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A photograph of Bill Menard was on the cover of the January 7, 1986, issue ofEos, and on pages 8 and 9 of that issue, Marcia McNutt's citation in presenting the 1985 Bowie Medal and Bill's response were published. Only a month later, on February 9, Bill died of cancer. Today we remember in joy and sorrow the life of our friend: joy because he was able to do so much and live so intensely throughout the 40 years of his career as a seagoing scientist, and sorrow because we miss his warm, loving presence.Bill was an explorer, a scientist, a scholar, and a poet. He had the seeing eye, the powerful imagination, and the hard‐working energy that are necessary to be either a scientist or a poet or, as in his case, both. He was a scholar because unlike many scientists, he was self‐conscious and introspective about his science. Consequently, he was interested not only in the discovery of new scientific facts and the development of hypotheses to explain them but also in the history of his science, the individuals living and dead who had contributed to it, and the romance and adventure of life as a scientific sailor. His bookAnatomy of an Expedition(McGraw‐Hill, 1969) and his manuscript, about to be published by Princeton University Press, calledOcean of Truthare both poetic evocations of an oceanographer's life at sea and on the beach. In all that he did, he was generous to his colleagues and honest with them and with hi

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DOI:10.1029/EO067i018p00441-01

年代:1986

数据来源: WILEY

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The Equatorial Pacific Ocean Climate Studies (EPOCS) Project of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Environmental Research Laboratories was initiated in 1979 to investigate the role of the tropical Pacific Ocean in influencing large‐scale interannual climate fluctuations. The principal hypothesis of EPOCS is that inter‐annual variability of sea surface temperature (SST) in the equatorial Pacific Ocean is intimately related to atmospheric fluctuations associated with the Southern Oscillation. This hypothesis is supported by numerous empirical and theoretical studies. The coupled ocean‐atmosphere signal has become known as the ENSO (El Niño‐Southern Oscillation) phenomenon, and it is recognized as one of the principal modes of global interannual climat

ISSN:0002-8606    

DOI:10.1029/EO067i018p00442

年代:1986

数据来源: WILEY

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The Department of Oceanography at Old Dominion University, Norfolk, Va., has recently received a bequest of $8.4 million from the estate of Fay M. Slover. The new funds will be used to support five new positions in the subdiscipline of physical oceanography, 10 student fellowships, and a visiting scholar program, as well as to provide essential equipment. The department will form a panel of outside scientific advisors to assist in planning for the effective use of the contribution.

ISSN:0002-8606    

DOI:10.1029/EO067i018p00444-01

年代:1986

数据来源: WILEY

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The editor and associate editors of theJournal of Geophysical Research—Solid Earth and Planetsinvite the submission of manuscripts for a special memorial issue to honor H. W. Menard. The topic of the issue will be “Geodynamics and Tectonophysics.” Special color rates will apply, provided that there are a sufficient number of color pages.Manuscripts should be submitted to Gerald Schubert Department of Earth and Space Sciences University of California at Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA

ISSN:0002-8606    

DOI:10.1029/EO067i018p00446-01

年代:1986

数据来源: WILEY

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I am writing this note in reference to one paragraph of a generally interesting report, “Changes in Relative Mean Sea Level’ [by the IAPSO Advisory Committee on Tides and Mean Sea Level], which appeared in the November 5, 1985 issue ofEos[p. 754]. In this paragraph the authors question the nature and even existence of the secular motion of the earth's rotation pole. The paragraph states that because of supposed extreme irregularities in the observed (ILS) motion, “it may even be that the entire apparent secular motion of the pole is an artifact of systematic efforts [this word should probably read ‘errors’]in the

ISSN:0002-8606    

DOI:10.1029/EO067i018p00447-01

年代:1986

数据来源: WILEY

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Income from publications supports the overall operations of AGU. In 1985, 81% of AGU's income came from publications, and only 63% of AGU's direct expenses were attributable to publishing and the management of the publications. The net of the publication‐derived income and expense supports educational and other programs that are essential to a scientific society but that produce no income.The second largest source of revenue for the Union is page charge income. In 1985, income from page charges was $1.9 million. The largest single source of revenue is institutional subscriptions, at $3.4 million in 1985. Figure 1 shows sources of revenue and expense in 198

ISSN:0002-8606    

DOI:10.1029/EO067i018p00448

年代:1986

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Large‐scale rip currents (or “mega rips”) driven by high‐energy waves are of particular interest in two projects underway at the Coastal Studies Unit, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia, with support from the Marine Sciences and Technologies Scheme of the Australian government. One of these projects is on inner continental shelf sedimentation (the Sydney Sediment Study, or SSS), and the other is on Australian shorefaces (the Australian Shoreface Program, or ASP, which commenced officially in 1986). This interest derives from the need to determine the relative contribution of processes responsible for the seaward transfer of water and sediment across the shoreface and onto the inner continental shelf. The two most important processes in this regard are mega rips and wind‐generated downwelling currents, both of which become most active duri

ISSN:0002-8606    

DOI:10.1029/EO067i018p00449-01

年代:1986

数据来源: WILEY

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This is a summary ofSEAN Bulletin, 11(3), March 31, 1986, a publication of the Smithsonian Institution's Scientific Event Alert Network. The complete bulletin is available in the microfiche edition of Eos as a microfiche supplement or as a paper reprint. For the microfiche, order document E86‐005 at $2.50 (U.S.) from AGU Customer Services, 2000 Florida Avenue, N.W., Washington, DC 20009. For the paper reprint, orderSEAN Bulletin(giving volume and issue numbers and issue date) through AGU Separates at the above address; the price is $3.50 for one copy of each issue number for those who do not have a deposit account, $2 for those who do; additional copies of each issue number are $1. Subscriptions to SEAN Bulletin are available from AGU Fulfillment at the above address; the price is $18 for 12 monthly issues mailed to a U.S. address, $28 if mailed elsewhere, and must be prepa

ISSN:0002-8606    

DOI:10.1029/EO067i018p00450

年代:1986

数据来源: WILEY

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Charting a course toward an uncertain future is always a risky business, especially among shoals of fiscal restraint or national tragedy, and the prudent navigator is well advised to remember where he's been as he looks ahead. The ocean and space sciences are poised for grand joint adventures, but shrinking budgets and the lingering Challenger numbness are restrictive lee shores that must be considered when laying plans. To sharpen the focus on future choices, it may be helpful to glance in the geophysical rearview mirror and remember some of the challenges and opportunities of a different era.A quarter century is a long time, but many images from 25 years ago can still be recalled in crisp detail, like photographs in a scrapbook. In 1961, results from the International Geophysical Year (IGY) filled the pages of theTransactions of the American Geophysical Union, and the U.S. program of space exploration finally was underway with conviction. The Indian Ocean Expedition, conceived during the IGY, ushered in a new era of international oceanography. The TIROS III satellite beamed to earth fuzzy pictures of tropical storms and revealed the intricate writhings of the Gulf Stream. Forecasters and fluid dynamicists suddenly saw new horizons, and geophysical turbulence became a major topic at the IUGG Symposium in Marseilles, France. Papers with prescient themes were presented at the AGU Ocean Section meeting: June Pattullo (then at Oregon State College, Corvallis) on heat storage in the Pacific; Ferris Webster (then at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, Mass.) on Gulf Stream meanders. Polar oceanography was well represented in AGU journals: Kenneth Hunkins (at what was then called the Lamont Geological Observatory, Palisades, N.Y.) described the Alpha Rise, discovered from a drifting Arctic ice island, and Edward Thiel (then at the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis) and his co‐workers discussed open ocean tides, gravimetrically measured from Antarctic ice shelve

ISSN:0002-8606    

DOI:10.1029/EO067i018p00451

年代:1986

数据来源: WILEY

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Fostering the development of interdisciplinary ideas at AGU meetings is the primary goal of AGU's new Meetings Chairman, Christopher G. A. Harrison. “The strength of AGU is the broadness of disciplines represented [within it],” Harrison explained.Harrison is a professor of geophysics at the Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science at the University of Miami. The upcoming 1986 Spring Meeting is the first for which Harrison is serving as chairman, and his term will end after the 1988 Fall Meeting. He succeeds H. Frank Eden, who had been Meetings Chairman since late 1

ISSN:0002-8606    

DOI:10.1029/EO067i018p00453-01

年代:1986

数据来源: WILEY