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Allan Cox 1926”1987 |
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Eos, Transactions American Geophysical Union,
Volume 68,
Issue 19,
1987,
Page 513-514
Rob Coe,
Brent Dalrymple,
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More than 1000 friends, students, and colleagues from all over the country filled Stanford Memorial Chapel (Stanford, Calif.) on February 3, 1987, to join in “A Celebration of the Life of Allan Cox.” Allan died early on the morning of January 27 while bicycling, the sport he had come to love the most. Between pieces of his favorite music by Bach and Mozart, Stanford administrators and colleagues spoke in tribute of Allan's unique qualities as friend, scientist, teacher, and dean of the School of Earth Sciences. James Rosse, Vice President and Provost of Stanford University, struck a particularly resonant chord with his personal remarks: "Allan reached out to each person he knew with the warmth and attention that can only come from deep respect and affection for others. I never heard him speak ill of others, and I do not believe he was capable of doing anything that would harm another being. He cared too much to intrude where he was not wanted, but his curiosity about people and the loving care with which he approached them broke down reserve to create remarkable friendships. His enthusiasm and good humor made him a welcome guest in the hearts of the hundreds of students and colleagues who shared the opportunity of knowing Allan Cox as a pers
ISSN:0002-8606
DOI:10.1029/EO068i019p00513
年代:1987
数据来源: WILEY
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NEDRES: An interactive computer tool for locating geophysical information |
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Eos, Transactions American Geophysical Union,
Volume 68,
Issue 19,
1987,
Page 514-515
Gerald S. Barton,
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Imagine that someone mentions that there is a study of surface wind patterns in the Gulf of Mexico. How can the data be located? Who has gravity data for Alaska? Is there a study relating tree rings and carbon dioxide in the Yellowstone area?These and numerous other questions about data can be answered by an environmental data base maintained by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). The National Environmental Data Referral Service (NEDRES) is a “yellow pages” directory for locating environmental data in the United States. NOAA provides the service as part of its responsibility to archive and document environmental data. The data base is accessed via a local telephone call using a computer terminal or personal computer, and the results can be listed on the user's terminal or printed at the computer s
ISSN:0002-8606
DOI:10.1029/EO068i019p00514
年代:1987
数据来源: WILEY
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Soviet, U.S. scientists join for cruise |
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Eos, Transactions American Geophysical Union,
Volume 68,
Issue 19,
1987,
Page 515-515
Anonymous,
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Thirteen U.S. scientists joined a Soviet research cruise this month to study atmospheric chemistry and the influence of the oceans on climate change. The cruise is a result of a bilateral agreement signed by the United States and the Soviet Union in November 1986, which recognized the international significance of the increasing concentrations of man‐made gases in the atmosphere, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).On their cruise of the western Pacific and Indian Oceans, the scientists hope to evaluate the sources, distributions, and fates of a variety of trace gases and aerosols that are linked to climate change, according to Richard Gammon of NOAA, chief U.S. scientist of the cruise. Air and water samples will be taken from a wide range of marine environments, extending from the western Bering Sea to subtropical waters east of Japa
ISSN:0002-8606
DOI:10.1029/EO068i019p00515-01
年代:1987
数据来源: WILEY
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Alfred Wegener: The Father of Continental Drift |
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Eos, Transactions American Geophysical Union,
Volume 68,
Issue 19,
1987,
Page 516-516
Tamara Shapiro Ledley,
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This is the biography of a renaissance scientist. Now, when the disciplines of science are becoming narrower and we are beginning to understand the neccessity of broadening our scientific scope, we are presented in this book with the life of a scientist who had the imagination to bridge the confines of one discipline to make a major contribution to another.Alfred Wegener spent most of his scientific life as an observational meteorologist who performed most of his work during expeditions in Greenland and Iceland. The first few chapters of the book clearly identify this as the major emphasis of his scientific work by briefly outlining his life and presenting a detailed description of his Arctic explorations, which ended with his death in Greenland in 1930. His last expedition is described in great detail in an attempt to characterize this man, who as leader of the expedition did everything in his power to safeguard those under him and to maintain continuous scientific investigations.
ISSN:0002-8606
DOI:10.1029/EO068i019p00516-01
年代:1987
数据来源: WILEY
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Testimony before the Subcommittee on HUD‐Independent Agencies of the U.S. Senate Committee on Appropriations |
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Eos, Transactions American Geophysical Union,
Volume 68,
Issue 19,
1987,
Page 521-521
Peter S. Eagleson,
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The following written testimony was presented on May 8, 1987, by AGU President Peter S. Eagleson on behalf of the American Geophysical Union to the Subcommittee on HUD‐Independent Agencies of the U.S. Senate Committee on Appropriations.Mr. Chairman and committee members, my name is Peter S. Eagleson. I am President of the American Geophysical Union. AGU embraces the study of the earth, the planets, and their environment in space and is dedicated to the ideal of unselfish cooperation in research. It is a strong and rapidly expanding organization of more than 20,000 members who are research scientists, professors, students, administrators, engineers, and layme
ISSN:0002-8606
DOI:10.1029/EO068i019p00521-01
年代:1987
数据来源: WILEY
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