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GSL wins Department of Commerce Medals!

GSL has received three distinguished medals from the U.S. Department of Commerce.

Since 1949, the Department has granted honor awards in the form of Gold, Silver, and Bronze Medals. The Gold and Silver Medals are the highest and second highest honor granted by the Secretary of Commerce for distinguished and exceptional performance.

Eric Hackathorn and the Department of Commerce Gold Medal

GSL’s visualization expert Eric Hackathorn won a team Gold Medal for leadership in conceiving, developing, communicating and implementing innovative solutions for equitable resilience to heat’s health risks with the Urban Heat Island Project

Department of Commerce Gold Medal

GSL’s Assimilation and Verification Innovation Division (AVID) won a Gold Medal for scientific and engineering excellence in developing a revolutionary prediction tool that provides short-term probabilistic thunderstorm guidance (Warn on Forecast).

Department of Commerce Silver Medal winners

Ravan Ahmadov, Eric James, Sam Trahan – CIRES, Brian Jamison- CIRA, Kayee Wong- CIRA, Georg Grell, Ming Hu, Jebb Stewart, Curtis Alexander won a Silver medal for the operational value of predictions of wildfire smoke transport and its impact on weather to support air quality alerts and visibility forecasts (HRRR Smoke).

Last Update: February 26, 2024

Our Mission

Lead research and directed development through the transition of environmental data, models, products, tools, and services to support commerce, protect life and property, and promote a scientifically literate public.

Research Areas

Organizational Excellence, Earth System Prediction, Advanced Technologies, and Decision Support are the foundation to achieving the GSL Grand Challenge: Deliver actionable global storm-scale prediction and environmental information through advanced technologies to serve society.

Global Systems Laboratory