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- ↑ "Walter H. Bucher Medal". American Institute of Physics (AIP) Niels Bohr Library & Archives. (For many years the medal was awarded every two years.)
- ↑ Ackermann, William C. (1968). "First Award of the Walter H. Bucher Medal, April 8, 1968". Transactions, American Geophysical Union. 49 (2): 439. Bibcode:1968TrAGU..49..439A. doi:10.1029/TR049i002p00439.
- ↑ "Walter H. Bucher Medal, Past Recipients". AGU - American Geophysical Union.
- ↑ "Bucher Medal (as of 2011)" (PDF). AGU. 2011.
- ↑ Bradley, W. H. (1969). Walter Hermann Bucher 1888–1965 (PDF). National Academy of Sciences Biographical Memoirs. Washington, D.C.
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