Robert E. Horton Medal

official
Organizer
American Geophysical Union
Why it counts
Union medal awarded by the American Geophysical Union (AGU) for outstanding contributions to the geophysical aspects of hydrology; established in 1974 in honor of hydrologist Robert E. Horton, first awarded 1976 (biennial until 1994, annual since)
Held
annual, recipients announced by the AGU in summer/autumn, presented at the AGU Fall (Annual) Meeting Honors Ceremony in December; year = award year

Reigning winners

Horton Medal recipient · 2023

YearHorton Medal recipient
2023 Andrea Rinaldo
2022 Efi Foufoula-Georgiou
2021 Diane M. McKnight
2019 S. Majid Hassanizadeh
2018 Dennis P. Lettenmaier
2017 Eric Wood
2016 Thomas Dunne
2015 Günter Blöschl