Lamont Weekly Report – March 4, 2005

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

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– Recent Grant Awards –
– Recent Publications –
– Recent New Hires –
– Letter from the Director –
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<> RECENT GRANT AWARDS
For the period 1/1/2005 - 1/31/2005

Griffin, K., REQUEST FOR SUBCONTRACT FROM GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY: LAND-WATER INTERACTIONS AT THE CATCHMENT SCALE LINKING BIOGEOCHEMISTRY AND HYDROLOGY. - Georgia Institute of Technology

Griffin, K., EFFECT OF NIGHT TIME TEMPERATURE INCREASES ON THE GROWTH AND PHYSIOLOGY OF XANTHIUM STRUMMARIUM. Comer Science & Educational Foundation

Peteet, D., REQUEST FOR SUBCONTRACT: LAKE ONTARIO'S DYNAMIC COAST: ANALYZING ECOSYSTEM HISTORY FOR SUSTAINING ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH. Cornell University

Cane, M., Gorodetskaya, I., Tremblay, B. THE EARTH'S POLAR RADIATION BUDGET: SEPARATING THE EFFECTS OF ICE, SNOW AND CLOUDS. NASA

Cane, M., Herweijer, C., MECHANISMS OF DROUGHT IN NORTH AMERICA: EXAMINING THE ROLE OF THE TROPICS. NASA

Chen, D., Cane, M., Kaplan, A. APPLICATION OF ALTIMETER OBSERVATIONS TO TROPICAL OCEAN MODELING AND CLIMATE PREDICTION. NASA

Thurnherr, A. COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: OCEANOGRAPHIC AND TOPOGRAPHIC INFLUENCES ON DISPERSAL OF HYDROTHERMAL VENT SPECIES. NSF

Karner, G. OCEANIC CORE COMPLEX II CRUISE PARTICIPATION IN IODP EXPEDITION 305. JOI

Steckler, M. 2D AND 3D MODELING OF THE STRATIGRAPHIC SEQUENCES AT THE ADRIATIC AND RHONE CONTINENTAL MARGINS. ONR

Studinger, M. COLLABORATIVE PROPOSAL: SCIENCE OPPORTUNITIES FOR A MULTIDISCIPLINARY LONG-RANGE AIRCRAFT FOR ANTARCTIC RESEARCH. NSF

Kelemen, P. CONSTRAINTS ON THE GENESIS OF CONTINENTAL CRUST VIA ARC MAGMATISM: GEOLOGY, GEOCHEMISTRY, STRUCTURE AND PHYSICAL PROPERTIES OF THE TALKEENTNA ARC SECTION, SOUTH CENTRAL ALASKA. WHOI

Gaherty, J., REQUEST FOR TRANSFER OF NSF FUNDS FROM *GIT: COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: SEISMIC ANALYSIS OF UPPER-MANTLE DYNAMICS: SLOW-SEAFLOOR SPREADING AND HOTSPOT INTERACTION IN THE ATLANTIC. NSF

Kim, W.Y. ANALYSIS OF SEISMIC RECORDS ON SEPTEMBER 11, 2001, GENERATED DURING THE WORLD TRADE CENTER, NEW YORK CITY DISASTER.
National Institute of Standard and Technology

Waldhauser, F., Schaff, D. IMPROVING EARTHQUAKE LOCATIONS IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA USING WAVEFORM BASED DIFFERENTIAL TIME MEASUREMENTS. USGS

Lehnardt, C. NATURE SERVE USER NEEDS ASSESSMENT, PLANNING PROJECT.
Nature Serve

<> 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).

Buckley, B.M., R.J.S. Wilson, P.E. Kelly, D.WLarson, and E.R. Cook. Inferred summer precipitation for southern Ontario back to AD 610, as reconstructed from ring widths of Thuja occidentalis; Canadian Journal of Forest Research, vol. 34, no. 12, pp. 2541-2553, December, 2004.

Kent, D.V. and L. Tauxe. Corrected Late Triassic latitudes for continents adjacent to the North Atlantic; Science, vol. 307, no. 5707, pp. 240-244, January 14, 2005.

Khatiwala, S., M. Visbeck, and M.A. Cane. Accelerated simulation of passive tracers in ocean circulation models; Ocean Modeling, vol. 9, no. 1, pp. 51-69. 2005

Longhi, J. Phase equilibria in the system CO2-H2OI: New equilibrium relations at low temperatures; Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, vol. 69, no. 3, pp. 529-539, February 1, 2005.

Longhi. J. Temporal stability and pressure calibration of barium carbonate and talc/pyrex pressure media in a piston-cylinder apparatus; American Mineralogist, vol. 90, no. 1, pp. 206-218, January, 2005.

Menke, W. and D. Schaff. Absolute earthquake locations with differential data; Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, vol. 94, no. 6, pp. 2254-2264, December, 2004.

Mortlock R.A., R.G. Fairbanks, T.C. Chiu, and J. Rubenstone. Th-230/U-234/U-238 and Pa-231/U-235 ages from a single fossil coral fragment by multi-collector magnetic-sector inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry; Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, vol. 69, no. 3, pp. 649-657, February 1, 2005.

Perlwitz, J. and N. Harnik. Downward coupling between the stratosphere and troposphere: The relative roles of wave and zonal mean processes; Journal of Climate, vol. 17, no. 24, pp. 4902-4909, December, 2004.

Sun Y.F. A two-parameter model of elastic wave velocities in rocks and numerical AVO modeling; Journal of Computational Acoustics, vol. 12, no. 4, pp. 619-630, December, 2004.

Susanto R.D. and A.L. Gordon Velocity and transport of the Makassar Strait through flow; Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans, vol. 110,no. C1, Art. No. C01005 January 26, 2005.

Waldhauser, F. and P.G. Richards. Reference events for regional seismic phases at IMS stations in China; Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, vol. 94, no. 6, pp. 2265-2279, December, 2004.

Walker, D., P.K. Verma, L.M.D. Cranswick, S.M. Clark, R.L. Jones, and S. Buhre. Halite-sylvite thermoconsolution; American Mineralogist, vol. 90, no. 1, pp. 229-239. January, 2005.

Zellmer, G.F., C. Annen, B.L.A. Charlier, R.M.M. George, S.P. Turner, and C.J. Hawkesworth. Magma evolution and ascent at volcanic arcs: constraining petrogenetic processes through rates and chronologies; Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, vol. 140, no. 1-3, pp. 171-191, January 30, 2005

<> RECENT NEW HIRES
For the period 12/01/2004 – 12/ 31/2004

Bitte, Ivars
01/12/05
Casual
Marine Geology & Geophysics

Byrne, John
01/01/05
Mechanical Tech 3
Office of Marine Affairs

Kaur, Sukhmeet
01/12/05
Staff Associate
CIESIN

Preble, Tricia
01/26/05
Casual
IRI

Sorensen Hanghoj, Karen
01/01/05
Associate Research Scientist
Geochemistry

Wilson, Charles
01/05/05
Post Doctoral Research Scientist
Seismology, Geology & Tectonophysics

<> LETTER FROM THE DIRECTOR

After steaming more than half a million miles in the cause of ocean sciences, our ship the Maurice Ewing will enter port in Jacksonville Florida early tomorrow morning ending her last cruise as an operational member of the UNOLS research vessel fleet. I will be leaving immediately after the Senior Staff meeting this afternoon at 3:30pm in a glorious attempt to catch a 5:30 flight out of JFK so I can be on the dock when she arrives tomorrow - we will see whether I make it!

She will leave Florida on Sunday and steam up to Narragansett Bay, where the demobilization process will begin. Her recent trials triggered a well-written article in today's Spectator.

I am sure we will all be pleased when the weather warms sufficiently that the New Jersey State construction around our main entrance can be completed - with that will come handsome new signage as well as an electronically controlled gate, the details of the operation of which Ray Long will share with you in the near future.

Have a good weekend - I am back in the office on Monday but then have three days in DC……….

– Mike

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