Date: Wed, 31 Mar 2004 09:57:24 -0700
From: Joann C Joselyn
Subject: IUGG E-Journal for April 2004
The IUGG Electronic Journal
Volume 4 No. 4 (April 1, 2004)
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 in 2007
2. New Leadership of SCL/ILP
3. 2003 ICSU Grant Report
4. New publications from IAHS
5. In Memoriam
6. IUGG-related meetings occurring during April - June 2004
1. IUGG General Assembly in 2007
The plans for the XXIV IUGG General Assembly in Perugia, Italy are well
underway. The dates are July 2-13, 2007, and a web site has been opened
- http://www.IUGG2007Perugia.it . The first circular is in preparation,
and will be ready later this year.
2. New Leadership of SCL/ILP
The current status and future plans of the Scientific Committee for the
Lithosphere (SCL) and its International Lithosphere Programme (ILP) were
discussed at a special meeting convened in Paris on February 7. IUGG
President Uri Shamir and IUGS President Ed de Mulder, with the support
of their respective Executive Bureaus, agreed to appoint Prof. Sierd
Cloetingh (Faculty of Earth and Life Sciences, Vrije Universiteit,
Amsterdam, The Netherlands) to be President of ILP for the years
2004-2006. The secretariat of ILP is to be housed at the GFZ Institute
in Potsdam, Germany, and a Secretary General for ILP is to be appointed
from the GFZ staff.
3. 2003 ICSU Grant Report
The IUGG International Association for Geomagnetism and Aeronomy (IAGA)
received an award of $35,000 from the International Council of Science
(ICSU) in 2003 for their proposal "Rescue of old analogue magnetograms
by converting to digital images." The project's outcome is that 177
station-years of 64,650 of old and historic magnetograms from 9 Russian,
two Indian, and one German magnetic observatory are now converted to
digital images, available at http://apollo.wdcb.ru/historic/ and
http://swdcft49.kugi.kyoto-u.ac.jp/film/. The stations chosen were
selected from a pre-IGY Catalog of Analogue Geomagnetic Data complied
from the time period 1841-1960, and the most rare magnetograms (those
existing in one copy only) were digitized first. The magnetogram
conversion technique was developed by a team at Kyoto University, Japan.
The hardware purchased with the project support is now available for
the staff at the World Data Centres in India, Russia, and Japan for the
follow-on conversion of analogue magnetograms into digital images in
their routine work, as well as for specific rescue projects.
Contributed by Dr. Vladimir Papitashvili, Principal Investigator
4. New publications from IAHS
The IAHS (International Association of Hydrological Sciences) Press has
just announced 3 new publications. For further information about these
publications including contents and price, please contact Mrs. Jill Gash
(jilly@iahs.demon.co.uk).
World Catalogue of Maximum Observed Floods (IAHS publ. 284) compiled by
Reg Herschy. This is a revised edition of the 1984 Catalogue prepared
by JA Rodier and M Roche.
Erosion and Sediment Transport Measurement in Rivers: Technological and
Methodological Advances (IAHS publ. 283) edited by J Bogen, T Fergus,
and DE Walling.
Erosion Prediction in Ungauged Basins (PUBs): Integrating Methods and
Techniques (IAHS Publ. 279) edited by DH de Boer, W Froehlich, T
Mizuyama, and A Pietroniro.
5. In Memoriam
We are sorry to report that Christian Le Provost (France) died
unexpectedly on 29 February 2004 of a heart attack. He was an acclaimed
tide modeler, and the former President of the IAPSO Commission on Mean
Sea Level and Tides.
6. IUGG-related meetings occurring during April - June 2004
A calendar of meetings of interest to IUGG disciplines (especially those
organized or sponsored by IUGG Associations) is posted on the IUGG Web
Site [www.IUGG.org]. Specific information about these meetings,
including web links, can be found there. Individual Associations also
list more meetings on their web sites appropriate to their disciplines.
April 13 - 17 IUTAM, Muizenberg, Cape Town, South Africa, Workshop on
Capacity Building in the Mathematical Sciences
April 20 - 23 IAG, Luxembourg City, Luxembourg, Chandler Wobble Workshop
April 25 - 30 EGU, Nice, France, EGU 1st General Assembly
May 16 - 20 EGU, Guayaquil, Ecuador, 1st A von Humboldt International
Conference on the El Niño phenomenon and its global impact
May 17 - 21 AGU/CGU, Montreal, Canada, Joint meeting of the American and
Canadian Geophysical Unions
May 25 - 29 IAHS, Ohrid, FY Repub. Macedonia, Conference on Water
Observation & Information System for Decision Support (BALWOIS)
May 27 - June 2 SCOSTEP, Taipei, Taiwan, China, 11th International
Symposium on Equatorial Aeronomy
June 1 - 8 IAMAS, Kos, Greece, Quadrennial Ozone Symposium of the
International Ozone Commission
June 4 -5 IAHS/UNESCO, Paris, France, 7th Kovacs Colloquium / 7ème
Colloque Kovacs
Scales in Hydrology and Water Management Echelles en hydrologie et
gestion de l'eau
June 9 - 11 IASPEI, Emmetten - Lake Lucerne, Switzerland, GeoMod2004
"From Mountains to Sedimentary Basins: Modelling and Testing Geological
Processes"
June 14 - 25 IASPEI, Golden, Colorado, USA, Summer School on
Mathematical Geophysics and Uncertainty in Earth Models
June 16 - 18 IUGG/CMG, New York, NY, USA, CMG2004: 25th IUGG
Conference on Mathematical Geophysics
June 20 - 23 Oulu, Finland, 1st International Symposium on Space
Climate: Direct & Indirect Measurements of Long-Term Solar Activity
June 21 - 24 IAVCEI, Alexandria, Virginia, USA, Volcanic Ash and Other
Airbourne Hazardous Materials
June 21 - 25 CLIVAR, Baltimore, Maryland, USA, 1st International
CLIVAR Science Conference
June 30 - July 3 IASPEI, Mizunami, Gifu, Japan, International Workshop
on Active Monitoring in the Solid Earth Geophysics
End of IUGG Electronic Journal Volume 4 Number 4 (April 2004)
J. A. Joselyn, Secretary General [http://www.IUGG.org]
secretariat@iugg.org fax: 1 303 497 3645