Dr. W. Richard Peltier

The contributions of Richard Peltier to our knowledge of the earth's interior and the atmosphere through the application of rigorous fluid dynamics have been outstanding. In meteorology, he has, through sophisticated three-dimensional modelling, provided an understanding of nonlinear aspects of motions and waves, their behaviour and stability, and the onset of turbulence. In his studies of the earth's mantle, its viscosity, phase changes, conditions for large-scale convection and the mechanism of post-glacial rebound he is, without exaggeration, an acknowledged world leader.