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Lamont Weekly Report – August 5, 2005

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

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– Recent Grant Awards –
– Recent New Hires –
– Recent Publications –
– Letter from the Director –
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<> RECENT GRANT AWARDS
For the period 6/1/2005 - 6/30/2005

Thomson, M., REQUEST FOR SUBCONTRACT: INTEGRATED VECTOR MANAGEMENT TASK ORDER. U.S. Agency for International Development

Curchitser, E., COLLABORATIVE: US-GLOBEC NEP PHASE IIIA-CCS: EFFECTS OF MESO- AND BASIN-SCALE VARIABLITY ON ZOOPLANKTON POPULATIONS IN THE CCS USING DATA-ASSIMILATIVE, PHYSICAL/ECOSYSTEM MODELS. NSF

Bell, R., Nitsche, F., REQUEST FOR SUBCONTRACT: EXPLORING THE MARITIME ARCHAEOLOGY OF THE HUDSON RIVER. Suny at Stonybrook

Cormier, M., COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH - TRACK 1: PARTNERSHIP TO ENHANCE DIVERSITY IN MARINE GEOSCIENCES HOLOCENE CLIMATE AND ANTHROPOGENIC CHANGES FROM LONG ISLAND SOUND, NY. NSF

Seeber, L., Cormier, M., SGER: LDEO PARTICIPATION IN R/V 'NATSUSHIMA' CRUISE TO SITE OF THE GREAT THRUST EARTHQUAKE WHICH TRIGGERED THE DISASTROUS INDIAN OCEAN TSUNAMI ON DECEMBER 26, 2004. NSF

Goldstein, S., Straub, S., Class, C., RECONSTRUCTING SLAB AND MANTLE FLUXES DURING THE EOCENE-OLIGOCENE EVOLUTION OF THE IZU-BONIN VOLCANIC ARC. NSF

Stute, M., Schlosser, P., Winckler, G., RESUBMITTAL OD LDEO #10554: SCIENTIFIC DRILLING IN TO THE SAN ANDREAS FAULT: FLUID TRANSPORT ANALYSIS - RARE GAS 'AGES' OF MATRIX POROSITY FLUIDS IN DRILL CORE. NSF

Kelemen, P. COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: SEISMIC MEASUREMENTS OF MAGMA FLUX, ARC COMPOSITION, AND LOWER-PLATE SERPENTINIZATION IN THE CENTRAL AMERICAN SUBDUCTION FACTORY. NSF

McGillis, W., COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: AQUATIC PLANT BED AS BIOGEOCHEMICAL HOT SPOTS IN A LARGE RIVER ECOSYSTEM. NSF

Richards, P., Schaff, D., STUDY OF INNER CORE MOTIONS USING SEISMIC WAVEFORM DOUBLETS. NSF

Lerner-Lam,A., TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE FOR ASIAN DISASTER PREPAREDNESS CENTER: TSUNAMI WARNING SYSTEM. Asian Disaster Preparedness Center


<> 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).

Boelman, N.T., M. Stieglitz, K.L. Griffin, G.R. Shaver. Inter-annual variability of NDVI in response to long-term warming and fertilization in wet sedge and tussock tundra; Oecologia, vol. 143, no. 4, p. 588-597. May, 2005.

Broecker W.S. and T.F. Stocker. 8,000 years of human warmth; Scientific American, vol. 293, no. 1, p. 9, July, 2005.

Capone, D.G., J.A. Burns, J.P. Montoya, A. Subramaniam, C. Mahaffey, T. Gunderson, A.F. Michaels, and E.J. Carpenter Nitrogen fixation by Trichodesmium spp.: An important source of new nitrogen to the tropical and subtropical North Atlantic Ocean; Global Biogeochemical Cycles, vol. 19, no. 2, Art. No. GB2024, June 8, 2005.

Chapp, E., D.R. Bohnenstiehl, and M. Tolstoy. Sound-channel observations of ice-generated tremor in the Indian Ocean; Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems, vol. 6, Art. No. Q06003, June 7, 2005.

Cheng, Z., A. van Geen, A.A. Seddique, and K.M. Ahmed. Limited temporal variability of arsenic concentrations in 20 wells monitored for 3 years in Araihazar, Bangladesh; Environmental Science & Technology, vol. 39, no. 13, p. 4759-4766, July 1, 2005.

Farmer E.C., P.B. deMenocal, T.M. Marchitto. Holocene and deglacial ocean temperature variability in the Benguela upwelling region: Implications for low-latitude atmospheric circulation; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY, vol. 20, no. 2, Art. No. PA2018, June 29, 2005.

Gu, Y.J., S.C. Webb, A. Lerner-Lam , and J.B. Gaherty. Upper mantle structure beneath the eastern Pacific Ocean ridges; Journal of Geophysical Research-Solid Earth, vol. 110, no. B6, Art. No. B06305, June 11, 2005.

Huang, H.P., R. Seager, and Y. Kushnir. The 1976/77 transition in precipitation over the Americas and the influence of tropical sea surface temperature; Climate Dynamics, vol. 24, no. 7-8, pp. 721-740, June, 2005.

Kukla, G. Saalian supercycle, Mindel/Riss interglacial and Milankovitch's dating; Quaternary Science Reviews, vol. 24, no. 14-15, p. 1573-1583, August, 2005.

Kukla, G. and J. Gavin .Did glacials start with global warming?; Quaternary Science Reviews, vol. 24, no. 14-15), p. 1547-1557, August, 2005.

Marra, J. When will we tame the oceans? Nature, vol. 436, no. 7048, p. 175-176, July 14, 2005.

Marra, J. and R.T. Barber. Primary productivity in the Arabian Sea: A synthesis of JGOFS data; Progress in Oceanography, vol. 65, no. 2-4, p. 159-175, 2005.

Moine, O., D.D. Rousseau, and P. Antoine. Terrestrial molluscan records of Weichselian Lower to MiddlePleniglacial climatic changes from the Nussloch loess series (Rhine Valley, Germany): the impact of local factors; Boreas, vol. 34, no. 3, p. 363-380, August, 2005.

Orton, P.M. and D.A. Jay. Observations at the tidal plume front of a high-volume river outflow; Geophysical Research Letters, vol. 32, no. 11, Art. No. L11605, June 9, 2005.

Pekar, S.F., A. Hucks, M. Fuller, and S. Li. Glacioeustatic changes in the early and middle Eocene (51-42 Ma): Shallow-water stratigraphy from ODP Leg 189 Site 1171 (South Tasman Rise) and deep-sea delta O-18 records; Geological Society of America Bulletin, vol. 117, no. 7-8, p. 1081-1093, July-August, 2005.

Richards, P.G. Keiiti Aki (1930-2005) - Seismologist extraordinaire. Obituary; Nature, vol. 435, no. 7046, p. 1176-1176, June 30, 2005.

Seager, R., N. Harnik, W.A. Robinson, Y. Kushnir, M. Ting, H.P. Huang, and J. Velez; Mechanisms of ENSO-forcing of hemispherically symmetric precipitation variability, Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, vol. 131, no. 608, p. 1501-1527, Part B, April, 2005.

Whitehead, D., N.T. Boelman, M.H. Turnbull, K.L. Griffin, D.T. Tissue, M.M. Barbour, J.E. Hunt, S.J. Richardson, and D.A. Peltzer. Photosynthesis and reflectance indices for rainforest species in ecosystems undergoing progression and retrogression along a soil fertility chronosequence in New Zealand; Oecologia, vol. 144, no. 2, p. 233-244, June, 2005.

Williams, T. and D. Handwerger. A high-resolution record of early Miocene Antarctic glacialhistory from ODP Site 1165, Prydz Bay; Paleoceanography, vol. 20, no. 2, Art. No. PA2017, June 28, 2005.


<> RECENT NEW HIRES

For the period 6/1/2005 – 6/30/2005

Anderson, Brenton
06/01/05
Casual
Biology & Paleo Environment

Bolson, Jessica
06/17/05
Casual
IRI

Buono, Antonio
06/27/05
Casual
Geochemistry

Connolly, James
06/15/05
Senior Research Staff Assistant
CIESIN

Fiet, Jacob
06/15/05
Casual
CIESIN

Hunt, Cory
06/06/05
Casual
Geochemistry

Kuhnke, Nicole
06/03/05
Casual
IRI

Kwon, Anthony
06/27/05
Casual
IRI

Lee, Dong
06/01/05
Staff Associate
IRI

Loose, Brice
06/11/05
Casual
Geochemistry

McNamara, Patrick
06/16/05
Casual
IRI

O'Reilly, Patrick
06/01/05
Director of Facilities & Administration
Office of the Director

Olive, George
06/06/05
Casual
Marine Geology & Geophysics

Patel, Radha
06/08/05
Casual
CIESIN

Rathi, Sarika
06/01/05
Staff Associate
CIESIN

Shibli, Alman
06/27/05
Casual
Geochemistry

Skorik, Alexandra
06/17/05
Casual
Seismology, Geology & Tectonophysics

Sorber, Abraham
06/01/05
Casual
IRI

Speyer, Nicholas
06/20/05
Casual
Marine Geology & Geophysics

Sweeney, Megan
06/06/05
Project Coordinator
Administration

Wovkulick, Karen
06/01/05
Casual
Geochemistry

For the period 7/1/2005 – 7/31/2005

Akwei, Samantha
07/06/05
Casual
Geochemistry

Blazier, John
07/08/05
Casual
Biology & Paleo Environment

Bonilla, Fausto
7/06/05
Casual
Geochemistry

Brickman, Melanie
07/11/05
Staff Associate
CIESIN

Illano, Arturo
07/06/05
Casual
Geochemistry

Kidkarndee, Kathaleya
07/06/05
Casual
Geochemistry

Mara, Valentina
07/05/05
Casual
CIESIN

Panicker, Shira
07/08/05
Casual
Geochemistry

Sakulich, John
07/01/05
Sr. Research Staff Assistant
Biology & Paleo Environment

Seirup, Lynn
07/05/05
Staff Associate
CIESIN

Senft-Grupp, Hunter
07/06/05
Casual
Geochemistry

Sharma, Aditya
07/26/05
Casual
Geochemistry

Sydor, Elisabeth
07/06/05
Casual
Ocean & Climate Physics

Tao, Connie
07/08/05
Casual
Ocean & Climate Physics

<> LETTER FROM THE DIRECTOR

I leave for Seoul Korea on Monday afternoon - Seoul in August is not a destination of choice, so please be assured that it is strictly business. Back in town on Saturday.

Twenty six separate appointments listed in my diary for the past week, so it must have been busy. Too many of the discussions were on topics not ready for public disclosure so this is a scrupulously brief report following a week of heat and discomfort.
Have a great weekend,

Have a great weekend,

– Mike

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