摘要:

The American Geophysical Union has been one of the most effective of scientific organizations. It has earned and maintained the warm affection of its members, who in turn have served it well. Alert to new trends and flexible, the Union has accommodated and welcomed new developing subdisciplines while ministering to the needs of established fields.Holding the Union together has been no small task. In any scientific organization there are splitters and uniters, and all too often the splitters go their way. The Union has been fortunate in producing leaders who have worked patiently and skillfully for the common good. In their efforts they have had favorable factors working for them. Geophysics has been an exciting, evolving science with interesting new developments occurring frequently. The activities of the various Sections and the interests of geophysicists overlap in many ways. From the standpoint of intellectual content and economy of effort, an umbrella organization for all aspects of geophysics makes good sense. Other factors tending to strengthen the Union have included its organizational structure and modes of operation.

ISSN:0002-8606    

DOI:10.1029/EO053i007p00683

年代:1972

数据来源: WILEY

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According to a report by the Committee on Resources and Man [National Academy of Sciences‐National Research Council, 1969], there is a growing concern in this country of an impending energy crisis in the decades ahead. High quality petroleum reserves within the boundaries of our country are of insufficient quantity to meet our energy requirements for the next 50 to 100 years. Large reserves of coal and oil shale exist, but these are of decreasing quality and involve serious problems concerning pollution. The problems of thermal pollution and radioactive waste disposal in the large‐scale use of nuclear reactors have not been satisfactorily resolved, and, unless the breeder reactor program is successful, only a short range solution has been assured [Cambel, 1969, 1970]. The development of fusion would be a suitable solution, except for thermal pollution, but it is too early to see fusion as a solution for our energy needs

ISSN:0002-8606    

DOI:10.1029/EO053i007p00684

年代:1972

数据来源: WILEY

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The first of a series of advanced experimental buoys for automatically gathering oceanographic and meteorological data from the marine environment is now stationed in the Gulf of Mexico.The 100‐ton buoy is anchored in almost two miles of water about 225 miles from Gulfport, Mississippi. It is scheduled to remain on site through 1974, transmitting environmental dat

ISSN:0002-8606    

DOI:10.1029/EO053i007p00694

年代:1972

数据来源: WILEY

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An International Symposium on Methods and Practical Techniques for the Determination of the Earth's Gravitational Field and Secular Variations in Position will be held at the University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia, November 26–30, 1973. The symposium is sponsored by the Australian Academy of Science under the auspices of the International Association of Geodes

ISSN:0002-8606    

DOI:10.1029/EO053i007p00695-01

年代:1972

数据来源: WILEY

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A new line of multichannel spectrum analyzers has been introduced by Ortec Incorporated, an EG&G company. Oak Ridge, Tennessee.A standard feature of the Ortec MCAs is a spectrum display system on which a continuously updated spectrum, rather than flying blips, is shown on the CRT. The real‐time display permits observation of data without requiring that counting be stopped. Optional features include character generator and integrator functions which permit CRT display of channel number and number of counts and the integral of the peak for any channel. A manually positioned electronic marker, which appears as a small vertical trace on the display, indicates the channel selecte

ISSN:0002-8606    

DOI:10.1029/EO053i007p00696-01

年代:1972

数据来源: WILEY

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The Fifty‐Third Annual Meeting was held on April 17–21, 1972, at the Sheraton‐Park Hotel, in Washington, D.C. Total registration was 2384, including 1594 members, 295 student members and 495 nonmembers. This registration was just short of last year's total of 2504.During the five‐day meeting 101 invited papers and 1093 contributed papers were scheduled to be given in a total of 100 scientific sessions. This is the same total number of papers as given in 1971 and m11% fewer than the all‐time high of 1230 papers given at the Golden Anniversary Meeting in 1969. Thus it appears that the Annual Meeting has remained on a plateau that contrasts sharply with the rapid growth experienced between 1965

ISSN:0002-8606    

DOI:10.1029/EO053i007p00711

年代:1972

数据来源: WILEY

ISSN:0002-8606    

DOI:10.1029/EO053i007p00718

年代:1972

数据来源: WILEY

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At its meeting on April 16, 1972, the Council of the American Geophysical Union approved for presentation to the membership amended Statutes and Bylaws. The amended Statutes and Bylaws include substantial revisions that reflect the requirements of the Union as an independent corporate entity; these changes form a necessary prelude to incorporation in the District of Columbia. The question of approval for the amendments to the Statutes has been presented to the memberhship in a mail ballot. The proposed amended Statutes and Bylaws were published in the May 1972 EOS. The Preamble has been rewritten to reflect the impending new corporate status and to highlight the cooperative efforts of the Union with other national and international scientific organizations.

ISSN:0002-8606    

DOI:10.1029/EO053i007p00736

年代:1972

数据来源: WILEY

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Carl Eckart entered geophysics through an auspicious incident at the outbreak of World War II. He was then, at age 40, Professor of Theoretical Physics at the University of Chicago, having made very major contributions to the development of quantum mechanics. He found himself involved in the war effort as an administrator and researcher in the work on underwater sound, fundamental for submarine detection, which was then starting at San Diego. Eventually Eckart settled in La Jolla, a suburb of San Diego, as Professor of Marine Geophysics at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography. He has been in La Jolla ever since. Although by inclination he is more of a scholar than an administrator, Eckart has served his country and the University of California in a succession of administrative positions: as Director of the Marine Physical Laboratory, Director of the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, and as Vice Chancellor of the San Diego campus, not to mention many national committees.

ISSN:0002-8606    

DOI:10.1029/EO053i007p00737

年代:1972

数据来源: WILEY

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Recently, the British Government's arrangements for accomplishing research and development have been examined in two reports, one of which was prepared by Lord N.M.V. Rothschild. (The other, issued at the same time, is the product of a committee headed by Sir Frederick Dainton.) Lord Rothschild's report, The Organisation and Management of Government Research and Development, recommended that: ‘The Institute of Hydrology should be physically transferred, together with its staff to the Department of the Environment where it should be fused with the DOE's contiguous Hydraulics Research Station.’The following article, which first appeared in Nature (January 7, 1972), was written in response to that recommendation. It appears here as both an excellent argument for freedom in scientific research and as an equally good, brief description of the work of one of the world's most respected hydrological organizations. Moreover, a similar question of the responsiveness of research to national needs is presently the subject of debate in the United States. The National Science Foundation has already established a program (RANN‐Research Applied to National Needs) in an effort to increase this responsiveness while avoiding the excessive straitjacketing of sc

ISSN:0002-8606    

DOI:10.1029/EO053i007p00741

年代:1972

数据来源: WILEY