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[[[Professor]] Sir Brian Hoskins CBE FRS, is a British dynamical meteorologist and climatologist based at the Imperial College London. A mathematician by training, his research has focused on understanding atmospheric motion from the scale of fronts to that of the Earth, using a range of theoretical and numerical models. He is perhaps best known for his work on the mathematical theory of extratropical cyclones and frontogenesis^[1], particularly through the use of potential vorticity^[2]. He has also produced research across many areas of meteorology, including the Indian monsoon and global warming, recently contributing to the Stern review and the IPCC Fourth Assessment Report.

Career

B.A. (1st Class Honors) and Ph.D. in mathematics from the University of Cambridge, UK, in 1966 and 1970, respectively.
Reader in atmospheric modelling (1976 - 1981) and professor of meteorology (1981 - present) at the University of Reading, UK.
Head of the Department of Meteorology (1990 - 1996) at the University of Reading, UK.
President of the Royal Meteorological Society (1998-2000).
Royal Society council member (1999 - present) and research professor (2001 - present).
First Director of Grantham Institute at Imperial College London (2008 - present).

Awards

Knighthood (2007)
Symons Gold Medal (2007) of the Royal Meteorological Society
Elected to the U.S. National Academy of Sciences (2002) [1]
Commander of the British Empire (1998)
Honorary Professor of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (1998)
EGS Vilhelm Bjerknes Medallist (1997) [2]
Fellow of the Royal Society (1988) [3]
Carl-Gustav Rossby Research Medal (1988) of the American Meteorological Society
Charles Chree Silver Medal (1987) of the Institute of Physics
Fellow of the American Meteorological Society (1985)
Royal Meteorological Society L.F. Richardson Prize (1972) and Buchan Prize (1976)

Service

President, Royal Meteorological Society 1998-2000
Member, Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution [4]
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

^ Brian J. Hoskins (1982). "The Mathematical Theory of Frontogenesis". Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics. 14: 131–151. doi:10.1146/annurev.fl.14.010182.001023.
^ B.J. Hoskins, M.E. McIntyre and A.W. Robertson (1985). "On the use and significance of isentropic potential vorticity maps". Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society. 111: 877–946. doi:10.1256/smsqj.47001.

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[1] Brian J. Hoskins (1982). "The Mathematical Theory of Frontogenesis". Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics. 14: 131–151. doi:10.1146/annurev.fl.14.010182.001023.

[2] B.J. Hoskins, M.E. McIntyre and A.W. Robertson (1985). "On the use and significance of isentropic potential vorticity maps". Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society. 111: 877–946. doi:10.1256/smsqj.47001.

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	[[[Professor]] [[Knight Bachelor\|Sir]] '''Brian Hoskins''' [[Order of the British Empire\|CBE]] [[Fellow of the Royal Society\|FRS]], is a British [[atmospheric dynamics\|dynamical]] [[meteorologist]] and [[climatologist]] based at the [[~~University~~ of ~~Reading~~]]. A mathematician by training, his research has focused on understanding atmospheric motion from the scale of [[weather front\|fronts]] to that of the Earth, using a range of theoretical and numerical models. He is perhaps best known for his work on the mathematical theory of [[extratropical cyclones]] and [[frontogenesis]]<ref>{{cite journal \| title = The Mathematical Theory of Frontogenesis \| date = 1982 \| volume = 14 \| pages = 131-151\| doi = 10.1146/annurev.fl.14.010182.001023 \| author = Brian J. Hoskins \| journal = [[Annual Reviews\|Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics]]}}</ref>, particularly through the use of [[potential vorticity]]<ref>{{cite journal \| title = On the use and significance of isentropic potential vorticity maps \| date = 1985 \| volume = 111 \| pages = 877-946\| url = http://www.rmets.org/about/history/classics.php#h \| author = B.J. Hoskins, M.E. McIntyre and A.W. Robertson \| journal = Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society \| doi = 10.1256/smsqj.47001}}</ref>. He has also produced research across many areas of meteorology, including the Indian [[monsoon]] and [[global warming]], recently contributing to the [[Stern review]] and the [[IPCC Fourth Assessment Report]].		[[[Professor]] [[Knight Bachelor\|Sir]] '''Brian Hoskins''' [[Order of the British Empire\|CBE]] [[Fellow of the Royal Society\|FRS]], is a British [[atmospheric dynamics\|dynamical]] [[meteorologist]] and [[climatologist]] based at the [[Imperial College London]]. A mathematician by training, his research has focused on understanding atmospheric motion from the scale of [[weather front\|fronts]] to that of the Earth, using a range of theoretical and numerical models. He is perhaps best known for his work on the mathematical theory of [[extratropical cyclones]] and [[frontogenesis]]<ref>{{cite journal \| title = The Mathematical Theory of Frontogenesis \| date = 1982 \| volume = 14 \| pages = 131-151\| doi = 10.1146/annurev.fl.14.010182.001023 \| author = Brian J. Hoskins \| journal = [[Annual Reviews\|Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics]]}}</ref>, particularly through the use of [[potential vorticity]]<ref>{{cite journal \| title = On the use and significance of isentropic potential vorticity maps \| date = 1985 \| volume = 111 \| pages = 877-946\| url = http://www.rmets.org/about/history/classics.php#h \| author = B.J. Hoskins, M.E. McIntyre and A.W. Robertson \| journal = Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society \| doi = 10.1256/smsqj.47001}}</ref>. He has also produced research across many areas of meteorology, including the Indian [[monsoon]] and [[global warming]], recently contributing to the [[Stern review]] and the [[IPCC Fourth Assessment Report]].

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