International Association for Urban Climate

Luke Howard Award for Outstanding Contributions to the Field of Urban Climatology

We are pleased to announce the call for nominations to the ‘Luke Howard Award for Outstanding Contributions to the Field of Urban Climatology.’ The Luke Howard Award may be given annually to an individual who has made outstanding contributions to the field of urban climatology in a combination of research, teaching, and/or service to the international community of urban climatologists.

IAUC members are requested to nominate suitable candidates for the Luke Howard Award.  The person making the nomination will act as the coordinator to put together a nomination package (including a CV of the nominee and three letters of recommendation).  Self-nominations are not permitted and current Awards Committee members cannot be evaluated.  Submit complete nomination packets (single electronic submission) to the Awards Committee Chair, Dr. Nigel Tapper: nigel.tapper@monash.edu

Luke Howard Award Nomination Process

1. Inform the Chair of the IAUC Awards Committee of the intent to nominate an individual. The intent to nominate should be communicated via email to the Awards Committee Chair by 30 April, 2018.
2. Nomination materials should be collected by a nomination coordinator (i.e. the person notifying the Chair of the IAUC Awards Committee that a particular person will be nominated);
3. The coordinator should collect the following documentation:
   a) a five page candidate CV
   b) three letters of recommendation from IAUC members from at least two different countries which are two pages in length.
4. Complete packages should reach the Chair by 30 May, 2018.

Nominations will be active for three years, and updated information may be submitted for consideration in the second and third years.

The IAUC Awards committee will recommend the name of a recipient for consideration and approval by the IAUC Board.

Previous winners include:

• 2016 Dr. Walter Dabberdt, Vaisala Group, USA
• 2015 Prof. Emeritus Anthony Brazel, Arizona State University, USA
• 2014 Prof. Manabu Kanda, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan
• 2013 Professor Emeritus Yair Goldreich, Bar-Ilan University, Israel
• 2010 Professor John Arnfield, The Ohio State University, USA
• 2009 Professor Sue Grimmond, King’s College, UK
• 2008 Professor Bob Bornstein, San José State University, USA
• 2007 Professor (Emeritus) Masatoshi Yoshino, University of Tsukuba, Japan
• 2006 Professor Arieh Bitan, Tel Aviv University, Israel
• 2005 Professor Ernesto Jauregui, UNAM, Mexico
• 2004 Professor Tim Oke, UBC, Canada

Nominations should reach the Awards Committee Chair (Dr. Nigel Tapper, email above) by 30 May, 2018.