
  • 1996 Mark Meier
  • 1997 John D. Bredehoeft
  • 1998 Ignacio Rodriguez-Iturbe
  • 1999 Wilfried H. Brutsaert
  • 2000 M. Gordon Wolman
  • 2001 Donald R. Nielsen
  • 2002 Jean-Yves Parlange
  • 2003 Shlomo P. Neuman[2]
  • 2004 Garrison Sposito
  • 2005 Gedeon Dagan
  • 2006 Thomas Schmugge
  • 2007 Rafael L. Bras[4]
  • 2008 Vijay K. Gupta
  • 2009 William E. Dietrich
  • 2010 Jacob Bear
  • 2011 M. Sivapalan
  • 2012 Keith Beven
  • 2013 Soroosh Sorooshian[5]
  • 2014 W. James Shuttleworth
  • 2015 Günter Blöschl
  • 2016 Thomas Dunne
  • 2017 Eric F. Wood
  • 2018 Dennis P. Lettenmaier
  • 2019 S. Majid Hassanizadeh
  • 2020 Rien Van Genuchten[6]
  • 2021 Diane M. McKnight[7]
  • 2022 Efi Foufoula-Georgiou
  • 2023 Andrea Rinaldo

See also

References

  1. ^ Hall, Francis R. (1987). "Contributions of Robert E. Horton". In Landa, Edward R.; Ince, Simon (eds.). The history of hydrology. Washington, DC: American Geophysical Union. p. 113. ISBN 9780875902777.
  2. ^ a b Stiles, Ed (27 February 2003). "Neuman wins Horton Medal". UA News. Archived from the original on December 2, 2013. Retrieved 26 November 2013.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  3. ^ "Robert E. Horton Medal". Honors program. American Geophysical Union. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
  4. ^ Brehm, Denise (17 October 2007). "Rafael Bras to receive AGU's Horton Medal". MIT news. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
  5. ^ Brandt, Lori (9 September 2013). "Engineering professor Soroosh Sorooshian garners American Geophysical Union's Horton Medal". UC Irvine News. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
  6. ^ "Announcing the 2020 AGU Union Medal, Award, and Prize Recipients". Eos. November 11, 2020.
  7. ^ "Congratulations to the 2021 AGU Union Medal, Award, and Prize Recipients". Eos. September 15, 2021.