ITHACA, N.Y. -- Wilfried Brutsaert, the W.L. Lewis Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Cornell University, has been named winner of two major awards for his decades-long research into the Earth's resources, both in atmospheric sciences and hydrology.

Most recently he has been selected to receive the 2003 Jule G. Charney Award from the American Meteorological Society (AMS). The award recognizes "highly signiÞcant research or development achievement in the atmospheric or hydrologic sciences."

He was cited for "fundamental and far-reaching contributions to our understanding of the linkages between Earth's atmosphere and land surface." The award -- a medallion will be presented during the 83rd annual meeting of the AMS to be held in Long Beach, Calif., in February.

Brutsaert also has received the 2002 international award from the Japan Society of Hydrology and Water Resources "for signiÞcant contributions to progress in the field of hydrology and water resources and for valuable participation in the exchange of information on the international level within the society."

He joined the Cornell faculty in 1962 after earning his doctorate at the University of California-Davis. He has been a professor in Cornell's College of Engineering since 1974, teaching and researching hydrology and fluid mechanics. Currently he is developing methods to calculate regional evaporation from natural land surfaces covered with different types of vegetation. His research in Japan has included the detection of changing climate signals from the hydrologic cycle.