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)
- Pecora Award Press Release, 2013
2012
- Gilberto Cámara, National Institute for Space Research, Brazil (Individual Award)
- Leung Tsang, University of Washington (Individual Award)
- Pecora Award Press Release, 2012
2011
- Alan H. Strahler, Boston University (Individual Award)
- Canada Centre for Remote Sensing (CCRS) (Group Award)
- Pecora Award Press Release, 2011
2010
- Marvin Bauer, University of Minnesota (Individual Award)
- U.S. Air Force Eagle Vision Team (Group Award)
- Pecora Award Press Release, 2010
2009
- Forrest Hall, University of Maryland - Baltimore County (Individual Award)
- CERES International Team (Group Award)
- Pecora Award Press Release, 2009
2008
- Samuel N. Goward, University of Maryland-College Park (Individual Award)
- QuikSCAT Mission Team (Group Award)
- Pecora Award Press Release, 2008
2007
- Stanley A. Morain, University of New Mexico (Individual Award)
- Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE) Team (Group Award)
- Pecora Award Press Release, 2007
2006
- John R. Jensen, University of South Carolina (Individual Award)
- Total Ozone Mapping Spectrometer (TOMS) Team (Group Award)
- Pecora Award Press Release, 2006
2005
- Jeff Dozier, University of California, Santa Barbara (Individual Award)
- John R. G. Townshend, University of Maryland (Individual Award)
- Pecora Award Press Release, 2005
2004
- William Krabill, NASA (Individual Award)
- Staff of the USGS EROS (Group Award)
- Pecora Award Press Release, 2004
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]
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William T. Pecora Awards
Nomination window for Pecora 2023 Individual and Team Awards: February 1 - May 1, 2023.
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