<> RECENT PUBLICATIONS
(The following list is derived from the Lamont Publications Database, which identifies all publications that hold a Lamont contribution number, thereby qualifying the publications as a Lamont paper).

D'Arrigo, R., B. Buckley, S. Kaplan, and J. Woollett. Interannual to multidecadal modes of Labrador climate variability inferred from tree rings; Climate Dynamics, vol. 20, nos.  2-3, pp. 219-228,  January, 2003.

Gordon A.L.Oceanography - The brawniest retroflection; Nature, vol. 421, no.  6926, pp.  904-905,  February 27, 2003.

Hohmann, R., P. Schlosser S. Jacobs, A. Ludin, and R. Weppernig. Excess helium and neon in the southeast Pacific: Tracers for glacial meltwater;  Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans, vol. 107, no. C11, Art. no. 3198, November,  2002.

Kushnir, Y., R. Seager, J. Miller, and J.C.H .Chiang. A simple coupled model of tropical Atlantic decadal climate variability;, no. 23,  Art. no. 2133,  December 13, 2002. Geophysical Research Letters. Vol. 29

Schlosser, P. and G.  Winckler. Noble gases in ocean waters and sediments; Noble Gases in Geochemistry and Cosmochemistry,  Reviews in Mineralogy & Geochemistry, vol. 47, pp. 701-730, 2002.



<> LETTER FROM THE DIRECTOR

This will be very brief this week because I am down in DC for a couple of days, and am bouncing from one meeting to the next. (It was 80 degrees down here on Thursday - full blown summer).  Primary meeting was with the folks in the Ocean Sciences Division at NSF talking about the refit of the EWING – along with John Diebold, Paul Ljunggren and Al Walsh.  We ran a two-hour long briefing session with the leadership of OCE on Thursday afternoon.  We described what we consider to be the reasonable options, giving estimates of costs.  I think it went well - we had many good questions but we had good answers to them all.  We hope to hear in a few weeks about what guidance they give us with regard to the preparation of a formal proposal.

EWING remains in the yard in Norfolk - some sea trials on Monday and she will sail for her first science operations of the year in mid April.

I am extremely pleased to announce that Nili Harnik in the Ocean and Climate Physics Division has been awarded the Storke Doherty Lectureship.  As I am sure everyone understands, this is an extremely competitive process, and this year's selection committee, led by Roger Buck, had a particularly difficult time identifying an awardee from among the many superb applications.  Congratulations Nili!

I am sorry that I will not be at the Colloquium this afternoon to hear who has won this year's Graduate Student Heezen Award.

I will back in the office all next week - coming home over the weekend.

- Mike