| EGS John Dalton Medallist - 1999 | |
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Peter S Eagleson for his outstanding contributions to theoretical hydrology and his tireless promotion of hydrology as an Earth System science |
| Peter S Eagleson's interest in
hydrology derived from his early background in Civil Engineering. His book
"Dynamic Hydrology", now regrettably out of print for
many years, had a major impact on his hydrological colleagues, worldwide,
who shared his view of hydrology as a distinct geoscience, grounded in
physics. He subsequently chaired the US National Science Foundation
Committee on "Opportunities in the Hydrological Sciences". The report
of this committee, "The Blue Book", has become the manifesto for
hydrology as an earth system science. It has had a formative influence on
the foundation of the new EGS journal HESS: Hydrology and Earth System
Science, and also on the structure of the HSA-branch of the
Hydrological Sciences section of EGS.
The Hydrological Sciences section recently established the Dalton medal for outstanding achievement in theoretical hydrology as an Earth Science. On behalf of the Hydrological Sciences section, it is a pleasure to congratulate Peter Eagleson with the award on the John Dalton medal. |
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Newsletter 71, 23, 1999 |
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