The Roger Revelle Medal is given out annually by the American Geophysical Union to recognize "outstanding accomplishments or contributions toward the understanding of the Earth’s atmospheric processes, including its dynamics, chemistry, and radiation; and toward the role of the atmosphere, atmosphere-ocean coupling, or atmosphere-land coupling in determining the climate, biogeochemical cycles, or other key elements of the climate system". The award was created in 1991 and named after Roger Revelle.

Past recipients

The past recipients of the Roger Revelle Medal are: • 1992 - Edward N. Lorenz • 1993 - Syukuro Manabe • 1994 - F. Sherwood Rowland • 1995 - Wallace Broecker • 1996 - Robert E. Dickinson • 1997 - Hans A. Oeschger • 1998 - Harold S. Johnston • 1999 - John Michael Wallace • 2000 - James R. Holton • 2001 - James Hansen • 2002 - Ralph J. Cicerone • 2003 - Jean Jouzel • 2004 - Inez Fung • 2006 - John E. Kutzbach • 2007 - Richard B. Alley • 2008 - Michael L. Bender • 2009 - Jorge L. Sarmiento • 2010 - Pietr P. Tans • 2011 - Owen Brian Toon • 2012 - Steven C. Wofsy • 2013 - Kuo-Nan Liou • 2014 - Christopher Field • 2015 - Anne M. Thompson • 2016 - Ellen R.M. Druffel • 2017 - Kevin Trenberth • 2018 - Isaac Held • 2019 - Eugenia Kalnay • 2020 - Claire Parkinson