Date: Fri, 22 Aug 2003 07:35:38 +0200 From: COSIS ManagerThe Eggs - Newsletter and information service of the EGU Published by EGU - Copyright 2003 ISSUE 04, 24/06/2003, summer 2003 View whole issue at www.the-eggs.org Download printed issue at www.the-eggs.org/data/eggs_4.pdf Print and Send buttons are located at the end of the text of each item. *********************************************************** The Eggs now offers FREE posting and searching of job positions: See Clic *********************************************************** CONTENTS *********************************************************** ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Articles ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The physical properties and climate effects of biomass burning aerosol and dust aerosol Jim Haywood on the SAFARI2000 and SHADE experiments with the UK Met Office C-130 aircraft Clic Ground-Based GPS for Climate and Numerical Weather Prediction Applications A summary of on-going activities of COST Action 716 from Gunnar Elgered and co-authors Clic ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ News ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Galileo, the European initiative to develop a global satellite navigation system Clic SOLAS Science Plan and Implementation Strategy Clic Mars Express on its way to the red planet Clic EU research project forges Arab-Israeli partnership to improve crops in Mediterranean drought areas Clic International Max Planck Research School on Physical Processes in the Solar System and Beyond Clic ISS Expedition 6 crew is back Clic Italy behind schedule in emission reduction commitment Clic Marine researchers from Bremen discover giant canyon off the coast of northwest Africa. Clic 'Dream Time' awards from NESTA Clic Europe moves into position to host ITER Clic Strong carbon cycle feedbacks in a climate model with interactive CO2 and sulphate aerosols Clic ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ EGU News ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ EUG Medallists, Honorary Fellows and Awardees at Nice 2003 EGS medallists, fellows and awardees will be presented in the next issue Clic Report on Press Room Activities at 2003 EGS-AGU-EUG Joint Assembly Clic New Seismology Editor at the Eggs Clic Hydrology-Young Scientist Outstanding Poster Paper awards Clic Assistant Editor at the Eggs Clic ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Book Reviews ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Catastrophic Landslides: Effects, Occurrence, and Mechanisms A collection of sixteen excellent papers Clic New Manual of Seismological Observatory Practice BOOK PRESENTATION: A joint international effort providing possibly the best book on seismology Clic Land-Ocean Interaction: Measuring and modelling fluxes from river basins to coastal areas A useful reference for scientists and planners specifically interested in the Humber system Clic ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Books available for review ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The Seismic Wavefield Volume II: Interpretation of Seismograms on Regional and Global Scales Clic ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Journal Watch ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Intercontinental transport of nitrogen oxide pollution Clic ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Education ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ An easy way to learn about solar system events Clic ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Letters ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Clic ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Courses ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Venice Summer Schools 2003: Integrated Water Management in Water Scarcity Conditions, Venice, Italy, (08/09/2003-13/09/2003) Clic ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Meetings ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Achieving Climate Predictability using Paleoclimate Data, San Feliu de Guixols (Costa Brava), Spain, (11/10/2003-16/10/2003) Clic Quantifying Ionospheric Variability, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa, (06/10/2003-10/10/2003) Clic First International Meeting on Applied Physics, Badajoz, Spain, (14/10/2003-18/10/2003) Clic 12th Int'l Symposium on Environmental Pollution and its impact on Life in the Mediterranean Region, Antalya, Turkey, (04/10/2003-08/10/2003) Clic