The American Geophysical Union (AGU) recently announced that Academician Kuo-Nan Liou has been awarded the 2013 Roger Revelle Medal. The award winners will be recognized during an Honors Tribute at the 2013 AGU Fall Meeting in San Francisco from December 9 to 13, 2013.

　　The AGU Roger Revelle Medal was established in 1991 in honor of Oceanographer Roger Revelle and his pioneering work in increasing awareness of global climate change, and recognizes scientists for their “outstanding contributions in atmospheric sciences, atmosphere-ocean coupling, atmosphere-land coupling, biogeochemical cycles, climate, or related aspects of the Earth system.”

　　Professor Liou is the founding Director of the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) Joint Institute for Regional Earth System Science and Engineering, a research institute with a mission to study and develop projects on global climate change and its impact on regional climate and environment. His recent work focuses on radiative transfer and satellite remote sensing in mountain/snow regions and the deposition of black carbon and dust over these areas in association with surface temperature and snowmelt amplification and feedback.

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