2019
Dr. Thomas R. Loveland, USGS EROS (Individual Award)
Terra, NASA (Group Award)
2018
Barbara J. Ryan, former Director of the Group on Earth Observations (GEO) (Individual Award)
Ozone Monitoring Instrument (OMI) International Team (Group Award)
2017
Dr. Darrel Williams, Global Science & Technology, Inc. (Individual Award)
International Charter for Space and Major Disasters Team (Group Award)
2016
Curtis E. Woodcock, Boston University (Individual Award)
Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM), NASA (Group Award)
2015
Steven W. Running, University of Montana, (Individual Award)
EOSDIS, NASA (Group Award)
2014
Christopher O. Justice, University of Maryland (Individual Award)
Landsat 8, DOI USGS and NASA (Group Award)
2013
Dudley B. Chelton, Oregon State University (Individual Award)
2012
Gilberto Camara, National Institute for Space Research, Brazil (Individual Award)
Leung Tsang, University of Washington (Individual Award)
2011
Alan H. Strahler, Boston University (Individual Award)
Canada Centre for Remote Sensing (CCRS) (Group Award)
2010
Marvin E. Bauer, University of Minnesota (Individual Award)
U.S. Air Force Eagle Vision Team (Group Award)
2009
Forrest Hall, University of Maryland - Baltimore County (Individual Award)
CERES International Team (Group Award)
2008
Samuel N. Goward, University of Maryland-College Park (Individual Award)
QuikSCAT Mission Team (Group Award)
2007
Stanley A. Morain, University of New Mexico (Individual Award)
The Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE) (Group Award)
2006
John R. Jensen, University of South Carolina (Individual Award)
Total Ozone Mapping Spectrometer (TOMS) Team (Group Award)
2005
Jeff Dozier, University of California, Santa Barbara (Individual Award)
John R.G. Townshend, University of Maryland (Group Award)
2004
William Krabill, NASA Wallops Flight Facility (Individual Award)
Staff of the USGS EROS Data Center (Group Award)
2003
Thomas J. Jackson, U.S. Department of Agriculture (Individual Award)
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2002
Dr. Ichtiaque Rasool, NASA/International Geosphere-Biosphere Program (Individual Award)
Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite (UARS) Team (Group Award)
2001
Dr. Ronald J.P. Lyon, Stanford University (Individual Award)
Landsat 7 Satellite Team (Group Award)
2000
Dr. Fawwaz T. Ulaby, University of Michigan (Individual Award)
SeaWiFS Project Team (Group Award)