The IUGG Electronic Journal
Volume 1 No. 3 (April 3, 2001)
Contents
1. IUGG Web site is Improved
2. IUGG Annual Report for 2000
3. Vice-President of IAMAS receives Honor
4. United Nations declares 2003 as International Year of
Fresh Water
5. IUGG meetings occurring during April-June, 2001
1. IUGG Web site is improved
Pierre Hubert, the Secretary-General of IAHS [International
Association of Hydrological Sciences] has provided the
necessary corrections and translations to improve the French
half of the IUGG Web site. We are grateful for his efforts.
2. IUGG Annual Report for 2000
An annual report, including information from each of the
Associations, has been written and submitted to the
International Council for Science in Paris. This Annual
Report has been posted on the IUGG Web site for your
convenience. Paper copies are available from the Secretary
General.
3. Vice-President of IAMAS receives Honor
Richard Carbone, a Vice-President of the International
Association of Meteorology and Atmospheric Sciences, was
recently awarded the Cleveland Abbe Award by the American
Meteorological Society. The award honors distinguished
service to atmospheric sciences by an individual. Dr
Carbone, a scientist at the National Center for Atmospheric
Research in Boulder, Colorado, USA, was cited for "building
consensus in the weather research community on problems of
major national and international importance, and for
fostering the conduct of collaborative and coordinated
weather research."
4. United Nations declares 2003 as International Year of
Fresh Water
John Rodda, President of IAHS, reported that the 55th
Session of the United Nations General Assembly proclaimed
the year 2003 as the International Year of Freshwater. The
Subcommittee on Water Resources of the Administrative
Committee on Coordination will develop proposals for
activities to be considered by the56th General Assembly.
IUGG is encouraged to take actions that will increase
awareness of the importance of freshwater.
5. IUGG meetings occurring during April-June 2001
A calendar of meetings of interest to IUGG disciplines
(especially those organized by IUGG Associations )has been
added to the IUGG Web Site [www.IUGG.org]. For more complete
information about these meetings, please consult the web
site.
May 20-24 SEDI [Studies of Earth's Deep Interior], Virginia,
USA, Eleventh Annual V. M. Goldschmidt Conference
May 22-24 IAG, Wuhan University , China, Monitoring of
Constructions and Local Geodynamic Processes
June 1-6 IASPEI, Orviedo, Umbria, Italy Workshop on
Seismic Tomography and Accurate Hypocenter Location
June 10-15 SEDI, South Hadley, Massachusetts U.S.A.
2001 Gordon Research Conference on the Earth's Interior
June 13-16 IAGA/SCOSTEP, Longmont, Colorado, U.S.A.,
International Solar Cycle Studies 2001 - Solar
Variability, Climate and Space Weather Symposium
June 13-17 IASPEI, Aussois, France, 7th Workshop on
Numerical Modeling of Mantle Convection and
Lithospheric Processes
June 17-23 SCOSTEP, Longmont, Colorado, U.S.A., CEDAR
Workshop and SCOSTEP STP - 10 Symposium
June 18-21 IAHS, Sheffield, United Kingdom, Groundwater
Quality 2001
June 25-29 UN/ESA, Reduit, Mauritius, Tenth UN/ESA
Workshop on Basic Space Science
This short, informal newsletter is intended to keep IUGG
Member Country National Committees informed about the
activities of the IUGG Associations, and actions of the IUGG
Secretariat. Please forward this message to those who will
benefit from the information. Your comments are welcome.
End of IUGG Electronic Journal Volume 1, Number 3 (April,
2001)
J. A. Joselyn, Secretary General [http://www.IUGG.org]
jjoselyn@cires.colorado.edu, fax: 1 303 497 3645.