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Smog studies of the 1950s |
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Eos, Transactions American Geophysical Union,
Volume 68,
Issue 7,
1987,
Page 89-93
Edgar R. Stephens,
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Infrared spectroscopy with path lengths in air in excess of 100 meters was first applied to the study of air pollution at the Franklin Institute Laboratories in Philadelphia, Pa., in 1955. This paper is a personal account of the studies of the photochemistry of polluted air by this research group during the 1950s. In our first study, we verified the strange aspects of photochemical ozone formation as reported by A.J. Haagen‐Smit. At the same time a new set of infrared bands appeared. It took several years to determine that these belonged to a previously unknown family of compounds called the peroxyacyl nitrates (PANs). They are toxic to plants, irritating to the eye, and (in liquid form) very explosive. We constructed a second infrared instrument in a laboratory trailer and took it to southern California in 1956. With this instrument, we verified laboratory findings on ozone and PAN chemistry in real polluted air, and it became evident that automobile exhaust was the dominant cause of photochemical smog. We then moved this infrared instrument to the University of California, Riverside, campus where an interdisciplinary study with plant scientists finally established PANs as the cause of “oxidant plant dama
ISSN:0002-8606
DOI:10.1029/EO068i007p00089
年代:1987
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Roger E. Smith: 1986 Horton Award Recipient |
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Eos, Transactions American Geophysical Union,
Volume 68,
Issue 7,
1987,
Page 90-90
A. Ivan Johnson,
Roger E. Smith,
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The recipient of the 1986 Robert T. Horton Award is Roger E. Smith. Roger received his bachelor's degree in civil engineering from Texas Technical University at Lubbock, Tex., in 1963, and his master's degree in civil engineering from Stanford University at Stanford, Calif., in 1964. Roger then spent 2 years in the Peace Corps Service in Pakistan. In 1967, he enrolled as a graduate student at Colorado State University.
ISSN:0002-8606
DOI:10.1029/EO068i007p00090-01
年代:1987
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Harbeck research files donated |
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Eos, Transactions American Geophysical Union,
Volume 68,
Issue 7,
1987,
Page 91-91
Anonymous,
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The collected papers and research files of G. Earl Harbeck (deceased), noted U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) research hydraulic engineer, have recently been donated by the USGS Gulf Coast Hydroscience Center to the Department of Civil Engineering at the University of Mississippi (University, Miss.). Harbeck performed important research in evaporation and evapotranspiration phenomena during the 1950s and 1960s that led to modern water and energy budget methods for lakes, streams, and reservoirs that are widely used today. Many of the papers in his files are unique; others have importance in the historical progression of evaporation research in lakes. Researchers or students interested in gaining access to the files may contact Robert M. Hackett, Chairman, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Mississippi, University, MS 38677, for details.
ISSN:0002-8606
DOI:10.1029/EO068i007p00091
年代:1987
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Senators study ozone, climate |
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Eos, Transactions American Geophysical Union,
Volume 68,
Issue 7,
1987,
Page 94-94
Judith A. Katzoff,
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Whether the United States should restrict ozone‐destroying pollutants on its own or wait until other countries agree to do the same was one major focus of a joint hearing held last month by two Senate subcommittees. Ten senators, members of the Subcommittee on Hazardous Waste and Toxic Substances and the Subcommittee on Environmental Pollution of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, heard testimony from experts on both the science and policy aspects of ozone depletion, the greenhouse effect, and climate chang
ISSN:0002-8606
DOI:10.1029/EO068i007p00094-01
年代:1987
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Allan V. Cox: AGU President 1978”1980 |
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Eos, Transactions American Geophysical Union,
Volume 68,
Issue 7,
1987,
Page 98-98
Barbara T. Richman,
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When Allan V. Cox was presented AGU's John Adam Fleming Medal in 1969, John Verhoogen described Cox's work as “characterized by painstaking care, proper attention to and use of statistics, and great insight.” Those same thoughts were echoed on February 3, 1987, during the memorial service for Cox, who died in a bicycling accident on January 27. The Stanford Memorial Church was crowded with colleagues, students, and friends.The Fleming Medal was presented to Cox in recognition of his studies on the fluctuation of the geomagnetic field. These studies helped to confirm theories of continental drift and seafloor spreading. The medal is awarded annually by AGU for original research and technical leadership in geomagnetism, atmospheric electricity, aeronomy, and related sciences. In addition to the Fleming Medal, Cox received the Antarctic Service Medal in 1970, the Vetlesen Prize in 1971, and the Arthur L. Day Prize of the National Academy of Sciences in 1984. He was a Fellow of AGU and a member of the National Academy of Scien
ISSN:0002-8606
DOI:10.1029/EO068i007p00098-01
年代:1987
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