- Member, National Academy of Sciences, 2024
- Prince Albert I Medal, IUGG/IAPSO, 2017
- Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science, 2017
- Fridtjof Nansen Award, European Geosciences Union, 2017
- Henry Stommel Research Award, American Meteorological Society, 2017
- Fellow, The Oceanography Society, 2010
- Fellow, American Meteorological Society, 2008
- Fellow, American Geophysical Union, 2006
- Fellow, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 2003
- Huntsman Award (Bedford Institute of Oceanography), 2003
- Rosenstiel Award (University of Miami Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science), 2001
- NSF Presidential Young Investigator, 1987
- Mellon Foundation Fellowship (Scripps Institution of Oceanography), 1984
- Sigma Xi, 1976
- Phi Beta Kappa, 1976
