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Data System Users Working Group meeting report
Authors: Green James L. , Zwickl Ron D.
Published: October 2011

Nearly 40 scientists, space physics data system managers, and National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Headquarters personnel who are members of the Data System Users Working Group (DSUWG) met at the National Space Science Data Center (NSSDC) on July 18 and 19, 1985. The main topic of the meeting was discussion on the use of the Space Physics Analysis Network (SPAN) for the rendezvous of the International Cometary Explorer (ICE) spacecraft with Comet Giacobini‐Zinner. Ron Zwickl, from the Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL, Los Alamos, N.M.), explained the procedures to be used for the transfer of near real‐time ICE data from Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC, Greenbelt, Md.), to remote investigator facilities at LANL, the Jet Propulsion Laboratory QPL, Pasadena, Calif.), University of Iowa (Iowa City), TRW (Redondo Beach, Calif.), and back to NSSDC. These procedures were successfully tested in an encounter rehearsal 2 days before the DSUWG meeting. James Green of NSSDC explained how the newly developed SPAN‐to‐Europe gateway would be used to support a European science analysis team at European Space Technology Center (ESTEC, Noordwijk, the Netherlands). Successful testing of ICE data transfer to Europe occurred just the day before the DSUWG meeting.
Upcoming hearings in Congress
Authors: Richman Barbara T.
Published: October 2011

The following hearings and markups have been tentatively scheduled for the coming weeks by the Senate and House of Representatives. Dates and times should be verified with the committee or subcommittee holding the hearing or markup; all offices on Capitol Hill may be reached by telephoning 202‐224‐3121. For guidelines on contacting a member of Congress, see AGU's Guide to Legislative Information and Contacts (Eos, August 28, 1984, p. 669).

March 5: Hearing on FY 1987 appropriations for the National Science Foundation, by the HUD‐Independent Agencies Subcommittee of the Senate Appropriations Committee. Room SD‐124, Dirksen Building, 10:00 A.M.
Relief map of the Earth's surface
Authors: Anonymous
Published: October 2011

The National Geophysical Data Center (NGDC) has published a set of three new shaded and color relief maps of the world. These maps were generated from digital elevation and bathymetric data by using computer‐based imaging and graphics technology. The maps, a logical byproduct of the advent of worldwide coverage of digital gridded data bases, represent an extensive cooperative effort between government agencies and academia. Their preparation involved efforts by several persons and institutions under the joint sponsorship of the Office of Naval Research and NGDC.
Task force continues hearings
Authors: Anonymous
Published: October 2011

A congressional task force that was established in 1984 to examine the goals of federal science policy has announced a schedule of hearings (see Table 1, below) on the remaining topics on its agenda. After these hearings are completed, the Task Force on Science Policy will circulate a draft of its final report, according to Rep. Don Fuqua (D‐Fla.), chairman of the task force and of the House Committee on Science and Technology.

During additional hearings to be conducted during the summer, “We plan to seek comments on this draft from leaders in American science policy, past and present,” Fuqua said. When that process ends, the task force plans to propose its final conclusions and recommendations on the future direction of the federal government's role in setting science policy and in supporting research. The study is the first such comprehensive review by the House in more than 20 years.
Upcoming hearings in Congress
Authors: Anonymous
Published: October 2011

The following hearings and markups have been tentatively scheduled for the coming weeks by the Senate and House of Representatives. Dates and times should be verified with the committee or subcommittee holding the hearing or mark up; all offices on Capitol Hill may be reached by telephoning 202‐224‐ 3121. For guidelines on contacting a member of Congress, see AGU's Guide to Legislative Information and Contacts (Eos, August 28, 1984, p. 669).
The Mystery of Comets
Authors: Neugebauer Marcia
Published: October 2011

The objectives of this book are set out clearly in its preface, wherein Fred Whipple states, This book tells the story, step by step, from ancient times to the present era, of our progress in understanding comets . . . The first fourteen chapters present clues and theories developed before the twentieth century; the remaining chapters provide up‐to‐date information regarding the nature of comets, their origin, and their possible relation to life on Earth. Comets appear to be the most primitive bodies in the Solar System and may even have played an important role in making life on Earth possible. Later chapters center on these issues, on space missions to comets, and on the general problems and significance of comets, including the hazards they may represent.
AAAS seeks suggestions for initiatives
Authors: Anonymous
Published: October 2011

The National Science Foundation's Division of International Programs has requested the American Association for Advancement of Science and its Consortium of Affiliates for International Programs (CAIP) to assist in the development of a list of potential topics for consideration as new global initiatives of the Foundation. AGU is a consortium member. As a result of a meeting of a steering group, which included consortium representatives, a solicitation of potential topics is being made to a wide variety of groups within the mainstream scientific and engineering community. Topics should meet three criteria:

The topic should be an important global problem;

it should have high potential scientific, technological, or intellectual content; and

it should involve the broadest possible range of disciplines.
Positioning With GPS: 1985
Authors: Remondi Benjamin W. , Hothem Larry D.
Published: October 2011

The First International Symposium on Precise Positioning With the Global Positioning System (GPS) was held in Rockville, Maryland from April 15 to April 19, 1985; 600 participants from 31 countries attended. Sponsors included the International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics, the International Association of Geodesy, the Defense Mapping Agency (DMA), and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) in cooperation with the American Society of Civil Engineers. GPS uses the NAVSTAR (an acronym for Navigation and Satellite Timing and Ranging) satellite system developed by the Department of Defense (DOD).

Although this symposium was limited to precise positioning with GPS, the scope of precise positioning was left open. Without a doubt, precise relative positioning with L band carrier phase measurements was the most important topic. Also included were certain high‐accuracy applications of pseudorange measurements, such as orbit determination, time transfer, and navigation. Administration, policy, hardware, software, processing, and applications in these areas were also covered. Intentionally left out were areas in which high positional accuracy was not important (e.g., commercial aviation). Attendees presented 89 papers, which were organized into 15 sessions covering nine subject areas: overview, status, and policy; GPS time and orbits; user equipment; user equipment testing; modeling and processing; applications; survey positioning results; practical aspects of geodesy; and dynamic positioning.
[“Comment on ‘The CSSP implementation plan for space plasma physics programs’”] Solar‐terrestrial physics revisited
Authors: McIntosh Patrick S.
Published: October 2011

The cover and feature article [“The CSSP Implementation Plan for Space Plasma Physics Programs”] of the December 10, 1985, issue of Eos continue a misleading impression of basic research in solar‐terrestrial physics [STP]: all important solar‐ terrestrial research is based on observations made from space. While I praise authors D.N. Baker and D.J. Williams for their excellent promotion of the STP field, they make the myopic mistake of implying that the NASA [National Aeronautics and Space Administration]‐supported research is equivalent to the complete U.S. program in STP research. The editors of Eos are imputed in this mistake by placing an attractive figure on the cover that omitted the essential word “NASA” in the title.
Geophysical events
Authors: Anonymous
Published: October 2011

This is a summary of SEAN Bulletin, 11(2), February 28, 1986, a publication of the Smithsonian Institution's Scientific Event Alert Network. The complete bulletin is available in the microfiche edition of Eos as a microfiche supplement or as a paper reprint. For the microfiche, order document E86‐005 at $2.50 (U.S.) from AGU Customer Services, 2000 Florida Avenue, N.W., Washington, DC 20009. For the paper reprint, order SEAN Bulletin (giving volume and issue numbers and issue date) through AGU Separates at the above address; the price is $3.50 for one copy of each issue number for those who do not have a deposit account, $2 for those who do; additional copies of each issue number are $1. Subscriptions to SEAN Bulletin are available from AGU Fulfillment at the above address; the price is $18 for 12 monthly issues mailed to a U.S. address, $28 if mailed elsewhere, and must be prepaid.
Christopher Hansteen (1784–1873): A pioneer in the study of terrestrial magnetism
Authors: Brekke Asgeir , Egeland Alv
Published: October 2011

The 200th anniversary of the birth of Christopher Hansteen (1784–1873) was celebrated in 1984. He contributed significantly to the knowledge of the earth's magnetic field, and his observations were essential for a realistic theory, based on spherical harmonic analysis, for mapping the field. A review of Hansteen's pioneer research in geomagnetism together, with some of his main ideas concerning the aurora, is given.
Project IDA: A decade in review
Authors: Agnew D. C. , Berger J. , Farrell W. E. , Gilbert J. F. , Masters G. , Miller D.
Published: October 2011

Project IDA (International Deployment of Accelerometers) is a global digital seismic network that collects data for low‐frequency seismology. This article reviews the operation of the network and scientific results based on its data in the decade since the first station was installed in 1975. Particular attention is given to some of the lessons to be drawn from operational experience. Upgrades of the IDA network, incuding three‐component sensors and higher sample rates, are described briefly.
Research opportunity in solar physics program
Authors: Anonymous
Published: October 2011

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has released an announcement of opportunity for U.S. scientists to participate in the High Energy Solar Physics (HESP) program, sponsored by the Institute of Space and Astronautical Science (ISAS) of Japan. ISAS plans to launch the HESP mission into low‐earth orbit on a Japanese spacecraft in the early 1990s.

The HESP mission will aim to advance the understanding of high‐energy phenomena on the sun through X ray and gamma ray observations, according to NASA. HESP will continue the systematic study of high‐energy solar processes started by the NASA Solar Maximum Mission and the ISAS Hinotori mission, both of which orbited in the early 1980s, during the last period of maximal solar activity.
Mineral physics and mineral chemistry at the Australian National University
Authors: Jackson Ian
Published: October 2011

Research at the Australian National University (ANU) in Canberra into the physics and chemistry of minerals is being actively carried out by a number of different research groups within the Research School of Earth Sciences (RSES), the Research School of Chemistry (RSC), and the Department of Geology. The research schools form part of the Institute of Advanced Studies, which is a national center for research and postgraduate training established by the Australian Government in 1946. The Institute of Advanced Studies seeks to ensure flexibility in its approach to research by maintaining an unusually high ratio (>1) of nontenured to tenured staff. Two types of nontenured appointment are available: postdoctoral fellowships of 1–2 yr duration and research fellowships tenable for 3–5 yr. The Department of Geology, as part of the Faculty of Science, is responsible for the provision of undergraduate education in geology, in addition to its role in research and postgraduate training.
JGR special issue honors H.W. Menard
Authors: Anonymous
Published: October 2011

The editor and associate editors of the Journal of Geophysical Research—Solid Earth and Planets invite the submission of manuscripts for a special memorial issue to honor H. W. Menard. The topic of the issue will be “Geodynamics and Tectonophysics.” Special color rates will apply, provided that there are a sufficient number of color pages.

Manuscripts should be submitted to Gerald Schubert Department of Earth and Space Sciences University of California at Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA 90024
Geopysical events
Authors: Anonymous
Published: October 2011

This is a summary of SEAN Bulletin, 11(3), March 31, 1986, a publication of the Smithsonian Institution's Scientific Event Alert Network. The complete bulletin is available in the microfiche edition of Eos as a microfiche supplement or as a paper reprint. For the microfiche, order document E86‐005 at $2.50 (U.S.) from AGU Customer Services, 2000 Florida Avenue, N.W., Washington, DC 20009. For the paper reprint, order SEAN Bulletin (giving volume and issue numbers and issue date) through AGU Separates at the above address; the price is $3.50 for one copy of each issue number for those who do not have a deposit account, $2 for those who do; additional copies of each issue number are $1. Subscriptions to SEAN Bulletin are available from AGU Fulfillment at the above address; the price is $18 for 12 monthly issues mailed to a U.S. address, $28 if mailed elsewhere, and must be prepaid
Harrison chairs annual meetings
Authors: Katzoff Judith A.
Published: October 2011

Fostering the development of interdisciplinary ideas at AGU meetings is the primary goal of AGU's new Meetings Chairman, Christopher G. A. Harrison. “The strength of AGU is the broadness of disciplines represented [within it],” Harrison explained.

Harrison is a professor of geophysics at the Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science at the University of Miami. The upcoming 1986 Spring Meeting is the first for which Harrison is serving as chairman, and his term will end after the 1988 Fall Meeting. He succeeds H. Frank Eden, who had been Meetings Chairman since late 1982.
Hydrology of zero‐order basins
Authors: Prestegaard Karen L.
Published: October 2011

Zero‐order basins are unchanneled topographic depressions that concentrate surface and subsurface flow and often fail, forming debris flows or other mass movement events. The term “zero‐order basins” is awkward, and many hydrologists find themselves using other terms (such as swales, hollows, subhollows, coves, bowls, amphitheaters, etc.) to describe these features. Whichever name you prefer, W. Megahan and R. Ziemer of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service (Megahan at Boise, Idaho, and Ziemer at Arcata, Calif.) organized an excellent session for the AGU Erosion and Sedimentation Committee. Current interest in this topic was made evident by the number of people attending the session, which was held on December 11, 1985, in San Francisco, Calif., as part of the AGU Fall Meeting. The session began with a number of talks about the hydrologic characteristics of specific sites.
Stream processes with heterogeneous bed sediment
Authors: Prestegaard Karen L.
Published: October 2011

The AGU Erosion and Sedimentation Committee sponsored a daylong session on sediment transport in channels with mixtures of sediment sizes on December 13, 1985, at the AGU Fall Meeting in San Francisco, Calif. The morning session contained an interesting set of related theoretical and empirical research on particle motion. Ned Andrews (U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), Denver, Colo.) began the session by presenting empirical evidence for critical shear stresses required to move bed particles in simple natural channels. He presented work that he has been working on for the past several years (along with Gary Parker of St. Anthony Falls Hydraulic Laboratory, Minneapolis, Minn., and other colleagues) that suggests that coarse and fine bed particles have essentially equal mobility because of the hiding of fine particles by larger particles. Pat Wiberg and Jim Smith (both of University of Washington, Seattle) presented a theoretical analysis of the movement of different‐sized particles that supported the work presented by Andrews.
[Comment on “Further suggestions for writing memorable geophysical papers”] More of the same — but different
Authors: Greenstadt E. W.
Published: October 2011

Regarding Dan Baker' suggestions for writing memorable geophysical papers, I'm sure that only excessive modesty prevented him from including the distinguished, as well as memorable, citation "Yeastward Currants in the Crust," by D.N. Baker.
New telephone numbers at GSFC and USGS
Authors: Anonymous
Published: October 2011

Telephone numbers for the National Aeronautics and Space Adminstration Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) in Greenbelt, Md., and for the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) in Reston, Va., have recently been changed.
Geophysicists
Authors: Anonymous
Published: October 2011

Don L. Anderson of the California Institute of Technology recently was awarded the Emil Wiechert Medal of the Deutschen Geophysikalischen Gesellschaft (German Geophysical Society). Anderson, who will become AGU President‐Elect on July 1, 1986, was honored for his contributions to the exploration of the structure and composition of the earth. Established in 1955, the medal is awarded to researchers and sponsors who have provided distinguished service to the field of geophysics.
Special issue on Antarctic Ozone Depletion: GRL
Authors: Anonymous
Published: October 2011

The November 1986 issue of Geophysical Research Letters will contain a special issue on studies of antarctic ozone depletion. Authors are invited to submit recent results from theoretical or observational studies of the ozone depletion or related topics, such as polar dynamics, heterogeneous chemical reactions, polar stratospheric clouds, and so on. To be considered for the special issue, articles should be received by the editors before August 15, 1986. Five copies, conforming to standard GRL guidelines, should be sent to Mark R. Schoeberl or Arlin J. Krueger Guest Editors, GRL Code 616 NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD 20771 telephone: 301‐286‐5819
Geophysical events
Authors: Anonymous
Published: October 2011

This is a summary of SEAN Bulletin, 11(4), April 30, 1986, a publication of the Smithsonian Institution's Scientific Event Alert Network. The complete bulletin is available in the microfiche edition of Eos as a microfiche supplement or as a paper reprint. For the microfiche, order document E86‐006 at $2.50 (U.S.) from AGU Customer Services, 2000 Florida Avenue, N.W., Washington, DC 20009. For the paper reprint, order SEAN Bulletin (giving volume and issue numbers and issue date) through AGU Separates at the above address; the price is $3.50 for one copy of each issue number for those who do not have a deposit account, $2 for those who do; additional copies of each issue number are $1. Subscriptions to SEAN Bulletin are available from AGU Fulfillment at the above address; the price is $18 for 12 monthly issues mailed to a U.S. address, $28 if mailed elsewhere, and must be prepaid.
Electronic mail featured in AGU network
Authors: Anonymous
Published: October 2011

AGU's new electronic network will feature electronic mail for personal direct communication among AGU members and among geophysicists worldwide. AGU network members will be able to communicate directly with anyone who has a GTE Mail or GTE Telemail account. Gateways to other electronic mail systems are being explored.
NOAA grant for PBS series
Authors: Anonymous
Published: October 2011

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has awarded a $200,000 grant to a nonprofit foundation to begin production of a nine‐part public television series concerning man's relationship with the sea. Planned for broadcast in 1989, “The Blue Revolution” is to examine seven major resources and uses of the ocean: for fisheries, extraction of materials used in pharmaceuticals and other products, mineral extraction, energy, marine transportation, waste disposal, and defense. Each episode will take an historical perspective, tracing these ocean uses from the earliest techniques to modern technologies.
New drilling at Vales Caldera
Authors: Anonymous
Published: October 2011

The Continental Scientific Drilling Program at Valles Caldera, N. Mex., enters its second phase in August as drilling begins at Sulphur Springs, an area of acid‐sulfate springs and mudpots on the western flank of the caldera's resurgent dome. The hole will be available for scientific study for 3 to 5 years.
Radiogenic heat production in continental lithosphere”
Authors: Anonymous
Published: October 2011

About half the heat from continents is derived from the radiogenic decay of trace quantities of the unstable isotopes of uranium, thorium, and potassium in the continental crust. This contribution to surface heat flow is highly variable, however, typically resulting in a large scatter of surface heat flow values even in stable regions. Approximately 20 years ago, careful work by Robert Roy, Ed Decker, and Dave Blackwell with Francis Birch (Earth and Planetary Science Letters, vol. 5, pp. 1–12, 1968) showed that for well determined heat flow values in plutonic rocks, surface heat flow is linearly related to surface heat production in a given province. This relationship allows heat flow to be separated into two components: heat generated in the upper crustal zone enriched in heat‐producing isotopes and heat from below this zone (the “reduced” heat flow). Art Lachenbruch quickly showed that the only distribution of heat production with depth that would satisfy this linear relationship under conditions of differential erosion is an exponential decrease with depth (in the Journal of Geophysical Research, vol. 73, pp. 6977–6989, 1968). The relationship has now been extended to include heat flow‐heat production data from high‐grade metamorphic rocks, and heat flow provinces have been defined in every continent except Antarctica. Two major problems remain, however:
Top sponsors
Authors: Anonymous
Published: October 2011

In the first 7 months of 1986, 1366 new members have been elected. The top sponsors, AGU members sponsoring three or more new members, are listed below.
The impact of impacts and the nature of nature
Authors: Officer Charles B. , Grieve Richard A. F.
Published: October 2011

Six years have passed since L.W. Alvarez and his colleagues presented evidence suggesting that a 10‐km asteroid had struck the earth 65 million years ago and created a global dust cloud that suppressed photosynthesis and led to the extinctions associated with the Cretaceous/Tertiary (K/T) boundary [Alvarez et al., 1980]. Their evidence was anomalous amounts of iridium and other siderophile elements at K/T sections in Italy, Denmark, and New Zealand. Since then, the single asteroid impact hypothesis has evolved into a hypothesis of periodic comet showers, each shower consisting of several cometary impacts over a 1–2‐million‐yr period, to explain not only the K/T but the Eocene/Oligocene (E/O) as well as other extinction events recorded throughout the Phanerozoic [Davis et al., 1984; Hut et al., 1985].
Committee on Solar and Space Physics
Authors: Krimigis S. M.
Published: October 2011

The Space Science Board (SSB) of the National Research Council was established in 1958 (just before the establishment of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)) to provide policy advice to the space agency on the conduct of space science. The board discharges this function through several committees composed of working scientists in each area of space science who work closely with NASA personnel to develop plans for future space research. One such committee is the Committee on Solar and Space Physics (CSSP), whose purview ranges from the sun through the interplanetary medium and the magnetospheres, ionospheres, and upper atmospheres of the earth, the planets, and comets. I have had the privilege of serving as chairman of the CSSP from 1983 through 1986, and along with my 18 colleagues, I did my best to represent Solar and Space Physics and the concerns of the community to our colleagues in other disciplines, to NASA, to other agencies of the federal government, and to Congress.
Solar‐terrestrial news from NSF
Authors: Peacock Dennis S.
Published: October 2011

A neverending issue within the funding agencies is that of program priorities. At the National Science Foundation (NSF) this has assumed greater importance for several reasons, not the least of which is the central thrust of the GEO directorate (Global Geosciences). Under this broad title the fiscal year (FY) 1987 budget includes increases for studies of global oceanic and atmospheric circulation, biogeochemical fluxes, tropospheric chemistry, and solid earth behavior. The intent is to expand this list in FY 1988 and beyond.
NSF FY 1987 budget dealt blow in Congress
Authors: Katzoff Judith A.
Published: October 2011

Although it passed through the congressional authorization process unscathed, the budget request for the National Science Foundation (NSF) for fiscal year (FY) 1987 was dealt a serious blow on July 23, 1986, when a House appropriations subcommittee recommended that nearly $146 million be cut from the agency's request for “research and related activities” (R&RA). The full House Appropriations Committee went on to endorse this recommendation on July 31.

The committee report accompanying the House appropriation bill leaves the distribution of cuts within R&RA up to the discretion of the NSF director. The report does, however, protect the budget request for the ocean drilling program from a cut.
International Space data analysis announced
Authors: Manka Robert H.
Published: October 2011

The plans for the International Coordinated Data Analysis Workshop (CDAW) 8 series of workshops have been announced. This analysis effort will concentrate on problems associated with the dynamics of the magnetospheric tail and their relationship to substorms. Specifically, the program committee has chosen to address three problems of outstanding importance:

the near‐earth neutral line model and plasmoid formation (initial workshop topic),

the more recently introduced plasma sheet boundary layer model, and

the loading‐unloading and directly driven models of magnetospheric energy flow.
Controversy enlivens planning of the International Geosphere‐Biosphere Program: One point of view
Authors: Roederer Juan G.
Published: October 2011

This week, the General Assembly of the International Council of Scientific Unions (ICSU) will consider the proposal for an International Geosphere‐Biosphere Program (IGBP). The main goal of IGBP would be to describe and understand the interactive physical, chemical, and biological processes that regulate the global earth system, the unique environment for life, the changes that are occurring in this system, and the manner in which they are influenced by human actions (Eos, April 1, 1986, p. 157). Pertinent research initiatives will be presented by the Ad Hoc Planning Group on Global Change, established by ICSU at its 1984 General Assembly.
Bossler to head new mapping center
Authors: Anonymous
Published: October 2011

A Center for Mapping will soon be established at Ohio State University (OSU). Rear Admiral John D. Bossler, currently director of charting and geodetic services for the National Ocean Service of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)and president of the AGU Geodesy Section, will head the center.

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) will provide a 5‐year, $5 million grant for real‐time mapping programs at the new center, and the grant is “heavily leveraged” with funds from industry, OSU, and the state of Ohio, according to an announcement from OSU. The Center for Mapping will also pursue projects in land and resource information science, digital mapping, and geodynamics.
NSB to hold hearing on polar research
Authors: Anonymous
Published: October 2011

A committee of the National Science Board (NSB) will hold a public hearing on October 17, 1986, to discuss what types of scientific studies should be undertaken by U.S. researchers in the Arctic and Antarctic regions. The NSB is the policy‐making body of the National Science Foundation (NSF), the federal agency that funds and manages all U.S. activities in Antarctica and many research projects in the Arctic.
The Viking Program
Authors:   The Viking Science Team
Published: October 2011

Sweden's first satellite, Viking, was successfully launched on February 22, 1986, at 01:44 UT. It was carried into orbit with the French remote sensing satellite SPOT by an Ariane 1 booster, launched from French Guiana. Viking's perigee boost motor placed this relatively small satellite (∼520 kg) into a final 817 km×13,527 km polar orbit, where it is conducting scientific observations of complex plasma processes in the magnetosphere and ionosphere of the earth. The satellite carries experiments to measure electric fields, magnetic fields, charged particles, waves, and auroral images.
New telephone numbers at Stony Brook
Authors: Anonymous
Published: October 2011

The State University of New York (SUNY) at Stony Brook recently changed its telephone system. The telephone exchange as well as the last four digits of each number have changed. The new telephone number for the Department of Earth and Space Sciences is 516‐632‐8200, and individuals in the department can be reached by calling this number.
COCORP solicits site proposals
Authors: Anonymous
Published: October 2011

The Consortium for Continental Reflection Profiling (COCORP) is encouraging members of the earth science community to submit proposals for sites to be surveyed by COCORP. New proposals (as well as those previously received for sites yet to be profiled) are evaluated annually by the COCORP Site Selection Advisory Committee, and the crew schedule is updated accordingly.

The committee wishes to design future sites to contribute toward building a transcontinental traverse to be presented during the 1989 International Geological Congress in Washington, D.C. Figure 1 shows the sites that have either been surveyed by COCORP or are tentatively scheduled to be surveyed in the future. The COCORP committee has recommended that COCORP continue its primary strategy of reconnaissance surveying and has emphasized the continued need for long lines guided by specific geologic problems. For information on how to submit COCORP site proposals, contact S. Kaufman, Executive Director, COCORP, Snee Hall, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853; telephone 607‐255‐7165.
Early results on ozone hole
Authors: Katzoff Judith A.
Published: October 2011

A team of scientists presently working in Antarctica has announced some preliminary results of their studies of ozone depletion in the atmosphere over the south pole in the antarctic spring. Speaking via satellite at an October 20 press conference, the National Ozone Expedition (NOZE) said that their early measurements suggested that the antarctic ozone “hole” is not a result of upward wind motions or high solar activity, as some recent models have proposed. Although they have not established the cause, the group said, “we suspect a chemical process is fundamentally responsible for the formation of the hole.” Proponents of dynamical and solar cycle models, however, said that the data remain open to interpretation, at least until additional results are analyzed.
WOCE long lead time activities
Authors: Guinasso Norman
Published: October 2011

The National Science Foundation (NSF), with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), is planning U.S. participation in the World Ocean Circulation Experiment (WOCE). WOCE is scheduled to take place during 1990–1995. The goal of WOCE is to understand the general circulation of the ocean well enough to be able to model its present state and predict its evolution in relation to long‐term changes in the atmosphere. WOCE is a key element of the World Climate Research Program.
A Trans‐Indian Hydrographic Section
Authors: Toole John , Warren Bruce
Published: October 2011

A trans‐Indian Ocean section along 29°–35°S consisting of 125 full ocean depth casts with a Conductivity, Temperature, Depth, Dissolved Oxygen (CTD/O2) profiler and discrete dissolved nutrient water sample analysis is tentatively scheduled for austral spring 1987 (Figure 1). This section, which complements the existing high‐quality observations along 18°S, will explore various aspects of the south Indian Ocean circulation, including the characteristics of various core water masses of this ocean, the zonal extent of the subtropical gyre (including the Agulhas Current) and its recirculation zone, the structure and transport of deep western boundary currents, and the net meridional fluxes of heat and fresh water. Assessment of interannual change may also be possible using historical data from these latitudes; two low‐resolution sections are available on 32°S.
September and 1986 streamflow
Authors: Anonymous
Published: October 2011

Streamflows across the nation for the 1986 water year were generally normal to above normal. The exception was the extreme dry conditions that persisted over the Southeast for most of the year, according to the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).

USGS hydrologists said that of the 174 key index streamflow‐gaging stations across the nation, 64 stations (37%) had flows in the above‐normal range, 76 stations (44%) had flows in the normal range, and 34 stations (20%) had flows in the below‐normal range for the water year, which ended September 30, 1986. The water year that is used by hydrologists runs from October 1 to September 30 of the following calendar year. It is designed to begin and end during a period of generally low streamflow and to roughly follow the growing season.
Best Student Tectonophysics Paper selected
Authors: Anonymous
Published: October 2011

A paper entitled “Variations in the Effective Elastic Thickness of the North American Lithosphere,” written by Brown University student Timothy Bechtel, has been selected as the best student paper presented at the 1986 AGU Spring Meeting by the Tectonophysics Section. Bechtel, who was assisted on the paper by colleagues from Brown and from Energy, Mines, and Resources Canada, is currently working on his Ph.D. in geophysics. He received his B.S. in geology in 1982 through a cooperative program between Bryn Mawr and Haverford colleges; in 1984, he received an M.S. from Brown as a result of his studies in theoretical structural geology. Bechtel's primary research interests involve continental gravity and tectonics.
Woods Hole Summer Fellowships
Authors: Anonymous
Published: October 2011

The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) is offering approximately 20 summer student fellowships for 1987. The fellowships are awarded to college juniors and seniors and to beginning graduate students with an interest in oceanography who are studying any field of science or engineering.

The program's purpose is to provide unusually talented students with a unique introduction to oceanography or oceanographic engineering. Each fellow works closely with a WHOI staff member on a project dealing with ocean science or engineering. The fellows also attend a series of seminars designed to impart a broad perspective on ocean science.
[Comment on “The Oceanography Report”] Composition of the Oceanography Report
Authors: Sackett William N.
Published: October 2011

In looking over the subject matter of The Oceanography Report (TOR), beginning with the September 1, 1981, edition of Eos, I am struck by the predominance of physical oceanography lead articles. In fact, out of 63 articles, 23 are “pure” physical oceanography, 25 are multidisciplinary, general, or news and announcement articles, and the remainder are about equally divided between biological, chemical, and geological oceanography (see Table 1). Although TOR Editor David Brooks is a physical oceanographer, he is emphatic about rarely soliciting articles in physical oceanography, but on the other hand, he has made some effort to get articles in the other disciplines.

Surely the physical oceanographers are not the only group in oceanography that have new and existing discoveries, new programs, workshop findings, and other newsworthy items to report on a timely basis in the Eos medium. Let the past predominance of physical oceanography‐type articles be a challenge to the other disciplines to submit articles for TOR to its editor David Brooks.
Geophysical events
Authors: Anonymous
Published: October 2011

This is a summary of SEAN Bulletin, 11 (10), October 31, 1986, a publication of the Smithsonian Institution' Scienific Event Alert Network.
Networking ground‐based images of comet Halley during the Giotto encounter
Authors: Rees David , Perla Israel , Meredith Nigel P. , Green James , der Heijden Nick Van
Published: October 2011

Comets are renowned for their rapid evolution and for unexpected changes in their structure and brightness, particularly when they are within the inner part of the solar system. Because of this, up‐to‐date information on the development of the gas, dust, and ion production rates and of the ion tail structure of Comet Halley was required by scientists involved in the European Space Agency (ESA) Giotto mission throughout the spacecraft encounter period. It was obvious that images of the 1910 apparition, from the preperihelion period, or even from a week prior to encounter, would not be representative of the structure and activity during the encounter.
“Planet Earth” to encore January 19
Authors: Anonymous
Published: October 2011

The Emmy award‐winning seven‐part television series “Planet Earth” will be rebroadcast on the Public Broadcasting System (PBS) beginning on Monday, January 19, 1987. First broadcast in early 1986, the series explores the strides made in the earth sciences since the International Geophysical Year (IGY) in 1957–1958.

“Planet Earth” features elaborate visual effects and includes location filming on all seven continents, at the bottom of the sea, and in space. In September 1986, the series won an Emmy award from the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences in the category of Outstanding Informational Series.
Institutions sign telescope agreement
Authors: Anonymous
Published: October 2011

The Carnegie Institution of Washington, the University of Arizona (Tucson), and the Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, Md.) recently signed an agreement to join in a project to build and operate an 8‐m telescope at Las Campanas, Chile. Plans call for the telescope to make observations in the optical, infrared, submillimeter, and millimeter wavelengths. The cost of constructing the telescope is expected to be between $25 and $30 million in 1985 dollars by the time of its planned completion in the early 1990s.

Carnegie Institution already operates two telescopes at Las Campanas. The location offers a dark nighttime sky, a stable and dry atmosphere, and an excellent latitude for observations from the Southern Hemisphere, according to an announcement from the Carnegie Institution.
NAVD Symposium '85
Authors: Zilkoski David B. , Young Gary M.
Published: October 2011

The Third International Symposium on the North American Vertical Datum (NAVD Symposium '85 ), hosted by the National Geodetic Survey (NGS), was held at the Holiday Inn Crowne Plaza Hotel in Rockville, Md., April 21–26, 1985. The first symposium on this subject was held in the Canal Zone in January 1979, while the second was held in Canada in May 1980.

NAVD Symposium '85 was sponsored by the International Association of Geodesy and the U.S. Department of Commerce/National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). In addition, the Department of Energy, Mines and Resources, Canada; Pan American Institute of Geography and History; American Geophysical Union; and American Congress on Surveying and Mapping provided support.
Recent Ph.D.s
Authors: Anonymous
Published: October 2011

Eos periodically lists information on recently accepted doctoral dissertations in the disciplines of geophysics. Faculty members are invited to submit the following information, on institution letterhead, above the signature of the faculty advisor or department chairman:(1) the dissertation title, (2) author's name, (3) name of the degree‐granting department and institution, (4) faculty advisor, (5) month and year degree was awarded, (6) category of dissertation subject (Atmospheric Sciences, Hydrology, Ocean Sciences, Solid Earth, or Space Sciences).
1986 James B. Macelwane Awards
Authors: Wyllie Peter J. , Stolper Edward M.
Published: October 2011

I can think of few things more pleasurable than introducing a young scientist whose research has enhanced his visibility to such an extent that his or her image is clearly distinguishable from among the large number of young scientists publishing excellent research these days.

Normally, the recipient of a young scientist award is in a state approaching shock, with mixed feelings of pride and humility and appreciation for all those who guided him or her on the way. For Ed Stolper, however, the situation is different, and he is sitting here quite calmly. Although he is only 33 years old, his image shines brightly enough that it has received attention previously—He was awarded the Clarke Medal of the Geochemical Society in 1985, and he shared the Newcomb Cleveland Prize in 1985 with Sally Rigden and Tom Ahrens for the best 1984 paper in Science. Today it is the Macelwane Award of the American Geophysical Union, and there are still several tomorrows before his age disqualifies him as a young scientist, making it necessary for him to start getting down to serious, mature research.
What is SPAN?
Authors: Anonymous
Published: October 2011

SPAN is the Space Physics Analysis Network. This important research tool of the NASA scientific community links space researchers from over 50 institutions throughout the United States. The SPAN system is growing within the United States, and it also is expanding to connect NASA scientists with European and Japanese space research institutions.

The SPAN system serves many functions. Its paramount purpose is to provide scientists with a tool that improves their productivity. SPAN has traditionally been used to exchange mail messages, to send data back and forth for scientific papers and analysis workshops, and to share scientific software. SPAN has played a crucial role by disseminating spacecraft data in near‐real time during several recent NASA and ESA program successes, such as the International Cometary Explorer (ICE) spacecraft encounter with Comet Giacobini‐Zinner (see “Behind the Scenes During a Comet Encounter” by J.L. Green and J.H. King, Eos, March 4, 1986, p. 105), the Voyager 2 encounter with Uranus, and the Giotto spacecraft encounter with Comet Halley (see “Networking Ground‐Based Images of Comet Halley during the Giotto Encounter” by D. Rees et al., Eos, December 16, 1986, p. 1385). Of course, SPAN has served a variety of broader purposes. It has provided (and will continue to provide) an excellent testing ground for trying new technologies and for evaluating ideas about processing, storing, and transferring various kinds of information. Until the recent availability of computers sponsored by the National Science Foundation, the SPAN network provided one of the few opportunities for NASA researchers to have ready access to the supercomputers needed for large‐scale numerical simulation of magnetospheric and ionospheric plasma systems. SPAN has also increased its usefulness substantially by the addition of the National Space Science Data Center (NSSDC) as a data node on the system. The network, which was originally based on a starshaped configuration, has been redesigned over the last year to take advantage of NASA's new Program Support Communications Network (PSCN).
Remote Sensing of Ice and Snow
Authors: Jezek Kenneth C.
Published: October 2011

The objective of this book, as discussed on the front cover, is to describe the utility of remote sensing for the observation and analysis of the properties of worldwide ice and snow cover. The authors approach this task in eight chapters that cover a range of topics, including discussion of the electrical properties of snow and ice, sensors and platforms, and the application of remote sensing techniques to most forms of terrestrial snow and ice; 11 color plates highlight image data and analysis techniques. The intent of this book is to present a broad outline of each topic; an extensive and generally up‐to‐date bibliography is provided for the more interested reader.
GOFS long lead time activities
Authors: Andersen Neil
Published: October 2011

The National Science Foundation, with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), is planning U.S. participation in the Global Ocean Flux Study (GOFS). GOFS is scheduled to take place during the 1990s. The goal of GOFS is to identify and quantify the physical, chemical, and biological processes that control biogeochemical cycling in the ocean, as well as their interaction with the global atmosphere, so that we can understand the processes governing the production and fate of biogenic materials in the sea well enough to predict their influences on and responses to global‐scale perturbations. GOFS is a key element of the International Geosphere‐Biosphere Program (IGBP).
DOD space research
Authors: Sagalyn Rita C.
Published: October 2011

The importance of space to the Department of Defense (DOD) mission is evidenced by the recent formation of the U.S. Space Command and the growing number of space DOD systems. Research and development in solar‐terrestrial physics conducted and supported by DOD agencies is directed toward the short‐ and long‐term requirements of each agency. However, the understanding, specification, modeling, and prediction of the space environment and of space system/environment interactions is of interest to all of the DOD organizations that are responsible for operating or communicating in space. Research in solar, interplanetary, magneto‐sphere, ionosphere, thermosphere, and middle atmosphere physics is thus supported by several DOD agencies. Studies of geomagnetic fluctuations, atmospheric radio noise, and radio wave generation and propagation are also funded. The variability and disturbances of the space environment have the greatest impact on space systems operations; research and development thus tends to focus on the dynamical behavior of the solar‐terrestrial regions. Laboratory, ground‐based, and space‐based experiments are conducted, along with associated analytical and theoretical efforts.
Eye on IRIS
Authors: Thurber Clifford H.
Published: October 2011

The pace of activity within the Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology (IRIS) has quickened to the point that a regular information link to the entire geophysical community has become desirable. This is the first in a continuing series of brief reports highlighting recent progress and upcoming events within IRIS.