TheRoger Revelle Medal is given out annually by theAmerican Geophysical Union to recognize "outstanding accomplishments or contributions toward the understanding of theEarth’satmospheric processes, including itsdynamics,chemistry, and radiation; and toward the role of theatmosphere,atmosphere-ocean coupling, oratmosphere-land coupling in determining theclimate,biogeochemical cycles, or other key elements of theclimate system". The award was created in 1991 and named afterRoger Revelle.[1]
The past recipients of the Roger Revelle Medal are:[2]