William T. Pecora Award Recipients

2022

• Professor Susan L. Ustin (Individual Award)
• The Aqua Mission Team (Group Award)
• Pecora Award Press Release, 2022 

2021

• Dr. Frank Muller-Karger (Individual Award)
• AmericaView (Group Award)
• Pecora Award Press Release, 2021

2020

• Ms. Kass Green (Individual Award)
• Landsat 5 Flight Operations Team (Group Award)
• Pecora Award Press Release, 2020

2019

• Dr. Thomas R. Loveland, USGS Earth Resources Observation and Science Center (Individual Award)
• Terra, NASA (Group Award)
• Pecora Award Press Release, 2019

2018

• Barbara J. Ryan, former Director of the Group on Earth Observations (GEO) (Individual Award)
• Ozone Monitoring Instrument (OMI) International Team (Group Award)
• Pecora Award Press Release, 2018

2017

• Dr. Darrel Williams, Global Science & Technology, Inc. (Individual Award)
• International Charter for Space and Major Disasters Team (Group Award)
• Pecora Award Press Release, 2017

2016

• Curtis E. Woodcock, Boston University (Individual Award)
• Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM), NASA (Group Award)
• Pecora Award Press Release, 2016

2015

• Steven W. Running, University of Montana (Individual Award)
• EOSDIS, NASA (Group Award)
• [no press release available]

2014

• Christopher O. Justice, University of Maryland (Individual Award)
• Landsat 8, DOI USGS and NASA (Group Award)
• Pecora Award Press Release, 2014

2013

• Dudley B. Chelton, Oregon State University (Individual Award)
• [no press release available]

2012

• Gilberto Cámara, National Institute for Space Research, Brazil (Individual Award)
• Leung Tsang, University of Washington (Individual Award)
• [no press release available]

2011

• Alan H. Strahler, Boston University (Individual Award)
• Canada Centre for Remote Sensing (CCRS) (Group Award)
• [no press release available]

2010

• Marvin Bauer, University of Minnesota (Individual Award)
• U.S. Air Force Eagle Vision Team (Group Award)
• [no press release available]

2009

• Forrest Hall, University of Maryland - Baltimore County (Individual Award)
• CERES International Team (Group Award)
• [no press release available]

2008

• Samuel N. Goward, University of Maryland-College Park (Individual Award)
• QuikSCAT Mission Team (Group Award)
• [no press release available]

2007

• Stanley A. Morain, University of New Mexico (Individual Award)
• Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE) Team (Group Award)
• [no press release available]

2006

• John R. Jensen, University of South Carolina (Individual Award)
• Total Ozone Mapping Spectrometer (TOMS) Team (Group Award)
• [no press release available]

2005

• Jeff Dozier, University of California, Santa Barbara (Individual Award)
• John R. G. Townshend, University of Maryland (Individual Award)
• [no press release available]

2004

• William Krabill, NASA (Individual Award)
• Staff of the USGS EROS (Group Award)
• [no press release available]

2003

• Thomas J. Jackson, U.S. Department of Agriculture (Individual Award)
• [no press release available]

2002

• Ichtiaque Rasool, NASA/International Geosphere-Biosphere Program (Individual Award)
• Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite (UARS) Team (Group Award)
• Pecora Award Press Release, 2002

2001

• Ronald J.P. Lyon, Stanford University (Individual Award)
• Landsat 7 Satellite Team (Group Award)
• Pecora Award Press Release, 2001

2000

• Fawwaz T. Ulaby, University of Michigan (Individual Award)
• SeaWiFS Project Team (Group Award) 
• Pecora Award Press Release, 2000

1999

• John E. Estes, University of California, Santa Barbara (Individual Award)
• [no press release available]

1998

• John R. Apel, Global Ocean Associates (Individual Award)
• TOPEX/Poseidon Team (Group Award)
• [no press release available]

1997

• Compton J. Tucker, NASA (Individual Award)
• [no press release available]

1996

• Crofton B. Farmer, Jet Propulsion Laboratory (Individual Award)
• M. Patrick McCormick, Hampton University (Individual Award)
• [no press release available]

1995

• Philip N. Slater, University of Arizona (Individual Award)
• [no press release available]

1994

• J. Robert Porter, Earth Satellite Corporation (Individual Award)
• [no press release available]

1993

• Ray D. Jackson, U.S. Department of Agriculture (Individual Award)
• [no press release available]

1992

• Shelby G. Tilford, NASA (Individual Award)
• [no press release available]

1991

• David S. Simonett, University of California, Santa Barbara (posthumously) (Individual Award)
• [no press release available]

1990

• David A. Landgrebe, Purdue University (Individual Award)
• [no press release available]

1989

• Moustafa T. Chahine, NASA (Individual Award)
• [no press release available]

1988

• William J. Campbell, USGS (Individual Award)
• [no press release available]

1987

• Francis P. Bretherton, National Center for Atmospheric Research (Individual Award)
• Vincent V. Salomonson, NASA
• [no press release available]

1986

• Allen H. Watkins, USGS (Individual Award)
• [no press release available]

1985

• Charles Elachi, NASA (Individual Award)
• [no press release available]

1984

• Archibald B. Park, Globex, Inc. (Individual Award)
• [no press release available]

1983

• Floyd F. Sabins, Jr., Chevron Oil Field Research Co. (Individual Award)
• [no press release available]

1982

• Alexander F.H. Goetz, NASA (Individual Award)
• Lawrence C. Rowan, USGS (Individual Award)
• [no press release available]

1981

• Leonard Jaffe, NASA (Individual Award)
• James R. Anderson, USGS (posthumously) (Individual Award)
• [no press release available]

1980

• Verner E. Suomi, University of Wisconsin (Individual Award)
• [no press release available]

1979

• John M. DeNoyer, USGS (Individual Award)
• Virginia T. Norwood, Hughes Aircraft Co. (Individual Award)
• [no press release available]

1978

• David S. Johnson, National Environmental Satellite Service, Dept. of Commerce (Individual Award)
• [no press release available]

1977

• Robert N. Colwell, University of California, Berkeley (Individual Award)
• Michel T. Halbouty, The Halbouty Center (Individual Award)
• [no press release available]

1976

• Environmental Research Inst. of Michigan and Laboratory for Applications of Remote Sensing of Purdue University (Group Award)
• [no press release available]

1975

• William Nordberg, NASA (Individual Award)
• Carlos Brockmann, Landsat-Bolivia Project (Individual Award)
• [no press release available]

1974

• William A. Fischer, USGS (Individual Award)
• [no press release available]