Date: Tue, 6 Jul 2004 09:41:28 +0200 (CEST) From: egu@copernicus.org To: feissel@ensg.ign.fr Subject: The Eggs Issue 8 - Newsletter and information service of the EGU ISSUE 8, Northern Hemisphere summer 2004 View whole issue online at www.the-eggs.org Printable issue in pdf journal format at www.the-eggs.org/data/eggs_8.pdf Back issues in pdf journal format at www.the-eggs.org/print_issue.php Archive search at www.the-eggs.org/archive.php Print and Send buttons are located at the end of the text of each item. CONTENTS *********************************************************** ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Articles ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ A WORD FROM THE PRESIDENT The EGU Assembly is moving to Vienna next year http://the-eggs.org/articles.php?id=50 Elaboration and analysis of Ulysses' observations, in the vicinity of a magnetohydrodynamic shock by Marhavilas, Sarris and Anagnostopoulos http://the-eggs.org/articles.php?id=47 Union Awards and Division & Section Medals Presentations EGU 2004 http://the-eggs.org/articles.php?id=49 Minutes of the Ninth IOCCG Committee Meeting, 15-17 January 2004, Hyderabad, India http://the-eggs.org/articles.php?id=48 Ennvironmental technologies and growth An interview with Michel Catinat, in charge of environmental aspects of Enterprise Policy at EC http://the-eggs.org/articles.php?id=51 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ News ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Plan for global Earth monitoring agreed at Tokyo summit http://the-eggs.org/news.php?id=154&typeid=0 The Global Ocean Data Assimilation Experiment (GODAE) http://the-eggs.org/news.php?id=152&typeid=0 Announcement of opportunity for young scientists from developing countries http://the-eggs.org/news.php?id=159&typeid=0 New Member States at ESA http://the-eggs.org/news.php?id=150&typeid=0 European Science and Technology Week http://the-eggs.org/news.php?id=153&typeid=0 Mars Express confirms methane in the Martian atmosphere http://the-eggs.org/news.php?id=151&typeid=0 Ocean Science Awards: Nominations sought http://the-eggs.org/news.php?id=168&typeid=0 International Max Planck Research School on Physical Processes in the Solar System and Beyond http://the-eggs.org/news.php?id=166&typeid=0 XX Quadrennial Symposium on Atmospheric Ozone http://the-eggs.org/news.php?id=170&typeid=0 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ EGU News ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The Media for EGU's move to electronic publishing http://the-eggs.org/news.php?id=157&typeid=1 Uli Poeschl new Atmospheric Sciences Section President http://the-eggs.org/news.php?id=156&typeid=1 Results of the first EGU Election 2004 http://the-eggs.org/news.php?id=165&typeid=1 Nominations open for BG http://the-eggs.org/news.php?id=167&typeid=1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Book Reviews ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Treatise on Geochemistry Nice but expensive http://the-eggs.org/bookreviews.php?id=28 Treatise on Geochemistry Volume 1. Meteorites, Comets, and Planets A good overview of the recent developments in the field http://the-eggs.org/bookreviews.php?id=23 Treatise On Geochemistry Volume 3. The Crust Outstanding volume editing http://the-eggs.org/bookreviews.php?id=27 Treatise on Geochemistry Volume 4. The Atmosphere Huge amount of material brought together and synthesized by well-known, active practitioners http://the-eggs.org/bookreviews.php?id=24 Treatise on Geochemistry Volume 6. The Oceans and Marine Geochemistry Benchmark for chemical oceanographers and geochemists http://the-eggs.org/bookreviews.php?id=25 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Journal Watch ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Long-term variations of the UV-B radiation over Central Europe http://the-eggs.org/news.php?id=160&typeid=2 Pre-earthquake ionospheric anomalies http://the-eggs.org/news.php?id=161&typeid=2 Impact of absorbing aerosols on the simulation of climate over the Indian region http://the-eggs.org/news.php?id=162&typeid=2 The mesospheric metal layer: a possible connection to meteoroids http://the-eggs.org/news.php?id=163&typeid=2 Direct evidence for coastal iodine particles from Laminaria macroalgae http://the-eggs.org/news.php?id=164&typeid=2 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Web Watch ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Launch of biogeosciences.org http://the-eggs.org/webwatch.php?id=7 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Courses ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ESA summer school on Earth System Monitoring & Modelling, ESRIN - Frascati (near Rome) - Italy, (16/08/2004-26/08/2004) http://the-eggs.org/eventdetail.php?id=75 Computational Fluid Mechanics-4th Summer School (2004), Potsdam, Germany, (23/08/2004-17/09/2004) http://the-eggs.org/eventdetail.php?id=91 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Meetings ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ SECULAR VARIATION IN TECTONICS AND ALLIED FIELDS, St. George, Utah, (22/10/2005-28/10/2004) http://the-eggs.org/eventdetail.php?id=98 Earth System Processes 2, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, (08/08/2005-11/08/2005) http://the-eggs.org/eventdetail.php?id=77 IAGA Scientific Assembly, Toulouse, France, (18/07/2005-29/07/2005) http://the-eggs.org/eventdetail.php?id=90 2004 GSA Annual Meeting-Geoscience in a Changing World, Denver, Colorado, USA, (07/11/2004-10/11/2004) http://the-eggs.org/eventdetail.php?id=84 SEG - Society of Exploration Geophysicists Annual Meeting, Denver, Colorado, USA, (10/10/2004-15/10/2004) http://the-eggs.org/eventdetail.php?id=83 Geoscience Africa 2004, Johannesburg, South Africa, (12/07/2004-16/07/2004) http://the-eggs.org/eventdetail.php?id=81 VIII International Conference on Gas in Marine Sediments, Vigo, Spain, (05/09/2005-10/09/2005) http://the-eggs.org/eventdetail.php?id=92 WPGM - Western Pacific Geophysics Meeting, Honolulu, Hawaii, (16/08/2004-20/08/2004) http://the-eggs.org/eventdetail.php?id=82 SEDI 2004-Symposium on the Study of the Earth's Deep Interior, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany, (04/07/2004-09/07/2004) http://the-eggs.org/eventdetail.php?id=80 32nd Session of the International Geological Congress, Florence, Italy, (20/08/2004-28/08/2004) http://the-eggs.org/eventdetail.php?id=79 Unsaturated zone modeling: progress, applications and challenges, Netherlands, (03/10/2004-05/10/2004) http://the-eggs.org/eventdetail.php?id=88 2004 ENVISAT Symposium, Salzburg, Austria, (06/09/2004-10/09/2004) http://the-eggs.org/eventdetail.php?id=94 Bjerknes Centenary 2004: Climate Change in High Latitudes, Bergen, Norway, (01/09/2004-03/09/2004) http://the-eggs.org/eventdetail.php?id=93 SPIE - Active and Passive Remote Sensing of the Oceans (AE105), Hawaii, (08/11/2004-12/11/2004) http://the-eggs.org/eventdetail.php?id=96 Ocean Optics XVII, Perth, Australia, (25/10/2004-29/10/2004) http://the-eggs.org/eventdetail.php?id=95 European Geology Students Network 2004 (EUGEN 2004), Latvia, (02/08/2004-08/08/2004) http://the-eggs.org/eventdetail.php?id=78 36th Annual DPS Meeting, Louisville, Kentucky, (08/11/2004-12/11/2004) http://the-eggs.org/eventdetail.php?id=85 Geological Society of America Annual Meeting & Exposition: Geoscience in a Changing World, Denver, Colorado, (07/11/2004-10/11/2004) http://the-eggs.org/eventdetail.php?id=86 Penrose Conference: SECULAR VARIATION IN TECTONICS AND ALLIED FIELDS, St. George, Utah, (00/00/0000-00/00/0000) http://the-eggs.org/eventdetail.php?id=87 ICMA Workshop on Layered Phenomena in the Mesopause Region, Clare College, Cambridge, England, (14/09/2004-17/09/2004) http://the-eggs.org/eventdetail.php?id=76