Raghavendra Ashrit, Visiting Scientist, Meteo-France for his paper, "ENSO-Monsoon relationships in a greenhouse warming scenario." Geophys. Res. Ltrs. (2001). 28(9):1727-1730.

Faisal Butt, The University of the West Indies, for his paper, "Modeling late cenozonic isostatic elevation changes in the Barents sea and their implications for oceanic and climatic regimes:preliminary results. Quaternary Sci. Rev. (2002). 21(14-15):1643-1660.

Cheng Weiguo, National Institute for Agro-Environmental Sciences, Japan, for his paper, "Effects of elevated carbon dioxide concentration on biological nitrogen fixation, nitrogen mineralization and carbon decomposition in submerged rice soil." Biol. Fertil. Soils (2001). 34:7-13.

Yogeshi Kant, Indian Department of Space, for his paper, "Studies on aerosol optical length in biomas burning areas using satellite and ground-based observations." Infrared Physics (2000). 41:21-28.

Nophea Kim Phat, Visiting Scientist, Max-Planck-Institute for Meteorology, Germany, for his paper, "Stand dynamics of dipterocarp trees in Cambodia’s evergreen forest and management implications. A case study in Sandan District, Kampong Thom." Jrl. Forest Plan. (2000): 6:13-23.

Luo Yunfeng, National Nature Sciences Foundation, China, for his paper, "Characteristics of spatial distribution and yearly variation of aerosol optical depth over China in last 30 years." Jrl. Geo. Res. (2001). 106(D13):14501-14513.

Nikobi Mpho Moleele, University of Botswana for his paper, "More woody plants? The status of bush encroachment in Botswana's grazing areas." Jrl. Envir. Mang. (2002). In press.

Harini Nagendra, Visiting Scientist, University of Indiana, USA , for her paper, "Biodiversity Assessment at multiple scales: Linking remotely sensed data with fields information." Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci.USA (1999). Vol 96, pp 9154-9158.

Srikanthan Ramachandran, Physical Research Laboratory, Ahmedabad, India, for his paper, "Premonsoon aerosol mass loadings and size distributions over the Arabian Sea and the tropical Indian Ocean," Journal of Geophysical Research, 107(D24), 4738, doi:10.1029/2002JD002386, 2002.

Mandadi Shekar Reddy, Visiting Scientist, Université des Sciences et Technologies de Lille, France, for his paper, "Inventory of Aerosol and Sulphur Dioxide Emissions from India: I-Fosil Fuel Combustion." Atmos. Environ. (2002) 36:677-697.

Fredolin Tangang, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, for his paper, "Low Frequency and Quasi-Biennal Oscillations in the Malaysian Precipitation Anomaly." Int. Jrl. Clim. (2001). 21:1199-1210.