Dr. Peter J. Webster

Professor

School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences
311 Ferst Drive
Georgia Institute of Technology
Atlanta, GA 30332-0340

Office: ES&T, Room 3214
Phone: 404-894-1748
Fax: 404-894-5638
E-mail: pjw@eas.gatech.edu

Website: http://webster.eas.gatech.edu/

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