****************************************************************IISEE Newsletter No.919 Jan. 2007****************************************************************+++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Contents +++++++++++++++++++++++++++
1. Special page on the East of Kuril Islands Earthquake of January 13, 2007
2. The 2007 Global Seismological Observation Course started
3. International student program for Natural History Sciences on Earth Sciences of
Hokkaido University++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++==============================================================[1] Special page on the East of Kuril Islands Earthquake of January 13, 2007
We present the special page of the East of Kuril Islands Earthquake of January 13, 2007,
where the following information is available:
1) Determination of earthquake magnitudes using duration of high-frequency energy
radiation and maximum displacement amplitudes
2) Aftershock distribution by MJHD method3) Kuril Tsunami on January 13, 2007
Please visit http://iisee.kenken.go.jp/special/20070113eastkuril.htm
Nobuo HURUKAWA
Director, IISEE----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------[2] The 2007 Global Seismological Observation Course started
The 2007 Global Seismological Observation Course started to learn discrimination techniques
between earthquakes and nuclear explosion.
We have been conducted this training since 1995. As of today, 106 participants from 64
countries have taken this course. This 2007 training course will be conducted for 2 months
from January 12 to March 9, 2007, with 11 participants from 10 countries in cooperation withJICA and Japan Meteorological Agency.
Shoji SAKURAZAWA
Head of Administration Division, IISEEThe 2007 Global Seismological Observation Course participants----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------[3] International student program for Natural History Sciences on Earth Sciences ofHokkaido University
Our graduate program has just received a special allocation of the Japanese Government
Scholarships for master or Ph.D. degree, starting in October 2007 and calling for applications
for the five subsequent years. This scholarship provided you with very generous allowance(http://www.studyjapan.go.jp/en/toj/toj0306e.html ) (for the category of "Research Student" inthis web page). For staff and research activities of our department, please refer to(http://www.ep.sci.hokudai.ac.jp/index_e.html ). We are welcomed for anyone who likes tostudy at our graduate school. At this time, one must submit his/her application forms by theend of February, 2007.
If you (living either in or out of Japan) are interest or have any further questions, please feel
free to contact me.
Prof. Kiyoshi Yomogida (yomo@mail.sci.hokudai.ac.jp)
Graduate School of Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan(IISEE Lecturer)==============================================================***************************************************************************We send this IISEE Newsletter to ex-participants whose e-mail addresses are known. TheIISEE send you new information actively and accept your contribution at any time. In orderto enlarge our IISEE network, we'd like to ask you to invite your fellow ex-participants whosee-mail addresses are unknown to us to join us. We welcome yourcomments about the IISEE Newsletter. Please feel free to send us your comments andopinions.
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