mechanics." 1966 Appointed the first Alfred P. Sloan Professor of Meteorology at MIT. 1969 Awarded the Hodgkins Medal of the Smithsonian Institution. 1971 Awarded the prestigious International Meteorological Organization Prize by the World Meteorological Organization. 1976 Awarded the William Bowie Medal of the American Geophysical Union. The American Meteorological Society presents an award named "The Jule G. Charney Award". The award is granted to individuals "in recognition of highly significant research or development achievement in the atmospheric or hydrologic sciences". See also Richard Lindzen Edward Norton Lorenz Quasi-geostrophic equations Geostrophic wind Eric Eady References External links Guide to the Papers of Jule G. Charney American meteorologists Carl-Gustaf Rossby Research Medal recipients 1917 births 1981 deaths Massachusetts Institute of Technology School of Science faculty University of California, Los Angeles alumni Members of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences