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Lamont Weekly Report – February
6, 2004
OFFICE
OF THE DIRECTOR
P.O. Box 1000, 61 Route 9W Palisades, New York 10964
<> REPORT SUMMARY <>
– Recent Grant Awards –
– Recent Publications –
– Recent New Hires –
– Letter from the Director –
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<> RECENT GRANT AWARDS
Kaplan, A., Request for Subcontract,
a 19th Century Data Catalog for New England and Adjacent States,
Univ. Mass.
Cane, M., Kaplan, A., Errors in Sea Level
Height Analysis. Accounting for the Small-Scale and Short-Term
Variability, NOAA.
Zappa, C., Airborne Infrared Measurements
for Cblast-Low, ONR.
Weissel, J., Stark, C., Hovius, N., Renewal of NAG5-8848:
Landslide Mechanisms and Hazar Assessment in Mountain Regions
of the Pacific Rim, NASA.
Stark, C., Continental-Wide Estimation
and Calibration of Catchment Hydrologic Parameters Using SRTM
and Laser Altimeter Data, NASA.
Steckler, M., Seeber, L., Small, C.,
Synoptic monitoring of the Ganges-Brahmaputra Delta-Multihazard
Potential of a Tectonically Active Delta, NASA.
Kastens, K., Collaborative Proposal:
Steps Towards Ensuring Quality and Selectivity of the DLESE
Collections, NSF.
Weissel, J., Barbour, J., Landslides,
Typhoons, and TRMM: Linking Climate and Geomorphology in Taiwan
Through a New Application of Radar Precipitation Measurements,
NASA.
Esmay, P., East Coast Repository Ocean
Drilling Program, Texas A*M
Chillrud, S., Kenna, T., Identifying
Sources of Non-Fallout Nuclear Contamination in Hudson River
Sediments by Plutonium and Neptunium Isotope Ratios: Sensitive
Tracers of Sediment Transport, Hudson River Foundation.
Scholz, C., Collaborative Research: Experimental
Study of Competing Mechanisms of Pressure Solution in HALTE,
BiNational Science Foundation.
Diebold, J., Purdy, G.M., Walsh, A.,
Upgrade of Multichannel Seismic Capabilities on the Research
Vessel Maurice Ewing, NSF.
Chen, R., CIESIN: The 2003 Open Meeting
of the Human Dimensions of Global Environmental Change Research
Community, START.
Balstad-Miller, R., Levy, M., CIESIN:
USAID Watch List, International Sciences.
<> 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).
Cramer, B.S., J,D, Wright, D.V. Kent,
M.P. Aubry. Orbital climate forcing of delta C-13 excursions
in the late Paleocene-early Eocene (chrons C24n-C25n) Paleoceanography,
vol. 18, no. 4, Art. No. 1097, December 18, 2003.
Gildor, H., A.H. Sobel, M.A. Cane, and
R.N. Sambrotto. A role for ocean biota in tropical intraseasonal
atmospheric variability; Geophysical Research Letters, vol.
30, no. 9, Art. No. 1460, May 3, 2003.
Harnik, N. and E.K.M. Chang. The effects
of variations in jet width on the growth of baroclinic waves:
Implications for midwinter Pacific storm track variability;
Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences , vol. 61, no. 1, pp.
23-40, January, 2004.
Kent, D.V., B.S. Cramer, L. Lanci, D.
Wang, J.D. Wright, and R. Van der Voo. Comment on "A
case for a comet impact trigger for the Paleocene/Eocene thermal
maximum and carbon isotope excursion" - Reply; Earth
and Planetary Science Letters vol. 217. no. 1-2, pp. 201-205,
January 1, 2004.
Kukla, G. and J. Gavin. Milankovitch
climate reinforcements; Global and Planetary Change, vol.
40, no. 1-2, pp. 27-48, January, 2004.
Stark, C.P., J, Stewart, and C.J. Ebinger.
Wavelet transform mapping of effective elastic thickness and
plate loading: Validation using synthetic data and application
to the study of southern African tectonics; Journal of Geophysical
Research-Solid Earth, vol. 108, no. B12, Art. No. 2558, December
12, 2003.
Steblov, G.M., M.G. Kogan, R.W. King,
C.H. Scholz, R. Burgmann, and D.I. Frolov. Imprint of the
North American plate in Siberia revealed by GPS; Geophysical
Research Letters, vol. 30, no. 18, Art. No. 1924, September
17, 2003.
Studinger, M., G.D. Karner, R.E. Bell,
V. Levin, C.A. Raymond, and A.A. Tikku. Geophysical models
for the tectonic framework of the Lake Vostok region, East
Antarctica; Earth and Planetary Science Letters, vol. 216,
no. 4, pp. 663-677, December 10, 2003.
Vaillancourt, R.D., R.N. Sambrotto, S.
Green, and A. Matsuda. Phytoplankton biomass and photosynthetic
competency in the summertime Mertz Glacier Region of East
Antarctica,; Deep-Sea Research Part II-Topical Studies in
Oceanography, vol. 50, pp. 1415-1440, 2003.
van Geen, A., Y. Zheng, J.M. Bernhard,
K.G. Cannariato, J. Carriquiry, W.E. Dean, B.W. Eakins, J.D.
Ortiz, and J. Pike. On the preservation of laminated sediments
along the western margin of North America; Paleoceanography,
vol. 8, no. 4, Art. No. 1098, December 18, 2003.
<> RECENT NEW HIRES
For the period 1/1/2004 - 1/31/2004
Barker, Stephen
01/13/04
Post Doctoral Res. Fellow
Biology & Paleo Environment
Barry-Biss, Laura
01/30/04
Administrative Assistant
Oceanography
Biasutti, Michela
01/01/04
Post Doctoral Research Scientist
Oceanography
Dong, Pingliang
01/12/04
Staff Associate
CIESIN
Graindorge, David
01/07/04
Post Doctoral Res. Scientist
MG&G
Hartin, Corinne A.
01/06/04
Casual
MG&G
Hopton, Heather M.
01/25/04
Casual
Biology & Paleo Environment
Ou, Melissa H.
01/09/04
Casual
Oceanography
Petreshock, Karol Anne
01/26/04
Casual
MG&G
Subramaniam, Ajit
01/15/04
Doherty Associate Research Scientist
Biology & Paleo. Environment
<> LETTER FROM THE DIRECTOR
I spent three days this week at a formal
meeting of a newly formed advisory committee to the Marine
Mammal Commission (an independent Federal agency) who has
been charged by Congress to evaluate the impacts of anthropogenically
generated noise on marine mammals. This is an issue of grave
concern to all oceanographers, because so many of our observation
systems use sound. So little knowledge concerning how marine
mammals respond to sound exists, so extreme claims of harm
are difficult to rebut. WHOI and Scripps, along with CORE,
represent academia on this Committee that is made up of environmental
NGOs, representatives of the oil industry, the shipping industry,
and very senior representation from the US Navy. There will
be four or so more meetings over the next 18 months, before
the final report is completed.
So I got home at ten last night, and
rolled into work this morning for this month's ExCom meeting
at 9:00am. In addition to some important promotion issues
we discussed plans for building new leadership for the Central
Administration, and discussed the input into the University's
budget process this year regarding needed buildings and infrastructure,
the subject of an important meeting at the Earth Institute
yesterday.
Unquestionably the most important news
of the week is the formal approval by the University's Committee
on Instruction of a FIVE-year experiment for Frontiers of
Science, the first and only science course to be introduced
to the CU Core Curriculum since it all began in 1919. DEES
controls 25 per cent of this curriculum, and this will change
completely the nature and extent of or interaction with the
undergraduate population - an extremely healthy and positive
development for the Observatory.
Now I must rush to the Auditorium and
enjoy Taro's lecture and reception. I hope to see many of
you there.
Have a great weekend,
– Mike
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