2016 ASLI Choice Awards Winners

The twelfth annual ASLI Choice Awards presentation took place in Seattle, WA during the 97th Annual AMS Meeting on Wed. Jan. 25, 2017 at 4:00 pm in Chelan 5 in the Washington State Convention Center.

ASLI’s Choice Committee was proud to present the 2016 winners from a field of several publishers. Again this year, there were three award categories: ASLI’s Choice (Science and Technology), History and Popular.

The winners are…

2016 ASLI Choice
Weather in the courtroom : memoirs from a career in forensic meteorology
By William H. Haggard
American Meteorological Society
ISBN: 9781940033952
ASLI’s Choice for an engaging book that draws readers to, and into, the compelling intersection of meteorology and law.

2016 ASLI Choice: Historical Category
Extreme weather: forty years of research / by the Tornado and Storm Research Organisation
By Dr. Robert K. Doe, Editor
John Wiley & Sons Inc.
ISBN: 9781118949955
ASLI’s Choice for a detailed, thorough description of severe UK weather, past and present, and in recognition and celebration of TORRO!

2016 ASLI Choice: Popular Category
Aurora : in search of the northern lights
By Melanie Windridge
William Collins
ISBN: 9780008156091
ASLI’s Choice for an accessible blend of auroral science and description told through the travel adventures that made it possible.