Dr. Peter J. Webster

Professor

Office: ES&T 3214
Phone: 404-894-1748
Fax: 404-894-5638
Email: pjw@eas.gatech.edu
Website: http://webster.eas.gatech.edu/
Curriculum vitae: View

Education

  • Ph.D., Atmospheric Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1972
  • B.S., Atmospheric Sciences, The Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, 1964

Awards

  • Distinguished Professor, Georgia Tech, 2007
  • Sigma Xi Best Paper Award for Senior Faculty, 2006
  • Carl Gustaf Rossby Research Medal, American Meteorological Society, 2003
  • Adrian Gill Prize, Royal Meteorological Society, 2003
  • Fellow, American Geophysical Union, 2000
  • Jule G. Charney Award, American Meteorological Society. 1990
  • Alexander von Humboldt Senior Research Award, 1990
  • Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science
  • Fellow, American Meteorological Society
  • Fellow, Royal Meteorological Society

Research Interests

  • Low frequency atmospheric and ocean dynamics
  • Ocean-atmosphere interactions
  • Wave propagation through complex flows

Research Group Members

Publications

2009

Hopson, T.M., and P.J. Webster, 2009: A 1-10 day ensemble forecasting scheme for the major river basins of Bangladesh: forecasting severe floods of 2003-2007. J. Hydromet. In press. (pdf)