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WMO Professor
Mariolopoulos Trust
Fund Award
Awards
2012,
2010,
2008,
2006,
2004,
2002,
2000,
1998
2012
The Award
Ceremony for 2012
was held on 29
October 2012 in
Athens. The prize
was awarded to the
following papers
:
-limited
cloud-aerosol
regime"
by T. Mauritsen,
J. Sedlar, M.
Tjernström, C.
Leck, M. Martin,
M. Shupe, S.
Sjogren, B.
Sierau, P.O.G.
Persson, I.M.
Brooks and E.
Swietlicki,
published in
Atmospheric
Chemistry and
Physics
(VOL. 11, 2011),
and
"Observed
surface warming
induced by
urbanization in
east China"
by X. Yang, Y.
Hou and B. Chen,
published in the
Journal of
Geophysical
Research
(VOL. 116,
2011).
At the Award
Ceremony Dr.
Geir Braathen,
representing the
Secretary-General
of WMO, made a
brief
introduction to
the "WMO
Professor
Mariolopoulos
Trust Fund
Award". The
Ceremony was
attended by Mr.
Ioannis Grivas,
former Prime
Minister of
Greece,
Professor
Barbara Cannon,
President of the
Royal Swedish
Academy of
Sciences,
Professor Stefan
Claesson, Vice
President of the
Royal Swedish
Academy of
Sciences, Mrs
Marianna
Vardinoyannis,
UNESCO Goodwill
Ambassador, Mrs.
Mette Knudsen,
Ambassador of
Denmark, Mr. Jan
Versteeg,
Ambassador of
the Netherlands,
Mr. Anders
Wijkman, Member
of European
Parliament,
Academicians,
Professors from
the University
of Athens, the
University of
Stockholm, the
National
Technical
University of
Athens,
Researchers from
the National
Observatory of
Athens, the
Hellenic Center
for Marine
Research, the
Hellenic
National Met.
Service and many
distinguished
scientists.
The central
auditorium of
the Academy of
Athens where was
hold the
ceremony of the
“WMO Professor
Mariolopoulos
Trust Fund
Award”.
Dr. Geir
Braathen Senior
Scientific
Officer of the
Atmospheric
Environmet
Research
Division (AER)
WMO presenting
the award to Dr.
Xuchao Yang and
the President of
MK-Foundation
Professor C.S.
Zerefos.
Dr. Geir
Braathen Senior
Scientific
Officer of the
Atmospheric
Environmet
Research
Division (AER)
WMO presenting
the award to Dr.
Thorsten
Mauritsen.
The two
awardees with
the members of
the
MK-Foundation.
Left to right
Mrs E. Zerefou
Director of
MK-Foundation,
Mr C. Liatsos
member of the
board of
Directors of
MK-Foundation,
Professor C.
Repapis
Secretary, Dr
Xuchao Yang, the
President and
the Vise
President of the
Royal Swedish
Academy of
Sciences, Dr.
Thorsten
Mauritsen and
the President of
the
MK-Foundation,
Professor C.
Zerefos.
Back
2010
Dr Deon
Terblanche,
representing the
Secretary General of
WMO made a brief
introduction to the
award and the young
awardees. The
ceremony was
attended by H. E.
the Commissioner for
Education and
Culture of EU, Mrs
Androula Vassiliou,
the former President
of the Republic of
Cyprus, Mr G.
Vassiliou, the
former Prime
Minister of Greece,
Mr. I. Grivas, the
Commander of the
Hellenic National
Meteorological
Service, Mayor
General L.
Assimakis, the
Deputy Minister for
the Environment,
Energy and Climate
Change, Mr I.
Maniatis, the
General Secretary of
Hellenic Ministry
for Culture, Mrs L.
Mendoni, members of
the Academy of
Athens, the Greek
Meteorological
Society and many
distinguished
scientists. The 2010
“WMO Professor
Mariolopoulos Trust
Fund Award” has been
decided the
following three
young Scientists to
share it
:
-
Dr. Peter Tunved
(ITM/Stockholm
University) for
the paper
entitled:
"The natural
aerosol over
Northern Europe
and its relation
to anthropogenic
emissions-implications
of important
climate
feedbacks" by P.
Tunved et al.,
published in
Tellus.
-
Dr. Danijel
Belusic
(University of
Zagreb Croatia)
for the paper
entitled:
"Recent severe
heat waves in
central Europe:
how to view them
in a long-term
prospect?" by J.
Kyselý,
published in
International
Journal of
Climatologyhe.
-
Dr. Jan Kysely
(Institute of
Atmospheric
Physics ASC
Chezch Repuplic)
for the paper
entitled:
"Can
mesoscale models
reproduce
meandering
motions?"
by D. Belušić
and I. Güttler,
published in the
Quarterly
Journal of the
Royal
Meteorological
Society.
The "WMO
Professor
Mariolopoulos
Trust Fund
Award" awardees
Dr. Peter Tunved
(ITM/Stockholm
University) and
Danijel
Belušić
(University of
Zagreb, Croatia)
with the
President of the
Foundation
Professor C.
Zerefos and with
Dr. Deon
Terblanche,
representing the
Secretary
General of WMO.
Panoramic view
of the ceremony
during the
speech of the H.
E. the
Commissioner for
Education and
Culture of E.U.,
Mrs Androulla
Vassiliou.
The entrance of
the "New
Hellenic
Quartet" in the
ceremony.
Back
2008
The Secretary of
the World
Metorological
Organization
announced on January
the international
"WMO
Professor
Mariolopoulos Trust
Fund Award",
2008, for the best
paper concerning
atmospheric sciences
of young scientists
during the last two
years.
The Awards were
presented by the
representative of
the General
Secretary of WMO, Dr
Elena Manaenkova,
Director of Cabinet
and External
Relations
Department, and the
Ministry of Interior
Prof. Prokopis
Pavlopoulos during
the meeting "Climate
Extremes During
Recent Millennia and
their Impact on
Mediterranean
Societies" in the
building "Costis
Palamas" of the
University of Athens
on 13th
September 2008. The
awards were
presented to
:
-
Sabine Wust
for
her study
entitled
"Non linear
resonant wave-
wave interaction
(triad): Case
studies based on
rocket data and
first
application to
satellite data"
with
M. Bittner
-
Noureddine
Semane
for
his study
entitled
"An observed
and analysed
stratospheric
ozone intrusion
over the high
Canadian Arctic
UTLS region
during the
summer of 2003"
with
V.- H. Peuch,
L. EL Amraoui,
H. Bencherif, S.
Massart, D.
Cariolle, J. –
L. Attie and R.
Abida
Left to right the
President and the
Secretary of the
Foundation Prof. C.
Zerefos and C.
Repapis, the
representative of
the General
Secretary of WMO,
Dr. Elena Manaenkova
with the awarded
young scientists
Nouveddine Semane
and Sabine Wust.
Back
2006
The 2006
"WMO
Professor
Mariolopoulos Trust
Fund Award"
was awarded to the
following two
scientists
:
-
Dr. Jeffrey
Robert Knight
for his paper
entitled
:
"A
Signature of
Persistent
Natural
Thermohaline
Circulation
Cycles in
Observed Climate"
of the Hadley
Centre, UK.
-
Mr. Nikolaos
Christidis
for his paper
entitled
:
"Detection
of changes in
temperature
extremes during
the second half
of the 20th
century"
of Met Office,
UK.
The Ceremony took
place on 17 May 2006
in Anavyssos, Athens
and it was attended
by representatives
of the Academy of
Athens, the Hellenic
National
Meteorological
Service, the
Ministry of Finance,
the Ministry of
Education, the
General Secretariat
for Research and
Technology and the
Hellenic Physical
Society.
The Prize handed out
by Professor Len
Barrie on behalf of
the WMO Secretary
General.
The
President of
MKF Prof.
Ch. Zerefos
and Prof.
Len Barrie
addressing
the Award
ceremony.
Professor
Len Barrie
presenting
the award to
Dr. Jeffrey
Robert
Knight and
the
President of
the MK-
Foundation
Prof. C.
Zerefos.
Back
2004
The 2004
"WMO
Professor
Mariolopoulos Trust
Fund Award"
was awarded to the
following two
scientists
:
Professor
C. Zerefos
presenting
the
"WMO
Professor
Mariolopoulos
Trust Fund
Award".
The
Eparch
of
Kos,
the
representative
of
WMO
and
the
awarded
Scientist
of
the
"WMO
Professors
Mariolopoulos
Trust
Fund
Award".
The Award was
presented by the
Vice President
of the
Mariolopoulos-
Kanaginis
Foundation,
Professor
Christos
Zerefos,
Secretary of the
International
Ozone Commission
and Mrs. Maria
Kypraiou, Eparch
of Kos, during
the Opening
Ceremony of the
Quadrennial
Ozone Symposium
QOS2004, held in
Kos, Greece on
May 31, 2004.
The Ceremony was
attended by the
f. President of
the Hellenic
Republic, the
Minster for the
Aegean and other
Officers.
Back
2002
The M-K Foundation
organized the
Ceremony of the
"WMO
Professor
Mariolopoulos Trust
Fund Award"
for 2002, which was
held on May 30, 2002
at the University of
Athens. The first
prize was presented
by the
Secretary-General of
WMO, Professor
G.O.P. Obasi, to the
following two
scientists
:
-
Dr. Francois
Gheusi for
his paper
entitled
:
"Lagrangian
description of
airflows using
Eulerian passive
tracers"
of the
Meteo-France.
-
Dr. Boyan
Iliev Tatatov
for his paper
entitled
:
"Experimental
determination of
the
multiple-scattering
effect on the
lidar-signal
polarization
characteristics
during
liquid-and
solidphase
precipitation"
of the Bulgarian
Academy of
Sciences.
Back
2000
The Foundation
organized the
ceremony of the
"WMO
Professor
Mariolopoulos Trust
Fund Award"
for 2000, which was
held on November 2,
2000 at the
University of
Athens. The first
prize was awarded to
the following two
scientists
:
-
Dr. G. Myhre
for his paper
entitled
:
"New
estimates of
radiative
forcing due to
well mixed
greenhouse gases"
of the
University of
Oslo, Norway.
-
Dr. D. Balis
for his paper
entitled
:
"Study of
the structure of
the lower
troposphere over
Athens using a
backscattering
LIDAR during the
MEDCAPHOT-TRACE
experiment:
Measurements
over a suburban
area"
of the
University of
Thessaloniki,
Greece.
Honorary award was
given for the paper
:
Back
1998
The first prize of
"WMO
Professor
Mariolopoulos Trust
Fund Award"
which is under the
auspices of the
World Meteorological
Organization (WMO).
Was awarded from the
Secretary-General of
WMO, Professor
G.O.P. Obasi, during
the ceremony of
awards of the
Balkania for the
Environment which
was held in the
Aristotle University
of Thessaloniki in
October 1998. The
prize of 2,000 US$
was given for the
paper
:
:
Implications for
long-term
changes"
by
Steinbrecht
W., H. Calude
and U. Kohler
of the
Meteorological
Observatory
Hohenpeisenberg,
Germany.
The General
Secretary of WMO
Professor G.O.P.
Obasi presenting
the
"WMO
Professor
Mariolopoulos
Trust Fund Award"
1998.
Honorary awards were
given for the papers
:
-
"Lyapunov
vectors and
error growth
patterns in a
T21L3
quasigeostrophic
model"
by
Vannitsem St.
and C. Nicolis
of the
Institut Royal
Meteoroloque de
Belgique.
-
"The
effects of cloud
processes on the
tropospheric
photochemistry
:
An improvement
of the Eurad
model with a
coupled gaseous
and aqueous
chemical
mechanism"
by
Liu X.,
Mauersberger and
D. Moller of
the Brandenburg
Technical
University,
Germany.
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