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Automatic Control Conference
Authors: Anonymous
Published: October 2011

The 1971 Joint Automatic Control Conference will be held on August 11–13, 1971, at Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri, under the sponsorship of AIAA, AIChE, ASME, IEEE, ISA, and SCA. Full‐length papers dealing with all aspects of automatic control (theory, design, applications, economic, societal, and ecological systems) are solicited. Papers can be submitted through any of the sponsoring societies by sending five copies of the complete paper to the society for review, and one complete copy to the JACC Program Chairman by January 8, 1970. Authors of accepted papers will be notified by April 15, 1971.
Notes and commentary
Authors: Anonymous
Published: October 2011

A graduate‐level program leading to the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in water resources management has been instituted at Colorado State University.

The program, known as ‘Watreman’ (WATer REsources MANagement), is supported in part by an institutional development grant from the Agency for International Development. Graduate research and teaching assistantships are available for both foreign and U.S. students. Stipends range as high as $5000 halftime for twelve months.
Books
Authors: Anonymous
Published: October 2011

All Unesco publications are available from the Unesco Publications Center, P.O. Box 433, New York, N.Y. 10016. A current catalog will be sent free on request.

A number of free publications prepared by Unesco are also available through the U.S. National Commission for Unesco, Washington, D.C. 20520.
New officers for the Biennium July 1, 1970 to June 30, 1972
Authors: Anonymous
Published: October 2011

President Homer E. Newell, Associate Administrator, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, helped to plan and served as the first President of the Section of Planetary Sciences. He has been a member of AGU since 1949.
John Adam Fleming Medal to Joseph Kaplan
Authors: Van Allen James A. , Odishaw Hugh , Kaplan Joseph
Published: October 2011

Joseph Kaplan exhibits both of the criteria for the Fleming Award. His research investigations in upper atmospheric processes opened up and illuminated this large area of investigation; his scientific leadership at home and abroad in a host of major endeavors, particularly over the last two decades, has contributed enormously to the advance of geophysics and related sciences.

His own research began with the laboratory production of the green auroral line in chemiluminescence at Princeton in 1927, and thereafter he succeeded in producing some of the most important features of the spectra of aurora and airglow in the laboratory. This work made him one of the first to recognize the importance of chemical kinetics in the processes at play in the upper atmosphere. His former Ph.D. students now represent some of our outstanding atmospheric scientists, whose investigations have ranged from the physics of ionized gases to motions in the high atmosphere.
James B. Macelwane Award to Lynn R. Sykes
Authors: Anderson Orson , Droessler Earl , Sykes Lynn R.
Published: October 2011

Lynn R. Sykes was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on April 16, 1937. He took his Bachelor's and Master's degrees at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1960. He received his doctorate from Columbia University in 1965 working under Jack Oliver. His dissertation was entitled ‘The propagation of short‐period seismic surface waves across oceanic areas.’ He has since made numerous contributions in the fields of earthquake seismology and tectonics. He is presently Associate Professor of Geology at Columbia.
Fifty‐First Annual Meeting 1970
Authors: Anonymous
Published: October 2011

The Fifty‐First Annual Meeting was held Monday through Friday, April 20–24, 1970, in the Sheraton‐Park Hotel, Washington, D.C. Total registration was 2469, including 1911 members and 558 nonmembers. This registration compares with last year's total of 2666, 1980 of which were members and 686 nonmembers.
To Mr. Smith from the Staff
Authors: Young John B.
Published: October 2011

The departure of an AGU staffer occasions the usual farewells, a final paycheck, and desk‐cleaning, highlighted by a group lunch or afterwork drink‐along. On August 31, another member of our staff will leave, and we wonder how one says farewell to the man at the top—a man who became the first staff member before some of us were even born.

As days blend together, one undistinguished from the other, Mr. Smith has become a part of the office scene, sometimes searching through file cabinets, another time checking figures with the accountant, or perhaps looking through stacks of books in a closet. A new staffer will usually wonder about this man whose authority is often suffused with anonymity. The newcomer might even feel a certain apprehension on first meeting him; but Mr. Smith always makes a point of meeting new people, and the expression that initially seems severe relaxes in a smile that becomes a part of the whole man.
Data center moves
Authors: Anonymous
Published: October 2011

Data Center A, Glaciology, is moving from the American Geographical Society in New York to the U.S. Geological Survey in Tacoma, Washington. The data center includes not only the records of observations during the IGY, but also older records that have accumulated in the field of Glaciology dating back to the last century.
New product
Authors: Anonymous
Published: October 2011

The Photogrammetry division of Data Corporation, Rockville, Maryland, is manufacturing a new underwater camera housing designed for the Nikon F camera with Prism Reflex Sportsfinder. The housing, named OceanEye, includes a cast aluminum body with an eight‐inch optical dome that accepts all Nikon lenses from the 7.5 mm Fisheye to the 135 mm AutoNikkor. The device improves wide‐angle photographic quality, compared to a lens used in combination with a flat window, and permits the use of most Nikon lenses without other optical attachments.
Elections for the Pacific Northwest Region
Authors: Anonymous
Published: October 2011

A new Regional Committee has been elected for the Pacific Northwest Region to serve through the biennium beginning with the close of the Seventeenth Annual Meeting of the Region, October 16, 1970, and ending with the close of the Regional Meeting in the autumn of 1972.
Plus 273
Authors: Rankin John G.
Published: October 2011

In regard to the letter by Hans Dolezalek (July Forum), I question the logic of the writer. It was my understanding that the proposed change of temperature scale was to comply with international standards. If Dolezalek's suggestion is heeded, the U.S. would still be on a different scale—Kelvin instead of Celsius. The average public is not composed entirely of physical chemists who use Kelvin regularly.
Mauna Kea Telescope
Authors: Anonymous
Published: October 2011

The world's highest observatory was dedicated in June in Hilo, Hawaii, near Mauna Kea's volcanic summit. The multimillion dollar University of Hawaii facility houses an 88‐inch reflector telescope, two 24‐inch telescopes, and scientific equipment and computers necessary for astronomical study.
Atmospheric Physics Department established at NCAR
Authors: Anonymous
Published: October 2011

The Laboratory of Atmospheric Science of the National Center for Atmospheric Research has established an Atmospheric Physics Department there.

This new department, headed by J. Doyne Sartor, includes four LAS research programs: the Cloud Physics Program, the Ice Physics Program, the Lidar and Nucleation Program, and the Thunderstorm Measurement Program.
Computer Program for Earth's magnetic field
Authors: Anonymous
Published: October 2011

A FORTRAN IV computer program has been developed by the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey to compute the elements of the earth's magnetic field for any geographic position.

Part of the program is a mathematical model of the geomagnetic field consisting of two sets of spherical harmonic coefficients. The first set, representing the main geomagnetic field, consists of 168 coefficients (degree and order 12); the second set, representing the rates of annual change, consists of 80 coefficients (degree and order 8). The model was used to create the 1970 U.S. edition of the World Magnetic Charts of Declination (Variation of the Compass); these charts are compiled by the Geomagnetism Division of the Coast and Geodetic Survey and published by the U.S. Naval Oceanographic Office. Geomagnetic values computed from the program are identical with values scaled from the charts.
JGR index
Authors: Hunten Donald M. , Hooke William H.
Published: October 2011

Nearly everybody around here has complained about the lateness of the 1969 JGR index, or wondered whether his copy has been lost. I enthusiastically share these feelings; for a volume as thick as a year of JGR it is a serious and frequent inconvenience to have to work without an index. I am sure that the librarians must be seething because they can't bind their volumes.

I appreciate the fact that it is a big job to make an index; but it's a job that must be done, and a delay of over 9 months really has to be considered unacceptable. If absolutely necessary, you should get out the author index right away, and issue the subject index later. In fact, some journals have started to print a cumulative author index in each issue; this is a very valuable device.
The President's Page: Guest editorial: Population
Authors: Singer S. Fred
Published: October 2011

In a precedent‐breaking proposal, President Nixon last year called for the establishment of a Commission on Population Growth and the American Future. With the signing of the bill on March 16, 1970, the government has established a group at the highest level that can chart national goals and recommend suitable policies with respect to population matters. One of the important questions will be to determine an optimum for the United States in terms of level and rate of growth, as well as distribution of population, and to comprehend all of the implications.

Defining ‘optimum’ is deceptively simple in terms of standard of living, more elusive in terms of ‘quality of life.’ But while the specification of ‘optimum’ may be arguable, its existence seems intuitively obvious. Consider, for example, a city. If it is too small, then many amenities are unavailable. If it is too large, they may not be accessible, and additional factors like noise and traffic jams will reduce the quality of life.
Symposium on Interdisciplinary Studies of Snow and Ice in Mountain Regions
Authors: Anonymous
Published: October 2011

During the Fifteenth General Assembly of the IUGG, the IASH Commission of Snow and Ice is responsible for organizing a Symposium on Interdisciplinary Studies of Snow and Ice in Mountain Regions, which is co‐sponsored by the Association of Meteorology and Atmospheric Physics. The Convenor is V. M. Kotliakov of the Glaciology Department, Institute of Geography, Academy of Sciences, USSR, Moscow. The symposium will take place August 9–13, 1971. Immediately following the symposium there will be an excursion to the Caucasus lasting 10 days.
International Geophysical Symposium marks opening of C. T. Elvey Building
Authors: Anonymous
Published: October 2011

The inaugural symposium to mark the completion of the new home of The Geophysical Institute of the University of Alaska was held June 26–July 5. The theme of the symposium was Geophysics and Geology of the Bering Sea Region. The principal objectives of the symposium were to review the state of knowledge about the Bering Sea region and to improve communications and understanding between the North Pacific Nations, the USSR, Japan, Canada, and the U.S., whose scientists are involved in many aspects of research on the Bering Sea and adjacent regions.

An open house in the C.T. Elvey Building followed the opening session of the symposium in the morning of June 26. The new building, named for the former Director of the Geophysical Institute and Fellow of the American Geophysical Union, is four times the size of the older building that housed the Institute. It will eventually hold expanded facilities for research in Geophysics.
Sixth Annual Water Resources Conference
Authors: Anonymous
Published: October 2011

The Sixth Annual Water Resources Conference will be held October 26–30 at the Frontier Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada. Over 100 papers have been received for the current technical sessions, which will be devoted to such themes as interbasin transfers, conjunctive operation of desalting plants, potentialities of using desalted water, social aspects of water resources, groundwater management, surface‐water hydrology, hydrological modeling, water quality, environmental issues including weather modification, application of systems analysis, water resources planning, and problems related to water resources engineering design. Three half‐day field trips will take participants to the Southern Nevada Water Project, Hoover Dam, and the Nevada Test Site.
Water Resources Monograph Series
Authors: Anonymous
Published: October 2011

AGU will publish a Water Resources Monograph Series in 1971. The monographs are designed to present in depth the results of recent works of various authors in the fields of hydrology and water resources, stressing the application of techniques. They are meant to be an effective medium for disseminating current know‐how in hydrology and water resources planning and management to those engaged in the day‐to‐day problems of water resources management. Although the Series stresses techniques and applications, the coverage of material is in sufficient depth to serve tutorial and state‐of‐the‐art needs of students and researchers. In fundamental contrast with research papers, the monographs will limit discussion of unproven experimental work as well as complex and detailed mathematical manipulations. In general a strong emphasis will be placed on a thorough exposition of the techniques involved.
International Legend for Hydrogeological Maps
Authors: Anonymous
Published: October 2011

The Subcommittee on Hydrogeological Maps of the Ground‐Water Committee, Section of Hydrology, AGU, has completed preliminary distribution of copies of the International Legend for Hydrogeological Maps. These are black and white copies of the color version of the legend that was approved earlier by the Committee on Hydrogeological Maps of the International Association of Scientific Hydrology (IASH) and the International Association of Hydrogeologists (IAH). Color copies of the legend are being printed by Unesco and should be available sometime this year.

For those who may not have received a copy of the legend, black and white copies may be obtained by contacting A. I. Johnson, U.S. Geological Survey, Federal Center, Denver, Colorado 80225. The availability of the color copies of the legend will be announced as soon as they have been printed by Unesco.
World Water Balance Symposium Reading, England July 15”23, 1970
Authors: Simpson Eugene S.
Published: October 2011

The first International Symposium on World Water Balance, held at the University of Reading, England, July 15–23, 1970, demonstrated that the former, self‐imposed boundaries of hydrology (something in between meteorology and oceanography) no longer exist. Meteorologists and oceanographers are now active in hydrology and vice versa; or all are active geophysicists as R. C. Sutcliff (U.K.) might prefer to have it.

In a paper given early in the symposium, A. A. Sokolov (USSR) pointed out that the long history of hydrology may be divided into four stages: an early prehistory stage (which continues into the present) in which man began to measure and to keep records of fluctuations in levels of lakes and rivers; a second stage, marked by the building of dams and other structures for runoff control, requiring the volumetric measurement of stream flow; a third stage, which seeks to obtain a worldwide, steady‐state or ‘mean value’ balance in which evaporation is calculated as the difference between precipitation and runoff; and finally, a fourth stage in which the dynamic processes of water balance are studied as parts of a whole, and in which the related heat and energy balances play an essential part. In the closing session, H. L. Penman (U.K.), in semi‐jest, summarized the conference with the steady‐state equation, dv/dt = 0. The main emphasis of the symposium was on Sokolov's third stage given above, but there were also important contributions to various parts of the fourth stage, and in particular with regard to the process of evapotranspiration.
IFYGL
Authors: Anonymous
Published: October 2011

A program of chemical and biological studies consistent with the large‐scale objectives of the International Field Year for the Great Lakes has been initiated in response to many urgings to broaden the scope of Field Year activities. The new program, prepared cooperatively by scientists from several universities concerned with biological and chemical aspects of the Great Lakes, is being proposed for implementation by the Smithsonian Institution.

The Smithsonian Oceanography and Limnology Program, recognizing the opportunity presented by the Field Year for an integrated study of biological, chemical and physical processes and phenomena of one of the Great Lakes, has agreed to seek the support necessary to develop the required program and to serve in the capacity of program manager for the field investigations and subsequent analyses. The Smithsonian's proposal is now being considered in the Department of the Interior.
U.S./IHD Contributions
Authors: Anonymous
Published: October 2011

Culler, R. C , D. E. Burkham, M. R. Collings, E. S. Davidson, R. L. Laney, O E. Leppanen, I. S. McQueen, N. C. Matalas, R. F. Miller, R. M. Myrick, R. M. Turner, and W. G. Weist, Jr., Objectives, Methods, and Environment—Gila River Phreatophyte Project, Graham County, Arizona, U.S. Geol. Surv. Prof. Pap. 655‐A, 10 figs., 25 pp., 1970.

Monroe, Watson H., A Glossary of Karst Terminology, U.S. Geol Sur. Water‐Supply Pap. 1899‐K, 26 pp., 1970.
The President's Page
Authors: Newell Homer E.
Published: October 2011

The American Geophysical Union began fifty‐one years ago as basically the United States National Committee for the International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics, a function which is now served by the Council of the Union, and which through the years has been of major importance to the growth and vitality of the Union. Yet during those first years the small group who served as the U.S. National Committee— the first‐year membership of 50 persons expanded to only 95 in the first ten years—hardly presaged the 10,000‐member society that the Union has become.

Important too is the broad range of disciplines involved in geophysics, which attests to the wide sweep of the Union's interests. This range is evidenced by the many Sections and varied publications of AGU and the vigorous and healthy interplay among the disciplines shown at our assemblies by the numerous sessions that are jointly sponsored by two or more Sections or by the Union and other societies. The Union has a substantial and varied clientele to serve, and over the years the officers and Council have shaped the Union's structure and developed its policies to best serve the many interests of its membership. That the Union's leadership has been reasonably successful is indicated by the vitality, activity, and strength of AGU today.
New oceanographic vessel at CUNY
Authors: Anonymous
Published: October 2011

The City University of New York's first oceanographic research ship, the Atlantic Twin, was commissioned in July. The 90‐foot twin engine catamaran, which has a range of 4000 miles and a speed of 10 knots, is designed to operate as a laboratory at sea for 200 graduate and undergraduate students and the 25‐member faculty of CUNY's oceanography program. The Atlantic Twin has a capacity for carrying two container laboratories and a multi‐winch system for depth operations.

The vessel will enable students and faculty to explore more fully the problems relating to pollution of New York City's harbor and estuaries. Most of the research projects currently underway or planned for the future begin with the identification of pollutants and proceed to attempts to find a profitable means for re‐cycling the contaminated matter, or eliminating it entirely. Biology, geology, biochemistry, and physics are all involved in this action‐ and solution‐oriented approach to ecological research. The Atlantic Twin is more than a laboratory and work place for oceanographic studies, it represents the university's expanded commitment to serving as a prime ecological resource for the city.
Expendable ultrasonic undersea marker
Authors: Anonymous
Published: October 2011

An inexpensive self‐powered marker buoy generates an ultrasonic signal detectable to over 1000 yards. Its prime purpose is to mark underwater stations that are to be monitored at intervals, to mark diving sites or for use as a navigational aid.

Models are available with coded or modulated output signals for identification and even for transmitting information in connection with collection of subsurface data.
Satellite infrared radiation system measures global sea surface temperatures
Authors: Anonymous
Published: October 2011

A number of reports have been published in recent years indicating that sea surface temperatures over rather limited areas, such as the Gulf Stream, can be obtained from satellite infrared measurements. The use of available infrared satellite data for the determination of accurate sea surface temperatures, taking into consideration the various attenuating factors, especially that of cloud cover, has awaited the development and testing of an objective method that lends itself to analysis by computer techniques. Such a simple and reliable statistical histogram model has been perfected to meet this need by W.L. Smith, P.K. Rao, R. Koffler and W.R. Curtis of the National Environmental Satellite Center (ESSA) as reported in Monthly Weather Review, Vol. 98, No. 8, August 1970. The method involves inferring the distribution of surface radiances for the clear atmosphere case from observed histograms of generally cloud‐contaminated radiances.
NSF Graduate and Postdoctoral Fellowships for 1971”1972
Authors: Anonymous
Published: October 2011

The National Research Council has been called upon again to advise the National Science Foundation in the selection of candidates for the Foundation's program of graduate and regular postdoctoral fellowships. Panels of outstanding scientists appointed by the Research Council will evaluate applications of all candidates. Final selection will be made by the Foundation, and the awards will be announced on March 15, 1971.

Postdoctoral and graduate fellowships will be awarded for study in the mathematical, physical, medical, biological, engineering, and certain social sciences, and in the history and/or philosophy of science. Awards will not be made in clinical, education, or business fields, nor in history or social work, nor for work toward medical or law degrees. Application may be made by college seniors, graduate students working in a degree program, and individuals wishing to do postdoctoral work. All applicants must be citizens of the United States and will be judged solely on the basis of ability.
New product
Authors: Anonymous
Published: October 2011

Thermal monitoring of bodies of water through the use of an economical, long‐term, unattended portable system has now been developed by Bissett‐Berman Corportation.

Known as the Computemp System, it will be of particular use in the fields of water pollution surveillance, industrial and water resource studies, and biological research.
University of Arizona to establish atmospheric analysis laboratory
Authors: Anonymous
Published: October 2011

An Atmospheric Analysis Laboratory will be established at the University of Arizona to aid the fight against air pollution. The laboratory and a $545,179 supporting grant from the Arizona Mining Association were approved recently by the Arizona Board of Regents. The mining industry grant will make it possible for Arizona to become one of the first states to have a comprehensive air monitoring and analysis program.

Noting that air pollution concerns every person in Arizona, University President Richard A. Harvill said the laboratory would provide an effective method to study the problem. ‘An analysis of the situation will be made by competent, unbiased people,’ he said.
University of California receives Sea Grant Award
Authors: Anonymous
Published: October 2011

The University of California has received a Sea Grant institution award of $763,800 from the National Science Foundation for education, training, research, and public advisory service in the utilization of the oceans.

Congressman George P. Miller, Chairman of the House Committee on Science and Astronautics, said ‘In the present stage of scientific advancement on the nation's campuses, studies in oceanography provide the data necessary for the preservation of the coasts of California and the ocean resources that lie offshore. Such studies also aid the fisheries of this state and related industries, and add to the economy of California.
Largest optical telescope planned
Authors: Anonymous
Published: October 2011

A radically new type of astronomical instrument using an array of several relatively small mirrors to produce a single large telescope will be developed jointly by the University of Arizona and the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory. The unusual concept will cluster six 72‐inch mirrors around a central core so that light from celestial sources that strikes each of the individual mirrors will be forced into a single image, thus producing the light‐gathering power equivalent to 176‐inch telescope.

In addition to conventional optical astronomy, the telescope will have special capabilities for use in infrared research The multiple element instrument, which expected to be operational in about 3 years, will be the world's third largest optical telescope and the largest ever designed for infrared astronomy.
Beno Gutenberg Fellowship in Geophysics
Authors: Anonymous
Published: October 2011

Applications for the Beno Gutenberg Fellowship in Geophysics are invited from students with back‐grounds in earth sciences, physics, mathematics, chemistry, or engineering, who are planning a career in solid‐earth geophysics. The fellowship will be awarded to an outstanding applicant for graduate study at the Division of Planetary Sciences and the Seismological Laboratory of the California Institute of Technology.
Seminar on operational remote sensing
Authors: Anonymous
Published: October 2011

The American Society of Photogrammetry will present a Seminar on Operational Remote Sensing. The seminar is being held at the Nassau Bay Resort Motor Inn, Houston, Texas, February 1–4, 1972, with cooperation from government agencies, education institutions, and private industry. The objectives of the seminar are: to observe currently operating remote sensing systems; to examine the imagery and sensor data produced by these systems when employed; to examine data reduction systems currently in use; to evaluate actual remote sensing capabilities in major areas of application; to permit government, industry, and the educational community to exchange information on their respective remote sensing capabilities, and to establish a benchmark against which future progress in remote sensing can be measured.
International Radiation Symposium
Authors: Anonymous
Published: October 2011

An International Radiation Symposium wdi be heid m Sendai, Japan, May 26–June 2, 1972. It will be sponsored by IAMAP, IUGG, COSPAR, and WMO. Papers are invited on the following topics radiative transfer and optical properties in turbid atmospheres and oceans, radiation studies applied to the biosphere , radiation factors of climate, including pollution effects; radiation problems related to GARP; and radiative problems related to meteorological satellites and earth survey studies.
Foreign reports available on loan
Authors: Anonymous
Published: October 2011

Australian Water Resources Council Technical Paper No. 1, 1971, Field Study of Evaporation, Installation, Operation, and Maintenance of Equipment, prepared by Snowy Mountains Engineering Corporation. This publication contains notes on the evaporation equipment used at three lakes in connection with the Australian Water Resources Council Research Project 68/5. Field Study of Evaporation. The three lakes are Mundaring near Perth, Manton near Darwin, and Cataract near Sydney, 133 pp.
The President's Page: Something in common (guest editorial)
Authors: Wetherill George W.
Published: October 2011

It is no coincidence that the founding of the Planetology Section of the American Geophysical Union in 1968 came during the decade that the United States and the USSR were launching the first spacecraft to the moon, to Mars, and to Venus. Although astronomers had been studying the planets for centuries, for the first time large numbers of earth scientists, physicists, and chemists were attracted to the study of the solar system. Scientists working in fields such as meteorities, meteorology, and mineralogy, which both hitherto have been quite isolated from one another, gradually realized they had many common scientific interests and problems. These interrelationships have been greatly accentuated following the Apollo lunar landings and the return of samples from the moon. The developments of many years in the fields of geology, petrology, geoehronology, seismology, geomagnetism, and innumerable other fields were quickly brought to bear on the study of a new planetary body.
Continental drift emphasizing the history of the south Atlantic area: A UNESCO/IUGS Symposium held at Montevideo, Uruguay, On October 16–19, 1967
Authors: Wilson J. Tuzo
Published: October 2011

In 1964 at the Fourteenth General Assembly Unesco, Continental Drift was mentioned as one example of an important subject which required international cooperation for its proper investigation and which particularly concerned countries in the southern hemisphere. It was recognized that geography imposes difficulties in arranging meetings between scientists of countries in the southern hemisphere.
1972 Workshop on Micrometeorology
Authors: Anonymous
Published: October 2011

A five‐day workshop devoted to the atmospheric boundary layer will be held at the American Meteorological Society headquarters, Boston, Massachusetts, August 14–18, 1972. The workshop will consist of a series of tutorial lectures on topics chosen for their applicability to GARP problems. The objective is to present a cohesive description of current research results and activities that are pertinent to a rational inclusion of boundary layer processes in largescale numerical models.
IAPC Conference
Authors: Anonymous
Published: October 2011

The International Association for Pollution Control will hold the Second Annual Conference on Pollution Control and the Marine Industry May 11–12, at the Shoreham Hotel in Washington, D.C. The purpose of the conference is to provide vessel owners, operators, port authorities, oil drillers, manufacturers, and legislators a total view of all the present and proposed activities in the field of marine pollution control.
Coastal Mapping Symposium
Authors: Anonymous
Published: October 2011

A symposium on Coastal Mapping sponsored by the American Society of Photogrammetry, Potomac Region, in associationn with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Ocean Survey, and the American Congress on Surveying and Mapping will be presented from June 5–8, 1972, at the Marriott Twin Bridges Motel, Washington, D.C.
Gordon Research Conferences
Authors: Anonymous
Published: October 2011

The Gordon Research Conferences, international symposia on significant developments in the most active areas of basic research, will hold 77 sessions this summer. Scheduled to open June 12, the conferences will be held at seven sites in New Hampshire and Wisconsin and will continue through September 1.

The meetings, each devoted exclusively to a single subject, are limited to about 100 participants and last one week each.
IAG Symposium
Authors: Anonymous
Published: October 2011

The International Association of Geodesy will hold an International Symposium on Computational Methods in Geometrical Geodesy September 2–8, 1973, at the University of Oxford, U.K.

The program will cover: stochastic processes for data analysis; processing of very large systems;planning and optimization of networks; developments in computer languages and algorithms; and combining terrestrial and satellite networks.
World Data Center A—Glaciology Tacoma, Washington
Authors: Meier Mark F. , Schwartz Elizabeth A.
Published: October 2011

Since the beginning of the Interrational Geophysical Year (IGY) in World Data Center A‐Glaciology had been located at the American Geographical Society offices in New York City.

This year, however, the Center has moved a bit closer to its subject matter, reopening shop next door to the Glaciology Project Office of the U.S. Geological Survey in Tacoma, Washington.
USNC/IHD eleventh meeting: Washington, D.C., October 18–19, 1971
Authors: Heindl L. A.
Published: October 2011

At its eleventh meeting, the United States National Committee for the IHD concentrated on steps to bring U.S. participation in the Decade to a successful orderly finish at the end of 1974 and began to consider an appropriate U.S. response to proposals for post‐Decade activities in international hydrology. (See the following report on the Seventh Session of the Coordinating Council in this IHD Bulletin.) James J. Geraghty chaired the session in the absence of H. Garland Hershey, the Chairman of the committee.
IHD Coordinating Council: Paris November 22–26, 1971
Authors: Heindl L. A.
Published: October 2011

The Seventh Session of the Coordinating Council approved the post‐Decade International Hydrological Program (IHP) presented by an ad hoc Working Group of eight member nations and suggested that a Council, similar to the existing one, be initiated to implement the IHP, starting on January 1, 1975.

In addition, the Council passed nine resolutions dealing with its Working Groups, and one each concerned with its enlarged membership, the preparation of a history of the IHD, the intensification of regional coordination among National Committees, and the need for greater support for technical assistance missions.
Foreign reports available on loan
Authors: Anonymous
Published: October 2011

Hungary Monthly Hydrological Bulletin of Hungary, Numbers 10, 11, 12, 1, 2, 3 for October, November, December 1970; and January, February, March 1971; Research Institute for Water Resources Development, Budapest.
NEA travel offers cruise to see eclipse
Authors: Anonymous
Published: October 2011

The NFA Education Travel Division has announced that plans have been completed for a unique oneweek ‘Eclipse 72’ science‐travel cruise (July 8 15) to observe, photograph. and study the July 10 total eclipse of the sun.

The Greek Line cruise ship Olympia will serve as a scientific hotel and observatory. Departing from New York, the ship will sail into the path of eclipse totality in north Atlantic waters 900 miles east.
Water velocity meter
Authors: Anonymous
Published: October 2011

A novel water velocity meter has been designed by personnel at NASA's Langley Research Center for the Virginia Institute of Marine Science. The device is used to measure current flows in near‐shore waters. The technology is available for private use or commercial manufacture on a royalty‐free, nonexclusive basis from NASA.

The water velocity meter uses strain gauge force balance measurement techniques. A novel drag‐sphere increases the effect of water flow, and strain gauges measure the deflection of a thin metal rod. The innovation represents an improvement over conventional propeller driven velocity meters. The NASA meter is a relatively simple, reliable, inexpensive instrument that provides for the measurement of speed and direction of current flow. It is compatible with automatic data acquisition and reduction equipment.
Fourteenth Symposium on Rock Mechanics
Authors: Anonymous
Published: October 2011

The Fourteenth Symposium on Rock Mechanics will be held at The Pennsylvania State University. June 12–14, 1972.

The program will include mechanical properties of rock and environmental effects; rock mechanics education; underground design and instrumentation, rock breakage techniques: and earthquakes and other dynamic phenomena.
IFAC Symposium
Authors: Anonymous
Published: October 2011

A Symposium on Control of Water Resources Systems will be held in Haifa, Israel, in September 1973. It is being sponsored by the International Federation of Automatic Control's Committees on Applications and Systems Engineering.

The purpose of the symposium is to promote an exchange of information and experience among engineers and scientists active in the field of control of water resources systems. Emphasis will be placed on the methodology used in controlling such systems as well as specific case studies of the application of control theory in water resources systems
National geophysical data center
Authors: Anonymous
Published: October 2011

The National Geophysical Data Center (NGDC) of the Environmental Data Service (EDS), NOAA, is now providing the following services:

Conventional seismograms. Copies of current seismograms from the Canadian and NOAA networks in addition to copies of the seismograms from the World‐Wide Network of Standard Seismographs (WWNSS) and other foreign stations are now available.
Second international conference on geophysics of the Earth and oceans
Authors: Anonymous
Published: October 2011

The Australian Institute of Physics and the Australian Society of Exploration Geophysics will sponsor the Second International Conference on Geophysics of the Earth and Oceans to be held at the University of Sydney (Australia), January 15–19, 1973. The theme of the conference is ‘The Geophysical Exploration of the Australasian and Southeast Asian Region.’

Papers will be grouped on an ‘object of search’ basis rather than in terms of particular techniques. Papers are sought that evaluate the use of several methods in a particular geological environment. A number of leading geophysicists from industrial, academic, and government institutions have been invited to present major addresses at the beginning of each session. The full text of the papers given by invited speakers and titles and abstracts of contributed papers will be published.
National Academy award commemorates pioneer in pollution control
Authors: Anonymous
Published: October 2011

Progress in controlling and improving environmental quality through scientific or technological means will be honored by an annual award announced jointly the National Academy of Sciences and Research Corporation of New York. The Frederick Gardner Cottrell Award for Environmental Quality and honorarium of $5000, administered by a fivemember committee named by the Academy, was awarded for the first time at the annual meeting of the National Academy of Sciences on April 24.
Earthquake advisory company formed
Authors: Anonymous
Published: October 2011

Charles F. Richter, world‐renowned seismologist, and Frederick C. Lindvall, head of Engineering at the California Institute of Technology, have founded an earthquake advisory firm in Los Angeles.

A new type of consulting organization, the company was created in the light of two ideas: the inevitability of future major earthquakes and the emerging adaptation of computer technology to earthquake sciences.
Awards presented at Fifty‐Third Annual Meeting
Authors: Esasser Walter M. , Eckart Carl , Axford William Ian , Reed Richard J. , Firor John W. , Wallace John Michael , Wilson J. Tuzo , Morgan Willim Jason , Ness Norman F.
Published: October 2011

Carl Eckart entered geophysics through an auspicious incident at the outbreak of World War II. He was then, at age 40, Professor of Theoretical Physics at the University of Chicago, having made very major contributions to the development of quantum mechanics. He found himself involved in the war effort as an administrator and researcher in the work on underwater sound, fundamental for submarine detection, which was then starting at San Diego. Eventually Eckart settled in La Jolla, a suburb of San Diego, as Professor of Marine Geophysics at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography. He has been in La Jolla ever since. Although by inclination he is more of a scholar than an administrator, Eckart has served his country and the University of California in a succession of administrative positions: as Director of the Marine Physical Laboratory, Director of the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, and as Vice Chancellor of the San Diego campus, not to mention many national committees.
Energy budget study for Lake Ontario
Authors: Ludwigson J. O.
Published: October 2011

Readability is not necessarily a common characteristic of scientific reports, but G.K. Rodgers and G.K. Sotto of the Great Lakes Institute of the University of Toronto have achieved it in this preliminary report on the calculation of the heat budget of Lake Ontario.

The two investigators essentially calculated a daily heat flux for the open water of Lake Ontario for the period beginning January 1, 1965, and ending June 30, 1969. They based their calculations on the 'principal factors associated with the gain and loss of heat by large lakes' incident and reflected solar radiation, absorbed and emitted long‐wave radi ation, sensible heat transfer across the air/water interface, and the latent heat associated with water vapor exchange at the interface.
Ionospheric modification with ground—based radio transmissions
Authors: Anonymous
Published: October 2011

Local perturbations of the ionosphere can now be produced using powerful radio waves directed vertically upward. These changes have short lifetimes of the order of seconds, minutes, or hours. The modified region is about 100 kilometers in diameter, centered at a height between 250 and 350 kilometers, and shaped in the form of a spheroid, prolate along the lines of the geomagnetic field.

Artificial modification of the ionosphere by such methods as chemical release, atomic bomb detonation, and small electron‐beam accelerators has been used as a means for studying this region. The possibility of temporarily modifying the ionosphere by means of high‐power, ground‐based radio transmissions, has long been a goal of researchers, in view of its relative controllability, repeatability, and rapid reversibility. Such modification is useful for the determination of parameters of interest in aeronomy, for application to ionospheric telecommunications, and for the production and study of instability phenomena related to plasma physics.
Smithsonian foreign currency program
Authors: Anonymous
Published: October 2011

The Smithsonian Institution has established a national grants program which makes funds available to American institutions for astrophysical research in the Public Law 480 ‘excess’ currency countries (Burma, Guinea, India, Pakistan, Poland, Tunisia, the Arab Republic of Egypt, and Yugoslavia). In the current fiscal year, the Congress has made available to the Smithsonian Foreign Currency Program an appropriation totaling $3,500,000 equivalent in ‘excess’ foreign currencies to be awarded to American institutions for the research of senior scientists in the Smithsonian's traditional fields of interest, one of which is astrophysics.
New product
Authors: Anonymous
Published: October 2011

Hasselblad has made a commercial version of the Data camera with Keseau‐plate. The Hasselblad MK 70 is suitable for a wide variety of photogrammetric applications. Because the Hasselblad system includes interchangeable film magazines, the MK 70 magazines can be loaded with various types of films.

The compactness of this easy‐to‐use, 2 1/4 inch format camera makes the Hasselblad cluster possible. A cluster consists of four Hasselblads, each loaded with different types of film, positioned to take identical pictures and to go off simultaneously. The Hasselblad cluster has been successful in aerial and infrared photography. In addition to aerial photography, the MK 70 can be used for photographic applications in applied engineering, construction, and continuous recording of construction work.
Sonar maps of polar‐ice flow
Authors: Anonymous
Published: October 2011

Sonar maps of the underside of polar‐ice flow have been made by three scientists from the University of Wisconsin Geophysical and Polar Research Center in Madison. Clarence S. Clay, Jonathan M. Berkson, and Tze Kong Kan used a sonar device to record the under‐ice topography last spring. They currently are comparing their findings with aerial photographs to determine how features below the ice are related to those above.

According to Clay, this, information has a number of possible applications. Researchers will be able to better predict the drift of polar ice, and ice breaker crews will be able to locate thick areas of ice. Also, submarine personnel can use sonar information to determine weak ice spots where they can surface. So far, a feature which protrudes above the ice seems to have a related protrusion below. He expects that after further analysis the UW group will be able to predict fairly accurately the topography of undersea ice by knowing what is on top.
Metric conversion card
Authors: Anonymous
Published: October 2011

The use of the metric system of measurement is increasing in the United States. As a result, many persons frequently need to convert from customary to metric units and vice versa. The National Bureau of Standards has prepared a plastic metric conversion pocket card that contains the minimum data needed for such conversions. On one side are the factors for converting from customary to metric units of length, area, volume, mass (weight), and temperature.
Earthquake detection by computer
Authors: Anonymous
Published: October 2011

A new computer model has been developed that describes the way rock formations dilate under stress. This computer, used in conjunction with laboratory observations of rock deformation, has provided ‘the first significant step toward predicting the place, time and even magnitude of an impending earthquake,’ according to J.T. Cherry, Principal Investigator in the Geophysics and Materials Department at Systems, Science and Software, Inc., of La Jolla, California.

The computer ‘dilatancy model’ previously developed by Cherry, plus the laboratory observations, have been used to explain readings from a region of California's San Andreas fault. Data taken by scientists at the region over a five‐year period had perplexed seismologists, since the data did not correlate with information generated by other models.
Symposium on sources, sinks, and concentrations of carbon monoxide and methane in the Earth's environment
Authors: Bortner M. H.
Published: October 2011

A symposium on sources, sinks, and concentrations of carbon monoxide and methane in the earth's environment was held at the Happy Dolphin Inn, St. Petersburg Beach, Florida, August 15–17, 1972. This was a joint meeting of the American Geophysical Union and the American Meteorological Society and was cosponsored by the Department of Transportation, the Environmental Protection Agency, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Approximately 80 scientists attended the meeting, at which 26 papers were presented. The attendees came from Australia, Belgium, Canada, Great Britain, and West Germany as well as from the United States and included most of the world's top scientists involved in the conference topic. S. Fred Singer of the University of Virginia acted as General Chairman of the symposium.