Honors and Awards: NASA Goddard William Nordberg Award, 2008 (the highest Goddard award in the Earth sciences) Fellow, American Meteorological Society, 2001 Fellow, Royal Meteorological Society, 2000 Excellent Alumni Award, National Central University, 2006 NASA Exceptional Scientific Achievement Medal, 1992, 2003 (NASA’s highest honor for a scientific achievement) NASA Goddard Space Flight Center – Earth Science Achievement Award (2nd recipient), 2003 (NASA Goddard’s highest honor for a scientific achievement in Earth Science) Excellent Alumni Award, Department of Atmospheric Physics, National Central University, 2009 Scientific Visitor Program, National Center for Atmospheric Research/MMM (1995) Scientific Visitor Program, Joint Center for Mesoscale Meteorology (JCSS), University of Reading, UK (1994)