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Balloon Launch Expedition
Authors: Anonymous
Published: October 2011

During August a launch crew from the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder, Colorado, will embark on another series of high altitude superpressure balloon flights from Ascension Island in the South Atlantic. Four balloons will be launched to float at the 30‐mb level (24 km) and three at 50 mb (20.8 km). These balloon evaluation flights are preliminary to the forthcoming Nimbus D/IRLS balloon‐satellite experiment, wherein the satellite will perform the balloon tracking and location in order to determine upper wind trajectories in the equatorial regions. In January 1969, eight similar balloons were launched from Ascension.
International geophysics: Symposium on the Hydrology of Deltas
Authors: Arnow Ted
Published: October 2011

A Symposium on the Hydrology of Deltas was held in Bucharest, Romania, on May 6–9; it was followed by a field trip to the delta of the Danube River on May 10–14. The Symposium was organized by Unesco, with the collaboration of the Romanian Government and the support of the International Association of Scientific Hydrology (IASH).

The Romanian Government did an excellent job of arranging for airport reception, hotels in Bucharest, a meeting hall for the technical sessions, hospitality sessions, a full side program for wives of delegates, and hotels, meals, and transportation (bus, train, and boat) on the field trip. The Institute of Hydrotechnical Research of the Romanian Government provided most of the support.
Water Resources Research projects
Authors: Anonymous
Published: October 2011

The Office of Water Resources Research has announced the selection of 36 research projects for the fiscal year 1970 water research program authorized under Title II of the Water Resources Research Act of 1964. The purpose of this program is to provide financial support of research into any aspects of water problems related to the missions of the Department of the Interior that are not otherwise being studied. Emphasis will be placed on research related to urban and metropolitan water problems and to the development and application of systems analysis to water resources problems. Eight of the projects deal with research related to urban or metropolitan water problems, eight deal with systems analysis development and application, and five deal with water resources planning and management.
National symposium on data and instrumentation for water quality management
Authors: Anonymous
Published: October 2011

The Conference of State Sanitary Engineers with the cosponsorship of sixteen other professional societies, including the American Geophysical Union, will hold a National Symposium on Data and Instrumentation for Water Quality Management at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, on July 21–23, 1970. The symposium, which is expected to draw representatives from all parts of the United States and from Canada, has been called to discuss experiences, reveal needs, and make recommendations related to water quality management, including other aspects of water resources. Persons interested in presenting papers at the symposium should submit an abstract of the paper, approximately 100 words in length, not later than November 1, 1969.
Urban water resources research
Authors: Anonymous
Published: October 2011

A new research program, aimed at improving water resources management in urban areas, has been announced by Secretary of the Interior Walter J. Hickel.
Water films (Canada)
Authors: Anonymous
Published: October 2011

The Secretariat of the Canadian National Committee has published a booklet entitled Water Films. This booklet is a listing of films concerning different aspects of water—from hydraulics and conservation to the nature of water itself. Subject‐matter groupings are as follows: Hydrology; Meteorology; Ground Water; Snow and Ice; Glaciology; Geomorphology; Hydraulics; Water Quality (including Pollution and Desalination); Conservation (including Soil and Water, Flood Control, Erosion, Land Reclamation, and Irrigation); Oceanography; and Hydroelectric Projects.

Information includes film titles, a brief description of the film, and addresses and information about whether the films may be obtained by loan, rental, or purchase. The Canadian National Committee for the IHD, at No. 8 Building, Room G‐31, Carling Avenue, Ottawa 1, Canada, can provide further information.
Forum
Authors: Humble J. E.
Published: October 2011

One must agree with Professor Roederer's view of the need to control the quality and length of papers published in JGR (Forum, May 1969). However, I am most concerned at the thought of JGR possibly becoming a series of 2‐ or 3‐page abstracts similar in style to some conference proceedings. Such abbreviated papers are generally difficult to work with precisely because of their lack of detail. Surely the aim of communicating results via a journal is, at least in part, to enable other scientists to read what one has done and to understand how the work has been carried out.
Symposium on representative and experimental basins
Authors: Anonymous
Published: October 2011

The Royal Society of New Zealand in association with the International Hydrological Decade has announced an International Symposium on the Results of Research on Representative and Experimental Basins on December 1–8, 1970 at Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand. Sponsored by IASH and supported by Unesco, topics for the symposium include the following: hydrological processes, application of statistics, results of research on a basin and on a regional basis, extrapolation of results in space, and development of new techniques for use on representative and experimental basins. United States participation in this symposium will be coordinated for the U.S. National Committees of IASH and IHD by Richard F. Hadley, Chairman, Work Group on Representative and Experimental Basins, USNC/IHD.
Geophysical fluid dynamics at the University of Chicago
Authors: Anonymous
Published: October 2011

The Department of Geophysical Sciences at the University of Chicago has announced a new program of study in Fluid Dynamics with special emphasis on natural phenomena occurring in the atmosphere and the oceans. The academic program consists of a series of core courses in Geophysical Fluid Dynamics followed by advanced lecture and experimental courses in areas of current interest, leading to the student's participation in his own advanced research. A close, scholarly relation between students and faculty members is made possible by a low student‐faculty ratio. There are currently nine faculty in the program.
Fourth Symposium on Earthquake Engineering
Authors: Anonymous
Published: October 2011

The Fourth Symposium on Earthquake Engineering will be held at the University of Roorkee, Roorkee, India, in November 1970. The symposium will deal with the following themes: Structural Response and Design of Structures for Earthquake and Blast Force, Design of Dams and Appurtenant Works in Earthquake Zones, Housing in Seismic Zones and Damage during Recent Earthquakes, Soil and Foundation Behavior during Earthquakes, Instruments for Earthquake Engineering and Seismological Studies, Seismicity, Wave Propagation and Ground Motion, Seismo‐Tectonic Studies of Seismic Regions, Observation of Earthquake Damage and Determination of Isoseismal and Iso‐Force Lines.
AMS Special Symposium
Authors: Anonymous
Published: October 2011

The American Meteorological Society will hold a special symposium on ‘The Dynamics of the Mesosphere and Lower Thermosphere,’ at the University of Colorado, Boulder, on June 15–18, 1970. General subject areas, as applied to the middle atmosphere (30–100 km), are: radiative processes and the distribution of radiative sources and sinks; composition and photochemistry; observations and theoretical models of the general circulation; motions on different scales such as gravity waves, synoptic and Rossby‐Haurwitz (planetary waves, tidal oscillations; energetics of atmospheric motions; phenomena involving interactions between different atmospheric regions; interaction of dynamics and composition (including transport processes). Titles and abstracts of up to 400 words must be submitted before March 15, 1970, for review.
Symposium on “Climate and Man”
Authors: Anonymous
Published: October 2011

A symposium on ‘Climate and Man’ has been arranged for the Annual Meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science by the new AAAS Section on Atmospheric and Hydrospheric Science. The Symposium, scheduled for December 29 in Boston, will also mark the 50th anniversary year of the American Meteorological Society. The program is printed below.
Deep‐Sea Drilling Project
Authors: Anonymous
Published: October 2011

The National Science Foundation has announced a 36‐month extension of the Deep‐Sea Drilling Project (DSDP), which is now nearing the end of its initial 18‐month contract period. The program has resulted in holes up to 3230 feet deep, drilled at more than 66 sites in the Atlantic and Pacific oceans in water depths up to 20,140 feet.
New products
Authors: Anonymous
Published: October 2011

Varian Associates has announced a new high‐speed quality control system that automatically gives a direct reading of the oil and water content in core samples to a three‐place accuracy within 10 seconds. The new PAT‐20 Process Analyzer puts nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy to use in a rugged package for field use which incorporates the same operating principles and precision as in the unit built for continuous operation in factory environments. The sample is inserted and removed by an air ejection system. PAT‐20 is completely solid‐state and requires no special environmental controls to maintain its specifications.
Current Status of U.S. Part of the IFYGL Program
Authors: Anonymous
Published: October 2011

Congress authorized $200,000 to implement the U.S. part of the IFYGL program in fiscal year 1970. The Corps of Engineers, which has lead agency responsibility for the federal interest in the program, has been authorized to request $500,000 for fiscal year 1971. It is heartening to report that the Corps now has some funds to initiate the Field Year, but considerable reprogramming is required because these sums are considerably short of the estimates of program costs made by the Steering Committee for the IFYGL. The 1970 allocation is roughly 15 percent of what was originally recommended for FY 1970, and the $500,000 is about 25 percent of what was recommended for FY 1971. The total U.S. side of the program has been estimated to cost about $7,000,000 through 1975.
The President's Page: Ave Atque Vale
Authors: Landsberg Helmut E.
Published: October 2011

It has been my privilege over the past two years to communicate with the AGU membership through these pages. This communication has resulted in a variety of comments from readers. Some have been favorable, some critical. Most valuable have been those with suggestions for improvements.
Course in Electromagnetic Probing
Authors: Anonymous
Published: October 2011

A course in Electromagnetic Probing in Geophysics will be held August 3–8, 1970, at the University of Colorado, Boulder. The course will concern electromagnetic waves as a geophysical tool, with emphasis on the solid earth and relevant aspects of electromagnetic wave propagation. Those wishing to attend are required to have a background in electromagnetics equivalent to a recent graduate in physics or electrical engineering. Tuition is $150 for the full six days.
Pacific Northwest Regional Meeting
Authors: Anonymous
Published: October 2011

The meeting of the Pacific Northwest Region of the American Geophysical Union will be held October 14–16, 1970, at the University of Puget Sound, Tacoma, Washington. The purpose of the meeting is to inform the geophysical public about the research conducted within the region and to report what is known about the region. Deadline for receipt of abstracts is September 1, 1970. Those wishing to present papers should use the AGU abstract forms available from the AGU office.
Wind waves and swell in the North Sea
Authors: Barnett T. P.
Published: October 2011

The undulatory progress of wind wave research in the past two decades is chronologically summarized by the following quotations:

The present state of our knowledge is profoundly unsatisfactory [Ursell, 1956].

The three elements needed for determining the mechanisms of water wave generation by wind … were shown in a review by Ursell [1956] to be all wanting, but in that by Longuet‐Higgens [1962] to have been in. large measure supplied in the intervening six years [Lighthill, 1962].

After a decade of intense study, which has seen the development of numerous wave generation theories … it is now evident that the mechanisms mainly responsible for the most rapid stage of growth of sea waves under the action of the wind still remain to be found [Longuet‐Higgins, 1969] (introduction to a paper presenting yet another mechanism of wave generation).
Comments on Graduate Education
Authors: Wilkening Marvin H.
Published: October 2011

Graduate education does have its troubles, but the recent article by Billy M. McCormac (June EOS) contains some statements that cannot escape without challenge. We are especially concerned with the treatment given employment of doctoral recipients, the postdoctoral fellow, and the financing of doctoral programs in universities. Several studies bearing directly on these topics became available within the last year.

1. A major goal of graduate education is and must continue to be the providing of Ph.D.'s for faculty positions. Graduate students are not educated ‘predominately for industry and government’ as McCormac suggests. According to a recent study conducted by the Office of Scientific Personnel of the National Research Council (Employment Status of Doctoral Recipients, May 1970) 74% of the 17,081 doctoral recipients in all fields in 1969 were employed by educational institutions; 22% were employed by government and industry. The corresponding average percentages for engineering, mathematics, and the physical sciences are 50% and 47%, indicating nearly equal numbers for these fields, but certainly not justifying McCormac's additional statement: ‘The number of Ph.D.'s required to satisfy faculty vacancies has recently become minimal.’
Toward an effective and credible program: Water pollution control
Authors: Dworsky Leonard B.
Published: October 2011

While the public demand for water pollution control remains loud, the political response has become deafening. The responsible political leadership in both parties has avoided the temptation to engage in competitive promises. But those seeking instant solutions and those whose political response has been guided by the pressure of Earth Day have created an image about the pollution problem that is difficult for the public to understand. This confusion is a serious matter and unless the problem is clarified and the achievements that are likely to take place during the next five to ten years are clearly explained, the American people will be disappointed, and their faith in government and technology will continue to diminish. The addition of unneeded, further strains on an overburdened society need not happen if we share with the public a realistic appraisal of what is possible during the 70's.
IUGG Fifteenth General Assembly: Instructions for preparing abstracts
Authors: Anonymous
Published: October 2011

The abstracts for each Association will be published in a bound book similar to that published for the Fourteenth General Assembly. The abstracts of joint symposia will be issued in the books of all co‐sponsoring Associations.

The deadline for the receipt of U.S. abstracts in the AGU office is January 15, 1971. Participants should indicate the Association before which they wish to present their paper. The copy should be suitable for photographic reproduction, i.e., sharp black type on white paper, 8½×11 inches, with a left‐hand margin of 1¼ inches. The following information should be given on the first page ⅓ down from the top margin: Author's last name followed by first and middle initials, author's institution, his country, and the title of his paper. A second page is permitted, but must not exceed ⅓ of the page from the top margin. This page should be numbered 2 at the top.
New course in environmental engineering
Authors: Anonymous
Published: October 2011

The College of Engineering at Louisiana State University is now offering a college‐wide survey course in environmental engineering. It deals with technology and human ecology. The objective of the course is to develop a general understanding of the earth's physical system and processes and the effects of man's interaction with this system. The earth sciences are presented in sufficient detail to enable the student to properly understand the impact of pollution and other destructive influences on the land, water, and air systems. Problems and engineering solutions of water and air pollution, solid waste disposal, and other critical environmental stresses are reviewed. A major theme of the course is the environmental interaction between various elements of the total system. Physiological, psychological, and sociological influences of environmental changes on man are considered. The role of local, state, and national government in preserving the quality of the environment is also examined.
Earth and Planetary Physics Colloquium
Authors: Anonymous
Published: October 2011

The First European Earth and Planetary Physics Colloquium will be held at the University of Reading, Berkshire, England, March 30–April 2, 1971. The colloquium will consist of three distinct phases: (1) Open General Sessions will concern planetary interiors, planetary atmospheres, and interplanetary processes. (2) Specialist Symposia will run concurrently with the general sessions, but will concern scientific areas of particular interest in Europe. (3) ‘Frontier’ expositions modeled after the ‘Frontiers of Geophysics’ session of the AGU annual meeting are also planned.

Abstracts of all papers selected for presentation will be published.
World system for abstracting and indexing
Authors: Anonymous
Published: October 2011

The International Council of Scientific Unions Abstracting Board (ICSU AB) at its annual meeting in Columbus, Ohio in July agreed to proceed with a plan for the first stage of a world system for abstracting and indexing services for science and technology. The member services of the ICSU Abstracting Board are Astronomy and Astrophysics Abstracts, Bibliographie des Sciences de la Terre, Bibliography and Index of Geology, Biosciences Information Service of Biological Abstracts, Bulletin Signalétique, Chemical Abstracts Service, Chemischer Informationsdienst, Science Abstracts, Physikalische Berichte, Referativnyi Zhurnal, and Zentralblatt fur Mathematik.

The first‐stage plan defines guidelines for cooperation among the member services of the Abstracting Board in the acquisition, selection, and exchange of documents for coverage by the services. It is aimed primarily at eliminating much of the duplication in journal acquisition that exists among the world's principal abstracting and indexing services.
The President's Page: Staff and services
Authors: Newell Homer E.
Published: October 2011

In August we paid tribute on this page to our retiring Executive Director, Waldo E. Smith. It seems appropriate that we should now use the same medium to introduce AGU's new Executive Director, A.F. Spilhaus, Jr. Fred, an oceanographer by training, joined the AGU staff in 1967 as Assistant Executive Director. He is well known to participants in the Visiting Scientists Program. He helped to create EOS, and has edited it from its inception.
New techniques for geodetic measurements at sea
Authors: Mourad A. George
Published: October 2011

Many studies conducted by various government agencies and private organizations on the technology of precise measurement and positioning at sea have established that (1) the need for improved accuracy is great and rapidly increasing, and (2) the state of the art has been advanced to a point where a coordinated, well‐planned program aimed at meeting requirements would provide valuable, practical, and economic results. Now is the time to carefully assess the over‐all situation, both the identified needs and the estimated potentials, and to decide what the next steps should be for using available knowledge. An efficient program should be designed and initiated to meet at least present critical needs and to build a firm foundation for meeting future needs.

This paper is concerned with assessment of only the four systems that Battelle has examined in some detail, namely, Airborne LORAC, Doppler Satellite, C‐Band Radar, and Very‐Long‐Baseline Interferometry (VLBI), and the acoustic system that is required with all presently available systems. Also, the paper is concerned primarily with the geometric aspects of geodesy rather than, for example, with its physical aspects or with such special areas as satellite altimetry.
Report of a Symposium Held at Flagstaff, Arizona, June 24”July 3, 1970: Mechanical Properties and Processes in the Mantle
Authors: Sykes Lynn R. , Kay Robert , Anderson Orson L.
Published: October 2011

Geophysical evidence has accumulated rapidly in the last few years for hypotheses of plate tectonics, which include the ideas of continental drift, sea‐floor spreading, transform faulting, underthrusting of the lithosphere at island arcs and the coherent movements of large blocks of the crust and uppermost mantle. The success of these concepts in explaining and synthesizing a great amount of geophysical data strongly suggests that these ideas should have broad application in geology. Plate tectonics, which is largely a kinematic description of relative movements of the earth's surface, also has stimulated interest in the processes driving plates and in the mechanical properties of the upper mantle below the lithosphere.

To explore some of these new directions a Symposium on Mechanical Properties and Processes in the Mantle was held in Flagstaff, Arizona, June 29–July 3, 1970, under the auspices of the International Upper Mantle Project and the U.S. National Academy of Sciences. This was the first major upper mantle symposium held in the United States. The scope of the conference included physical properties of materials likely to be present in the mantle, rocks of possible mantle origin and their mode of emplacement, convection currents, and other possible driving forces of global tectonics. The conference was not intended to be a review of geophysical evidence for plate movements, but rather to seek out new directions influenced by these ideas.h such special areas as satellite altimetry.
Satellite relays temperature of Mt. Rainier
Authors: Anonymous
Published: October 2011

An earth‐orbiting Nimbus‐4 weather satellite is now relaying the temperature of steam emitted from volcanic, snow‐capped Mt. Rainier in Washington ‘on command’ eight times each week as it passes over the 14,41 0‐foot mountain.

According to USGS and NASA scientists who are teamed up on the project, the satellite, flying at an altitude of about 680 miles, receives radio signals from a special temperature‐monitoring station at the peak of the mountain, relaying them to a ground station at Fairbanks, Alaska. Land lines transmit the data from Alaska to NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center near Washington, D.C., where they are printed out by computer.
Texas A&M's Marine Institute to be located on Pelican Island
Authors: Anonymous
Published: October 2011

Galveston's Pelican Island is the site of Texas A&M's Moody Marine Institute. A 100‐acre facility, the Mitchell Campus, will house the institute which includes the Texas Maritime Academy, Marine Laboratory, and various oceanographic installations.

The completed campus will contain approximately 25 buildings. It will eventually be divided into 2 areas—an academic core for classrooms, laboratories, and administration offices; and a recreation core containing dormitories and related facilities. Foundation work is complete on the first two buildings, a classroom‐administration building and a technical laboratory. They are scheduled for occupancy next fall.
World's largest radio antenna to be resurfaced
Authors: Anonymous
Published: October 2011

Cornell University and the National Science Foundation have announced the award of a $3,764,213 contract to the Garland Division of LTV Electro systems, Inc., in Dallas, Texas, to upgrade the 1000‐foot‐diameter antenna reflector of the National Astronomy and Ionosphere Center (NAIC) located near the city of Arecibo in Puerto Rico. The observatory is a national research center managed by Cornell under contract with NSF.
Rock mechanics symposium
Authors: Anonymous
Published: October 2011

The fourteenth Symposium on Rock Mechanics will be held June 12–14, 1972, at the Pennsylvania State University. It is sponsored by the U.S. National Committee for Rock Mechanics and the Department of Mineral Engineering of Penn State. The general theme of the symposium is ‘New Horizons in Rock Mechanics.’ Tentatively, sessions will be held on rapid excavation, automation in rock mechanics research, basic and applied studies relative to coal mining and to underground and surface hardrock mining, slope stability, and earthquake research.
New statutes and bylaws
Authors: Anonymous
Published: October 2011

On December 5, 1971, a major item on the agenda of the meeting of the Council was the proposed revision of the Statutes and Bylaws of the Union.

The Council, after debating every item in the proposed revision and noting that four provisions were especially significant, instructed the Executive Director and the Chairman of the Statutes and Bylaws Committed, William Durbin, to provide that the general membership be made aware of these tentative provisions prior to the April 1972 meeting.
The President's Page (guest editorial): Solar‐terrestrial physics
Authors: Johnson Francis S.
Published: October 2011

Solar‐terrestrial physics is one of the oldest fields of space science. By solar‐terrestrial physics we mean the mechanisms by which the earth , including its atmosphere and magnetosphere, responds to solar activity. Experimental research in this field involves observations of the near‐earth environment, and it has enjoyed a longer period of attention from space vehicles than have more distant targets for the simple reason that early space vehicles could only reach the near‐earth environment. On this account it has been stated that all the major features of the near‐earth environment have been adequately explored and that focus of space efforts should shift to more distant objectives to the near exclusion of further investigation of the near‐earth environment. However, this is not true, since much remains to be learned about solar‐terrestrial physics; the solutions to many important problems are within sight, and new physical phenomena that affect the earth and its interaction with the interplanetary environment and the sun are still being discovered. Questions can now be precisely formulated, permitting the design of more definitive experiments than was possible in the earlier exploratory investigations; now measurements of related quantities from a variety of sources must be carefully coordinated.
International Symposium on River Mechanics
Authors: Anonymous
Published: October 2011

An International Symposium on River Mechanics will be held in Bangkok, Thailand, January 9–12, 1973, under the auspices of the Asian Institute of Technology and the Committee on Fluvial Hydraulics of the International Association of Hydraulic Research. It will be cosponsored by the International Association of Hydrological Sciences and Unesco. The symposium will cover three technical programs on flood investigations, erosion and sedimentation, and river and estuary model analysis.
NSF budget appropriations for FY 1973
Authors: Anonymous
Published: October 2011

The National Science Foundation's budget request for fiscal year 1973 totals $653 million in proposed new appropriations, some 13% higher than last year. Included in the total are some programs of particular interest to geophysicists:

The Global Atmospheric Research Program (GARP)—$3.5 million (40% increase over FY 1972). The primary portion of this will go toward preparations for the FY 1974 GARP Atlantic Tropical Experiment (GATE).
International Conference on the Core‐Mantle Interface
Authors: Cox Allan , Cain Joseph C.
Published: October 2011

Many traditional ideas concerning the chemistry, the temperature, the distribution of heat sources, and the density of the lower mantle and core have recently been challenged. Some of this research has a direct bearing on the mechanism by which the earth's magnetic field is generated.

An interdisciplinary conference was held in Melbourne, Florida, on March 7–9 , 1972, to discuss these ideas. Our objective as specialists from the fields of seismology, geochemistry, paleomagnetism, astronomy, solidstate geophysics, and dynamo theory was to discuss the compatability of some of our own favored hypotheses about the earth's lower mantle and core with alternative hypotheses from other disciplines. Questions considered by the conference included the following:
Meeting to coordinate study of Mid‐Atlantic Ridge
Authors: Anonymous
Published: October 2011

Approximately 45 scientists gathered at Princeton University on January 24, 1972, for a five‐day meeting to plan scientific studies on the mid‐Atlantic ridge. Geophysicists front the United States and four foreign countries met under the auspices of the Ocean Science Committee of the National Academy of Sciences with the financial support of the National Science Foundation. A Steering Committee including A. Fischer, J. Heirtzler (Chairman), F. Press, and M. Talwani organized panels on pedogenesis, details of tectonic processes, and geophysical structure. Each panel reviewed our present knowledge, identified major unsolved problems, and indicated methods of solution.
The Sikhote‐Alin meteorite: 25 years of study
Authors: Anonymous
Published: October 2011

On February 12, 1947, a tremendous chunk of iron, nickel, and cobalt fell in the foothills of the Sikhote‐Alin range, near Vladivostok in the far eastern region of the USSR. The twenty‐fifth anniversary of this event was marked at an extended meeting of the Meteorite Committee of the USSR Academy of Sciences by many scientists who have been studying all the details of the fall for the past quarter century.
Contract awarded for 100‐inch telescope
Authors: Anonymous
Published: October 2011

The contract for construction of the 100‐inch Irénée du Pont Telescope mounting, including the mirror support system and the precise driving mechanism, has been awarded to the Boiler & Chivens Division of Perkin‐Elmer Corporation, South Pasadena, California, in joint venture with the L and F Industries of Los Angeles. The 67‐ton telescope is to be installed at the Carnegie Institution of Washington's Las Campanas Observatory in Chile.
USGS to step up water resource investigations
Authors: Anonymous
Published: October 2011

The water resources program of the U.S. Geological Survey will be expanded in fiscal 1973 to meet growing information needs of hardpressed water managers and planners.

E.L. Hendricks, Chief Hydrologist, USGS, Washington, D.C., noted that ‘water use in the United States has increased almost 20% in the last five years.’
Deep sea buoy anchored in Gulf of Mexico
Authors: Anonymous
Published: October 2011

The first of a series of advanced experimental buoys for automatically gathering oceanographic and meteorological data from the marine environment is now stationed in the Gulf of Mexico.

The 100‐ton buoy is anchored in almost two miles of water about 225 miles from Gulfport, Mississippi. It is scheduled to remain on site through 1974, transmitting environmental data.
New product
Authors: Anonymous
Published: October 2011

A new line of multichannel spectrum analyzers has been introduced by Ortec Incorporated, an EG&G company. Oak Ridge, Tennessee.

A standard feature of the Ortec MCAs is a spectrum display system on which a continuously updated spectrum, rather than flying blips, is shown on the CRT. The real‐time display permits observation of data without requiring that counting be stopped. Optional features include character generator and integrator functions which permit CRT display of channel number and number of counts and the integral of the peak for any channel. A manually positioned electronic marker, which appears as a small vertical trace on the display, indicates the channel selected.
IHD Bulletin
Authors: McCulloch J.S.G.
Published: October 2011

Recently, the British Government's arrangements for accomplishing research and development have been examined in two reports, one of which was prepared by Lord N.M.V. Rothschild. (The other, issued at the same time, is the product of a committee headed by Sir Frederick Dainton.) Lord Rothschild's report, The Organisation and Management of Government Research and Development, recommended that: ‘The Institute of Hydrology should be physically transferred, together with its staff to the Department of the Environment where it should be fused with the DOE's contiguous Hydraulics Research Station.’

The following article, which first appeared in Nature (January 7, 1972), was written in response to that recommendation. It appears here as both an excellent argument for freedom in scientific research and as an equally good, brief description of the work of one of the world's most respected hydrological organizations. Moreover, a similar question of the responsiveness of research to national needs is presently the subject of debate in the United States. The National Science Foundation has already established a program (RANN‐Research Applied to National Needs) in an effort to increase this responsiveness while avoiding the excessive straitjacketing of science.
Canada issues map of lakes water use
Authors: Warman James C.
Published: October 2011

Great Lakes Water Use, first edition, T.R. Lee and Andree Beaulieu of the Canadian Department of Fisheries and Forestry. One sheet, 34 X 56 1/2 inches, available from the Department of Energy, Mines, and Resources, Ottawa, $1.00.

Recently, the problems of planning and management of water resources have been emphasized, especially in regard to the growing concern for the quality of our environment. Although much data has been gathered and published about the occurrence, availability, and quality of our water resources, the data gathered and published on water usage has generally been restricted in scope to a single type of information, such as the distribution of water from municipal supply systems to the various classes of metered customers.
Canadian Program outlines in IFYGL Bulletin No. 2
Authors: Anonymous
Published: October 2011

The second issue of the IFYGL Bulletin, published in March, contains a succinct but comprehensive description of the Canadian side of the joint international program for the IFYGL. Bulletin No. 1 contained the U.S. program. Subsequent Bulletins are to be published as joint Canadian/U.S. periodicals and will contain news from both sides of the border.

Although the Bulletin is published in the U.S. by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration of the Department of Commerce, contributions on all aspects of the Field Year programmay be sent to either of the following addresses: IFYGL Centre, Canada Center for Inland Waters, P.O. Box 5050, Burlington, Ontario; or National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Code EM&P IFYGL, Room 805, Building 5, 6010 Executive Blvd., Rockville, Maryland 20852.
International Symposium on Earth Gravity Models and Related Problems
Authors: Anonymous
Published: October 2011

Session 1: Representations of the Gravitational Field, Wednesday, August 16, 9:00 A.M.
NATO postdoctoral fellowships in science
Authors: Anonymous
Published: October 2011

The National Science Foundation, in cooperation with the Department of State, has opened competition for the 1973 awards for NATO Postdoctoral Fellowships in Science. The Foundation plans to award 55 NATO Fellowships in February 1973.

The application deadline for the NATO Postdoctoral Fellowships is October 23, 1972. This program, offered to citizens or nationals of the United States, is designed primarily for individuals who have received their doctorates within the past five years.
Marine population to be appraised in ocean survey
Authors: Anonymous
Published: October 2011

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has organized the Marine Resources Monitoring, Assessment, and Prediction Program (MARMAP), a national program to evaluate the living marine resources of waters off the United States. Also involved in the MARMAP project are government agencies and components of NOAA, several international marine organizations, almost a dozen state universities, and a number of research vessels from other nations.

The first set of seasonal cruises by NOAA fleet vessels Albatross IV, Delaware II, and Oregon II will cover 19,000 miles from the Gulf of Maine to the northern Caribbean Sea, and will be completed early in 1973. Their purpose is to assess distribution of fish eggs and larvae (ichthyoplankton).
The hydrology of marsh‐ridden areas
Authors: Boelter Don H.
Published: October 2011

The Symposium was convened by Unesco (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) and organized in cooperation with the government of the Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic, with the support of the International Association of Scientific Hydrology. Technical sessions were held in the Intourist Conference Hall of the Hotel Jubileinaya in Minsk, the Capital of Byelorussia (White Russia).

The Symposium was organized within the framework of the International Hydrological Decade. It was intended to bring together specialists working in the field of hydrological problems in marsh‐ridden areas of the temperate zone to exchange experience at an international level and take account of present knowledge in the field. It should be pointed out that the Symposium was not limited to marshes as Americans think of them but dealt with all types of wetland situations including peatlands. In Soviet literature the term ‘marshes’ is somewhat synonymous with ‘wetlands,’ whereas American scientists generally consider marshes to be a specific type of wetland, i.e., grassy wet places, usually with little peat and much standing or slowly moving water.
U.S./IHD contributions
Authors: Anonymous
Published: October 2011

Hydrologic Engineering Methods for Water Resources Development, vol. 1, Requirements and general procedures; vol. 2, Hydrologic data management; vol. 10, Principles of ground‐water hydrology, The Hydrologic Engineering Center, Corps of Engineers, U.S. Army, Davis, California, 1971, 1972. (See lead article in this issue of the IHD Bulletin, no. 23, October, 1972.)
The AAAS symposia
Authors: Anonymous
Published: October 2011

The American Association for the Advancement of Science will be sponsoring two symposia at the next annual meeting of the AAAS to be held at the Sheraton‐Park Hotel, Washington, D.C., from December 26–30, 1972. Scheduled for Thursday, December 28, is a symposium on Changing the Weather, and December 29 a symposium on New Approaches to Global Weather: GARP will be held. Programs for the symposia are given below.
The IBM Wallace J. Eckert visiting scientist program
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 1973–1974.

The Wallace J. Eckert Visiting Scientist Program was established to commemorate the long association of Eckert with IBM.
New product
Authors: Anonymous
Published: October 2011

An agreement to jointly manufacture the world's first expendable ocean salinity, temperature, depth (XSTD) measuring system has been made by Plessey Environmental Systems and The Sippican Corporation of Marion, Massachusetts. According to news releases this Expendable XSTD System provides a simple and economical method for obtaining salinity and temperature data as a function of depth from the ocean environment. It is designed for operation to depths of 750 meters over temperature and salinity ranges of −2° to 35°C and 30 to 40 ppt. Applications of the XSTD include ASW, commercial, oceanographic, and fishing investigations.

It is reported that in operation the XSTD is quickly and easily launched from a moving ship and that the sensed data are transmitted through a fine wire from an expendable probe to data processing equipment on shipboard. The insulated conductor wire is dual‐spooled, allowing independent dereeling that assures vertical descent of the probe after launch from the deck of a moving vessel.
The President's Page: An additional mode of communication for AGU
Authors: Abelson Philip H.
Published: October 2011

The American Geophysical Union has a good record for responding to the professional needs of geophysics. In its conduct of large annual meetings, publications, and international interaction, the Union has been unsurpassed among other scientific organizations. Until recently, however, there was an important type of meeting that the Union had not sponsored—gatherings similar to the Gordon Research Conferences. These are meetings in which about a hundred scientists focus on a rather limited agenda and explore it in depth for five days. The conferences are held in a location where attendees can live and eat in a common facility free of the distractions of the large city or of the telephone.
International Conference on Pollution Control in the Marine Industries
Authors: Anonymous
Published: October 2011

The International Association for Pollution Control will hold their Third Annual Conference on Pollution Control in the Marine Industries in Montreal, Canada, June 5–7, 1973, at the Sheraton Mt. Royal Hotel. The conference will be conducted with the cooperation of the Canadian Government Environmental Protection Service, the Canadian Ministry of Transport, the United States Coast Guard, and the United States Environmental Protection Agency. Leading Canadian and United States marine organizations will also cooperate in the conduct of the meeting.

The conference will be a 1973 version of the successful conferences conducted previously in New Orleans in 1971 and Washington, D.C., in 1972. The 1973 conference will be expanded to a three‐day meeting to cover, in detail, marine pollution prevention in the Great Lakes, coastal states, and the Arctic.
Technical Conference on the Observation and Measurement of Atmospheric Pollution
Authors: Anonymous
Published: October 2011

The World Meteorological Organization and the World Health Organization are sponsoring a Technical Conference on the Observation and Measurement of Atmospheric Pollution in Helsinki, Finland, July 30–August 4, 1973. An international exhibition of meteorological and pollution‐measuring instruments, sponsored by the host country will be held from August 2 to 9, 1973. The call for papers has been issued with a deadline of March 1, 1973, for submission of abstracts.
Summer Institute on Water Resources Management
Authors: Anonymous
Published: October 2011

The Department of Environmental Sciences of the University of Virginia will conduct a summer institute to study water resources management to be held July 15–August 15, 1973, at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Because water is extremely scarce in Israel, various techniques, both technical and institutional, have been developed to enhance and extend the use of water.
New products
Authors: Anonymous
Published: October 2011

The small, portable, lightweight CL‐360 Shaker has been designed for use with an 8 inch sieve for either wet or dry screening of soils and sands. The small electric motor is mounted on a cast aluminum frame that has a pistol grip upright for easy handling. The shaker may be placed over buckets or containers for wet screening operations. For dry screening, the shaker may be placed over any suitable receptacle or a sieve pan used with a single sieve.

The vibrating motor provides the necessary shaking action and relieves the operator from the fatiguing part of the screening operation.
IWRA Congress on Water for the Human Environment
Authors: Anonymous
Published: October 2011

In Chicago on September 24–28, 1973, the International Water Resources Association will sponsor the First World Congress on Water Resources, which will emphasize ‘Water for the Human Environment.’ Papers are invited on the following topics: world‐wide environmental problems relating to water; international cooperation and coordination in development of water resources for preservation of human environment; innovative approaches to solving international environmental water problems; and problems on practical and professional nature of international importance.
Sixteenth Plenary Meeting of COSPAR
Authors: Anonymous
Published: October 2011

The Sixteenth Plenary Meeting of COSPAR will be held in Konstanz, West‐Germany, May 23–June 6, 1973. In addition to the general meeting there will also be specialized symposia and open meetings of working groups. The topics for the scientific sessions include the approaches to earth survey problems through the use of space techniques; methods of measurements and results of lower ionosphere structure, noctilucent clouds and interplanetary dust.
Symposium on Management and Utilization of Remote Sensing Data
Authors: Anonymous
Published: October 2011

The American Society of Photogrammetry will sponsor a symposium on Management and Utilization of Remote Sensing Data on October 29–November 2, 1973. The major topics will concern the application of remote sensing to resource management; organization for management of remote sensing, information acquisition, data processing, storage and retrieval.
AAAS Symposium on Hurricanes
Authors: Anonymous
Published: October 2011

A Symposium on Hurricanes will be held at the Joint Meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and the Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnologia in Mexico City, on June 22–23, 1973. The symposium will review hurricane modification techniques; new techniques will be discussed, new concepts of the physical properties of hurricanes will be presented, and the techniques of prediction and observation will be explained.
The President's Page: Need for better defense of research
Authors: Abelson Philip H.
Published: October 2011

In many scientific establishments today the mood is one of pessimism and reassessment. The pessimism is associated with a general downgrading of the importance of science. The pessimism is also associated with an overall standstill budget and continuing emphasis on relevant work as opposed to undirected research.

Unfortunately it is a deep‐seated characteristic of humans to go to extremes. When things go poorly, humans tend to be industrious in finding reasons for gloom; when prosperous, they behave as if there were no limits to resources. Going to either extreme is counterproductive. This is particularly true of pessimism. The pessimist in research is whipped before he starts. Most highly creative scientists approach their work with at least guarded optimism.
NATO Advanced Study Institute on Estuary Dynamics
Authors: Anonymous
Published: October 2011

From June 25 to July 6, NATO will hold an Advanced Study Institute on Estuary Dynamics in Lisbon, Portugal. The course is intended for researchers working to solve estuary problems, either by theoretical or by experimental studies, who wish to improve their knowledge of new calculation methods and research techniques and to extend their applications to the solution of new kinds of problems.

The main emphasis of the institute will be to present a modern and synthetical description of the present state of knowledge, limitations, and trends in these studies; to introduce participants to the most useful mathematical methods; and to bring together specialists concerned with estuary problems.