Lamont Weekly Report – July 2, 2004

OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR
P.O. Box 1000, 61 Route 9W Palisades, New York 10964

<> REPORT SUMMARY <>

– Recent Grant Awards –
– Recent Publications –
– Curent B&G Projects –
– Letter from the Director –
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<> RECENT GRANT AWARDS

Fairbanks, R. - Evolution of Enso during the holocene, NSF.

deMenocal, P., Collaborative research: changing holocene environments of the eastern tropical Atlantic (CHEETA), NSF.

Hemming, S., Hendy, E., Speleothem collection in Papua, New Guinea, Comer Science & Educational Foundation.

Cane, M., Kushnir, Y., Modeling of the tropical atmosphere ocean system, NSF.

Jacobs, S., Ocean forcing of basal mass balance of floating continental ice, JPL.

Goldberg, D., FY 03-13 The JOI alliance: systems integration and a riserless vessel for IODP. IODP program plan for FY 04, JOI.

Chayes, D., Installation, integration and testing of a precision heading and vertical reference and real-time navigation capability for the USCG icebreaker Healy's science data system, NSF.

Buck, W.R., Collaborative research: comparison of numerical, physical and natural extensional fault systems, NSF.

Anderson, R.F., Burckle, L., Collaborative research: origin, timing and significance of millennial-scale ice-rafted detritus (IRD) events in the southern ocean during the last ice age, NSF.

Class, C., Goldstein, S., The tristan gough plume source and constraints on the composition of recycled sediment, NSF.

Anderson, R.F., A workshop to set priorities for the U.S. geotraces program, NSF.

Hemming, S., Research internships in the earth and ocean sciences for high school girls, Comer Science & Educational Foundation.

Broecker, W., Comer administrative assistance for Broecker, Comer Science & Educational Foundation.

<> 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).

Carlut, J., M.H. Cormier, D.V. Kent, K.E. Donnelly, C.H. Langmuir. Timing of volcanism along the northern East Pacific Rise based on paleointensity experiments on basaltic glasses; Journal of Geophysical Research-Solid Earth, vol. 109, no. B4, Art. No. B04104, April 16, 2004

D'Arrigo, R., E. Mashig, D. Frank, G. Jacoby, and R. Wilson. Reconstructed warm season temperatures for Nome, Seward Peninsula, Alaska; Geophysical Research Letters, vol. 31, no. 9, Art. No. L09202, May 1, 2004.

Dziak R.P., D.R. Bohnenstiehl, H. Matsumoto, C.G. Fox, D.K. Smith, M. Tolstoy, T.K. Lau, J.H. Haxel, and M. J. Fowler. P- and T-wave detection thresholds, Pn velocity estimate, and detection of lower mantle and core P-waves on ocean sound-channel hydrophones at the Mid-Atlantic Ridge; Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, vol. 94, no. 2, pp. 665-677, April, 2004.

Gastrich, M.D., J.A. Leigh-Bell, C.J. Gobler, O.R. Anderson, S.W. Wilhelm, M. Bryan. Viruses as potential regulators of regional brown tide blooms caused by the alga, Aureococcus Anophagefferens, Estuaries, vol. 27, no. 1, pp. 112-119 February, 2004.

Hays, J.D. and J.J. Morley. The sea of Okhotsk: A window on the ice age ocean (vol 50, pg 1481, 2003); Deep-Sea Research Part I-Oceanographic Research Papers, vol. 51, no. 4): 591-+, April, 2004.

Lanci, L., D.V. Kent, P.E. Biscaye, and J.P. Steffensen. Magnetization of Greenland ice and its relationship with dust content; Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, vol. 109, no. D9, Art. No. D09104, May 13, 2004.

Marra, J. and R.T. Barber. Phytoplankton and heterotrophic respiration in the surface layer of the ocean; Geophysical Research Letters, vol. 31, no. 9, Art. No. L09314, May 13, 2004.

Rietbrock, A. and F, Waldhauser. A narrowly spaced double-seismic zone in the subducting Nazca plate; Geophysical Research Letters, vol. 31, no. 10, Art. No. L10608, May 22, 2004.

Song, Q., A.L. Gordon, and M. Visbeck. Spreading of the Indonesian throughflow in the Indian Ocean; Journal of Physical Oceanography, vol. 34, no. 4, pp. 772-792, April, 2004.

Studinger, M., R.E. Bell, W.R. Buck, G.D. Karner, and D.D. Blankenship. Sub-ice geology inland of the Transantarctic Mountains in light of new aerogeophysical data; Earth and Planetary Science Letters, vol. 220, no. 3-4, pp. 391-408, April 15, 2004.

Thurnherr, A.M. and K.G. Speer. Representativeness of meridional hydrographic sections in the western South Atlantic; Journal of Marine Research, vol. 62, no. 1, pp. 37-65, January, 2004.

Yuan, X.J., D.G. Martinson, and Z.Q. Dong. Upper ocean thermohaline structure and its temporal variability in the southeast Indian Ocean; Deep-Sea Research Part I-Oceanographic Research Papers, vol. 51, no. 2, pp. 333-347, February, 2004.

< > CURRENT B&G PROJECTS

• Oceanography Emergency Generator:
  Attended Planning Board meeting June 23rd and received preliminary approval. Must attend Architecture and Community Appearance Board of Review (ACABOR) meeting July 20th.

• Seismology, Room 13:
  Casework delivery and installation to be completed July 7, 2004.

• Left Hand Turn Lane:
  Most of the rough grading for our new entrance is complete. Contractor scheduled to return next week and complete the work on the new entrance. The next phase will be to remove the existing entrance and complete the work on the east side of 9W.

• Geoscience Walk-In Freezer Replacement:
  Only a small amount of samples remain in the freezer. A temporary freezer will be leased to house the remaining samples while the old box is demolished and the new freezer is installed.

• Instrument Lab:
  Tool Testing Room - framed, insulated and plywood on walls and ceiling. Electric roughed in.
  Shared Electronic Space - removed existing electric.
  Instrument Fabrication Room - lights removed and new outlets installed.
  Satellite Downlink Room - walls taken down and new wall erected to enclose microwave antenna equipment.

• Geochemistry Room 3:
  Lab was gutted and partitions erected. New lab casework has been installed and most of the equipment connected.

• Kelemen Renovations:
  Painted rooms 57 and 58 in the Walker Wing. Moved Connie Class to room 57.

• Seismology Renovations:
  Renovated room 223. Started renovation of room 101.

• Marine Biology:
  Renovated two spaces and moved O. Roger Anderson to room 4. Renovated room 1A (Andy Juhl's office) Carpeted room 2B.

• Miscellaneous:
  – Replaced A/C in Administration Computer Room 202.
  – Replaced A/C in Geochemistry Computer Room 37.
  – Replaced A/C in Oceanography room 305.
  – Replaced A/C in Seismology room 205.
  – Replaced siding on north side of Cafeteria by the guest apartments.
  – Sheet rocked second floor hall of Oceanography.
  – Dug and installed drywell for Greenhouse floor drains.

<> LETTER FROM THE DIRECTOR

We announced the winners of the Vetlesen award this week - Professor Sir Nicholas Shackleton (Cambridge) and Richard Peltier (University of Toronto) will share the $200,000 prize in recognition of their profound contributions to climate science. The dinner and award ceremony will be this fall - we are still trying to finalize the date and will let everyone know as soon as possible. More details are on our web page.

July 1st marks the changing of the guard with the Chairmanship of Department of Earth and Environmental sciences. Bill Menke's great contributions over the past two years are appreciated by us all and we welcome Nick Christie-Blick into his dual roles as Department Chair and Deputy Director for Education for the Observatory. Mark Cane will be supporting Nick as the new Associate Chair.

Thanks to all who helped organize the SummerFest on Thursday - especially Felicia Taylor - it was a great event enjoyed by all. We do not often enough take advantage of our extraordinarily beautiful campus that enables us to run such events so successfully.

We are all sad to see Martin Visbeck leave the Observatory but we congratulate him, and wish him every success, with his new and highly prestigious position in Kiel. There will be a reception in his honor next Thursday - July 8th 3:30pm, Monell Lower Lobby - all are welcome.

The WHOI coastal research vessel Tioga is operating on the Hudson River this afternoon with Wade McGillis and Rocky Geyer onboard. A group of us are hoping to board her later this afternoon (in the non-piratical sense of the word naturally) and will report on what we find next week.

Have a happy and safe holiday weekend.

– Mike

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