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NCAR researchers probe stratosphere
Authors: Anonymous
Published: October 2011

At the unlikely hour of 1:00 a.m. on May 5 in the predawn darkness of the New Mexico desert a glimmering balloon was launched from Holloman Air Force Base. The 600‐foot‐tall balloon, the largest ever launched from Holloman, bore a sophisticated atmospheric measuring system to an altitude of 41 km to be tested in the near‐space environment at that altitude prior to its launch into real space aboard NASA's Nimbus 7 satellite.
Conference on Magnetospheric Ionospheric Coupling
Authors: Chappell C. R.
Published: October 2011

The magnetospheric‐Ionospheric Coupling (MIC) Conference was held on February 6–8, 1974, at the Ahwahnee Hotel amid the magnificence of Yosemite National Park. The Conference was organized so as to keep the final attendance to a manageable number (less than 100) who were directly involved in the conference topic. By keeping the number of attendees down, we were able to achieve a maximum interchange of ideas. The daily schedule was set up to give a reasonable mixture between the lecture and discussion periods and the recreational and leisure time. This approach was quite successful and created an atmosphere in which the attendees could exchange ideas on both a formal and an informal basis. The Yosemite location furnished the combined benefits of a somewhat secluded spot with the incomparable beauty of the park surroundings. This combination served to keep the spirits of the participants high and contributed significantly to the success of the conference.
International Conference on “Red Tide”
Authors: Anonymous
Published: October 2011

Outbreaks of paralytic shellfish poisoning, known as ‘red tide,’ annually cause several billion dollars' worth of damage around the world.

To explore current knowledge about these little‐understood but economically important algal blooms, the Massachusetts Science and Technology Foundation is planning and coordinating an international conference on the nature, occurrence, causes, effects, possible prediction, and prevention of red tide.
Smog study findings subject of meeting
Authors: Anonymous
Published: October 2011

A workshop‐symposium will be held in Santa Barbara, California, on November 12–14, 1974, to report on the Los Angeles Reactive Pollutant Program (LARPP), an aerial and ground‐level smog study conducted last fall under the joint auspices of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), California Air Resources Board, and Coordinating Research Council (CRC), a nonprofit research organization.

LARPP is considered significant because it represents the first time that investigators were able to measure chemical reactions in welldefined air parcels.
Woodrow C. Jacobs retires as Meteorology Section Secretary
Authors: Landsberg H. E. , Battan L. J.
Published: October 2011

Most members of AGU are not familiar with the inner workings of the organization. Every two years about a third of the membership send in ballots for officers of the union and the sections and trust that their choices will attend faithfully to union affairs—and, hopefully, refrain from raising dues. Some more active individuals vent their opinions on actions by editors of the journals and their misgivings about our mass meetings. In the process, union and section presidents get some exposure. Also, to the advantage of all concerned, they change every two years.
U.S.‐Japan Seminar on Utilization of Volcanic Energy
Authors: Furumoto Augustine S.
Published: October 2011

The idea of using volcano energy raises an altogether different set of difficulties from those involved in present‐day exploitation of other forms ofgeothermal energy in several parts of the world. To be utilizable by contemporary technology, the latter forms of energy must exist in an unusually favorable geological configuration, with an aquifer capped by an impermeable layer and heated from below. Such geological configurations are not common, as is attested by the relatively small number of productive thermal fields in the world. On the other hand, there are numerous active volcanoes, scores of them in Japan alone, that release tremendous amounts of heat. It has been a constant challenge to volcanologists to somehow harness that dissipated heat.
Report on the Seventeenth Meeting of COSPAR
Authors: Anonymous
Published: October 2011

On the invitation of the Conselho Nacional de Pesquisas, through the Institute de Pesquisas Espaciais (INPE), the Seventeenth COSPAR Meeting and related activities and the International Symposium on Solar Terrestrial Physics took place in the Anhembi Palace, Sao Paulo, Brazil, from June 17 to July 1, 1974.

The total number of scientific papers presented during the open meetings of COSPAR working groups and the specialized activities was approximately 230.
Proposed IUGS/IAGA Interunion Subcomission on Magnetic Polarity Time Scale
Authors: Anonymous
Published: October 2011

At the Twenty‐Fourth International Geological Congress (August 1972) a group of geologists and geophysicists interested in the application of the geomagnetic polarity time scale to stratigraphic correlation met to discuss the requirements of the problems involved in setting up a nomenclature system that does not conflict with present stratigraphic terminology and usage.

Two meetings were held. As an outcome, a formal membership was set up and was subsequently recognized as a subcommission (on the magnetic polarity time scale) of the International Commission on Stratigraphy of the International Union of Geological Sciences (IUGS).
“America's inventive genius” Theme of bicentennial exhibition
Authors: Anonymous
Published: October 2011

The American Revolution Bicentennial Commission has approved the plans of the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago to present the principal bicentennial exhibition on the origin, development, and impact of American Science, engineering, and industry.

Opened in 1933, the Museum of Science and Industry was the first large American museum devoted entirely to explaining the laws of science and the applications of technology in industry and other fields. It continues to be the world's largest and most popular institution of its type.
Symposium on Hydrology of Volcanic Rocks
Authors: Winograd I. J.
Published: October 2011

The International Symposium on the Hydrology of Volcanic Rocks was held on the island of Lanzarote, under the sponsorship of the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (Unesco), the U.N. Development Program (UNDP), and the Spanish Government (Geological Survey of the Ministry of Public Works and the Center for Hydrographic Studies). About 150 scientists from some two dozen countries were in attendance.
The President's Page: Science in the age of aquarius
Authors: Press Frank
Published: October 2011

Welcome to the age of Aquarius—an era of consciousness, idealism, good will, compassion, sensitivity, self expression, and—in the words of the song from Hair—harmony and understanding. Goodbye to the Piscean age, in which we learned to enjoy materialism too much, neglected the soul, and ended up mechanized, computerized, sanitized—yet polluted, brutalized, alienated, and lonely.

Now harmony and understanding are long overdue. Doing one's own thing in the context of communal togetherness is a good substitute for alienation. Unfortunately, the age of Aquarius also manifests a heavy dose of irrationality and anti‐intellectualism. Here I do not allude to the extremist avatars of the new era who threaten to bomb university computing centers and corporate headquarters. The universal opprobrium that has been thrown at these misfits is evidence that they will never be a force in this country. I am more concerned with the view held by humanists, artists, environmentalists, and even some scientists that associates many of the negative aspects of society with scientific and technological progress.
Highlights of meeting, Inter‐Union Commission on Geodynamics
Authors: Anonymous
Published: October 2011

The annual meeting of the Inter‐Union Commission on Geodynamics was held in Zurich, Switzerland, during August 1974 in conjunction with the International Symposium on Crustal Movements organized by the Commission on Recent Crustal Movements (CRCM) of the International Association of Geodesy (IAG) with the collaboration of Working Group 7 of the Inter‐Union Commission on Geodynamics. The CRCM is also concerned with details of recent crustal movements that are of less importance to geodynamics, whereas the Inter‐Union Commission on Geodynamics (IGC) is concerned with vertical movements over a longer time span, so that the two organizations complement each other very well. To further cooperate with IGC, President Boulanger of IAG and of CRCM and P. Vyskocil, secretary of CRM, kindly agreed to participate in the activities of Working Group 7 of the ICG.
Post offered as visiting scientist in environmental sciences
Authors: Anonymous
Published: October 2011

The IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center is now accepting applications for appointment as Wallace J. Eckert Visiting Scientist in Environmental Sciences for the academic year 1975–1976.

Although the program is specifically intended for persons on sabbatic leave from universities and government laboratories, applications from any scientist prepared to carry out independent research will be seriously considered. Visiting scientists will normally be appointed for a period of one year. Their only duty will be to pursue their individual research programs at the Thomas J. Watson Research Center. They will receive salaries comparable to those of permanent staff members and in addition will be reimbursed for relocation expenses and for travel expenses during the tenure of their appointment.
New products
Authors: Anonymous
Published: October 2011

Details of a new interactive graphics system for the collection, classification, and retrieval of mapping information, and the automatic production and revision of maps have been released by Calma Company.

The Calma Interactive Mapping System is the only commercially available system that enables a user to organize mapping information in a computer data base to suit almost any application and to retrieve that information selectively in the form of maps of various kinds, according to the firm.
Engineering Seismology Bulletin resumes publication
Authors: Anonymous
Published: October 2011

The Seismic Engineering Branch of the U.S. Geological Survey in San Francisco has announced that it will reinstitute publication of the Quarterly Engineering Seismology Bulletin, which last appeared in December 1965.

It is planned that each quarterly issue will include (1) a list of recent changes (instrument additions or deletions) in the national strong‐motion network; (2) a list of the most recently collected strong‐motion records, with maximum acceleration and epicentral distance tabulations for each station at which a ground acceleration of 0.05 g or greater has been recorded; and (3) other pertinent information such as improvements in instrumentation, changes in capabilities of data management, and descriptions of research contemplated or being carried out by the Seismic Engineering Branch.
Celebration held: Tercentenary of Scientific Hydrology
Authors: Anonymous
Published: October 2011

To celebrate 300 years of scientific hydrology, nearly 400 engineers and scientists from 82 countries attended the Tercentenary of Scientific Hydrology and associated international symposia held at Unesco House in Paris, France, from September 9 to 12, 1974. The celebration was sponsored by Unesco, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), and the International Association of Hydrological Sciences (IAHS) within the framework of the International Hydrological Decade (IHD).

During the period September 2–14 an International Conference on the Results of the IHD and on Future Programs in Hydrology also took place at Unesco, and the Bureau (executive board) of the IAHS held meetings to carry out its annual business. R.E. Oltman (Engineer Consultant, Falls Church, Virginia) and A.I. Johnson (U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, Virginia) were U.S. representatives at the IAHS Bureau meeting; Johnson also served as U.S. coordinator of the tercentenary and its symposia.
Oregon State University assigned new oceanographic research ship
Authors: Anonymous
Published: October 2011

The National Science Foundation (NSF) has announced the assignmen t of a 177‐foot oceanographic research ship now under construction to Oregon State University, Corvallis. The 962‐ton ship is one of the pair of mediumsized research ships being built with NSF support.

Selection of Oregon State University to operate and maintain one ship for a five‐year period was made after a review of competitive proposals from several academic institutions. The OSU proposal was judged superior in such areas as the maturity and diversity of the staff of the School of Oceanography, the extent of its ocean‐going programs, it institutional management capability, and the quality of the past performance of its support staff for ship maintenance and operation.
The Practical Uses of Hydrological Science
Authors: Beard L. R.
Published: October 2011

This report is an authoritative summary of many hydrologic techniques, which are presented in the context of their application to the planning and design of water resources projects. The author does not claim that the work is exhaustive in scope but presents those techniques with which he is most familiar. Although other techniques are in use, those presented cover the intended scope of the report adequately.
Water data collection handbook planned
Authors: Anonymous
Published: October 2011

A new, expanded edition of the U.S. Geological Survey's handbook for collecting and reporting data on the quantity and quality of the nation's water resources is being planned by a coordinating council of sixteen federal agencies.

According to A.I. Johnson, chairman of the Coordinating Council for Water Data Acquisition Methods, ‘the preliminary edition of the handbook, Recommended Methods for Water Data Acquisition, was well received; a first and second printing were quickly exhausted, but a third printing is now available. The council met recently to develop organizational guidelnes and work schedules for preparation of the new ten‐chapter handbook.
Antarctic Ice Sheet may be crumbling
Authors: Anonymous
Published: October 2011

A study of a giant ice sheet covering the western part of Antarctica is being undertaken in an effort to learn why the ice is deteriorating. Recent investigations suggest that the ice is crumbling and is perhaps influencing the world's sea levels and weather patterns.

A five‐person team, staffed by the University of Maine and headed by G.H. Denton and H.W. Borns, Jr ., will try to determine how big the ice sheet was at its greatest extent, when it was that big, and what is its rate of deterioration.

Covering some 700,000 square miles, the West Antarctic ice sheet has an average thickness of approximately 5000 feet and stretches from the Ross Sea to the Weddell Sea. The surface is thought to be dropping, possibly because the bottom is being undercut by the sea.
Isotopes in the mantle— Open Working Group Session
Authors: Anonymous
Published: October 2011

The Working Group on Radiogenic Isotopes and Their Geophysical Implications of the International Association of Volcanology and the Chemistry of the Earth's Interior will hold an open technical session on September 1, 1975, in Grenoble, France. The topic of the session will be ‘Lead and Strontium Isotopes in the Mantle.’

The past several years have seen major advancements in both analytical and interpretive aspects of radiogenic isotope study. Increasing interest in mantle dynamics and interactionbetween the asthenosphere and lithosphere has prompted an intensive investigation of materials directly and indirectly bearing on the earth's interior regions. Consequently, lead and strontium isotopes now place important constraints on chemical composition, exchange pathways, and residence time for deep reservoirs.
A case for magnetospheric research: President's Page
Authors: Williams Donald J.
Published: October 2011

It has been nearly eighteen years since the initiation of the ‘spaceage’—an age characterized by the exploration and utilization of space by satellites. Satellite explorations now have ranged from within the orbit of Mercury to well beyond the orbit of Jupiter. The attractiveness of explorations to the outer reaches of the solar system, coupled with a depressed budgetary situation, may jeopardize smaller, yet productive, programs studying the near‐earth environment. I recognize the difficult and often thankless task of program managers in funding agencies to make hard decisions concerning various research and exploration program priorities.
Use of APT satellite infrared data in oceanographic survey operations
Authors: La Violette Paul E. , Stuart Locke , Vermillion Charles H.
Published: October 2011

For several years, earth oriented experimental and operational satellites have been broadcasting visible and infrared terrestrial radiation data as they are collected by the satellite sensors. Some of these data broadcasts are receivable by APT (automatic picture transmission) stations located within the line of sight of the transmitting satellite. The advantage of this type of data transmission is that APT stations located anywhere in the world have immediate access to a satellite's radiation data are collected and broadcast over their local areas.
President's page: On freedom and responsibility in research
Authors: Aldrich L. T.
Published: October 2011

It has been the custom to report the financial statement of the AGU to the council, and there has been little pressure to provide this information more generally. On the other hand the membership should be more aware of the way the union functions, and this report (see back of this page), prepared in my capacity as treasurer of the union, is intended as an educational feature.

It will surprise no one to learn that more than 95% of the union's activity is involved with publishing. Our journals constitute 70% of this, the remainder being absorbed by Russian Translations and various monograph series. (The executive director's office has prepared a ‘Report on AGU Publications, Calendar Year 1974,’ which appears in the AGU section of this issue.)
Norwegian institute develops ultrasonic current meter
Authors: Anonymous
Published: October 2011

The Advisory Committee on Continental Shelf Research of the Royal Norwegian Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (NTNF) has announced development by the Christian Michelsen Institute, Department of Applied Physics, of a current meter of high accuracy and stability. The announcement was made in the NTNF's progress report presented at the ‘Oceanology International 75’ conference held March 17–21, 1975, at Brighton, England.

The current meter measures two orthogonal current vectors in the range 0–2.5 mm/s with a bandwidth of less than 15 Hz. Several prototypes have been built.
Architects to study ways to reduce earthquake damage
Authors: Anonymous
Published: October 2011

The American Institute of Architects Research Corporation will undertake to determine how architects can help reduce earthquake damage to buildings in the United States estimated at $660 million each year.

The seven‐month study will be funded under a $64,100 grant from the National Science Foundation's Research Applied to National Needs (RANN) program. A team of AIA investigators will seek information from architects and engineers who have designed buildings in high earthquake risk areas of the country. Emphasis will be placed on the features that architects can influence during the initial stages of design conception planning.
First International Symposium on Induced Seismicity
Authors: Anonymous
Published: October 2011

The First International Symposium on Induced Seismicity (ISIS) is being organized by the Institute of Earth and Planetary Physics, University of Alberta, Edmonton, in cooperation with Unesco, the National Research Council of Canada, and the Department of Energy, Mines and Resources, Canada. It will be held at the university on September 15 to 19, 1975.

The main concern of the meeting is to focus attention on the problems of adverse induced seismicity associated with engineering activities such as reservoir impounding, fluid injection, and mining excavation, and to identify future research needs related to induced seismicity.
Transport mechanisms in oceans and lakes: Symposium
Authors: Anonymous
Published: October 2011

The Department of the Environment, Canada, will sponsor a Symposium on Modeling of Transport Mechanisms in Oceans and Lakes in Burlington, Ontario, October 6 to 8, 1975. The meeting will be held at the Canada Centre for Inland Waters.

The purpose of the symposium is to evaluate current numericaldynamical models of the physical properties of large natural water bodies, with particular reference to internal distributions of momentum and mass. The theme of the conference will be the implications of water movements and thermal processes with regard to redistribution of dissolved or suspended substances in oceans and lakes. Emphasis will be on the synthesis and integration of individual geophysical and thermodynamic principles toward a simulation of the complete transport characteristics of the aquatic environment.
New products
Authors: Anonymous
Published: October 2011

Nimbus Instruments' ES‐100 is half the size and is priced at 30% less than existing instruments that have fewer features, say the manufacturers. The improvements in the ES‐100 are made possible through a new design that uses the recent developments in electronic technology.

The instrument enhances the displayed wave form by summing the desired signals while averaging out random background noise, thereby providing a clearer, more accurate signal with greater depth penetration. Additional features include a geophone polarity switch for enhancement of shear waves from reversed impacts and controls that allow the wave to be expanded horizontally and vertically, or to be displaced and delayed for detailed examination of particular sections of interest.
Harry Oscar Wood Fund
Authors: Anonymous
Published: October 2011

The Harry Oscar Wood Fund (administered by the Carnegie Institution of Washington), which supports personal research in the fields of seismology and associated physics of the earth, is accepting grant applications. Grants are customarily less than $10,000 and are made without regard to nationality of the applicant. Field studies are rated higher than laboratory studies.

Grant applications should be no more than 2 pages long and must indicate any similar proposals by the applicant which are being considered by, or which will be submitted in the near future to, other possible sponsors. Annual accounting is required along with a 1‐ or 2‐ page summary of the scientific results obtained. Use of funds 3 years from the date of the grant will be subject to a new review.
Symposium on inland waterways
Authors: Anonymous
Published: October 2011

Rivers '76, the Third Annual Symposium on Inland Waterways for Navigation, Flood Control and Water Diversions, will be held at Colorado State University, Fort Collins, on August 10–12, 1976, under the joint sponsorship of the National Science Foundation, Colorado State University, and the Waterways, Harbors and Coastal Engineering Division of the American Society of Civil Engineers. The symposium will provide a forum for the discussion of man's utilization of rivers and will cover engineering, economic, legal, and environmental aspects of this topic.

Papers will investigate the full range of problems, solutions, and research needs in single‐ and multi‐purpose river developments. Some of the problem areas of navigation, flood control, and water diversions which papers will cover include systems and economic analysis, erosion and sedimentation, flow regulation, channel stability and improvement, hydraulics of flood flows, structural and nonstructural control, channel response, flood routing, diversion and intake structures, and water resources development.
Planetary plasmas and fields
Authors: Roederer Juan G.
Published: October 2011

In this presentation I shall dwell on what D. G. King‐Hele in his IUGG lecture on Satellite Geodesy has called ‘the unpleasant things that come from the sun with the solar wind.’ Unpleasant they can be, indeed: an astronaut in the wrong orbit through the earth's magnetosphere could be killed in a matter of days by a radiation belt overdose. A journey in a supersonic aircraft flying at stratospheric altitude along the edge of the polar cap during a big solar proton event could have drastic consequences for the passengers' future family planning. The absence of a fully developed protective magnetosphere during geomagnetic reversals in the past probably led to a variety of frightening changes in the upper atmosphere caused by the then unhindered inflow of 1,000,000°K hot solar wind plasma.
Resmac: The New Mexican array
Authors: Lomnitz Cinna , Gil Jorge
Published: October 2011

A new seismic array is currently being installed throughout Mexico. Resmac, which stands for Red Sismica Mexicana de Apertura Continental, or Mexican continental aperture seismic array, will use a nationwide microwave communication network as a vital element in a modern, all‐digital, integrated system of seismic data acquisition and processing.

The Mexican microwave network spans the country from Tijuana to Cozumel and from coast to coast: hence it is called a ‘continental aperture array.’ Eventual cooperative projects now under the consideration of the Central American nations make a southward extension to Panama a possibility. At present, however, the Resmac project is sponsored exclusively by five agencies of the Mexican federal government, there being no financial or technical contribution from outside sources. The executive agency is the National University of Mexico, which is in close cooperation with the Department of Communications and Transportation of the federal government.
Land subsidence
Authors: Anonymous
Published: October 2011

Parts of the United States are sinking according to recent reports by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). A USGS report (‘Land Subsidence in the San Joaquin Valley, California, as of 1972,’ U.S. Geol. Surv. Prof. Pap. 437‐H) prepared in cooperation with the California Department of Water Resources states that at least 4300 mi2 of the economically important San Joaquin Valley of California have subsided more than a foot since the 1920's. This has created the largest area of intense land subsidence in the world.

About 5200 mi2 of the San Joaquin Valley have been affected by subsidence, and the valleywide volume of subsidence amounts to about 15.6×106 ac ft, or about half the volume of Great Salt Lake. This represents one of the largest environmental changes imposed by man.
Joint Oceanographic Assembly
Authors: Anonymous
Published: October 2011

The Joint Oceanographic Assembly will be held in Edinburgh, Scotland, from September 13–24, 1976. The assembly is being organized by a group of international nongovernmental organizations under the leadership of the Scientific Committee on Oceanic Research. The scientific program will consist primarily of general and scientific symposia with invited papers. In addition, several scientific associations are organizing sessions of invited and contributed papers.
Midwest Regional Meeting
Authors: Anonymous
Published: October 2011

The first Midwest Regional Meeting of AGU was held September 25–27, 1975, at the Wisconsin Center on the University of Wisconsin campus, Madison, Wisconsin. About 175 registrants participated in the 272 day (Thursday–Saturday noon) program of 90 papers and four panel discussions. The meeting served it's purpose of bringing together geophysicists and geologists who either work on the regional geophysics of the midwest or who work at similar institutions within a one‐day drive of each other. The smaller format of the meeting in comparison with the national meetings meant that only two or three sessions were occurring simultaneously, thus permitting (forcing?) participants to attend papers outside their specialties. Few people were in the halls during sessions. Indeed, the prevailing mood was that if one missed a paper, one would be left out of ensuing panel discussions.
Monitoring radon content
Authors: Craig H.
Published: October 2011

The report in the November issue of EOS describing Chinese research on earthquake prediction states that ‘a systematic field program of monitoring the radon content of water has yet to be established in the United States.’ This is incorrect: at least one such program has been in operation for 16 months. Since August 1974, my laboratory has been monitoring radon, helium, and He3/He4 ratios in thermal springs and wells along the major faults in southern California. A network of sampling sites has been set up on the Elsinore, San Jacinto, Mission Creek, Banning, and San Andreas faults, covering the area between San Bernardino and the Mexican border. The network includes 18 primary sampling points, which are sampled monthly, and 12 secondary locations, which are sampled less frequently.
Progress of the Nurek seismic program
Authors: Anonymous
Published: October 2011

High in the mountains of Central Asia, work continues on a part of the Earthquake Prediction project that was begun under the U.S.‐USSR Joint Agreement on Cooperation in the field of Environmental Protection of May 1972. The focus of the effort is the Nurek Dam in Tadzhikistan (see Figure 1). The filling of the 300‐m‐deep reservoir behind the dam was expected to cause increased levels of seismic activity in the already highly active area, giving scientists valuable opportunities to study the phenomena that take place in the earth's crust before strong quakes and possibly enabling them to identify the indicators and/or the initiators of earthquakes.
AAAS‐Rosenstiel Award
Authors: Anonymous
Published: October 2011

Nominations are invited for the 1976 American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)‐Rosenstiel Award in Oceanographic Science. Consisting of $5000 and a certificate, this annual award is funded by the Rosenstiel Foundation through the Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences of the University of Miami. Its purpose is to honor outstanding achievement and distinction in oceanographic science, including relevant aspects of ocean engineering where significant new principles are concerned, and aspects of atmospheric science with important implications for the understanding of oceanic processes.

Because of the multidisciplinary nature of oceanographic science the award recognizes achievement in three broad areas on a rotating basis. In 1976 the award will emphasize biology and living resources; in 1977, physics and chemistry of the water column and the atmosphere; in 1978, geology, physics, and the chemistry of the seabed.
Growing need for scientists and engineers
Authors: Anonymous
Published: October 2011

Robert C. Seamans, Jr., director of ERDA, the Energy Research and Development Administration, told the Texas A&M Research Foundation that the nation's colleges and universities must graduate 3 times the current number of employed scientists and engineers by 1985 if we are to meet U.S. energy‐related man power needs of the next 3 decades. The National Planning Association, according to Seamans, predicts that the federal energy research and development program alone will require some 40,000 scientists, engineers, and technicians in the coming years, or about twice as many as are currently employed.
International Association of Hydrological Sciences
Authors: Anonymous
Published: October 2011

Approximately 120 engineers and scientists from 20 countries attended the September 1975 meetings of the International Association of Hydrological Sciences (IAHS) in Grenoble, France. Of the attendees, approximately 20 were from the United States. A. Ivan Johnson (Office of Water Data Coordination, U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, Virginia) served as Chief U.S. Delegate to IAHS and as member of the Bureau of IAHS. William C. Ackermann (Illinois State Water Survey, Urbana) served as Alternate Chief Delegate to IAHS and as Member of the Bureau of IUGG.
President's page: Birth of a journal
Authors: Maxwell Arthur
Published: October 2011

An important duty of the AGU president is to choose committee chairmen wisely and assure that the committee members they have to work with are both knowledgeable and motivated. It should be realized that certain committees may be comprised of individuals representing the complete cross section of the AGU disciplines, while others may require geographical representation. In formulating the membership of the committees that I will appoint for the 1976–1978 term I will be seeking input from young scientists, who will make up the bulk of AGU's membership 10 years from now, as well as from their more established colleagues. I would like to urge that any member of AGU who wishes to serve on a committee or subcommittee write a note to the Executive Director at AGU headquarters stating the reason for his particular interest and any special background that he might have that could be applicable to the work of the committee.
New telescope in Chile
Authors: Anonymous
Published: October 2011

On January 13, 1976, the largest optical telescope in the southern hemisphere was placed in full‐time operation at Cerro Tololo Inter‐ American Observatory, 480 km north of Santiago, Chile. The new instrument will give astronomers their best look yet at objects such as the Magellanic clouds.

The telescope, located near the town of La Serena, is housed in a 41‐ m‐high building with a 450‐ton dome that rotates on 32 sets of wheels. The instrument is 14 m long. Its movable portion weighs 270 tons and is so delicately balanced that it can be moved by hand by one person. The mirrors are made of Cer‐Vit, an optical material insensitive to temperature changes. The 13.5‐ton main mirror measures 4 m in diameter and 61 cm in thickness. The secondary mirror is 1.3 m in diameter.
The earthquake disaster mitigation act
Authors: Kisslinger Carl
Published: October 2011

The scientific study of earthquakes evolved from mankind's need and desire to understand, and perhaps thereby be able to mitigate, a major cause of natural disasters. Of course, a great deal of basic knowledge of the internal structure, composition, and dynamic processes that characterize the planet earth has been gained also during these investigations, and the results of the studies of earthquakes and the waves that they send through the earth are the basis of a major part of our current understanding of the earth.

Today we can readily identify a number of problem areas in which seismological research has an opportunity to contribute further to the well‐being of the nation. High among these areas of opportunity is the entire field of earthquake hazards mitigation, and it is to this subject that these remarks are primarily addressed.
Spectrum atlas nears completion
Authors: Anonymous
Published: October 2011

Much research in geophysics, aeronomy, planetary and cometary physics; and astrophysics requires the knowledge of the spectrum of the light of the integrated solar disk with high spectral resolution and high photometric accuracy. An atlas of the spectrum of this solar irradiance will soon be available from the Sacramento Peak Observatory, AFGL, Sunspot, New Mexico 88349. The atlas will cover the wavelength region from 380 to 700 nm with a spectral resolution of 4×105 . It will be available in tabular and graphical form as an Air Force Geophysics Laboratories in‐house publication and on computer tape (7 or 9 track).
Awards presented at the Spring Annual Meeting: Fifteenth Presentation James B. Macelwane Award to John S. Lewis in Recognition of Significant Contributions to the Geophysical Sciences by a Young Scientist of Outstanding Ability
Authors: Cameron A. G. W.
Published: October 2011

Probably one of the very smallest subdisciplines in the space and geosciences, in terms of the number of its practitioners, is theoretical cosmochemistry. Yet it has one of the largest impacts upon all of the other subdisciplines. A particularly effective wielder of the tools of this subdiscipline is John S. Lewis, who is richly deserving of the James B. Macelwane Award. Not too long ago he expressed the opinion to me that few people would understand the meaning of the term ‘theoretical cosmochemist.’ This citation presents an opportunity to enlarge that number.
Awards presented at the Spring Annual Meeting: Fifteenth Presentation James B. Macelwane Award to Robert L. Parker in Recognition of Significant Contributions to the Geophysical Sciences by a Young Scientist of Outstanding Ability
Authors: Gilbert J. Freeman , Parker R. L.
Published: October 2011

Robert L. Parker was born in England on February 24, 1942. His academic degrees are from Downing College, University of Cambridge, where he received the B.A. degree in 1962 and the Ph.D. degree in 1966, The world renowned Department of Geodesy and Geophysics was his professional home and Sir Edward Bullard his mentor during his postgraduate years.

Most of Parker's early York was concerned with geophysical problems in electromagnetic induction, although he did interrupt this work long enough to write a short paper with Dan McKenzie in 1967. In this paper McKenzie and Parker showed that the lithosphere of the North Pacific is rotating rigidly as a single plate of the crust and upper mantle. This work, along with that of Jason Morgan, established the reality of plate tectonics, a geological concept so simple that it is profound.
President's page: Merle Tuve: A golden anniversary
Authors: Whitfield Kennard O.
Published: October 2011

In the long history of American racial discrimination, American blacks, Mexican Americans, Puerto Ricans, and American Indians frequently were denied basic educational opportunities, to say nothing of college and graduate training. As a result, they are still severely underrepresented at the undergraduate and graduate levels of American higher education. The need for the appearance of minorities among geophysical scientists has been apparent for a long time. The absence of significant participation by minorities in geology, seismology, hydrology, meteorology, oceanography, and the other disciplines of the geophysical sciences represents a loss of creative energy at both the professional and the technician level.
NASA solicits proposals for Jupiter mission
Authors: Anonymous
Published: October 2011

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is soliciting proposals for scientific investigations of Jupiter. The overall scientific objectives of this mission are to conduct comprehensive investigations of the Jovian system by making in situ and remote measurements of the planet, its environment, and its satellites. Primary emphasis is on direct entry measurements and the characterization of the magnetosphere of the planet and its interaction with the satellites.

In the proposed mission a single launch in 1981/1982 would carry a spacecraft to Jupiter which would consist of an atmosphere entry probe and a long‐lived orbiter. Individuals or groups of scientists who are interested in proposing specific investigations for this mission may obtain a copy of this announcement (AO OSS‐3‐76) by writing to M. A. Mitz, Chief, Advance Planning, Lunar and Planetary Programs Office, Code SL, NASA Headquarters, Washington, D.C. 20546. The announcement will indicate the specific scientific objectives and other details including how to submit a Letter of Intent to propose and obtain the Proposal Preparation Information package. Proposals for the probe investigations are due November 1, 1976, and for the orbiter investigations, December 1, 1976.
Recommended methods for water data aacquisition
Authors: Anonymous
Published: October 2011

The increased demand for water and the attention given in recent years to the deterioration in the quality of our nation's water resources have been accompanied by an increased demand for water resources data. The search for appropriate data has spotlighted the fact that there are numerous deficiencies in the data base. One of the deficiencies is related to the quality of the data because frequently there are few if any indicators as to how good or bad the data actually are. Another deficiency is lack of comparability and compatibility of water data that have been collected by different organizations. Much of this deficiency can be attributed to differences in acquisition methodologies and in handling procedures. One can appreciate the magnitude of these problems when it is realized that there are about 30 federal agencies, hundreds of state and county agencies, and an unknown number of other organizations that collect water data.
Legislative, Governmental Affairs Committee
Authors: Anonymous
Published: October 2011

The Executive Committee of the Union approved the following testimony for submission in writing for the record of the hearings on H.R. 10013 National Climate Program Act held by the Subcommittee on Environment and the Atmosphere of the Committee on Science and Technology.
Office of science and technology policy
Authors: Anonymous
Published: October 2011

On June 9, 1975, President Ford transmitted to the Congress his proposal to establish an Office of Science and Technology Policy in the Executive Office of the President. On November 6, 1975, the House passed legislation acceptable to the President (H.R. 10230). On February 4, 1976, the Senate passed a similar bill. A compromise bill recommended by the House‐Senate Conference Committee was approved by the Senate on April 27 and by the House on April 29,1976.
AIP special rates
Authors: Anonymous
Published: October 2011

Subscription orders with remittances should be sent directly to the American Institute of Physics, 335 East 45th Street, New York 10017. A statement of membership in AGU should accompany the order.
President's page: Haicheng and Los Angeles: A tale of two cities
Authors: Spilhaus A. F.
Published: October 2011

What is AGU to you? Is it a meeting, a subscription to a journal, a professional society? AGU encompasses all of these aspects and many more. Each member has his own view of AGU according to his own needs and vantage point.

What do you picture when you think of AGU? How do you explain it to your colleagues, especially those who have had no contact with it? What is our image?
Comment on use of anomalous stations for IMS
Authors: Canfield P. A. , Gough D. I.
Published: October 2011

One of us has recently reviewed the general problem of the effects of induction in the earth upon the measurement of external time‐varying magnetic fields [Gough, 1974]. In this context we are concerned about the inclusion of Rapid City, South Dakota, and Alert and Mould Bay, N.W.T., Canada, in magnetometer networks for the International Magnetospheric Study, as described by Lanzerotti et al [1976]. Inhomogeneities in the electrical conductivity of the earth's crust cause drastic distortions in the variation fields recorded at these stations.
President's page: Minorities
Authors: Cox Allan
Published: October 2011

Should Freedom of Research be added to Freedom of Speech as a fundamental human right? A petition affirming Freedom of Inquiry for scientists has been circulated by the National Academy of Sciences and is printed on page 69 for members who may wish to sign it. The petition has lain on my desk for some months now alongside an article by Jacques Cousteau objecting to research being done by geophysicists aboard the Glomar Challenger. Cousteau challenges our right to do geophysical research in Antarctic waters because he fears that this research will inevitably lead to the exploitation and environmental degradation of Antarctica. He is especially critical of geophysicists for refusing to accept responsibility for the effects their research has on society. The academy petition, on the other hand, is not concerned with the social context in which research is done but rather asserts that freedom to do research, to publish our ideas without censorship, and to travel freely are basic human rights. Although the academy petition was originally written out of concern for oppressed scientists in other countries, it and Cousteau's article raise some important general issues about freedom and responsibility in research.
DPS 1976 review
Authors: Anonymous
Published: October 2011

During 1976 the membership of the DPS (Division for Planetary Sciences) of the American Astronomical Society (AAS) passed 300, with about 50 members in the affiliate category (scientists active in planetary science but not belonging to the AAS may apply for affiliate membership in the division). As usual the major activity of the division was the annual meeting, held last year in Austin, Texas. Donald M. Hunten of Kitt Peak Observatory was elected Vice Chairman, and M. J. S. Belton of Kitt Peak and Tom Gehrels of the University of Arizona were elected to the Division Committee. William A. Baum of Lowell Observatory succeeded Carl Sagan of Cornell University as Chairman, and Torrence V. Johnson of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory was elected by the committee to succeed David Morrison as Secretary‐Treasurer for this year.
Thunder and lightning—Science takes a new look at storms
Authors: Anonymous
Published: October 2011

From Kennedy Space Center vantage points where thousands watched as Apollo/Saturn space vehicles began missions to the moon, electronic eyes are looking skyward in history's most highly concentrated study of thunderstorms. Meteorological scientists and physicists from throughout the United States and abroad came to the Spaceport for a summer of observation and study of phenomena that cause electrical charges in cumulonimbus cloud formations and electrical discharges within and between clouds and to the earth's surface. An earlier program in 1948 studied the dynamics of thunderstorms. This effort is directed at electrical characteristics.
Physical properties of upper mantle rocks in relation to geodynamic processes
Authors: Babuška Vladislav , Liebermann Robert C.
Published: October 2011

A major target of research during the Geodynamics Project is the study of the physical properties and processes of the earth's interior with the objective of establishing a dynamical model of plate tectonics. The principal source of information about the physical state of the earth's interior comes from seismological investigations. The ability to translate seismological and other geophysical data into information regarding composition, phase, temperature, and stress state in the earth's interior requires extensive laboratory experimentation on natural and synthetic materials and theoretical equations with which to extrapolate these laboratory data to mantle conditions.
New opportunity for academic space experiments
Authors: Anonymous
Published: October 2011

Starting in 1979, scientists will be offered a new opportunity for space research when NASA begins halfyearly launchings of the Long Duration Exposure Facility (LDEF). The instrument is a large passive unmanned structure on which over 70 separate self‐contained experiment packages will be mounted. It will be carried aloft by the space shuttle transportation system, left to orbit the earth for a number of months, and then retrieved and brought back to earth, and the experiments will be returned to their owners for analysis. LDEF offers prolonged exposure to the conditions at its 556‐km orbital altitude: weightlessness, extreme vacuum, and high particle and radiation fluxes. A unique feature is the return of materials and instruments at the end of the mission.
Books and Journals for Asia
Authors: Anonymous
Published: October 2011

Books for Asia, a project of the Asia Foundation, is asking for books and journals that are no longer being used. Books should bear a publication date no later than 1965 and should be in excellent condition. At least one com‐plete year of a journal published since 1950 and long complete runs in particular are needed. Donations of books and journals are tax deductible.