Date: Sat, 30 Nov 2002 15:10:04 -0700
From: Joann C Joselyn
Subject: IUGG E-Journal for December, 2002
The IUGG Electronic Journal
Volume 2 No. 12 (December 1, 2002)
Contents
1. IUGG General Assembly
2. Meetings in 2003 selected for IUGG support
3. Call for Nominations for the second Albert I Medal
4. Appointments to Statutes and By-Laws Committee
5. International Handbook of Earthquake and Engineering Seismology
(Part A)
6. Honors and Appointments
7. IUGG-related meetings occurring during December, 2002 - February, 2003
1. IUGG General Assembly
Preparations are continuing for the IUGG General Assembly, June 30-July
11, 2003, in Sapporo, Japan. Please note that the Abstract Deadline is
January 30, 2003, which is also the deadline for applications for IUGG
travel support. The General Assembly web site, accessible from the IUGG
home page, includes all the instructions and forms.
The letter requesting the name of each delegate to the IUGG Council
Meeting in Sapporo was mailed on 4 November to all IUGG Adhering Bodies
and National Committees. The letter also requested a Quadrennial
Report, in electronic format. Adhering Bodies should notify the
Secretariat if the letter has not been received. The same envelope
contained the written report of the Nominations Committee, which is also
posted on the IUGG web page.
2. Meetings in 2003 selected for IUGG support
IUGG co-sponsors symposia and meetings appropriate to our disciplines of
study. A small fund is spent annually to assist meetings, and
especially to support the attendance of young scientists and scientists
from developing countries. In years of the IUGG General Assembly, the
budget for meetings is reduced to $5000 (USD) so that more money is
available to support attendance at the General Assembly. Officers of
the Associations and Inter-Association Commissions and Committees
nominate meetings to receive these awards. For 2003, IUGG will support
the following two meetings. More information about each of them can be
obtained under the "Calendar" option on the IUGG Web site
[http://www.IUGG.org].
10th International Symposium on Deep Seismic Profiling on the Continents
and Their Margins, January 6-10, 2003, Taupo, New Zealand
Summer School on Paleo Climate Dynamics and Observations, June 16-25,
2003, Valle d'Aosta, Italy.
3. Call for nominations for the second Albert I Medal
The International Association for the Physical Sciences of the Ocean
(IAPSO) is requesting nominations for the second Albert I Medal, to be
awarded at the IUGG General Assembly in Sapporo. The medal is named for
the late Prince Albert I of Monaco, who organized the oceanography
section of IUGG in 1919. The first Albert I Medal was awarded in 2001
to Professor Walter Munk, of the Scripps Institution of Oceanography,
University of California, USA, who is also the 1999 Kyoto Prize Laureate
for Earth and Planetary Sciences.
Please contact Prof. Devendra Lal, Chair, Prince Albert I Medal
Committee, (dlal@ucsd.edu) for information regarding the process to
submit a nomination for the Albert I Medal.
4. Appointments to Statutes and By-Laws Committee
Dr. Masaru Kono, IUGG President, has announced the members of the
Committee that will accept proposed changes to the IUGG Statutes and
By-laws. The Members are Prof. U. Shamir, Chair, E. R. Engdahl, R.
Schlich, V. Shannon, and P. Wyllie. Proposals from the IUGG Adhering
Bodies to modify the Statutes and By-Laws should be submitted to the
IUGG Secretariat (secretariat@iugg.org) before December 31, 2002.
5. International Handbook of Earthquake and Engineering Seismology
(Part A)
The first of a two-volume comprehensive review of earthquake and
engineering seismology is now available. This state-of-the-art work,
edited by W.H.K. Lee, H. Kanamori, P.C. Jennings, and C. Kisslinger,
fulfills IASPEI's ambition to create a useful reference for earthquake
and engineering seismologists, as well as for earthquake engineers,
geologists,and geophysicists. Part A, which includes a CD-ROM, features
56 full-length chapters detailing the history of seismology, theoretical
and observational seismology, earthquake geology and mechanics, and the
Earth's structure. Part B will be published in Spring, 2003, and
features 34 chapters and 4 appendices, detailing strong-motion
seismology, selected topics in earthquake engineering, earthquake
prediction and hazards mitigation. Part B also includes over 50 national
reports and 2 CD-ROMs. Each hard cover volume contains about 1,000
pages. For more information, please consult the website
http://www.academicpress.com/quake. To place an order, e-mail the
Academic Press/Elsevier Science Customer Service Group at:
custserv.ap@elsevier.com and reference offer #50342 to receive a
discount of up to 30% off of the list price.
6. Honors and Appointments
The U.K. Institute of Physics (IOP) has announced that the 2002 Charles
Chree Medal and Prize will be given to Dr. Michael Lockwood, Rutherford
Appleton Laboratory, U.K., to honor his "contributions to sun-climate
relationships." Dr. Lockwood is Chair of Division III: Magnetospheric
Phenomena, of the International Association of Geomagnetism and Aeronomy
(IAGA).
At their annual celebration on November 21, the University of Copenhagen
conferred an honorary Doctor of Science degree upon Prof. Fernando Sanso
(Italy). Prof. Sanso is President of the International Association of
Geodesy (IAG).
Drs. Gordon McBean (Canada) and Uri Shamir (Israel) were recently
appointed to ICSU Committee on Scientific Planning and Research (CSPR)
Panel on the Environment. The Panel will review current programmes on
the environment within the International Council for Science (ICSU) and
then recommend a plan of action.
7. IUGG-related meetings occurring during December, 2002 - February, 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.
December 2 - 6 IAHR/IAHS(ICSI), Dunedin, New Zealand, 16th IAHR
International Symposium on Ice
December 6 - 10 AGU, San Francisco, California, USA, AGU Fall Meeting
January 5 - 10 IASPEI, Taupo, New Zealand, 10th International Symposium on
Deep Seismic Profiling of the Continents and their Margins
January 7 - 10 IEEE/ EMSEV, Singapore, Session on Seismo Electromagnetics
January 13-17 EMSEV, Quezon City, Philippines, EMSEV Workshop for Initiating
Seismic/Volcanic EM Monitoring
January 22 - 24 ICWRS/IAHS, Stellenbosch, Western Cape, South Africa, 2nd
International Symposium on Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM):
Towards Sustainable Water Utilization in the 21st Century
February 9 - 13 AMS, Long Beach, California, 83rd AMS Annual Meeting
including the 12th Symposium on Meteorological Observations and
Instrumentation
February 20 - 21 IAGA, Adelaide, Australia, 3rd International Symposium on
3-Dimensional Electro-magnetics
This short, informal newsletter is intended to keep IUGG Member Country
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.
End of IUGG Electronic Journal Volume 2 Number 12 (December, 2002)
J. A. Joselyn, Secretary General [http://www.IUGG.org]
secretariat@iugg.org fax: 1 303 497 3645