The IUGG Electronic JournalVolume 6 No. 7 (July 1, 2006)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
The International Council for Science, formerly known as the International Council of Scientific Unions (ICSU), was created on 11 July 1931. IUGG was one of the original Unions of ICSU and has continued to participate in its programmes. A number of activities are being undertaken to celebrate this 75th Anniversary. A new brochure and a set of posters have been created and can be seen and downloaded from the ICSU website: www.icsu.org. On 4 July, the French Académie des Sciences is organizing an afternoon of science lectures relating to ICSU programmes and strategic priorities. Finally, an ICSU congress for young scientists – "Strengthening International Science for the Benefit of Society" is being planned for late 2006 or early 2007. IUGG will be asked to sponsor a young scientist to attend this event. IUGG congratulates ICSU on 75 years of "strengthening international science for the benefit of society." 2. Reminder: Nominations for IUGG Officers and the Finance Committee are open An important matter for the IUGG Council at its meeting in Perugia, Italy, in 2007 will be the election of officers (President, Vice-President, Secretary-General, Treasurer, and 3 Members), and the 4 members of the Finance Committee. The Nominations Committee has the task of collecting the nominations and preparing the ballot, following the rules regarding nominations and elections for these positions (IUGG By-Laws, Section 10). The members of the Nominations Committee are as follows: Chair: Dr. Sřren Gregersen (Denmark) sg@geus.dk Instructions regarding the procedures to be used to submit nominations in accordance with IUGG Statute 11 and By-law 10 are posted on the IUGG Web site and have been mailed to all IUGG officers and Adhering Bodies. The first deadline for nominations is 30 September 2006. For further information, contact Dr. Gregersen or the IUGG Secretariat. In the past few months, several Associations have reported the death of eminent scientists as listed below. Full obituaries appear on the Association web sites. We gratefully remember the life and work of these friends and colleagues. Dr. Paul Serson (IAGA - Canada) Professor W. James Shuttleworth, Director of the University of Arizona (USA) Center for Sustainability of semi-Arid Hydrology and Riparian Areas (SAHRA) has been award the prestigious International Hydrology Prize, given annually by the International Association of Hydrological Sciences (IAHS), UNESCO, and WMO. Professor Shuttleworth was nominated "for his innovative, international leadership over more than thirty years, contributing to the growth of hydrology into a major discipline of Earth System Science." The International Association of Geodesy (IAG) has awarded their 2005 Young Author Award to Roland Pail (Austria) for his paper “"A parametric study on the impact of satellite attitude errors on GOCE gravity field recovery" (Journal of Geodesy, Vol. 79, No. 4-5, pp. 231-241, 2005). Mr. Pail studied geophysics at the University of Vienna, finishing his diploma thesis in 1995. IAG reports that he has already been the project manager of diverse national projects and is a member of several IAG study groups. Dr. Deon E. Terblanche and his team from the South African Weather Service have been awarded the first Prize for Excellence in Advancing the Science and Practice of Weather Modification. This Prize, established in 2003 by the Department of Atmospheric Studies of the Ministry for Presidential Affairs of the United Arab Emirates, aims to stimulate efforts to advance knowledge in this field with a view to satisfying the need for water in the many water-scarce regions of the world. Dr. Terblanche recently represented IUGG and IAMAS at the 14th Session of the WMO Commission for Atmospheric Sciences. The AGU recently announced their 2006 class of Fellows. Among those honored were Paola Malanotte-Rizzoli, Chair of the Scientific Programme Committee for the 2007 IUGG General Assembly, and Raymond Pierrehumbert, a Vice-Chair of the Union Commission on Mathematical Geophysics. 5. IUGG-Related Meetings Occurring during July – September 2006 A calendar of meetings of interest to IUGG disciplines (especially those organized or sponsored by IUGG Associations) is posted on the IUGG Web Site [ www.iugg.org ]. Specific information about these meetings, including web links, can be found there. Individual Associations also list more meetings on their web sites appropriate to their disciplines. July 3 - 7, 2006 July 8 - 15, 2006 July 9 - 14, 2006 July 9 - 15, 2006 July 10 - 14, 2006 July 15 - 19, 2006 July 16 - 23, 2006 July 17 - 19, 2006 July 21 - 22, 2006 July 25 - August 3, 2006 August 14 - 25, 2006 August 21 – 25, 2006 August 23 - 27, 2006 August 27 - September 1, 2006 August 28 - September 1, 2006 August 30 - September 1, 2006 September 1 - 7, 2006 September 2 - 6, 2006 September 4 - 6, 2006 September 4 - 6, 2006 September 4 - 6, 2006 September 4 - 7, 2006 September 4 - 8, 2006 September 4 - 8, 2006 September 4 - 8, 2006 September 11 - 14, 2006 September 14 - 17, 2006 September 17 - 23, 2006 September 18 - 22, 2006 September 20 - 22, 2006 September 20 - 23, 2006 September 21 - 23, 2006 September 24 - 29, 2006 September 25 - 26, 2006 September 25 - October 7, 2006 September 26 - 28, 2006 End of IUGG Electronic Journal Volume 6 Number 7 (July 1, 2006) |
