the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (1998) Honorary Professor of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (1998) EGS Vilhelm Bjerknes Medallist (1997) Fellow of the Royal Society (1988) Carl-Gustaf Rossby Research Medal (1988) from the American Meteorological Society The Chree Medal and Prize of the Institute of Physics (1987) Fellow of the American Meteorological Society (1985) L.F. Richardson Prize (1972) and Buchan Prize (1976) from the Royal Meteorological Society Service President, Royal Meteorological Society 1998–2000 Member, Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution 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 Entry on the ISI "highly cited" database Evidence to the House of Commons, on aviation and climate; 2003/04 Evidence to the House of Lords Select Committee on Science and Technology “Hotter places are hotter, extreme rainfall is more extreme" (25 July 2018) 1945 births Living people Academics of the University of Reading British meteorologists British climatologists Fellows of the Royal Society Knights Bachelor Foreign associates of the National Academy of Sciences Foreign members of the Chinese Academy of Sciences People educated at Bristol Grammar School Presidents of the Royal Meteorological Society Carl-Gustaf Rossby Research Medal recipients Academics of Imperial College London Commanders of the Order of the British Empire Alumni of Trinity Hall, Cambridge Fellows of the American Meteorological Society