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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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Technology transfer to developing regions: A Corps of Engineers/IHD project
Authors: Hawkins Edward F. 
Published: October 2011

Early discussions leading to the International Hydrological Decade stressed the objective of stimulating ‘scientific research in hydrology.’ There was some reluctance to include proposals that emphasized practical applications of techniques because of fears that resources needed to stimulate worldwide activity in the fundamental science might be diverted to the solution of immediate problems of water resources development.The need for emphasizing scientific hydrology was generally accepted, and this emphasis has generally prevailed in the formulation of IHD programs, particularly in the United States. [USNC/IHD, 1965, 1966; Heindl, 1970]. However, it was recognized that attention should also be given to improving the utilization of the information from the research in more efficient planning, design, and operation of water resource projects. It was reasoned that development of methods, as well as the training of personnel in their efficient use, should parallel efforts to acquire wholly new knowledge. Subsequently, this reasoning was confirmed by plenary action of the IHD's Mid‐Decade Conference which urged additional emphasis on the application of scientific results to practical problems.