January 22, 2019, Patricia L. Craig

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — David Stensrud, head, Penn State's Department of Meteorology and Atmospheric Science, was awarded the Charles Franklin Brooks Award for Outstanding Service to the Society from the American Meteorological Society at the 99th AMS Annual Meeting held Jan. 6-10 in Phoenix. Stensrud received the award for “exceptional contributions to the society through service as editor and co-chief editor of Weather and Forecasting, chair of the Mesoscale Processes committee and STAC commissioner.”

"It is an honor to be associated with Charles Franklin Brooks, the founder of AMS, who was remembered by his colleagues as a great humanitarian in addition to being an incredibly talented scientist,” said Stensrud.

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Stensrud receives top honor from American Meteorological Society