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Section and Focus Group Awards

for Scientific Contributions and Service to the Science

Sections and focus groups of AGU also recognize individuals that have contributed meritorious work or service toward the advancement of the geophysical sciences. Honorees are selected by award committees that are appointed by Section and Focus Group Executive committees. Section and focus group leadership salute recipients during award presentations, held at various AGU annual meetings.

• Joint Prize: Nonlinear Geophysics Focus Group and Space Physics and Aeronomy Section
• Atmospheric Sciences
• Cryosphere
• Earth and Planetary Surface Processes
• Geodesy
• Geomagnetism and Paleomagnetism
• Hydrology
• Mineral and Rock Physics
• Natural Hazards
• Nonlinear Geophysics
• Ocean Sciences
• Planetary Sciences
• Seismology
• SPA
• Tectonophysics
• VGP

Section Named Lectures

Sections designate each year’s lecturers. Biographies of the lecture honorees can be found by clicking on the lecture name.

• Langbein [Hydrology]
• Sagan [Biogeosciences and Planetary Sciences]
• Sharp [Earth and Planetary Surface Processes]
• Carson [Ocean Sciences]
• Emiliani [Ocean Sciences and Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology]
• Whipple [Planetary Sciences]
• Lorenz [Nonlinear Geophysics]

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