George Bryan's main research interests are cloud dynamics and numerical model development. Recently, he has studied the intensity of squall lines, the surface-based cold pools (i.e., gravity currents) in mesoscale convective systems, the triggering and spacing of orographic rainbands, the resolution dependence of convective processes in numerical models, and the maximum intensity of tropical cyclones.
Honors and Awards
American Meteorological Society
Clarence Leroy Meisinger Award, 2011
Banner I. Miller Award, 2010
Editor’s Award, Monthly Weather Review, 2007
Student Presentation Award, Conference on Severe Local Storms, 2000
Graduate Fellowship, 1996–1998
Royal Meteorological Society
Editor’s Award, Atmospheric Science Letters, 2014
UCAR Outstanding Accomplishment Award
Scientific and Technical Advancement, 2019 (for developing and supporting CM1)
Mesoscale and Microscale Meteorology Laboratory, NCAR
Outstanding Paper of the Year, 2015 (for Bryan and Morrison, 2012)
Outstanding Paper of the Year, 2012 (for Bryan and Rotunno, 2009c)
The Pennsylvania State University
Alumni Achievement Award, 2006
Muan/Wilson Graduate Fellow Award, 2001
Special Award for Teaching Support, 1999
Robert O. Cole Award, 1996
Outstanding Research Exhibit, Undergraduate Research Fair, 1996
University Scholars Honors Degree, 1996
NOAA/National Weather Service
Special Service Award, Eastern Region, 1999