Robert F. Cahalan, Head of the Climate and Radiation Branch of NASA/Goddard’s Laboratory for Atmospheres in the Earth Sciences Division, was recently elected a Fellow of the American Meteorological Society (AMS). He is being recognized for his pioneering theoretical and experimental advances in understanding the role of cloud structure in climate; his lead role as Project Scientist of the Solar Radiation and Climate Experiment (SORCE); and his leadership in three-dimensional atmospheric radiative transfer.

New Fellows are elected each year by the AMS Executive Council from a slate submitted by the Fellows Committee of not more than one-tenth of 1 percent of all AMS Members. The formal announcement of Dr. Cahalan’s election will take place at the 90th AMS Annual Meeting in Atlanta, Georgia during January 17-21, 2010.