The Gold Medal is the Royal Astronomical Society’s highest honour and can be awarded for any reason, but usually recognises outstanding lifetime achievement. It is wonderful to have this formally acknowledged’ Professor Palmer said. More recently, Professor Palmer has researched how ensemble forecasting can help predict uncertainty in many other fields, including COVID-19, economic, and conflict prediction. Ultimately, this inspired Professor Palmer to change fields after completing his doctorate, and move into climate dynamics and prediction. To date, Professor Palmer has published over 260 research papers in international peer-reviewed journals (including 13 articles in Nature), which have attracted over 25,000 citations.
