Since 1893, the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences has awarded, once every 10 years, a golden Buys Ballot Medal to a scientist who has made outstanding contributions to the development of meteorology. The award was instituted in 1888 in honor of C. H. D. Buys Ballot (1817-90), upon his retirement as professor of physics at the University of Utrecht. Today, Buys Ballot is remembered best by Buys Ballot's law, which gives the relation between wind and pressure. He derived this law from observations and published it in 1857. Buys Ballot was a pioneer both in weather forecasting and in recognizing the need for international cooperation in meteorology. He founded the Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute (KNMI) in 1854 and served as itschief director until his death, and was first president (1873-79) of the International Meteorological Committee, a predecessor of the World Meteorological Organization (WMO).
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机译：自1893年以来，荷兰皇家艺术科学学院每10年就向一位为气象学的发展做出杰出贡献的科学家颁发一枚Buys Ballot金奖。该奖项于1888年设立，以纪念C. H. D. Buys Ballot（1817-90）退休，他是乌得勒支大学的物理学教授。如今，Buys Ballot定律最能记住“ Buss Ballot”，该定律给出了风与压力之间的关系。他从观测中得出该定律，并于1857年发表。BuysBallot是天气预报和认识到国际气象学合作的先驱。他于1854年创建了荷兰皇家气象学院（KNMI），并一直担任其首席局长直至去世，并且是世界气象组织（WMO）的前任国际气象委员会的第一任主席（1873-79）。
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