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December streamflow
Authors: Anonymous  
Published: October 2011

It was a wet December for most of the nation's streams, highlighted by a record high flow of the Mississippi River, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. Flow of the Mississippi River at Vicksburg, Miss., averaged 765 billion gallons per day (bgd) during the month, the highest December flow in 58 years of record keeping. The previous record high for December was 741 bdg in 1982.The Mississippi, St. Lawrence, and Columbia rivers, which drain more than half of the conterminous United States, serve as a general indicator of the status of the nation's surface water resources. The combined flow of these “Big Three” rivers for December was 987 bgd, which was 86% more than the long‐term December average.
Fulbright Grants available
Authors: Anonymous  
Published: October 2011

The Council for International Exchange of Scholars (CIES) is accepting applications for the 1987–1988 Fulbright Scholar Awards. More than 300 grants in research and 700 grants in university lecturing are available for periods ranging from 3 months to a full academic year, with openings in more than 100 countries and some opportunities for research in more than one country.Fulbright awards are granted in virtually all disciplines. Scholars of all academic ranks, including retired faculty and independent scholars, are eligible to apply. Fulbright scholars must be U.S. citizens with a Ph.D. or comparable professional qualifications, have university or college teaching experience, and, for selected assignments, be proficient in a foreign language.
Upcoming hearings in Congress
Authors: Richman Barbara T. 
Published: October 2011

The following hearings and markups have been tentatively scheduled forthecoming weeks by the Senate and House of Representatives. Dates and times should be verified with the committee or subcommittee holding the hearing or markup; all offices on Capitol Hill may be reached by telephoning 202‐224‐3121. For guidelines on contacting a member of Congress, see AGU's Guide to Legislative Information and Contacts (Eos, August 28, 1984, p. 669).February 18: Oversight hearing on the space shuttle accident, by the Science, Technology, and Space Subcommittee of the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee. Room SR‐253, Russell Senate OfficeBuilding, 2:00 P.M.
John Cherry wins Horton Award
Authors: Gillham Robert W. , Cherry John 
Published: October 2011

The recipient of the 1985 Robert T. Horton Award is John Cherry. As John's colleague and friend for the past 12 years, it is a great privilege and honor for me to have been asked to prepare the citation for this award.John received his bachelor's degree in geological engineering from the University of Saskatchewan and his M.S., also in geological engineering, from the University of California at Berkeley. After earning his Ph.D. in geology at the University of Illinois, John spent 1 year in postdoctoral study at the University of Bordeaux, France, before returning to Canada in 1967 as an assistant professor of geology at the University of Manitoba in Winnipeg. John joined the Department of Earth Sciences at the University of Waterloo as an associate professor in 1971. At Waterloo he is currently a full professor and Director of the Institute for Groundwater Research.
Transport phenomena in porous media
Authors: Bear Jacob , Corapcioglu M. Yavuz 
Published: October 2011

The Advanced Study Institute on Fundamentals of Transport Phenomena in Porous Media, held July 14–23, 1985 in Newark, Del. and directed by Jacob Bear (Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa) and M. Yavuz Corapcioglu (City College of New York), under the auspices of NATO, was a sequel to the NATO Advanced Study Institute (ASI) held in 1982 (proceedings published as Fundamentals of Transport Phenomena in Porous Media, J. Bear, and M.Y. Corapcioglu (Ed.), Martinus Nijhoff, Dordrecht, the Netherlands, 1984). The meeting was attended by 106 participants and lecturers from 21 countries.As in the first NATO/ASI, the objective of this meeting—which was a combination of a conference of experts and a teaching institute— was to present and discuss selected topics of transport in porous media. In selecting topics and lecturers, an attempt was made to bridge the gap that sometimes exists between research and practice. An effort was also made to demonstrate the unified approach to the transport of mass of a fluid phase, components of a fluid phase, momentum, and heat in a porous medium domain. The void space may be occupied by a single fluid phase or by a number of such phases; each fluid may constitute a multicomponent system; the solid matrix may be deformable; and the whole process of transport in the system may take place under nonisothermal conditions, with or without phase changes. Such phenomena are encountered in a variety of disciplines, e.g., petroleum engineering, civil engineering (in connection with groundwater flow and contamination), soil mechanics, and chemical engineering. One of the goals of the 1985 NATO/ASI, as in the 1982 institute, was to bring together experts from all these disciplines and enhance communication among them.
Change in editorial structure for JGR‐Solid Earth and Planets
Authors: Anonymous  
Published: October 2011

On February 28, 1986, the Journal of Geophysical Research (JGR) Editorial Search Committee decided to select a board of six or seven editors to replace retiring JGR‐Solid Earth and Planets editor Gerald Schubert. The committee, made up of the presidents‐elect of the solid earth sections, a representative of the Publications Committee, and the retiring editor, determined that this organization would be most effective for this section of JGR.The Solid Earth and Planets section of JGR has grown dramatically during the tenure of the current editor. The Union sees further opportunities for growth in the coming years as newly developing areas begin to bear fruit. Attracting the best papers to AGU journals is viewed as an essential part of the mandate for serving the information needs of all members.
Swedish satellite launched
Authors: Anonymous  
Published: October 2011

Viking, Sweden's first satellite, was launched February 21, 1986, by an Ariane rocket, and initial results show that all of Viking's experiments are working properly. The 535‐kg satellite carried the French remote sensing satellite SPOT in a “piggyback” arrangement. After the Ariane rocket put Viking and SPOT into orbit at about 800 km above the earth, a boost motor on Viking propelled it into orbit at 13,500 km above the earth.Viking's scientific objective is the study of ionospheric and magnetospheric phenomena associated with the aurora. The satellite carries five main experiments, examining electric fields, magnetic fields, particles, waves, and ultraviolet imaging. Scientists from Sweden, France, Denmark, Canada, and the United States are part of Viking's scientific teams, according to Tom Potemra of the Applied Physics Laboratory of the Johns Hopkins University in Laurel, Md., principal investigator for Viking's magnetic field experiment.
Report suggests IGBP priorities
Authors: Anonymous  
Published: October 2011

In order to understand the physical, chemical, and biological processes that regulate the earth's environment—the environment that allows life to flourish—a program must be undertaken in which “scientific disciplines forsake their accustomed imperatives and serve as tools rather than ends in themselves,” according to a recent report from the U.S. Committee for an International Geosphere‐Biosphere Program (IGBP). This National Research Council (NRC) committee made recommendations for initial priorities for a program to study “global change in the geosphere‐biosphere.”The committee recommended that an IGBP should emphasize studies in three types of areas: those that seem most likely to explain interactions that might lead to significant change in the next 100 yr, those that most affect the biosphere, and those that are most susceptible to human perturbation. In their report, entitled “Global Change in the Geosphere‐Biosphere: Initial Priorities for an IGBP,” they laid out a framework for a program beginning in the 1990s and continuing “well beyond the dawn of the next century.” They recommended that a series of international workshops be held over the next 2 yr (possibly organized by the International Council of Scientific Unions) so that experts can make plans in greater detail for an IGBP.
1986 AGU medalists and awardees announced
Authors: Anonymous  
Published: October 2011

The recipients of the 1986 Bowie, Ewing, and Horton Medals and the Smith and Macelwane Awards have been announced by AGU. These distinctive honors recognize AGU members who make significant contributions to geophysics.The William Bowie Medal is awarded to James Dooge of University College, Dublin, Ireland, for outstanding contributions to fundamental geophysics and for unselfish cooperation in research. The Maurice Ewing Award will be presented to John Imbrie of Brown University, Providence, R.I. This honor is awarded for significant original contributions to understanding physical, geophysical, and geological processes in the ocean and/or outstanding service to marine sciences. The medal is presented jointly by the U.S. Navy and AGU.
Jose de Acosta (1539”1600): A pioneer of geophysics
Authors: Udías Agustín 
Published: October 2011

One of the first books written about the American continent was by Father José de Acosta. Entitled Historia Natural y Moral de las Indias (i.e., Natural and Moral History of the Indias), it was published in Seville, Spain, in 1590 (Figure 1). The rapid printing of four editions in Spain in less than 20 yr and the translation of the book into French, Italian, German, Dutch, and Latin less than 15 yr after the first Spanish edition are signs of the rapid popularity that was achieved by this book in Europe.José de Acosta was born in 1539 in Medina del Campo, Spain. He joined the Jesuit Order in 1553 and travelled to America in 1572. He remained there for 15 yr, travelling frequently and visiting the territories that today belong to Peru, Bolivia, Chile, and Mexico. During his journeys, he took note of his observations of natural phenomena, many of them related to the geophysical sciences, such as the aspect of the skies, distribution of temperature, rain, and winds, volcanic activity, earthquakes, and a variety of new minerals, plants, and animals, as well as on the social behavior of the inhabitants of those lands.
The spacecraft encounters of comet Halley
Authors: Mendis D. Asoka , Tsurutani Bruce T. 
Published: October 2011

During its 30th historically recorded and fourth predicted apparition, Comet Halley (the most famous of comets) was visited by five spacecraft from three space agencies, carrying a total complement of 44 scientific instruments.Since Comet Halley has a retrograde motion around the sun in an orbit that is inclined at 162° to the ecliptic plane, all the encounters were fast flybys around the time that the comet crossed the ecliptic plane on March 10, 1986 (descending node).
Graham nominated to Head OSTP
Authors: Anonymous  
Published: October 2011

President Ronald Reagan has nominated William R. Graham as science advisor and director of the Office of Science and Technology (OSTP). Graham, who is currently deputy director of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), had been acting director of the agency until the nomination of James C. Fletcher.Graham's nomination, which must be confirmed by the U.S. Senate, comes 6 months after the resignation of George A. Keyworth from the post. John P. McTague had been acting science advisor since Keyworth's resignation (Eos, December 10, 1985, p. 1219).
1986 Spring Meeting Report
Authors: Anonymous  
Published: October 2011

At the 1986 AGU Spring Meeting, approximately 1475 papers were presented, and 2382 attendees registered. This meeting compared in size to the 1985 Spring Meeting, held in Baltimore over Memorial Day weekend. It was thought that if this meeting moved away from Memorial Day weekend that some growth possibly would occur; however, there was no increase. Two possible reasons are

a small reaction to Gramm‐Rudman‐Hollings budget cuts, and
the Ocean Sciences section joint meeting with the American Society of Limnology and Oceanography (ASLO) earlier in the year.
Deep aquifers detected in South Asia
Authors: Anonymous  
Published: October 2011

Artesian aquifers below river basins in South Asia may be able to remedy water shortages in the region, according to a study conducted by the World Bank in Washington, D.C. Logs that record electrical resistance in wells drilled for petroleum were used to identify the aquifers and determine that they appear to hold fresh water.While electric logging of wells is a routine procedure in oil and gas exploration, it is less often applied in fresh water exploration. The logs record electrical resistance, or resistivity, of subsurface formations, permitting identification of aquifers and calculation of the salinity of the water in them without obtaining water samples.
New telephone numbers at Scripps
Authors: Anonymous  
Published: October 2011

Telephone numbers for the Scripps Institution of Oceanography in La Jolla, Calif., have recently been changed.The exchange at Scripps has changed from 452 to 534. The last four digits of each number, however, remain the same. In addition, many new lines have been added to the system. The main switchboard can be reached by dialing 619‐534‐2230.
Fleming, Ewing, Macelwane awardees announced
Authors: Anonymous  
Published: October 2011

AGU has announced that the 1986 John Adam Fleming Medal for original research and technical leadership in geomagnetism, atmospheric electricity, aeronomy, and related sciences will be presented to George E. Backus of the Scripps Institution of Oceanography (La Jolla, Calif.).In addition, as previously announced, John Imbrie of Brown University (Providence, R.I.) will receive the Maurice Ewing Award, and James B. Macelwane Awards will be presented to Edward M. Stolper of the California Institute of Technology (Pasadena) and Robert A. Weller of Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (Woods Hole, Mass.).
U.S. joins in Physics Olympiad
Authors: Anonymous  
Published: October 2011

Three U.S. high school students won bronze medals in the XVII International Physics Olympiad at Harrow School in London on July 13–20, 1986. The U.S. team's performance was the best effort of any country sending a team for the first time to participate in a Physics Olympiad.From June 30 to July 11, 1986, the American Association of Physics Teachers had brought together 20 of the nation's best high school physics students for a “training camp” at the University of Maryland, College Park. The camp offered cooperative learning with some intergroup competition and individual examinations in order to assess competence. The students also attended lectures by eminent scientists on research frontiers in physics and met briefly with Secretary of Education William J. Bennett. Five finalists went to London for the Olympiad.
William M. Sackett: New Field Fellow
Authors: Katzoff Judith A. 
Published: October 2011

AGU's second Richard Montgomery Field Fellow has begun his 10‐month tenure at AGU headquarters in Washington, D.C. William M. Sackett is a graduate research professor in marine science at the University of South Florida (St. Petersburg, Fla.).After just a few days at AGU, Sackett told Eos that he is now involved with helping to launch AGU's newest journal, Global Biogeochemical Cycles, and to organize sessions for the 1987 AGU Spring Meeting. Although it was too soon to say on which projects he will ultimately concentrate, Sackett said that he “would like to make some solid contributions to advancing AGU's goals.” He added that he is very much looking forward to getting to know the city of Washington during the coming year.
Recent Ph.D's
Authors: Anonymous  
Published: October 2011

Eos periodically lists information on recently accepted doctoral dissertations in the disciplines of geophysics. Faculty members are invited to submit the following information, on institution letterhead, above the signature of the faculty advisor or department chairman:

the dissertation title,
author's name,
name of the degree‐granting department and institution,
faculty advisor,
month and year degree was awarded,
category of dissertation subject (Atmospheric Sciences, Hydrology, Ocean Sciences, Solid Earth, or Space Sciences).
If possible, include the current address and telephone number of the degree recipient (this information will not be published).
Seismology Lecture Series to begin
Authors: Anonymous  
Published: October 2011

The Society for Earthquake and Civil Engineering Dynamics (London) is establishing a biennial prestige lecture series in honor of two pioneering British scientific seismologists, Robert Mallet (1810‐1883) and John Milne (1850‐1913). The society is the British section of the International Association for Earthquake Engineering.The first Mallet‐Milne Lecture is scheduled to be delivered by N. N. Ambraseys of the Department of Civil Engineering of the Imperial College of Science and Technology, London, on May 27, 1987. Ambraseys will speak on “Engineering Seismology” at the Institution of Civil Engineers on Great George Street, Westminster
AGU's 20,000th member
Authors: Anonymous  
Published: October 2011

Rainer Uhrenbacher, a graduate student at the Institute of Geophysics of the University of Kiel, Federal Republic of Germany, recently became AGU's 20,000th member. Uhrenbacher, who is currently on a fellowship from the Conrad Adenauer Stiftung, has been engaged in the German‐Turkish Project on Earthquake Prediction Research since 1984. At present, he is in Turkey, carrying out magnetic, magnetotelluric, and self‐potential measurements along a segment of the North Anatolian Fault Zone.Before entering Kiel University, Uhrenbacher received his diploma degree from the University of Munich. His thesis was on gravimetric and geoelectric investigations in a special region of southern Germany.
Smelter shutdown used in study of rain chemistry
Authors: Katzoff Judith A. 
Published: October 2011

The closing of a copper smelter near Tacoma, Wash., in the spring of 1986 gave a group of scientists at the University of Washington (Seattle) a unique opportunity to do a study of the effects of the smelter's emissions on the chemistry of rainwater in the area. The smelter, specially equipped to handle high‐arsenic copper ore, was once the largest single source of airborne arsenic in the United States. Two papers on these studies were presented on December 11, 1986, at the AGU Fall Meeting/ASLO Winter Meeting in San Francisco, Calif.The group, headed by Richard J. Vong, set up a network of 38 sites to analyze rainwater in the Seattle‐Tacoma area. The researchers took advantage of the smelter's coastal location by confining their observations to rainfall from cyclonic frontal systems that came directly in from the Pacific Ocean. These systems had not yet passed over any large pollution sources other than the smelter, according to Richard E. Peterson II, a member of the research team.
Fulbright Grants available
Authors: Anonymous  
Published: October 2011

The Council for International Exchange of Scholars (CIES) is accepting applications for the 1988–1989 Fulbright Scholar Awards. More than 300 grants in research and 700 grants in university lecturing are available for periods ranging from 3 months to a full academic year, with openings in more than 100 countries and some opportunities for research in more than one country.Fulbright awards are granted in virtually all disciplines. Scholars of all academic ranks, including retired faculty and independent scholars, are eligible to apply. Fulbright scholars must be U.S. citizens with a Ph.D. or comparable professional qualifications, have university or college teaching experience, and for selected assignments, be proficient in a foreign language. There is no longer a limit of two Fulbright grants to a single scholar.
Advocacy and AGU
Authors: Anonymous  
Published: October 2011

In May 1982, the AGU Council approved the following policy on the Union's role in advocacy on public issues.The American Geophysical Union is an association of scientists, scholars, and interested lay public for the purpose of advancing geophysical science. The Union shares a collateral sense of responsibility to assure that the results of geophysical research are made available to benefit all mankind. The Union encourages its members to exercise their individual sense of responsibility in addressing political and social issues. Should they choose to act collectively on such issues, other organizations exist for such purposes. The American Geophysical Union, as a society, should preserve its unique position as an objective source of analysis and commentary for the full spectrum of geophysical science. Accordingly, the following policies should guide the American Geophysical Union's role as an advocate:
JGR‐Solid Earth and Planets editor Seth A. Stein
Authors: Katzoff Judith A. 
Published: October 2011

Seth A. Stein, one of the editors of the Journal of Geophysical Research—Solid Earth and Planets, says that his approach to editing the journal is based on the premise that authors, reviewers, and editors are all drawn from the same community: the journal's readers. “We all want JGR to publish interesting papers of the highest possible quality. Each of us believes that the papers we review are improved by our comments. It follows, although it is a little harder for most of us to accept, that our own papers generally contain better science and are more useful to readers as a result of reviews,” Stein told Eos.Stein, an associate professor of geological sciences at Northwestern University (Evanston, Ill.), is one of the seven editors of JGR—Solid Earth and Planets for 1987 and 1988 (see box). His specialties are tectonophysics and seismology.
NSF to fund superconductors research
Authors: Anonymous  
Published: October 2011

The National Science Foundation (NSF) has launched a new initiative to speed U.S. research on superconducting materials. The new effort includes two programs: one for basic research on superconducting materials, sponsored by NSF's Directorate for Mathematical and Physical Sciences, and one for research on ways to process these materials into useful forms, sponsored by the Directorate for Engineering.Superconducting materials can carry electricity without loss from resistance. Recent research breakthroughs have brought to light new “high‐temperature” superconducting materials that can function above the boiling point of nitrogen (77 K or −196°C) and may lead to commercial applications in areas such as electric power generation and distribution, microelectronics, remote sensing, medical diagnostic systems, and transportation (Eos, March 24, 1987, p. 161).
Pluto may have an atmosphere
Authors: Anonymous  
Published: October 2011

New evidence suggests that Pluto may have a more substantial atmosphere than the tenuous methane atmosphere that had been hinted at by earlier data. The new findings are based on results from the Infrared Astronomical Satellite (IRAS) and on extensive observations taken through telescopes on Earth over the past 3 years.Edward F. Tedesco, Glenn J. Veeder, and R. Scott Dunbar of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (Pasadena, Calif.) of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration and Larry A. Lebofsky of the University of Arizona (Tucson) reported their results in the May 14, 1987, issue of Nature. They said that Pluto's thermal characteristics, as measured twice in 1983 by IRAS, support the suggestion that Pluto has a substantial methane atmosphere.