Date: Sun, 30 Nov 2003 16:39:08 -0700
From: Joann C Joselyn
The IUGG Electronic Journal
Volume 3 No. 12 (December 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. Meetings selected for IUGG support in 2004
2. The Role of Science in the Information Society
3. Quadrennial Reports added to IUGG web page
4. Awards and Honors
5. Call for Nominations for 2004 Awards and Prizes
6. IUGG-related meetings occurring during December 2003 - February 2004
1. Meetings selected for IUGG support in 2004
IUGG co-sponsors symposia and meetings appropriate to our disciplines of
study. $20,000 (USD) is allocated annually to assist meetings, and
especially to support the attendance of young scientists and scientists
from developing countries. Officers of the Union, Associations and
Inter-Association Commissions and Committees propose meetings to receive
these awards. For 2004, IUGG will support the following meetings. More
information about each of them can be obtained under the "Calendar"
option on the IUGG Web site [www.IUGG.org].
International Symposium on Gravity, Geoid, and Space Missions
(GGSM2004), 30 August - 3 September, Porto, Portugal
2nd IAGA/ICMA Workshop on Vertical Coupling in the Atmosphere/
Ionosphere System, 12-15 July, Bath, UK.
Conference on Water Observation and Information System for Decision
Support (BALWOIS), 25-29 May, Ohrid, FY Republic of Macedonia
International Conference on Hydrology of Mountain Environments, 27
September - 1 October, Berchtesgaden, Germany
International Workshop on Forecasting and Data Assimilation in the
Benguela Current and Comparable Systems, 8-11 November, Cape Town, South
Africa
International Workshop on New and Classical Applications of Heat Flow
Studies, 4-7 October, Aachen, Germany
4th International Workshop on Magnetic, Electric, and Electromagnetic
Methods in Seismology and Volcanology (MEEMSV), 5-9 September, La Londe
Les Maures, France
2nd International Symposium on Volcanic Ash and Aviation Safety,
Washington, D.C.
35th COSPAR Scientific Assembly, 18-25 July, Paris, France
3rd SPARC General Assembly, 1-6 August, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
IUGG GeoRisk Commission 3rd Workshop, 2-4 December, Hyderabad, India
IUGG SEDI (Studies in Earth's Deep Interior) Commission Workshop, 4-9
July, Garmish-Parenkirchen, Germany
2. The Role of Science in the Information Society
The International Council for Science (ICSU) has arranged for IUGG to be
represented at the December 8-9, 2003 conference in Geneva, Switzerland,
on the Role of Science in the Information Society. Arthur Askew will
represent IUGG at this 'summit event' of the World Summit on the
Information Society (WSIS - web site cern.ch/rsis). An
important aim is to make information and communication technology (ICT)
more accessible and useful to the Least Developed Countries as they seek
to reduce the "digital divide" and provide better lives for their people.
3. Quadrennial Reports added to IUGG web page
The South African 1999-2003 National Report to the International
Association of Geodesy has now been added to the IUGG Web site.
The 1999-2002 National Report from Portugal has also been added to the
IUGG Web site. Specific Sections were prepared for the International
Association of Geodesy, the International Association of Meteorology and
Atmospheric Sciences, the International Association for the Physical
Sciences of the Oceans, the International Association of Seismology and
Physics of the Earth's Interior, and the International Association of
Volcanology and Chemistry of the Earth's Interior
On the index page, please look for these reports under National
Committee Reports, beneath MEMBER COUNTRIES.
4. Awards and Honors
Dr. Grant Heiken, Secretary of the Inter-Associations Commission on
Geophysical Risk and Sustainability (GeoRisk) and former President of
International Association of Volcanology and Chemistry of the Earth's
Interior (IAVCEI) was recently elected a Fellow of the American
Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).
Professor James Dooge, past President of the International Association
of Hydrological Sciences (IAHS), past member of the IUGG Bureau, and
past President of the International Council of Sciences (ICSU), received
the International Medal from the Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) in
recognition of his work in hydrology. ICE was established in the U.K.
in 1818 and now represents 80,000 professionally qualified civil
engineers worldwide.
Dr. Harsh Gupta, IUGG Bureau Member, was invited by the
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission to present the Anton Bruun
Memorial Lecture on 25 June 2003, at the UNESCO House, Paris. The
lecture was on "Gas Hydrates - A Potential Source of Energy from the
Oceans".
5. Call for Nominations for 2004 Awards and Prizes
The International Ozone Commission of the IUGG/International Association
of Meteorology and Atmospheric Sciences (IAMAS) invites nominations for
the "Dobson Award for young scientists." The award is granted for one
or more outstanding research paper(s) in atmospheric sciences published
or accepted in a refereed journal since the last Quadrennial Ozone
Symposium (July 2000) by a scientist within 10 years of completing his
or her Ph.D. The person nominated for the award should be the first
author of the cited paper. For additional information, visit the
internet site www.QOS2004.gr or contact Prof. C. Zerefos at
zerefos@geol.uoa.gr . The nomination deadline is 31 December 2003.
The "Mariolopoulos-Kanaginis Foundation for the Environmental Sciences"
is a non-profit non-governmental organization that aims to promote and
award atmospheric environmental research. Nominations are now being
accepted for their biennial "WMO Professor Mariolopoulos Trust Fund
Award" for an outstanding research paper in atmospheric sciences
published or accepted during 2002-2003 in a referred journal by a young
scientist (age below 35 years of age at the time of publication). For
additional information, visit the internet site
lap.physics.auth.gr/mkf/ or contact Prof. C. Zerefos at
zerefos@geol.uoa.gr. The nomination deadline is 31 March 2004.
The Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences invites nominations
for the Heineken Prizes 2004. The Prizes, 150,000 US dollars each,
reward outstanding scientific achievement in the fields of biochemistry
and biophysics, medicine, history and environmental sciences. The
selection of the candidates is based on the nominations received from
other scientists or from scientific institutions throughout the world.
Nominations should be made on special forms and submitted to the Academy
before 1 January 2004. Nomination forms and general information are
available from: www.knaw.nl/heinekenprizes or contact the Royal
Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences, E-mail:
heinekenprizes@bureau.knaw.nl
6. IUGG-related meetings occurring during December 2003 - February 2004
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.
December 3 - 6 IAHS/IHP, Rome, Italy, International Symposium on The Basis
of Civilization - Water Science?
December 8 - 12 AGU, San Francisco, USA, AGU Fall Meeting
January 28 - 30 IAHS, Warangal, India, Conference on Advanced Modelling
Techniques for Sustainable Management of Water Resources
February 9 - 10 ICSU, Paris, France, Unions Meeting
End of IUGG Electronic Journal Volume 3 Number 12 (December 2003)
J. A. Joselyn, Secretary General [www.IUGG.org]
secretariat@iugg.org fax: 1 303 497 3645