Brian Hoskins

Brian Hoskins

Professor Sir Brian Hoskins CBE FRS, is a British dynamical meteorologist and climatologist based at the Imperial College London. A mathematician by training, his research has focused on understanding atmospheric motion from the scale of fronts to that of the Earth, using a range of theoretical and numerical models. He is perhaps best known for his work on the mathematical theory of extratropical cyclones and frontogenesis [cite journal | title = The Mathematical Theory of Frontogenesis | date = 1982 | volume = 14 | pages = 131–151| doi = 10.1146/annurev.fl.14.010182.001023 | author = Brian J. Hoskins | journal = Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics] , particularly through the use of potential vorticity [cite journal | title = On the use and significance of isentropic potential vorticity maps | date = 1985 | volume = 111 | pages = 877–946| url = http://www.rmets.org/about/history/classics.php#h | author = B.J. Hoskins, M.E. McIntyre and A.W. Robertson | journal = Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society | doi = 10.1256/smsqj.47001] . He has also produced research across many areas of meteorology, including the Indian monsoon and global warming, recently contributing to the Stern review and the IPCC Fourth Assessment Report.

Career

* B.A. (1st Class Honors) and Ph.D. in mathematics from the University of Cambridge, UK, in 1966 and 1970, respectively.
* Reader in atmospheric modelling (1976 - 1981) and professor of meteorology (1981 - present) at the University of Reading, UK.
* Head of the Department of Meteorology (1990 - 1996) at the University of Reading, UK.
* President of the Royal Meteorological Society (1998-2000).
* Royal Society council member (1999 - present) and research professor (2001 - present).
* First Director of Grantham Institute at Imperial College London (2008 - present).

Awards

* Knighthood (2007)
* Symons Gold Medal (2007) of the Royal Meteorological Society
* Elected to the U.S. National Academy of Sciences (2002) [http://www4.nationalacademies.org/nas/naspub.nsf/(urllinks)/NAS-5B2PBV?opendocument&Start=1&Count=1000&ExpandView]
* Commander of the British Empire (1998)
* Honorary Professor of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (1998)
* EGS Vilhelm Bjerknes Medallist (1997) [http://www.copernicus.org/EGS/egs_info/medalists/hoskins97.htm]
* Fellow of the Royal Society (1988) [http://www.royalsoc.ac.uk/view_fellow.cfm?FID=705&N=h]
* Carl-Gustav Rossby Research Medal (1988) of the American Meteorological Society
* Charles Chree Silver Medal (1987) of the Institute of Physics
* Fellow of the American Meteorological Society (1985)
* Royal Meteorological Society L.F. Richardson Prize (1972) and Buchan Prize (1976)

Service

* President, Royal Meteorological Society 1998-2000
* Member, Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution [http://www.rcep.org.uk/about/members.htm#8]
* President, International Association of Meteorology and Atmospheric Sciences 1991-95
* Chair, Royal Society Global Environmental Research Committee
* Chair, Meteorological Office Science Advisory Committee and Member, Meteorological Office Board
* Vice-Chair, Joint Scientific Committee for the World Climate Research Programme
* Member, Scientific Advisory Committee for European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (Chair 1985-88)

References

External links

* [http://hcr3.isiknowledge.com/author.cgi?&link1=Browse&link2=Results&id=1216 Entry on the ISI "highly cited" database]
* [http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200203/cmselect/cmtran/454/3040211.htm Evidence to the House of Commons, on aviation and climate; 2003/04]
* [http://www.parliament.the-stationery-office.co.uk/pa/ld200304/ldselect/ldsctech/110/4020303.htm Evidence to the House of Lords Select Committee on Science and Technology]


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