James B. Macelwane Medal

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The James B. Macelwane Medal is a prestigious American Geophysical Union honor awarded to early-career scientists for outstanding contributions to the geophysical sciences.

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Label Occurrences
AGU James B. Macelwane Medal 1
James B. Macelwane Medal canonical 1

Statements (40)

Predicate Object
instanceOf American Geophysical Union award
scientific award
alsoKnownAs Macelwane Medal NERFINISHED
awardedBy AGU Honors and Recognition Committee NERFINISHED
awardedSince 1961
awardFor outstanding contributions to the geophysical sciences
awardLevel early-career
category Earth and space science award
country United States of America
surface form: United States
discipline Earth sciences
atmospheric sciences
ocean sciences
solid Earth geophysics
space physics
eligibility early-career scientists
field geophysical sciences
geophysics
frequency annual
hasNotableRecipient B. L. N. Kennett NERFINISHED
Claudia J. Alexander NERFINISHED
Kerry A. Emanuel NERFINISHED
Richard Alley NERFINISHED
Susan Solomon NERFINISHED
honors James B. Macelwane’s contributions to geophysics
inception 1961
isOneOf major early-career awards in geosciences
languageOfName English
namedAfter James B. Macelwane NERFINISHED
namedForOccupation Jesuit seismologist
geophysicist
organizationTypeOfPresenter scientific society
partOf American Geophysical Union honors and recognition program NERFINISHED
presentedBy American Geophysical Union NERFINISHED
presenterAbbreviation AGU NERFINISHED
scope international
selectionCriteria impact on geophysical sciences
promise of continued scientific leadership
scientific excellence
typicalNumberOfRecipientsPerYear multiple
website https://www.agu.org/Honor-and-Recognize/Honors/James-B-Macelwane-Medal

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Subject: James B. Macelwane Medal
Description of subject: The James B. Macelwane Medal is a prestigious American Geophysical Union honor awarded to early-career scientists for outstanding contributions to the geophysical sciences.

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Hope Jahren awardReceived James B. Macelwane Medal
Christopher T. Russell awardReceived James B. Macelwane Medal
this entity surface form: AGU James B. Macelwane Medal