Ray Bates#
| Sadly, this member passed away. | |
| Membership Number: | 1842 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | EARTH & COSMIC SCIENCES |
| Elected: | 1998 |
| Main Country of Residence: | IRELAND |
| Homepage(s): | http://www.raybates.net |
Ray Bates passed away January 6, 2024.
Positions Held
- Since 2004 Adjunct Professor of Meteorology, University College Dublin
- 1995 - 2004 Prof. of Meteorology, Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen
- 1987 - 1995 Senior Scientist and Branch Head, Lab. For Atmospheres, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland
- 1963 - 1987 Irish Meteorological Service (now Met Éireann). Positions held: Forecaster, Head of Research Division, Assistant Director
Fields of Scholarship
- Global climate
Honours and Awards
- 1971 Napier Shaw Memorial Prize, Royal Meteorological Society
- 1986 Member of Royal Irish Academy
- 1994 Laboratory for Atmospheres Scientific Achievement Award, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
- 2009 Vilhelm Bjerknes Medal, European Geosciences Union
