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Call for papers: AIAA Conference on Outer Planet Exploration
Authors: Anonymous  
Published: October 2011

The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Conference on the Exploration of the Outer Planets will be held September 17 to 19, 1975, in St. Louis, Missouri, under the cosponsorship of the Technical Committee on Space and Atmospheric Physics, the Technical Committee on Space Systems, and the Section of Planetology of the AGU.The conference occurs as the results of Pioneer 10 and 11 and of Mariner 10 are available for assimilation. It is also contemporary with the Viking '75 Mars, which will be poised to investigate Mars to a greater depth of detail. Further, the accelerating programs for the Mariner Jupiter‐Saturn 1977 missions, the Pioneer Venus mission in 1978, and the proposed Mariner Jupiter‐Uranus 1979 mission are entering into final planning.
New AGU editor to be selected
Authors: Anonymous  
Published: October 2011

Charles W. Howe has resigned as coeditor of Water Resources Research, effective in June 1975.A committee to recommend candidates for the post to President Frank Press is now accepting nominations. Those who are interested in serving as editor or who wish to suggest candidates should send their names to A.F. Spilhaus, Jr . , Executive Director, American Geophysical Union, 1909 K Street, N.W., Suite 1000, Washington, D.C. 20006.The names should be received by April 1, 1975.
Report of meeting U.S. geodynamics committee
Authors: Anonymous  
Published: October 2011

Following publication of the report U.S. Program for the Geodynamics Project: Scope and Obectives by the U.S. Geodynamics Committee (USGC), ten ad hoc reporters were designated to develop recommendations concerning implementation of the topics in the chapter ‘Intitial Priorities.’ The societies that have been actively interested in the Geodynamics Project were informed of this action and were invited to nominate people to work with the reporters for the various topics.The Geodynamics Project correspondents in geoscience departments (about 140) were urged to inform their colleagues; all were encouraged to communicate directly with the reporters, who took initiative in communicating with those known to be interested in their particular topics. All of them held at least one meeting.
International Water Resources Meetings
Authors: Anonymous  
Published: October 2011

Two international water resources meetings will be held at Colorado State University in Fort Collins from June 27 to July 2, 1977.The Third International Symposium in Hydrology with the theme 'Theoretical Hydrology' will meet June 27 to 29, 1977. The following five topics will be discussed: (1) relations between hydrologic processes and spatial and temporal distributions of energy; (2) change in the characteristics of hydrologic processes as water moves through various earth environments; (3) analysis of relationships between water quality and water quantity; (4) physical justification of structural models of hydrologic processes; and (5) prediction and detection of long‐range hydrologic changes.
Conference on Commonalities in Ways of Knowing: Science and the Humanities
Authors: Anonymous  
Published: October 2011

Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, will sponsor a Conference on the Epistomological Relationship Between Science and the Humanities, to be held at the university. The four‐day session is tentatively scheduled for March 1976.Some fifteen years ago, C.P. Snow defined the 'two cultures' of the sciences and the humanities in his Rede lectures and began a discussion of the relative importance of scientific and humanistic ways of knowing in which seemingly little headway has been made since. The sponsors of the conference wish to pursue an inquiry into the possibility that the sciences and the humanities, as ways of knowing that are fundamental to valid enterprises, have something in common even as they move in different (but mutually intelligible) directions.
Sixteenth symposium on rock mechanics
Authors: Anonymous  
Published: October 2011

The International Society for Rock Mechanics will sponsor the Sixteenth Symposium on Rock Mechanics, to be held at the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, September 22 to 24, 1975. Delegates from over 25 countries are expected to attend.Following the theme, ‘Design Methods in Rock Mechanics,’ it is intended to review current design methods and approaches to rock engineering problems such as rock foundations, rock slopes, mine layouts, ground movement and subsidence, support of tunnels and large excavations, and blasting rounds (surface and underground).
U.S. national committee holds fifteenth meeting
Authors: Heindl L. A. 
Published: October 2011

At its fifteenth meeting the U.S. National Committee for the IHD, under the chairmanship of H. Garland Hershey, approved four reports for publication. These comprise the final reports of the USNC/IHD Work Groups on Nuclear Techniques in Hydrology, Representative and Experimental Basins, and Education and Training as well as part 2 of the final report of the U.S. National Committee, Catalog of U.S. Contributions to the IHD.The national committee also pressed for National Research Council approval for the establishment of a Committee on Water. The primary purpose of the proposed Committee on Water would be to provide a ‘watchdog’ or ‘early alert’ regarding the scientific base for utilization of water in connection with national programs dealing with energy, pollution, environmental concerns, and similar matters. The proposal for the Committee on Water is now in the final stages of review and revision.
Section nominating procedure
Authors: Mueller Ivan I. , Strange William E. 
Published: October 2011

The objective of this letter is to describe to the membership of the Section of Geodesy/AGU a modified election procedure to be followed by the section. The modifications are designed to give the membership at large greater participation in the selection of officers. It is hoped that this can be accomplished by (1) providing for direct membership input to the nominations, and (2) by giving the membership a true choice at the time of voting.First, it is appropriate to describe the nominating procedure as it has worked in the past. The section has three officers‐a president, a president‐elect, and a secretary. The officers serve a two‐year term, and to assure continuity, the presidentelect automatically becomes the section president for the succeeding two years. Thus we are charged once every two years with nominating a president‐elect and a secretary for the section. In the past the nominating committee consisted of three members, appointed by the president of the section. This nominating committee then nominated one individual for presidentelect and one for secretary.
Environmental study: Offshore Texas
Authors: Anonymous  
Published: October 2011

A comprehensive environmental baseline study of a 24,000‐mi2 segment of the outer continental shelf (OCS) is being conducted in the Gulf of Mexico off south Texas by the U.S. Geological Survey, the University of Texas, Texas A&M, Rice University, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and other institutions. The area to be studied extends from the Matagorda peninsula southward to the U.S.‐Mexican boundary and seaward to the 600‐ft depth contour.The $1.5 million research effort in 1975 is a phase of an extended study known as the South Texas OCS Environmental Assessment Program, funded by the Interior Department's Bureau of Land Management and aimed primarily at gathering environmental baseline data prior to exploratory drilling to be undertaken after the scheduled lease sale for the south Texas outer continental shelf.
Schooner and satellites rendezvous in Atlantic
Authors: Anonymous  
Published: October 2011

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has completed a series of rendezvous in the Atlantic Ocean between four satellites and an old‐fashioned sailing vessel. The purpose was to probe two somewhat recondite features of the sea—internal waves and the Gulf Stream.In seemingly bizarre collaboration, the 220‐ton schooner Westward and satellites SMS/Goes, Landsat 1 and 2, and NOAA 4 combed the North Atlantic for eight weeks seeking data on the location and behavior of internal waves and the position and velocity of the Gulf Stream. Choice of the schooner as the surface research vessel was not an act of whimsey: an acoustic echo sounder is more sensitive in the quiet environment of a sailing ship.
Seismograms available: International data exchange
Authors: Anonymous  
Published: October 2011

Seismograms are now available from a large number of stations throughout the world for three large or destructive earthquakes in 1974. These are the earthquakes in the People's Republic of China (May 10, M 6.8), northern Peru (October 3, M 7.6), and the Leeward Islands (October 8, M 7.5).Under the provisions of the Guide to International Data Exchange Through the World Data Centers, Seismology, seismograms have been collected and copied from a worldwide network of participating stations. There are records on hand for at least one of these earthquakes from 142 stations in 46 countries, including 37 received from WDC‐B in the USSR and many from the worldwide standardized seismograph and Canadian networks. Many of the stations have sent records from three long‐period and three short‐period components.
Aidjex begins main field season
Authors: Anonymous  
Published: October 2011

The Arctic Ice Dynamics Joint Experiment (Aidjex) began its main field experiment on the sea ice north of Point Barrow, Alaska, during March 1975. This marks the start of fourteen months of intensive research activity after many years of preparation, including several trial experiments.C‐130 and R4D cargo aircraft landed on a sea ice runway to establish the main Aidjex camp. Three satellite camps with runways suitable for Twin Otter operations were also set up.
El Nino Expedition first cruise completed
Authors: Anonymous  
Published: October 2011

With its arrival at Lima, Peru, the University of Hawaii's research vessel Moana Wave has completed the first cruise of the expedition to study El Nino, the warm current that generally develops concurrently with a southerly shift in the tropical rain belt shortly after the first of the year. El Nino is a major destroyer of marine life in the coastal waters of Ecuador and Peru.As predicted in September 1974 by K. Wyrtki and W.H. Quinn, El Nino conditions developed off Peru and Ecuador in February and March 1975. The R.V. Moana Wave has observed a massive transgression of low‐salinity water across the equator just east of the Galapagos Islands; a thin layer of warm water with a salinity less than 33‰ has advanced to 4°S. The area off Ecuador is also covered with warm water of low salinity (less than 34‰). Weak upwelling is still present along the coast of northern Peru, but no cool water is advected northwest from this upwelling area, as it has been in normal years.
Penrose conference on lithosphere‐asthenosphere boundary
Authors: Anonymous  
Published: October 2011

A Penrose Conference on The Lithosphere‐Asthenosphere Boundary will be convened by Thomas H. Jordan and William S. Fyfe at Vail, Colorado, in mid‐November 1975. The tentative dates are November 16 to 21.Many definitions of the lithosphere‐asthenosphere boundary exist on the basis of various geodetic, seismological, penological, and rheological data or phenomena. This ambiguity has resulted in confusion and misinterpretation of the part of students of earth dynamics.
Accurate mapping on the continental shelf
Authors: Anonymous  
Published: October 2011

AGU's committee on Marine Geodesy is preparing a program for a session on ‘Navigation for Accurate Mapping on the Continental Shelf,’ to be held in San Diego, Claifornia, on September 23. The session is cosponsored by the International Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, the Marine Technology Society, and AGU, and is scheduled in conjuction with the joint meeting of the IEEE and MTS being held from September 22 to 26.The session will be divided into two sessions: (1) an ‘open working group’ type meeting where invited participants will discuss the suitability of various present and possible future navigational equipment for accurate mapping of the coastal zone, and (2) presentation of papers on ‘Positioning in the Deep Ocean’ and ‘Navigation for Accurate Mapping on the Continental Shelf/Coastal Zone.’
Opportunity to participate in NASA LPO mission
Authors: Anonymous  
Published: October 2011

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has issued an Announcement of Opportunity (AO) providing information and guidelines for prospective investigators who are interested in participating in the Lunar Polar Orbiter (LPO) mission, tentatively planned for a June 1980 launch.The LPO will be a cost‐limited geochemical, geophysical, and geological mission capable of extending to the entire moon the orbital and surface science results obtained from previous lunar missions, expecially Apollo. Because of the applicability of LPO objectives and concepts to the exploration of planetary bodies with limited atmospheres, this mission may serve as a scientific prototype for similar missions to Mars and to Mercury.
Twenty‐first annual Pacific Northwest region, AGU
Authors: Anonymous  
Published: October 2011

The Twenty‐First Annual meeting of the Pacific Northwest Region was held October 17 and 18, 1974, at the Joint Center for Graduate Study in Richland, Washington. Almost 100 registrants participated in the meeting, at which 8 invited reviews and 39 contributed papers were presented.The meeting was highlighted by a special session on Geophysical Aspects of Nuclear Power Production. The moderator, Richard F. Foster of Battelle‐Northwest, introduced the topic. He gave a brief historical sketch of reactor development, defined the various types of power systems in use or planned, and indicated the probable growth pattern of power reactor development in the years ahead.
Giant infrared telescope to be build at Laramie
Authors: Anonymous  
Published: October 2011

Plans for construction near Laramie, Wyoming, of an 84‐inch infrared telescope, the largest of its type in the continental United States and one of the world's largest, have been announced by the National Science Foundation and the University of Wyoming. The $1.6 million instrument is expected to be operational in late 1977.NSF is providing $625,000 of the construction cost, with the $975,000 balance to come from the State of Wyoming.
Summary of the La Jolla conference on quantitative magnetospheric models
Authors: Anonymous  
Published: October 2011

The Conference on Quantitative Magnetospheric Models was held in La Jolla Shores, California, May 6–8, 1975, under the sponsorship of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Air Force Office of Scientific Research, Office of Naval Research, McDonnell Douglas Astronautics Company, and AGU.The meeting was divided roughly into three parts, with one day devoted to each. Each day was then divided so that approximately two‐thirds of the time was devoted to presentation of papers and one‐third to discussions and working group activities. The first day was devoted to magnetic fields, the second to electric fields, and the third to charged particles. Many of the comments made concerning the magnetic field apply equally well to the electric field. This summary will roughly follow the order of the meeting.
First meeting of USNC/SH
Authors: Heindl L. A. 
Published: October 2011

United States participation in the International Hydrological Program (IHP) took a major step forward with the establishment of the U.S. National Committee on Scientific Hydrology (USNC/SH) in the U.S. Geological Survey of the Department of the Interior.The committee is to serve as a national committee for the IHP, and also as an advisory committee on scientific hydrology for the Survey's Water Resources Division (WRD). It was established at the request of the U.S. State Department, and with the understanding that it would have the cooperation and support of other federal agencies involved in water activities relevant to the IHP.
Statement of U.S. IFYGL co‐chairman
Authors: Drescher W. J. 
Published: October 2011

The International Field Year for the Great Lakes is a success enough data have now been analyzed and reported upon to make that evident. Much of the information collected, however, is still being interpreted, and reports will be coming out for many months to come. We can be confident that scientific advances made under the auspices of the Field Year will continue to become apparent in future years.Credit for an excellent job of guidance and leadership, as well as cooperation, is due to the IFYGL lead agencies, to other U.S. government agencies, state organizations, and universities in this country, and to their counterparts in Canada. The Joint Management Team, which was directly responsible for guiding the operations of the Field Year, has done an outstanding job. The principal credit, however, for the success of IFYGL must go to the individual scientists who participated. They performed Herculean tasks within their own disciplines and through the excellent cooperation that existed among the many disciplines represented in the program.
1976 Extramural Geothermal Program
Authors: Anonymous  
Published: October 2011

The U.S. Geological Survey has established an extramural program as part of its Geothermal Research Program. Organizations interested in submitting proposals for geothermal research contracts or for grant assistance in FY1976 may request information concerning proposal preparation and submission from Contracting Officer, U.S. Geological Survey, Branch of Procurement and Contracts, Mail Stop 205A, National Center, 12201 Sunrise Valley Drive, Reston, Virginia 22092.Requests for an information brochure will be honored on a firstcome first‐served basis. Quantities of the brochure are limited; therefore, it is important to make requests early. Brochures will be ready for release on October 6, 1975.
President's page: International science in a politicized world
Authors: Cisternas Armando 
Published: October 2011

The progress of science in Latin American countries has been continuously perturbed by political instability and difficult social and economical conditions. Even countries with a long democratic tradition such as Chile have experienced painful dictatorships in recent years.The situation of the Chilean universities under the government of General Augusto Pinochet is critical. Thousands of scientists and other specialists, many of them highly trained, have been obliged to leave the country, either because of military repression or because of the profound crisis that affects the economy. University professors and students that favored the policies of the late President Salvador Allende have been subjected to various degrees of repression that include unemployment, expulsion from the country, imprisonment, torture, and even death.
Geophysical research, institutes, and laboratories in Hungary: Report on scientific exchange visit to Hungary
Authors: Vajk Raoul 
Published: October 2011

Under the exchange program of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences and the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, I had the privilege of making a one‐month visit to Hungary in August and September 1973. Under terms of the exchange agreement the U.S. Academy provided transportation to Hungary, and the Hungarian Academy provided subsistence and travel expenses within Hungary.In visits to Hungarian research institutes I learned about the geophysical research completed in the last few years and about studies then in progress. I discussed research problems and exchanged ideas with many Hungarian scientists (some of them old friends and colleagues) and became acquainted with their laboratories, instrumentation, and workshops.
IUGG resolutions
Authors: Anonymous  
Published: October 2011

The Council of the International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics (IUGG) conducted business, and the general assembly passed a wide variety of resolutions during the Sixteenth General Assembly held in Grenoble, France, August 23 to September 6, 1975.In one of its first actions the council admitted the Ivory Coast, Venezuela, and Nepal to the IUGG.
Symposium on radiation in the atmosphere
Authors: Anonymous  
Published: October 2011

The regular international symposium on Radiation in the Atmosphere with special emphasis on structure and radiation properties of aerosols and clouds including remote sensing and satellite measurements, jointly organized by the Radiation Commission and the Commission on Atmospheric Chemistry and Global Pollution of IAMAP (International Association of Atmospheric Physics), will be held in Garmisch‐Partenkirchen, West Germany, August 19–28, 1976.Invited review papers and contributed papers will treat the following topics: (1) physical and chemical properties of aerosols and clouds (e.g., concentration, size distribution, refractive index, etc.), (2) radiative properties of aerosols, clouds, and gases (including recent spectroscopic results), (3) radiative transfer in clear and cloudy atmospheres and in oceans, (4) global pollution as related to radiation budget effects on climate and climatic variations, (5) remote sensing of atmospheric and surface parameters by radiation techniques, i.e., results of Lidar and microwave measurements to determine atmospheric parameters and recent results of satellite observations (with emphasis on data retrieval techniques and analysis of data), (6) results of field radiation experiments (e.g., Caenex, Gate, etc.), and (7) problems of solar energy (solar constant, spectral distribution of solar energy including possible variations and depletion in the atmosphere).
Results of the 1975 membership contest
Authors: Anonymous  
Published: October 2011

An AGU sponsored contest to aquire new members ended on September 30, 1975, with the following winners. Edward A. Flinn sponsored the most candidates for membership, a total of eight, followed by Allen M. Hittelman with six; Leslie J. Pierre with two; and E. Alexander, Jr., E. Slade Barker, Celso Barrientos, Bernard Budiansky, Donald Casey, Clyde Conover, Ralph Green, J. Stephen Huebner, Dag Nummedal, Paul Plummer, William Prescott, James Sari, and David Wiggert with one new member each. Douglas Smith and Herbert Wang sponsored one new student member each.AGU members participating in the contest are entitled to credit against dues and subscription charges at the rate of $2.00 for each new member sponsored (excluding college students). An additional $100.00 grand prize goes to Edward A. Flinn for sponsoring the most new members.
GAO Report on Need for a National Ocean Plan
Authors: Anonymous  
Published: October 2011

An analysis of a General Accounting Office (GAO) investigation of federal ocean policy was issued October 14, 1975, confirming the need for a national ocean plan for the federal government because of the dependence of the nation's welfare, economic self‐sufficiency, and national security on the oceans and stressing the need for reorganization among the various federal departments and agencies because of the present inefficient use of financial resources and ineffective administration of the marine sciences, coastal zone, and oceanic activities.A national ocean program and plan should (1) identify the nation's marine‐related needs and establish specific national objectives, (2) establish priorities to accomplish the objectives, (3) evaluate program results, including relevance to national needs, (4) periodically update needs, objectives, and priorities, and (5) provide for adequate funds to carry out the program and plan effectively. A first major step in this direction was taken by the Senate Commerce Committee through the National Ocean Policy Study, composed of members of seven standing committees of the Senate, plus at large members, who are concerned about the nation's future commitment to the oceans and Great Lakes.