Recipients

• 1964 Henry Stommel
  Henry Stommel
  Henry Melson Stommel was a major contributor to the field of physical oceanography. Beginning in the 1940s, he advanced theories about global ocean circulation patterns and the behavior of the Gulf Stream that form the basis of physical oceanography today...
  
    for his outstanding contributions to the dynamics of ocean currents, especially the Gulf Stream, and for the rich insight with which he has advanced knowledge of the physical nature of oceanic and atmospheric phenomena, ranging from the large-scale circulation of the oceans to cumulus clouds.

• 1966 Walter H. Munk  for his outstanding contributions to the dynamics of wind-driven ocean circulations and wave phenomena on the surface of the sea.

• 1970 Kirk Bryan
  Kirk Bryan (oceanographer)
  Kirk Bryan is an American oceanographer who is considered to be the founder of numerical ocean modeling. Starting in the 1960s at the Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory, then located in Washington, D.C., Bryan worked with a series of colleagues to develop numerical schemes for solving the...
  
    for his outstanding contributions to the numerical solutions of the general circulation of the oceans based on nonlinear, three-dimensional models of the oceans driven by wind stress and differential heating.

• 1971 Klaus Hasselmann
  Klaus Hasselmann
  Klaus Hasselmann is a leading oceanographer and climate modeller. He is probably best known for developing the Hasselmann model...
  
    for his work on turbulence and his application of weak-coupling theory to a host of geophysical wave phenomena.

• 1972 Vladimir Kamenkovich  for his extension of the Sverdrup transport equation to a general theory of ocean circulation, including the effects of island and coastal boundaries, linear and nonlinear.

• 1975 Owen M. Phillips  for his outstanding studies of both wave phenomena and turbulence in the upper ocean, and in particular for his contributions to the theory of ocean-wave generation.

• 1976 Robert W. Stewart  for outstanding leadership in experimental and theoretical research in problems of the air–sea interface, and the adjacent turbulent boundary layers of the atmosphere and ocean. He has brought the high standards of measurement and analysis of the laboratory to field studies and has pioneered measurements of surface waves and turbulence in the upper ocean.

• 1977 Raymond B. Montgomery  for his important contributions to air–sea interactions, isentropic analysis, the study of spatial and temporal analysis of sea level, and the equatorial current system. His influence on a whole generation of oceanographers and meteorologists has been profound—through his encouragement, his high standards of scholarship, and as one of the first editors of the Journal of Meteorology/Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences.

• 1978 John C. Swallow
  John C. Swallow
  John C. Swallow FRS was an English oceanographer who invented the Swallow float or sometimes referred to as a neutral buoyance float, a scientific drifting bottle created based on the method used by shipwrecked sailors who placed and sealed messages in bottles and hope that the said bottles will...
  
    for his pioneering measurements of low-frequency variability in the oceans and for his development of a new class of oceanographic instruments.

• 1979? Hákon Mosby  for his studies of bottom water formation in the Arctic and Antarctic seas and of the earth's water balance, and for his inspiring leadership in international cooperation among oceanographers.

• 1981 Jerome Namias
  Jerome Namias
  Jerome Namias was a U.S. meteorologist, whose research included El Niño.Namias was born in Bridgeport, Connecticut and grew up in Fall River, Massachusetts...
  
    for studies of the ocean's role in climatic variability. His long-term dedication to large-scale, air–sea interaction and inspiring leadership has laid the basis for present progress.

• 1983 Michael S. Longuet-Higgins
  Michael S. Longuet-Higgins
  Michael Selwyn Longuet-Higgins FRS is a mathematician and oceanographer at Institute for Nonlinear Science, University of California, San Diego. He is the younger brother of H...
  
    for his many outstanding contributions to our understanding of the dynamics of ocean surface waves, including wave–current interactions, nonlinear interactions among waves, wave instabilities, and wave breaking.

• 1985 S. George Philander  for many outstanding contributions to the understanding of the air–sea interaction, particularly in numerous papers describing, discussing, and explaining the Southern Oscillation–El Niño problem, including suggested new physical processes which go far to explaining the observations.'

• 1987 James J. O Brien  for his outstanding leadership in research on air–sea interactions, the influence of oceanic oscillations on climate variability and of intense storms on oceanic structure.

• 1988 Hisashi Mitsuyasu  for pioneering experimental work on ocean-wave dynamics and its applications to wave modeling and forecasting.

• 1991 Klaus Wyrtki
  Klaus Wyrtki
  Klaus Wyrtki is an American physical oceanographer.Born on February 7, 1925 in Tarnowitz, Upper Silesia, Poland, he attended the University of Marburg in Germany, in 1945-1948, and received his Ph.D. from the University of Kiel in 1950...
  
    for pioneering studies of large-scale oceanographic variability, especially his revealing analyses of Pacific data.

• 1992 Mark A. Cane  for the insight provided in his many theoretical studies of large-scale air–sea interaction.

• 1993 Tim P. Barnett  for outstanding contributions to research on the role of the oceans in global climate variation.

• 1994 Mark A. Donelan  for numerous contributions to the understanding of the physics of ocean surface waves.

• 1995 James F. Price  for important interpretations of observations of upper ocean time dependent variability, including Ekman layers, inertial observations, response to a hurricane, oceanic eddies, and mixed layer physics.

• 1996 Julian P. McCreary, Jr.  for fundamental contributions to the physical understanding of upper-ocean dynamics including El Niño, the Equatorial Undercurrent, the ocean mixed layer, and eastern boundary currents.

• 1997 Kristina B. Katsaros  for pioneering research, leadership during field experiments, and dedication to international education of air–sea interaction.

• 1998 Willard J. Pierson  for his contributions to air–sea interaction, particularly aspects of remote sensing.

• 1999 John Stuart Godfrey  for contributions to the estimation of air–sea fluxes in the tropics, and to the theory of ocean circulation.

• 2000 Mojib Latif
  Mojib Latif
  Mojib Latif is a German meteorologist and oceanographer. Descendant of a Pakistani family, Latif was born in Hamburg. His father was an Imam at Fazle Omar Mosque. Latif graduated with a Diplom in meteorology in 1983. He took a position as scientist at the Max Planck Institute for Meteorology in...
  
    for his many contributions to the theory of largescale ocean–atmosphere interactions, especially his pioneering work with comprehensive coupled models.

• 2001 Stefan Hastenrath  for numerous insightful and fundamental contributions to the description and diagnosis of large-scale ocean–atmosphere interactions.

• 2002 Michael L. Banner  for advancing the understanding of wave dynamics, especially wave breaking and the role of waves in air–sea interaction.

• 2003 Robert A. Weller, senior scientist, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, Massachusetts for scientific leadership and sustained excellence in the development and use of innovative measurement techniques in the air–sea boundary layer.

• 2004 Prof. Toshio Yamagata, Dept. of Earth & Planetary Science Graduate School of Science, University of Tokyo, Japan for outstanding accomplishments in the study of ocean and climate dynamics, especially with respect to El Niño and air-sea interaction over the Indian Ocean.

• 2005 Joseph Pedlosky
  Joseph Pedlosky
  Joseph Pedlosky is an American physical oceanographer. He is currently a scientist emeritus at the Woods Hole Oceanography Institute.Pedlosky was elected to the United States National Academy of Sciences in 1985...
  
  , Senior Scientist and Doherty Oceanographer, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, Massachusetts. for developing geophysical fluid dynamics, including the theories of baroclinic instability and of ocean circulation driven by wind and buoyancy flux.

• 2006 Peter K. Taylor, Head, James Rennell Division, National Oceanography Centre, Southampton, United Kingdom For major contributions to our understanding of oceanatmosphere interactions and for determination and leadership in improving the climatology of airsea fluxes based on measurements from ships.

• 2007 David K. Anderson  For his extensive contributions to improving the predictability and prediction of climate variability and to better understanding the dynamics of the ocean and of ENSO.

• 2008 Dean Roemmich
  Dean Roemmich
  Dean Roemmich is a contemporary American physical oceanographer.Roemmich was the early leader behind the sensors array Argo which measures vertical profiles of oceanic conditions such as temperature, salinity, and pressure....
  
    For major contributions to the measurement and understanding of the ocean’s role in climate, and for leading the development and implementation of the Argo
  Argo (oceanography)
  Argo is an observation system for the Earth's oceans that provides real-time data for use in climate, weather, oceanographic and fisheries research. Argo consists of a large collection of small, drifting oceanic robotic probes deployed worldwide. The probes float as deep as 2 km. Once every...
  
   profiling float array.

• 2009 Christopher W. Fairall  For important, continuing contributions to air-sea interaction research, particularly the observation and modeling of physical and gaseous transfers in conditions ranging from calm to storms, tropical to arctic.

• 2010 Bruce A. Warren, Woods Hole Oceanographic Inst., Woods Hole, MA For advancing our understanding of the general circulation of the ocean through observations and dynamical interpretation.

• 2011 Eric A. D’Asaro For pioneering instrumental, observational, and analytical progress in understanding upper ocean responses to atmospheric forcing.