Lamont Weekly Report – January 6, 2006

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

<> REPORT SUMMARY <>

- Recent Grant Awards

- Recent B&G Projects

- Letter from the Director

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<>RECENT GRANT AWARDS

October 1 - December 31, 2005


SUBRAMANIAM, A. VARIED WATERS AND DUSTY SKIES III: THE USE OF SATELLITE OCEAN COLOR DATA PRODUCTS TO STUDY THE EASTERN TROPICAL
ATLANTIC OCEAN. NASA

JACOBS, S. OCEANS AND ICE: THE ANTARCTIC SALINITY ANOMALY. NASA

LONGHI, J. EARLY DIFFERENTIATION OF THE MOON: EXPERIMENTAL AND MODELING STUDIES. NASA

GONG, G., M. TING CICAR: THE INTEGRATED ROLE OF SNOW, OROGRAPHY AND DYNAMICAL WAVES IN FACILITATING WESTERN U.S. LAND SURFACE - CLIMATE. NOAA

TREMBLAY, B., R. CULLATHER THE FATE OF THE ARCTIC (PERENNIAL) SEA ICE COVER: DECLINE AND RECOVERY MECHANISMS. NSF

ZAPPA, C., W. MCGILLIS COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: DETERMINING THE AIR-WATER CO2 FLUX IN COASTAL SYSTEMS. NSF

NITSCHE, E., T.KENNA, R. BELL, S. CHILLRUD DISTRIBUTION, TIMING, AND DYNAMIC OF DEPOSITION IN THE HUDSON RIVER ESTUARY. HUDSON
RIVER FOUNDATION

LEHNERT, K., COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: FACILITIES SUPPORT: EARTHCHEM: ADVANCING DATA MANAGEMENT IN SOLID EARTH GEOCHEMISTRY. NSF

GOLDBERG, D. MAJOR RESEARCH FACILITIES CONSTRUCTION LDEO. JOI

BELL, R. FIRE AND ICE: EXAMINING THE POTENTIAL FOR SAMPLING A WEST ANTARCTIC SUB-ICE VOLCANO. NSF

BELL, R. HUDSON RIVER ESTUARY CITIZEN MONITORING AND ADMINISTRATION. HUDSON BASIN RIVER WATCH

ANDERSON, R.N. COLUMBIA LEARNING SYSTEM FOR SECONDARY SYSTEM: STRAY VOLTAGE ANALYSIS AND NATURAL LANGUAGE DATA MINING IN TROUBLE TICKETS. CON EDISON

STARK, C. MONITORING MOUNTAIN RIVERS FROM SPACE: A PILOT STUDY OF BEDROCK RIVER FLOW MEASUREMENT USING ULTRA-HIGH RESOLUTION OPTICAL SATELLITE IMAGERY. NSF

SCHLOSSER, P., R. NEWTON REQUEST FOR SUBCONTRACT: THE BEAUFORT GYRE SYSTEM: FLYWHEEL OF THE ARCTIC CLIMATE? TRITIUM AND HELIUM
SAMPLE MEASUREMENT AND ANALYSIS. WOODS HOLE

HO, D., P. SCHLOSSER DETERMINATION OF LARGE-SCALE FLOW PATERNS AND AIR-WATER GAS EXCHANGE IN A RIDGE AND SLOUGH HABITAT WITH TRACER RELEASE EXPERIMENTS. NATIONAL PARKS SERVICE

CLASS, C. SHONA AND DISCOVERY SEAMOUNT CHAINS, SOUTH ATLANTIC GEOCHEMISTRY PROGRAM. NSF

GOLDSTEIN, S., S. HEMMING ND AND SR ISOTOPE TRACERS OF DEEP AND SHALLOW CIRCULATION AROUND SOUTH AFRICA. NSF

ANDERSON, R.F., Y. ZHENG, CO-SPONSORSHIP OF AN ASIAN/PACIFIC REGIONAL GEOTRACES PLANNING WORKSHOP. NSF

WINCKLER, G., J. SCHAEFER DIRECT DATING OF OLD ICE BY EXTRATERRESTRIAL HELIUM-3 AND ATMOSPHERIC CERYLLIUM - 10 A PROOF OF
CONCEPT. NSF

VAN DE FLIERDT, T., S. HEMMING, S.GOLDSTEIN SGER: DEVELOPMENT OF THE PAIRED AUTHIGENIC NEODYMIUM-HAFNIUM ISOTOPE WEATHERING TRACER FROM MARINE SEDIMENTS IN THE CIRCUM ANTARCTIC REALM. NSF

WALDHAUSER, F., REQUEST FOR SUBCONTRACT FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: RESUBMITTAL OF LDEO 10325: A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF RESULTS FROM DIFFERENT EARTHQUAKE LOCATION PROCEDURES IN CALIFORNIA. UNIV. OF CALIFORNIA

CHEN, R., FRAGILITY SURVEY ASSISTANCE. ARD

BALSTAD, R., M. BECKER THE NORTHEAST INFORMATION NODE OF THE NATIONAL BIOLOGICAL INFORMATION INFRASTRUCTURE (NBII) COOPERATIVE
AGREEMENT. USGS


<>RECENT B&G PROJECTS

Geoscience Computer room A/C

Site prepared for condensing unit north side of Geoscience. A contractor has set the base for the new air handler and raised flooring redone around base. Plumbing and electric ready for
installation. New units delivered on Friday, 1/6 and installation is underway.

TRL Drainage Project - Project is complete. In the spring gravel path and surrounding areas will be restored.

Room 201 Core Lab - A contractor has been selected but a P.O. has not been issued. Moved B. Liepert to Seismology but need swing space for J. Gavin and G. Kukla during the renovation.

Room 203 Core Lab - Casework has been ordered - 10-12 weeks.

Room 302 Oceanography - R. Weissel and R. Anderson recycling/trashing as much of the contents of the room as possible. Furniture has been moved to other locations for duration of the project. Contractor started renovation on Tuesday 12/27 and has installed new ceilings/ lighting and sheet rocked some of the walls.

Room 303E and 303F Oceanography - These two small interior storage rooms are being converted into a conference room. Ceiling tile and lights have been removed. Removed common wall and removed two door openings. Started installation of suspended ceiling grid.

Room 8 Geochemistry - replaced roof mounted HVAC unit -- job completed.

Seismology 114 - This space will be renovated for the I.T Group. The large room has been partitioned and the southern half will provide work space and offices for the group. Sheet rock and new suspended ceiling/lighting installed.

Misc. - Started painting 2nd floor hallway in Administration.Removed section of serving line wall and rerouted electric for display case in the cafeteria.

<> LETTER FROM THE DIRECTOR

There is little to be said this week. The excitement of returning to the challenges of the New Year was devastated by the tragic news of Bill Haxby's sudden and terribly untimely death.

I think I first met Bill in 1982 or 1983 in Woods Hole when he visited the Oceanographic Institution to give a talk about his new maps of the ocean floor (derived from satellite altimetry). Everyone was stunned at what they revealed - it was a very exciting time. We desperately tried to hire Bill away from Lamont at that time - but he was not interested at all. In his own quiet and inspired way he has had a huge impact on marine geophysics. He will be sorely missed for so many many reasons.

A formal obituary will be posted on our website this afternoon, as one small step towards giving his memory the respect it deserves. And
for those who missed my earlier announcement, the funeral arrangements are as follows:

2:00 pm, Saturday, January 7th

Grace Episcopal Church

9 Harrington Ave. (at the 5 corners), Westwood, NJ

There will be a reception in the church following the service.

Flowers or contributions can be sent to Grace Episcopal Church of Westwood, NJ

In addition, in an effort to collect more memories of this wonderful man and building a lasting record, we are establishing a section on
our web page where folks can post their recollections of, and stories about, Bill. If you would like to contribute to this simply send an email message to billhaxby@ldeo.columbia.edu and your text will be posted on the web page.

Nothing else to say today.



- Mike

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