21 April 2009
Thirteen ESRL scientists received significant awards at the Fourth Annual All-Institute Symposium of the Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES), held on 1 April 2009.
In the Chemical Sciences Division, John Holloway received a 2009 Outstanding Performance Award in Science and Engineering for his work in developing and applying a state-of-the-art instrument that uses vacuum UV to measure carbon monoxide (CO) from aircraft. He successfully engineered the instrument so that it could be deployed in a pod mounted under the wing of the NOAA WP-3D research aircraft, a design that enabled other investigators to use the scarce space aboard the aircraft for their instruments. He mentored a graduate student from the University of Tokyo in this work. John has served as a principal investigator in 13 missions of the P3, during which he has had "end to end" involvement: managing the operation, deployment, and repair of the instrument, analyzing and archiving the data; and publishing the results from the instrument. His work has investigated air pollution and photochemistry related to air quality, contributing to the Air Quality Program of NOAA's Weather and Water Mission Goal.
Also in the Chemical Sciences Division, Christine Ennis received a CIRES Director's Award for her work on the Climate Change Science Program's "Synthesis and Assessment Product 2.4," which dealt with ozone-depleting substances and the stratospheric ozone layer. Her NOAA colleagues were recognized with the NOAA Administrator's Award.
Other ESRL colleagues who received awards included Andrew Crotwell, Geoff Dutton, Molly Heller, Debra Mondeel, Carolina Siso, and Kelly Sours (all of the Global Monitoring Division), who received the CIRES Silver Medal for their contributions to the Annual Greenhouse Gas Index (AGGI). Also in Global Monitoring Division, Sonja Wolter, Doug Guenther, and Fred Moore received a CIRES Science and Engineering Award for their contributions in developing a programmable flask package whole air sampler, and Molly Heller received a CIRES Service Award for her contributions in logistics for the flask program. Sergey Matrosov of the Physical Sciences Division received a Science and Engineering Award for his use of millimeter wavelength radar to study the properties of clouds and precipitation.