Hong Kong Meteorological Society
Zhu Kezhen Prize
- In order to commemorate the outstanding service to the Society
of its founding Chairman, Mr. Patrick Sham Pak, and in honour of the distinguished
Chinese meteorologist, Zhu Kezhen, a prize termed the Zhu Kezhen Prize
shall be awarded annually by the Society.
- The Prize shall or shall not be awarded on the recommendation
of a Prize Award Panel duly constituted by the Executive Committee of
the Society for a meritorious publication in the field of meteorology
during the preceding calendar year, published in a peer-reviewed journal
or periodical. The Prize Award Panel shall comprise three fellows appointed
by the Executive Committee to serve a one year term.
- The Prize shall consist of a cash prize, the amount to be determined
by the Executive Committee of the Society from time to time on the basis
of the income generated from the Patrick Sham Zhu Kezhen Prize Trust Fund,
together with a certificate bearing the Society's crest and signed by the
current Chairman, and shall be presented to the awardee at the Annual General
Meeting of the Society.
- Eligibility for the Prize shall be confined to students engaged
in undergraduate or post-graduate research in meteorology and related subjects
at a tertiary institution in Hong Kong, and who are members of the Society.
No person shall be eligible for the award a second time.
Winners of Zhu Kezhen Prize
Year 1999
Lee Ying Man, Department of Physics and Materials Science, City University of Hong Kong - Research paper titled
“Lidar & Radiosonde Observations of the
Planetary Boundary Layer over Hong Kong”
Year 2004
Wong Tse Man, Ken, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Hong Kong – Thesis titled “Red
Tides and Algal Blooms in Subtropical Hong Kong Waters, Field Observations
and Lagrangian Modelling”
Wu Man Chi, Department of Physics and Materials Science, City University of Hong Kong – Research paper titled
“Relationships between Summer and Winter Monsoons over East Asia” published
in International Journal of Climatology 2005
Year 2006
Martin M.L. Wong, Department of Physics and Materials Science, City University of Hong Kong – Research paper titled
“Tropical Cyclone Motion in response to Land Surface Friction” published
in Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences in 2006
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