The IUGG Electronic Journal

Volume 2 No. 5 (May 1, 2002)

This short, informal newsletter is intended to keep IUGG Member National Committees informed about the activities of the IUGG Associations, and actions of the IUGG Secretariat. Past issues are posted on the IUGG Web site. Please forward this message to those who will benefit from the information. Your comments are welcome.

Contents

1. IUGG 2003 General Assembly Second Circular available on the Web
2. IAHS launches Decade of Prediction of Ungauged Basins (PUBs)
3. Dr. David Pugh elected President of the Federation of Astronomical and Geophysical Data Analysis Services (FAGS)
4. Prof. I.I. Mueller receives AGU Waldo Smith award
5. Ryan Aucone joins the Office of the Secretariat
6. IUGG-related meetings occurring during May - July 2002

1. IUGG 2003 General Assembly Second Circular available on the Web

The Second Circular is now complete and available in "pdf" format on the Sapporo General Assembly web site. To access the Web Site, go to the IUGG index page and click on the "2003 IUGG General Assembly" link. The Second Circular is being printed and mailed to everyone who either attended the 1999 Birmingham Assembly, or who has asked to receive the Second Circular.

2. IAHS launches Decade of Prediction of Ungauged Basins (PUBs)

There is a need for hydrological data where ground-based observations are missing. PUBs is an international research initiative that will combine theoretical hydrology, remote sensing, in-situ observations and modelling of the quantity and quality of hydrological phenomena in order to predict the stream flow in basins with no records. This information is urgently needed for use in water resources development and management, flood forecasting, and for many other purposes. For more information, consult the web page http://www.cig.ensmp.fr/~iahs/PUBs/PUB-proposal-100202.htm
P. Hubert, Secretary-General, IAHS

3. Dr. David Pugh elected President of the Federation of Astronomical and Geophysical Data Analysis Services (FAGS)

Prof. P. Paquet has informed the IUGG Secretariat that Dr. David Pugh (U.K.) was elected the new President of FAGS at their Council meeting of 18 March. David Pugh and Dr. Martine Feissel (France) are presently serving as the IUGG representatives to FAGS. We congratulate Dr. Pugh on his new responsibilities.

4. Prof. I.I. Mueller receives AGU Waldo Smith award

Dr. Ivan I. Mueller, Professor of Ohio State University and past president (1987-1991) of the International Association of Geodesy (IAG), has been awarded the 2002 Waldo E. Smith award from the American Geophysical Union. He is cited for pioneering the interdisciplinary science of modern satellite geodesy; for developing fundamental theory and practical realization of the terrestrial reference frame using
emerging satellite geodetic measurement systems, and for extraordinary leadership to foster collaborative international scientific research programs and to provide services for the advancement of geophysical science, including the initiation and establishment of such important scientific services as the International GPS Service for Geodynamics (IGS).

5. Ryan Aucone joins the Office of the Secretariat

The IUGG Secretariat is pleased to welcome Mr. Ryan Aucone to the Boulder, Colorado IUGG Office as Assistant to the Secretary-General. He is a student at the University of Colorado with a double major in Economics (International Trade and Open Market Operations) and Fine Arts (Photography and Computer Graphics). He is experienced in managing databases and his previous job was assistant to the manager of Alyeska, a resort in Girdwood, Alaska. His e-mail address is aucone@cires.colorado.edu, or secretariat@iugg.org.

6. IUGG-related meetings occurring during May - July 2002

A calendar of meetings of interest to IUGG disciplines (especially those organized by IUGG Associations) is posted on this IUGG Web Site. Specific information about these meetings can be found there. Individual Associations also list more meetings on their web sites appropriate to their disciplines.

• May 6-10 IOC/EC/FRNS, Liege, Belgium, 34th Int'l Liege Colloquium on Ocean Dynamics: Tracer Methods in Geophys. Fluid Dynamics Colloquium
• May 7-9 URSI, Alexandria, Virginia, USA, 10th International Ionospheric Effects Symposium
• May 13-17 IAVCEI, IPGP, WOVO, St. Pierre, Martinique, West Indies, International Congress Montagne Pelee 1902-2002
• May 21-24 IAG/FIG, Berlin, Germany, 2nd Symposium on Geodesy for Geotechnical and Structural Engineering
• May 27-30 EUGIN/NNF, Copenhagen, Denmark, European Navigation Conference--GNSS 2002
• May 28 - June 1 AGU, Washington, DC, USA, AGU spring meeting
• June 3-14 IHDP/START, Bonn, Germany, 3rd bi-annual International Human Dimensions Workshop on Human Dimensions of Urbanisation and the Transition to Sustainability
• June 9-15 IAVCEI, Fairbanks, Alaska, USA, 3rd Biennial Workshop on Subduction Processes in the Kurile-Kamchactka-Aleutian Arcs
• June 12-14 IAG, Athens, Greece, General Assembly of the Working Group of European Geoscientists for the Establishment of Networks for Earth Science Research (Wegener 2002)
• June 12-15 IASPEI, Hawaii, USA, IRIS annual meeting
• June 15-16 IUGG/GeoRisk, Budapest, Hungary, Euroscience - IUGG Conference Reduction of Risk & Sustainable Development of Society
• June 17-21 IAG, Matera, Italy, V. Hotine-Marussi Symposium on Mathematical Geodesy
• June 17-21 IUGG/CMG, Torino , Italy, Pattern and Form in Earth Dynamics; 24th International Conference on Mathematical Geophysics
• June 17-20 IAHS/ICGW, Prague, Czech Republic, 4th International Conference on Calibration and Reliability in Groundwater Modelling
• June 19-21 IASPEI, Sintra, Portugal, 3rd Int'l Conference on Computer Simulation in Risk Analysis and Hazard Mitigation
• June 20-24 AGU, Santorini, Greece, Volcanism and the Earth's Atmosphere (Chapman Conference)
• July 1-5 IAHS/IAHR, Cardiff, U.K., 5th International Conference on Hydroinformatics
• July 1-5 UN, Moshi, Tanzania, International Conference to Mark the International Year of Mountains (IYM2002)
• July 1-6 IASPEI, Castle of Zahradky, Czech Republic, Workshop/Summer School on the Structure and Tectonics of Active Convergent Margins
• July 3-5 IASPEI, Nice-Sophia Antipolis, France, TeleGeo 2002 - Third Symposium
• July 9- 12 AGU, Wellington, New Zealand, Western Pacific Geophysics Meeting
• July 15-26 ICSU/SCAR, Shanghai. China, XXVII SCAR Assembly
• July 22-26 IUGG/SEDI, Lake Tahoe, California, USA, 8th Symposium of Studies of Earth's Deep Interior
• July 22-26 IAHS, Dresden, Germany, 3rd international Conference on Water Resources and Environment Research (ICWRER)

End of IUGG Electronic Journal Volume 2 Number 5 (May 1, 2002)
J. A. Joselyn, Secretary General  [ http://www.IUGG.org ]
jjoselyn@cires.colorado.edu, fax:  1 303 497 3645.