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              Born in Devon, UK; Canadian citizen 1971
              B.Sc. (Hons.) (1963) University of Bristol
              M.A. (1964) McMaster University
              Ph.D. (1967) McMaster University
              D.Sc. h.c. (2005) Łódź University
 


              Awards
     Helmut E. Landsberg Award, American Meteorological Society, 2006
     Massey Medal, Royal Canadian Geographical Society, 2005
      Luke Howard Award, International Association for Urban Climate, 2004
      Fellow, American Meteorological Society, elected 2004
        Fellow, Canadian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society, 2003
        Patterson Medal, Meteorological Service of Canada, 2002
        Award for Outstanding Achievement in Biometeorology, American Meteorological Society 2002
        Fellow, Royal Society of Canada, 1991
        Fellow, Royal Canadian Geographical Society, 1991
        Fellow, Guggenheim Foundation, New York, NY, 1990
        Killam Research Prize, Killam Foundation, 1988
        Award for Scholarly Distinction, Canadian Association of Geographers, 1986
       
Killam Senior Research Fellowship, University of British Columbia, 1982
        President's Prize, Canadian Meteorological Society, 1972

             Employment
        UBC, Assist. Prof., 1970-71; Assoc. Prof., 1971-78; Professor, 1978-2006; Head, 1991-96; Emeritus Prof. of Geography 2007-
      McGill University, Montréal, PQ, Assistant Professor, 1967-70
        Accredited Consultant, Canadian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society, 1987-

             Professional Service
      President, International Association for Urban Climate, 2001-03; Past President 2003-
      World Meteorological Organization – Expert Team on Training in Urban Climatology, 2003- ;
        Expert Team on Surface Technol. and Measurement Techniques, 2002-
      Grant Review Committee, Canada Foundation for Climate & Atmos. Sci., Member 2000-02; Chair 2002-03
      Editor-in-Chief, Atmosphere-Ocean, 1977-80
      Board of International Journal of Climatology, 1980-87
      Board of Boundary-Layer Meteorology, 1986-97
     Board of Progress in Physical Geography, 1987-
      Associate Editor, Atmospheric Environment, 1987-99
     
Editor, Theoretical and Applied Climatology, 1998-2007
     
Associate Editor, Encyclopedia of Hydrological Sciences
, 2002-05
      Associate Editor, Encyclopedia of Weather and Climate, 2004-05

   Scholarly Contributions

    For list of publications,  see Journal Publications (post-1988) or Selected Earlier Papers
    To access review of career contributions, see Arnfield 2006