James Kirchner receives Langbein Lecture

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The hydrology section of the American Geophysical Union AGU has awarded the Langbein Lecture for 2016 to James Kirchner.

by Gabrielle Attinger
Prof. James Kirchner
Professor James W. Kirchner, head of the group Physics of Environmental Systems (© D-USYS)

This award is given to one scientist world­wide each year for lifetime contri­butions to the science of hydrology and/or for un­selfish cooperation in hydrologic research. It is named after Walter B. Langbein (1907-1982), a pioneer in hydrology and geomorphology, who was always full of ideas and freely gave those ideas and the credit for them to others. The Langbein Lecture has been awarded since 1992. The awardee gives an hour-long lecture at AGU’s annual meeting in December in San Fransisco.

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