Date: Mon, 01 Sep 2003 11:41:28 -0600
From: Joann C Joselyn 

The IUGG Electronic Journal
Volume 3 No. 9  (September 1, 2003)

This short, informal newsletter is intended to keep IUGG Member National 
Committees informed about the activities of the IUGG Associations, and 
actions of the IUGG Secretariat.  Past issues are posted on the IUGG Web 
site.  Please forward this message to those who will benefit from the 
information. Your comments are welcome.

Contents
1.   IUGG General Assembly
2    National Reports are posted on the IUGG Web site
3.   Awards and Honors
4.   Nominations requested for COSPAR award
5.   New books from IAHS Press
6.   IUGG-related meetings occurring during September - November 2003


1.   IUGG Statutes and By-Laws, and Union Resolutions are posted on the 
IUGG Web site

The revised IUGG Statutes and By-Laws, and the Resolutions adopted at 
the 23rd IUGG General Assembly are now posted on the IUGG web page. 
They are available in both English and French.

2.   National Reports are posted on the IUGG Web site

National Reports from the following countries are now posted on the IUGG 
Web page (www.IUGG.org):  Argentina, Canada, China, Croatia, 
Finland, India, Indonesia, Japan, Romania, Russia, South Africa, Spain, 
Thailand, and Turkey.  Many of these countries also provided printed 
copies for distribution in Sapporo.  In addition, excellent printed 
reports were prepared by France and Hungary.  IUGG appreciates the time 
and energy required to assemble these reports that showcase the 
IUGG-related research being done within the respective countries, and 
provide points of contact for collaborations.  Please view these reports 
and either print out copies as needed or request a printed copy directly 
from the individual National Committees.

	All IUGG National Committees are encouraged to prepare Internet 
sites now that provide such appropriate information, and to maintain them 
throughout the new quadrennium.  The addresses of these sites will be 
provided in the IUGG Yearbook and will be posted on the IUGG web page.

3.   Awards and Honors

The European Geophysical Society awarded medals to a number of 
individuals at their recent annual meeting in Nice, France.  The 
following persons active in IUGG, received awards.

Prof. Véronique Dehant, Head of the Time, Earth Rotation, and Space 
Geodesy section at the Royal Observatory of Belgium and President of IAG 
Commission 3: Earth Rotation and Geodynamics, received the Vening 
Meinesz Medal in recognition of "outstanding contributions to the study 
of nutations of the Earth's axis of rotation and their implications for 
the structure of the Earth's core."

Prof. Barbara Romanowicz, Chair of the Department of Earth and Planetary 
Science at the University of California, Berkeley, and member of the 
IASPEI Executive Committee, received the Beno Gutenberg Medal for 
"outstanding contributions to wide-ranging topics of theoretical 
seismology and to the development of broadband seismic networks on land 
and in the oceans."


4.  Nominations requested for COSPAR award

The Committee on Space Research (COSPAR) is inviting nominations for the 
following two awards, to be presented at the 35th COSPAR Scientific 
Assembly to be held in Paris, France, 18-25 July 2004.  Previous award 
winners are listed at www.cosparhq.org/Awards/awards.htm

The first is the Massey Award, 'to recognize outstanding contributions 
to the development of space research, interpreted in the widest sense, 
in which a leadership role is of particular importance.'

The second is the Vikram Sarabhai award, 'for outstanding contributions 
to space research in developing countries.'  In this case, the work 
should have been done primarily between 1998-2003.

  In order to meet the COSPAR deadline, nominations are due by 17 
October to Eigil Friis-Christensen, IUGG Liaison to COSPAR, with a copy 
to the IUGG Secretariat.


5.   New IAHS Publications

The International Association of Hydrological Sciences (IAHS) has just 
announced four new titles in their Publications Series:  Details about 
these and other publications, including abstracts of the papers in each 
volume, can be found on the IAHS web site: www.iahs.info

  HYDROLOGY OF MEDITERRANEAN AND SEMIARID REGIONS, Publ. 278, edited by 
E. Servat, W. Najem, C. Leduc, and A. Shakeel

  WATER RESOURCES SYSTEMS-WATER AVAILABILITY AND GLOBAL CHANGE, Publ. 
280, edited by S. Franks, G. Blöschl, M. Kumagai, and D. Rosbjerg

  WATER RESOURCES SYSTEMS-HYDROLOGICAL RISK, MANAGEMENT AND DEVELOPMENT, 
Publ. 281, edited by G. Blöschl, S. Franks, M. Kumagai, K. Musiake, and 
D. Rosbjerg

  WEATHER RADAR AND DISTRIBUTED HYDROLOGICAL MODELLING, PUBL. 282, 
edited by Y. Tachikawa, B. Vieux, K.P. Georgakakos, and E. Nakakita


6.    IUGG-related meetings occurring during September - November 2003

A calendar of meetings of interest to IUGG disciplines (especially those 
organized by IUGG Associations) is posted on the IUGG Web Site 
[www.IUGG.org]. Specific information about these meetings can be found 
there.  Individual Associations also list more meetings on their web 
sites appropriate to their disciplines.

August 31 - September 6	SEDI, Caramulo, Portugal, Workshop on Mathematical 
Aspects of Natural Dynamos

September 1 - 5	IAHR, Barcelona , Spain, 3rd IAHR Symposium on River, 
Coastal and Estuarine Morphodynamics

September 1 - 5	IAUC/IAMAS, Lodz, Poland, 5th International Conference on 
Urban Climate (ICUC-5)

September 6 - 11	SEDI, Acquafredda di Maratea, Italy, EuroConference on 
Multi-Disciplinary Studies of the Mantle and Core

September 10 - 12	IAHS, Davos, Switzerland, 3rd International Conference on 
Debris-Flow Hazards Mitigation: Mechanics, Prediction and Assessment

September 15 - 18	IAGA, Prague	Czech Republic, 3rd IAGA Workshop on Solar Forcing of 
the Middle Atmosphere

September 15 - 19	IAH, Prague, Czech Republic, International Conference on 
Groundwater in Fractured Rocks

September 15 - 19	IGBP/WCRP, Hamburg , Germany, International Conference on 
Earth System Modelling

September 17 -  20	IAVCEI, Milos Island, Greece, South Aegean Active 
Volcanic Arc: Present Knowledge And Future Perspectives

September 29 - October 11	IASPEI, Trieste, Italy, 7th Workshop on Non-linear 
Dynamics and Earthquake Prediction

October 6 - 10		URSI/COSPAR, Grahamstown, South Africa, International 
Reference Ionosphere (IRI) Workshop

October 8 -10		IGBP/GWSP, Portsmouth, New Hampshire, USA, Global Water System 
Project (GWSP) Open Science Project

October 8 - 12		IASPEI, Novosibirsk, Russia, International Conference on 
Mathematical Geophysics

October 13 - 15	URSI, Matera, Italy, Workshop on Atmospheric Remote Sensing 
using Satellite Navigation Systems

October 14 - 16	IASPEI, Tanta, Egypt, 3rd International Symposium on Geophysics

November 6 - 7	IUGG/EMSEV, Athens, Greece, Workshop on Earthquake Prediction

November 7 - 11	China Geophysical Society, Beijing, China, 6th China 
International Geo-electromagnetic Workshop

November 10 - 15	IAGA, Moscow, Russia, Russian School on Electromagnetic 
Sounding of the Earth

November 16 - 19	START (IGBP, IGBP, IHDP), Trieste, Italy, 1st International 
Young Scientists Global Change Conference


End of IUGG Electronic Journal Volume 3 Number 9 (September 2003)
J. A. Joselyn, Secretary General  [www.IUGG.org]
secretariat@iugg.org        fax:  1 303 497 3645