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Meeting Announcement

Second Annual Workshop in Earth System Science

The Earth System Science Center at Pennsylvania State University is sponsoring its Second Annual Workshop in Earth Science System Science. These workshops are dedicated to multidisciplinary interactions directed toward understanding planetary change and recognizing the importance and diversity of interactions between different components and subsystems of the earth on a variety of time scales. Workshops are divided into two segments. Tutorials provide essential background in topics critical to the overall theme. Tutorials are followed by shorter presentations on emerging research.

This workshop, entitled "The Global Water Cycle: Past, Present and Future," will be held 25-29 July in University Park, Pennsylvania. The nature of the global hydrologic cycle has been singled out as a major priority in programs to study global change including NASA's Earth System Science, NSF's Global Geosciences, and the International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme. Several topics have been chosen for half-day sessions: atmospheric moisture transport, precipitation models and cloud processes; atmosphere-land surface and atmosphere-ocean interactions; the cryosphere; the role of the hydrologic cycle in climate change; the role of water in the world ecosystem; coupled biogeochemical cycles and the water cycle; the hydroclimates of the past and associated geologic phenomena; societal issues and a changing water cycle; and the hydrologic cycle and future global change. In addition, the workshop will hold an evening panel presentation and discussion on the scientific goals and objectives for the proposed Global Energy and Water Cycle Experiment.

A limited number of travel awards are available to support participation. Graduate students from any institution are invited to apply for financial aid to attend the workshop. The workshop is partially funded by the National Science Foundation.

Interested individuals should contact Eric J. Barron, Director, Earth System Science Center, Room 512 Deike Building, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, USA ; 814/865-1619. Abstract deadline is 15 May.

Calendar 1988

April 21-22 Symposium on the Implications of Climate Change for Infrastructure Planning, Washington, D.C. Contact John Topping, Jr., Climate Institute, 316 Pennsylvania Ave. SE, Suite 403, Washington, D.C. 20003, USA.

May 16-20 American Geophysical Union (AGU) Spring Meeting, Baltimore, Maryland. Contact Kristine Bailey, AGU, 2000 Florida Ave. NW, Washington, D.C. 20009, USA.

May 23-27 Climate and Geosciences: A Challenge for Science and Society in the 21st Century, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium. Sponsored by the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Geosciences Panel. Contact Stephen Schneider, NCAR, P.O. Box 3000, Boulder, CO 80307, USA.

May 29-June 3 Sixth World Congress on Water Resources: Water for World Development, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Organized by the International Water Resources Association (IWRA). Contact the IWRA Secretariat, University of Ottawa, 631 King Edwards Ave., Ottawa, Ontario K1N 6N5, Canada.

June 27-30 Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites (GOES) I-M Symposium/Workshop, Bethesda, Maryland. Contact Wayne Lasch, Greenhorne & O'Mara, Inc., P.O. Box T, College Park, MD 20740, USA.

Aug 2-5 Fifth International Conference on Permafrost Trondheim, Norway. Contact U.S. Committee for the IPA (JH-841), National Research Council, 2101 Constitution Ave., Washington, D.C. 20418, USA.

Aug 9-13 Study Conference on Data Management for the International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme (IGBP): Global Observing Systems and Methods for Data and Information Extraction and Dissemination, Moscow, USSR. Sponsored by the International Council of Scientific Unions (ICSU) Special Committee on the Geosphere-Biosphere Programme and the ICSU Panel on World Data Centres. Contact S.I. Rasool, Code E, NASA Headquarters, 600 Independence Ave. SW, Washington, D.C. 20546, USA.

Oct 20-26 Twenty-Second International Symposium on Remote Sensing of the Environment, Abidjan, Ivory Coast. Contact Alan Parker, ERIM, P.O. Box 8618, Ann Arbor, MI 48107-8618, USA.

Oct 24-25 ICSU IGBP Scientific Advisory Council, Stockholm, Sweden. Contact Thomas Rosswall, Executive Director, IGBP, Royal Swedish Academy of Science, Box 50005, S-104 05, Stockholm, Sweden.

Oct 31-Nov 3 Geological Society of America (GSA) Annual Meeting: Centennial Celebration, Denver, Colorado. Contact Jean Kinney, GSA, P.O. Box 9140, Boulder, CO 80301, USA.

Nov 28-Dec 2 POLMET 88 - Asia and Pacific Regional Conference: Pollution in the Metropolitan and Urban Environment, Hong Kong. Contact POLMET 88 Secretariat, c/o Hong Kong Institution of Engineers, 9/F, Island Centre, No. 1, Great George Street, Causeway Bay, Hong Kong.

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