bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Reviewing NASA research
Authors: Anonymous  
Published: October 2011

A recent report by NASA's Space and Earth Science Advisory Committee cautions against assigning the space agency's research and analysis efforts a lower priority than flight operations. If pre‐ and post‐mission science continue to take a back seat to the actual building and launching of spacecraft, the report warns, it may eventually compromise NASA's ability to ensure U.S. leadership in space science.The report was written by a working group consisting of both NASA personnel and earth and space scientists from the academic community. The group was asked in May 1983 to examine the health of the research and analysis (R&A) program conducted by NASA's Office of Space Science and Applications (OSSA) in the earth and space sciences. While the group found that the quality of research management by scientists at NASA Headquarters was “impressive,” it also identified a critical shortage of cash for R&A programs. According to the report, “the immediate requirements involve an increase of about $10 million in each of the Astrophysics, Earth Science and Applications, and Solar System Exploration divisions, thereby establishing a new base funding level for these activities.”
Kisiel Memorial Lectures
Authors: Anonymous  
Published: October 2011

The third Kiesiel Memorial Lecture was given on February 23, 1984, by John D. Bredehoeft of the U.S. Geological Survey. The title of his talk was “Water Management: Who are the Managers?”The text of the second Kisiel Memorial Lecture, which was delivered by Myron Fiering of Harvard University on March 10, 1983, is now available from the Department of Hydrology and Water Resources, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721. The cost of the 20 page booklet is $3.00 per copy, and checks should be payable to the University of Arizona. The title of Fiering's talk was “The Real Benefits from Synthetic Flows: Reflections on 25 Years With the Harvard Water Program.” According to the foreword by Nathan Buras of the University of Arizona, “The second Kisiel Memorial Lecture captures, in a sense, the kernel of the quantum jump which occurred in the late fifties and early sixties in our perception of the complexities of the hydrological phenomena and man's relation to them.” According to Buras, “In the sixties, young Ph.D.s sallied forth from their universities into the real world spreading the good news that, at last, complex water resource problems in which imperfectly understood natural phenomena affected by anthropogenic interventions can be neatly dissected by the application of systems analysis and the use of mathematical models. … The second Kisiel Lecture presents and discusses a philosophical basis which underlies the discipline called ‘water resources.’ The philosophical basis, together with the scientific foundation provided by hydrological sciences, are the conceptual framework within which the development and utilization of regional water resources take place.”
Award honors Duggal
Authors: Anonymous  
Published: October 2011

Shakti P. Duggal, a widely respected member of the international cosmic ray community, was a member of the scientific staff of the Bartol Research Foundation for 22 years prior to his untimely death in 1982 at the age of 50. In his memory an award has been established by his colleagues and friends to honor outstanding work by a young scientist in the field of cosmic ray physics. The first biennial award, consisting of $1,000 and a plaque, will be presented at the 19th International Cosmic Ray Conference (ICRC), to be held in La Jolla, Calif., August 10–24, 1985.The intent of this award is to inspire young cosmic ray scientists at an early stage of their careers. The recipient will not have attained the age of 36 on January 1 of the year of the ICRC at which the award will be presented. Subject to this limitation, any person from anywhere in the world who has contributed to the field of cosmic ray physics is eligible for consideration. Selection of the prize winner will be made by an international committee consisting of John Simpson, University of Chicago; Peter Fowler, University of Bristol; Michelle Casse, Center for Nuclear Studies, Saclay, France; Arnold Wolfendale, University of Durham; and Martin Pomerantz, Bartol Research Foundation, University of Delaware.
ESA/NASA Solar Polar Mission renamed Ulysses
Authors: Anonymous  
Published: October 2011

The International Solar Polar Mission (ISPM), a joint project between the European Space Agency (ESA) and NASA, has been renamed “Ulysses.” The primary mission of the project, which has not changed with its name, is to investigate the properties of the solar wind, the structure of the sun/wind interface, the heliosphere magnetic field, the interplanetary magnetic field, the solar wind plasma, solar and galactic cosmic rays, and cosmic dust.Scheduled for launch from the space shuttle in May 1986, the Ulysses mission will make a 14‐month journey to Jupiter. That planet's gravitational effect will deflect the probe into a high‐inclination orbit toward trie sun. Reaching the sun about 2.5 years later, the satellite will take measurements over the sun's poles. The entire mission will last 5 years.
NSF Fellowships
Authors: Anonymous  
Published: October 2011

The National Science Foundation (NSF) has announced that 650 fellowships will be awarded next spring for advanced study in science, mathematics, and engineering, including interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary areas. The fellowships are available to citizens and nationals of the United States and will be awarded on the basis of merit for full‐time study. Fellowships are available in three categories, including 540 graduate fellowships, 60 minority graduate fellowships, and 50 North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) postdoctoral fellowships.The graduate fellowships include a stipend of $11,000 for a 12‐month tenure and a cost of‐education allowance of up to $6,000 per year to be provided to the educational institution in lieu of tuition and fee charges. These fellowships are renewable for up to 3 years, depending on availability of NSF funds. Application deadline is November 21. Fellowships will be awarded mid‐March 1985. For more information and applications, contact the Fellowship Office, National Research Council, 2101 Constitution Ave., Washington, DC 20418 (telephone: 202‐334‐2872).
Vannevar Bush Award
Authors: Anonymous  
Published: October 2011

The National Science Board (NSB) has announced that nominations for the Vannevar Bush Award are now being accepted. The award is given to a scientist who has made outstanding contributions to science and technology through public service activities. Nominations are due January 1, 1985. Information and guidelines are available from the National Science Board, 1800 G St., N.W., Washington, DC 20550.The award was established in 1980 by the Science Board in commemoration of the 30th anniversary of the National Science Foundation (NSF). Vannevar Bush, acting on advice from President Roosevelt, recommended in 1945 that a foundation be established to be a focal point for the federal government's activities in science and technology. NSF was created 5 years later by Congress.
WRR editor Ronald Cummings
Authors: Anonymous  
Published: October 2011

It has been nearly a year since Ronald Cummings took over as policy sciences editor of Water Resources Research (WRR), and in that time he has worked to make the journal live up to its role as “an interdisciplinary journal integrating research in the social and natural sciences of water.” Cummings takes the “interdisciplinary” part seriously. “I'd like to see a much broader range of policy issues presented to readers,” he says. “I would hope it would then stimulate interchange between our colleagues concerning evolving issues of the '80s and '90s.”Cummings brings a solid background as a resource economist to his 4‐year term as editor, which began last January and runs until December 1987. Cummings succeeds Jared Cohon as policy sciences editor. Stephen J. Burges is the WRR editor for hydrological, physical, chemical, and biological sciences. Now a Professor of Economics and Director of the Program in Natural Resources Economics at the University of New Mexico, Cummings is a past president of the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists. He has been a consultant in matters of water resources management, forestry management, and energy policy for more than a decade, working on projects in both the United States and Latin America. Since joining the faculty at New Mexico in 1975, he has, among other things, worked with engineers at the Los Alamos National Laboratory in developing operation'management models for hot, dry rock geothermal systems.
Tropospheric chemistry research
Authors: Robb David W. 
Published: October 2011

To answer basic science questions about man's influence on the Earth's troposphere and how to protect it, a National Research Council (NRC) panel has proposed a longterm international research program to study global tropospheric chemistry. The panel estimates that initial funding of $10–$20 million per year will be required, increasing yearly for the program's minimum 10‐year life.According to the panel, this proposed effort would be different from existing atmospheric chemistry programs, such as those concerning acid precipitation, for two reasons: First, the proposal calls for a long‐term effort, not a short‐term reaction to political pressures or, as noted by one member of the panel, “crisis response.” Second, the panel emphasized the global framework and international cooperation requested in the proposal. According to panel members, many existing studies are urban or regional in nature and do not have the scope required to gain an overall understanding of the complex troposphere. Existing programs are seen as a foundation for what is envisioned as an allencompassing program.
PASSCAL science planning
Authors: Ellsworth Bill , Braile Larry 
Published: October 2011

The Program for Array Seismic Studies of the Continental Lithosphere (PASSCAL) is one of two major scientific initiatives organized this year under Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology (IRIS). PASSCAL is a cooperative program open to the whole earth science community. Participation is through PASSCAL committees, which are open to all interested scientists.The Science Planning and Coordination Committee of PASSCAL will hold an experiment planning meeting at the AGU Fall Meeting in San Francisco. The meeting will be held Tuesday, December 4, 3–5 P.M. in Room 327 of the Convention Center. All interested earth scientists are encouraged to participate in this meeting and to help develop plans for cooperative experiments for studying the continental lithosphere. Experiments that can be realized with existing instrumentation, as well as with the PASSCAL instruments currently under development, are encouraged. Topics to be discussed at the meeting include review of science planning and coordination activities of PASSCAL, review of ongoing lithospheric seismology experiments, discussion of proposed experiments, and general discussion of science plan ning activities.
AGU Hydrology Awards: Horton, Horton, and Horton
Authors: Freeze R. Allan 
Published: October 2011

There are three individual awards available to hydrologic researchers through the AGU. All three bear the name of Robert E. Horton, and because of this there appears to be considerable confusion among the membership as to the purpose of the awards, eligibility for them, and the method of their adjudication.The Horton Medal is a Union award. It is given in alternate years to a senior scientist for outstanding research contributions in hydrology made over a period of many years. The selection committee is a subcommittee of the AGU Committee of Fellows. The chairman and the members of the subcommittee are appointed by the President of AGU. The executive committee of the Hydrology Section is usually asked for recommendations for the membership of the Horton Medal subcommittee; in recent years the chairman and all members have come from this section. 1985 is an off year for the Horton Medal, and it will next be awarded at the AGU Spring Meeting in 1986. Nominations are solicited through notices in Eos that appear well before the deadline date.
On the waterfront: Meinzer Award and Birdsall Lecturer
Authors: Anonymous  
Published: October 2011

Frank Schwartz of the University of Alberta and Leslie Smith of the University of British Columbia have been presented with this year's Meinzer Award by the Geological Society of America (GSA). The Meinzer Award is presented annually by the Hydrogeology Division of GSA to recognize the author or authors of one of the best papers to appear within the last 5 years.Charles W. Kreitler of the Texas Bureau of Economic Geology, Austin, has been named the Eighth Birdsall Distinguished Lecturer. The Birdsall Lectures are funded, in part, by an endowment from the late John M. Birdsall. This funding permits the Birdsall Lecturer to visit a selected number of universities in North America in order to acquaint students with distinguished professionals in the field of hydrogeology. The titles of Kreitler's talks are “Hydrogeology: The Interaction Between Hydrologic and Geologic Processes” and “Hydrologic Characterization of a Sedimentary Basin: The Palo Duro Basin as an Example.”
Arctic science input wanted
Authors: Anonymous  
Published: October 2011

The Arctic Research and Policy Act (Eos, June 26, 1984, p. 412) was signed into law by President Ronald Reagan this past July. One of its objectives is to develop a 5‐year research plan for the Arctic. A request for input to this plan is being issued this week to nearly 500 people in science, engineering, and industry.To promote Arctic research and to recommend research policy in the Arctic, the new law establishes a five‐member Arctic Research Commission, to be appointed by the President, and establishes an Interagency Arctic Research Policy Committee, to be composed of representatives from nearly a dozen agencies having interests in the region. The commission will make policy recommendations, and the interagency committee will implement those recommendations. The National Science Foundation (NSF) has been designated as the lead agency of the interagency committee.
European Geophysical Society
Authors: Davies Peter A. 
Published: October 2011

The 10th General Assembly of the European Geophysical Society (EGS) took place from July 30 to August 3, 1984 at the Catholic University of Louvain, Louvain La Neuve, Belgium. Over 320 papers were presented at the Assembly, and an encouraging sign for the EGS was the continued and increased attraction of the meeting to scientists from outside Europe (particularly from North America, Australia, and Japan).The assembly witnessed several exciting developments within the EGS: for example, the recent innovation of a special interest group (Chairman: F. Neubauer, University of Köln, Federal Republic of Germany) in Planetary Physics stimulated the convening of a special symposium in Louvain La Neuve on planetary exploration and future planetary missions, at which the objectives of the special interest group were formulated in the light of the most recent developments in the field. A panel discussion during the symposium supported the Kepler mission to Mars as the next logical step in a European program of planetary exploration.
Nuclear Winter Revisited
Authors: Robb David W. 
Published: October 2011

A “major nuclear exchange” between the United States and the Soviet Union could inject enough smoke and dust into the atmosphere to cause significant temperature drops over the northern temperate zone that could last from weeks to months, according to a new study by the National Research Council (NRC).The results of the NRC study are “consistent with the results that came out of the TTAPS study” released late in 1983, according to George Carrier, chairman of the NRC study committee. The TTAPS study—named for authors R. P. Turco, O. B. Toon, T. P. Ackerman, J. B. Pollack, and Carl Sagan—investigated the potential global atmospheric and climatic consequences of nuclear war.
Michael O'Hara Wins VGP Award
Authors: Walker David , Dalrymple Brent , Brett Robin , O'Hara Michael 
Published: October 2011

To many, the study of volcanism is a window into the condition of the mantle. Subtle (and not so subtle) variations in time and space of basalt chemistry may simply reflect variations in the mantle source regions of basalt. To some, however, it is not so simple.Our awardee today, Michael J. O'Hara, has been an early leader in exploring the “information content” of basaltic volcanism by using the methods of experimental petrology and geochemical variation. Significantly, he was among the earliest to reject the notion that basalts tell us very much directly about the mantle. Mike has not dismissed basalts as being devoid of information about the evolution of the earth. Rather, he has presented us with a comprehensive view of basalts as agents in a complex crust‐building process. Gone is the easy connection between a basalt and its source region. Instead, this connection is replaced by a melodrama of geochemical adventures leading to eruption or intrusion within the crust. Indeed, there is now more and more field and petrographic evidence for some of the many complicating activities to which Mike has drawn our attention. Mike has shown that the processes responsible for crust building are interesting and important in their own right, even though they may cloud some interpretations of the significance of basalts.
New position at Lamont‐Doherty
Authors: Anonymous  
Published: October 2011

Three scientists at the Lamont‐Doherty Geological Observatory have been appointed to the position of Doherty Senior Research Scientist, newly created to recognize members of the observatory's senior research staff who have demonstrated “the highest levels of scholarship, scientific leadership, and promise of continuing excellence.”William Ruddiman, associate director of the observatory's Oceans and Climate Division, Taro Takahashi, associate director of the Geochemistry Division, and Dennis Kent, known for his research in paleomagnetics and rock magnetism, were each appointed to 5‐year terms as Doherty Senior Research Scientists.
Water demand and groundwater contamination and reclamation
Authors: Anonymous  
Published: October 2011

The 21st Annual American Water Resources Association Conference and Symposium will be held August 11–16 , 1985, at the Sheraton El Conquistador Resort, Tucson, Ariz. The theme for the conference is “Water Demand: Sharing a Limited Resource,” and that for the symposium is “Groundwater Contamination and Reclamation.”Information concerning the conference or the symposium may be obtained by contacting Nathan Buras, Head, Department of Hydrology and Water Resources, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721 ; telephone: 602‐ 621‐5082.
NSB organizational changes
Authors: Anonymous  
Published: October 2011

To increase its involvement in National Science Foundation (NSF) policy and program oversight, the National Science Board (NSB), which is the NSF governing body, has instituted a number of changes in its committee structure and operations.One reason for the changes, according to Roland Schmitt, senior vice president for corporate research and development at the General Electric Company and chairman of NSB, is to move away from approval of NSF awards as the primary mechanism for NSB oversight of NSF programs. By law, NSB must approve awards that are above a certain dollar value. Most awards above that limit come from only a few NSF programs. The new changes will allow NSB to review programs and projects throughout NSF earlier in the review process and to affect major program decisions when they are being made.
Committee on the Unsaturated Zone
Authors: Narasimhan T. N. 
Published: October 2011

The Committee on the Unsaturated Zone was reconstituted in fall of 1984 under the direction of the incoming president of the AGU Hydrology Section. The committee met at San Francisco during the AGU Fall Meeting in December 1984.A special session entitled “Evapotranspiration Modeling: Its Verification and Use” was jointly chaired by J. F. Stone and R. J. Reginato during the 1984 Fall Meeting in San Francisco. There were nine invitecf presentations and four contributed presentations. The purpose was to explore the utilization of models to evapotranspiration (ET) on watershed scale and to investigate why models developed for small‐scale application are not of‐ten suited for large scale phenomena. Principles of ET modeling over areas of many hundreds or millions of square kilometers bear special consideration and recent advances were covered. Techniques of remote sensing of input data for models are being developed and potential operational models were discussed. A summary report of the special session, highlighting points and challenges that emerged from the presentations, is under preparation by the cochairman and will appear in WaterWatch.
Visiting Professorships
Authors: Anonymous  
Published: October 2011

Applications are now being accepted for the National Science Foundation (NSF) Visiting Professorships for Women Program. Under this program, women scientists and engineers from industry, government, and academia can be visiting professors at academic institutions in the United States.The program's objectives are to provide opportunities for women to advance their careers in the disciplines of science and engineering that are supported by NSF to provide greater visibility and wider opportunities for women scientists and engineers employed in industry, government, and academic institutions, and to provide encouragement for other women to pursue careers in science and engineering through the awardees' research, lecturing, counseling, and mentoring activities.
1984 Joint Congress: CGU and CMOS
Authors: Camfield P. A. 
Published: October 2011

The Canadian Geophysical Union (CGU) had a very successful joint meeting with the Canadian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society (CMOS) at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia, May 29 to June 1, 1984. Thirty‐five scientific sessions were held in the 4‐day meeting period.The invited speaker for CGU at the plenary session, David Simpson of Lamont‐Doherty Geological Observatory, spoke about the Halifax Explosion of 1917 in terms of a seismic event. The 2.6‐kt explosion was the largest man‐made explosion prior to the detonation of the first atomic bombs. The effective seismic magnitude of the event may have been m, = 2.5–3.0.
1985 James B. Macelwane Award
Authors: Mattheus William H. , Pomerantz Martin A. 
Published: October 2011

For his incisive, provocative, and pioneering work on the role of turbulent magnetohydrodynamical processes in space plasma physics, we honor William H. Matthaeus with the James B. Macelwane Award.An indefatigable worker—literally a ball of fire—Bill bubbles with ideas and enthusiasm. His interests and abilities are wide ranging. Although he could equally well have pursued a career in theoretical high‐energy physics,toward which he had been headed, it is our good fortune that, in a midcourse correction, he switched his field to theoretical plasma physics.
The importance of “big” science research in oceanography
Authors: Jennings Feenan 
Published: October 2011

It has been my privilege to have been associated with oceanography for the past 35 years. I hadn't realized how long it's been until I started thinking about this talk.At the beginning of my career, in conjunction with my graduate training, I did some research, mostly applied. Since 1958, however, I've been involved in research administration, the first 12 years with the Office of Naval Research [ONR], the next 8 years with the National Science Foundation [NSF], and most recently, with Texas A&M's Sea Grant Program.