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AS Atmospheric Sciences Division on Atmospheric Sciences

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European Geosciences Union

Division on Atmospheric Sciences
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Division on Atmospheric Sciences

President: Philip Stier (as@egu.eu)
Deputy President: Athanasios Nenes (athanasios.nenes@epfl.ch)

The Atmospheric Sciences (AS) Division is one of the largest divisions of the European Geosciences Union. The research areas covered by the division extend from the large-scale dynamical/meteorological processes and systems in the atmosphere (like cyclones and global atmosphere circulation) to the small scale turbulent mixing, they cover the time frame from centuries (in connection with climate research) to seconds (in the context of fast chemistry). Atmospheric sciences include studies of the atmosphere composition, aerosol and cloud physics, gas-particles interactions and chemical reaction kinetics studied in the labs.

Recent awardees

Lucy Carpenter

Lucy Carpenter

  • 2024
  • Vilhelm Bjerknes Medal

The 2024 Vilhelm Bjerknes Medal is awarded to Lucy Carpenter for establishing a critical link between the production of trace gases in and over the oceans, atmospheric chemistry, and climate change.


Nadia Bloemendaal

Nadia Bloemendaal

  • 2024
  • Arne Richter Award for Outstanding Early Career Scientists

The 2024 Arne Richter Award for Outstanding Early Career Scientists is awarded to Nadia Bloemendaal for her outstanding contribution to research in atmospheric science with a focus on tropical cyclones and extreme weather.


Christoph Schär

Christoph Schär

  • 2023
  • Vilhelm Bjerknes Medal

The 2023 Vilhelm Bjerknes Medal is awarded to Christoph Schär for pioneering research on extreme weather, based on his skills in atmospheric dynamical theory and numerical modeling, that have enabled regional climate models to couple with complex topography.


Guangjie Zheng

Guangjie Zheng

  • 2023
  • Division Outstanding Early Career Scientist Award

The 2023 Division Outstanding Early Career Scientist Award is awarded to Guangjie Zheng for outstanding contributions to the understanding of multiphase processes in the atmospheric boundary layer, from extremely polluted to remote marine conditions.


Amelia Bond

Amelia Bond

  • 2023
  • Outstanding Student and PhD candidate Presentation (OSPP) Award

The 2023 Outstanding Student and PhD candidate Presentation (OSPP) Award is awarded to Amelia Bond Snowpack nitrate photolysis drives the summertime atmospheric nitrous acid (HONO) budget in coastal Antarctica


Berend Schuit

Berend Schuit

  • 2023
  • Outstanding Student and PhD candidate Presentation (OSPP) Award

The 2023 Outstanding Student and PhD candidate Presentation (OSPP) Award is awarded to Berend Schuit Automated detection and monitoring of methane super-emitters using satellite data


Herman Fuglestvedt

Herman Fuglestvedt

  • 2023
  • Outstanding Student and PhD candidate Presentation (OSPP) Award

The 2023 Outstanding Student and PhD candidate Presentation (OSPP) Award is awarded to Herman Fuglestvedt Arctic Polar Vortex Controls Aerosol Evolution After High-Latitude Volcanic Eruptions


Jan-Hendrik Peters

Jan-Hendrik Peters

  • 2023
  • Outstanding Student and PhD candidate Presentation (OSPP) Award

The 2023 Outstanding Student and PhD candidate Presentation (OSPP) Award is awarded to Jan-Hendrik Peters Insights into Aqueous Glyoxal Chemistry via Glass Transition Measurements


José Ángel Callejas Rodelas

José Ángel Callejas Rodelas

  • 2023
  • Outstanding Student and PhD candidate Presentation (OSPP) Award

The 2023 Outstanding Student and PhD candidate Presentation (OSPP) Award is awarded to José Ángel Callejas Rodelas Intercomparison of lower-cost and conventional eddy covariance systems for CO2 and H2O flux measurements above cropland monoculture and agroforestry


Sofie Tiedeck

Sofie Tiedeck

  • 2023
  • Outstanding Student and PhD candidate Presentation (OSPP) Award

The 2023 Outstanding Student and PhD candidate Presentation (OSPP) Award is awarded to Sofie Tiedeck Impact of Atmospheric Rivers on the Arctic Surface Energy Budget


William Jones

William Jones

  • 2023
  • Outstanding Student and PhD candidate Presentation (OSPP) Award

The 2023 Outstanding Student and PhD candidate Presentation (OSPP) Award is awarded to William Jones The Diurnal Cycle of the Cloud Radiative Effect of Deep Convective Clouds over Africa from a Lagrangian Perspective

Current issue of the EGU newsletter

How do you get more people to care for the geosciences – a field that affects and influences all of life itself? Scientists across the EGU network share their stories!

Friedrich Barnikel outlines how, since 2003, EGU brings together scientists and teachers for capacity-building workshops, while Evi Nomikou takes us through EGU’s third Geoscience Day, highlighting volcanic geohazards to over 260 school students.

We also hear from Grace Skirrow who breaks down a seemingly complex subject like fluvial geomorphology and the role that it can play in policy decisions. Meanwhile, geologist Sinelethu Hashibi explains why she’s driven to translate geoscience for isiXhosa-speaking communities. And for those of you fond of card games, don’t miss the launch of QUARTETnary: a game about the geological time scale, developed by Iris van Zelst and Lucia Perez-Diaz and partly funded by the EGU Public Engagement Grant 2021.

Finally, don’t forget to visit our EGU24 page to stay up-to-date with information on the upcoming General Assembly this April. You can also subscribe to receive monthly updates in your inbox at the beginning of each month.

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