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The Buys Ballot Medal is a prize given out by the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences. It was instituted in 1888 to honor the achievements of meteorologist C.H.D. Buys Ballot. The prize is awarded approximately every ten years to an individual that has made significant contributions to meteorology.

The recipients have been:

Source:Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences

  • 1893 – Julius von Hann, Austria
  • 1903 – Richard Assmann and Arthur Berson, Germany
  • 1913 – Hugo Hergesell, Germany
  • 1923 – Sir Napier Shaw, United Kingdom
  • 1933 – Vilhelm Bjerknes, Norway
  • 1948 – Sverre Petterssen, Norway
  • 1953 – Gustav Swoboda, Czech Republic
  • 1963 – Erik Palmén, Finland
  • 1973 – Joseph Smagorinsky, United States
  • 1982 – Aksel C. Wiin-Nielsen, Denmark
  • 1995 – Veerabhadran Ramanathan, United States
  • 2004 – Edward Norton Lorenz, United States
  • 2014 – Sir Brian Hoskins, United Kingdom

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