Events, July 2003

Updated
23 April, 2004

Events
July 2003

Note: We often hear of events that might interest our users. We list these here as promptly as we can. We may subsequently revise an entry. To let you know the vintage of each entry, we note the date on which it was amended or posted. For each posting, we also seek verification from the meeting contact. We indicate whether or not the information was verified and the date of verification. Despite our efforts, some entries will be incorrect. For current & correct information on a meeting, please reach the meeting contact we list for each entry.

1-9 July 2003. Sapporo, Japan. IUGG 2003 General Assembly (International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics). Sponsor: IUGG and others. Contact: IUGG2003 Registration Office c/o International Communications Specialists, Inc., Sabo Kaikan-bekkan, 2-7-4 Hirakawa-cho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 102-8646. JAPAN. E-mail: iugg2003_reg@ics-inc.co.jp. Tel: +81-3-3263-6474. Fax: +81-3-3263-7537. 　

Date posted or amended: 22 May 2003
Information verified with conference contact? No

7�11 July 2003. Madrid, Spain. EWOC 2003�Sixth International Conference on School and Popular Meteorological and Oceanographic Education. Contact: Adelaida Portela, Departamento de F�sica, Universidad Europea de Madrid, C/Tajo SN, 28670 Villaviciosa de Od�n. Madrid. Spain. Tel: + 34 91 211 5235. Fax: + 34 91 616 8265. Email: ewoc2003@fis.cie.uem.es,

Date posted or amended: 22 May 2003
Information verified with conference contact? No

13�18 July 2003. New London, New Hampshire. Gordon Research Conference (GRC) on "Solar Radiation and Climate." Sponsor: Gordon Research Conferences. Contact: Conference Application, Gordon Research Conferences, P.O. Box 984, West Kingston, RI 02892-0984 USA.

Date posted or amended: 22 May 2003
Information verified with conference contact? No

14-25July 2003. Fairbanks, Alaska, USA. Summer School on the Modeling of Arctic Climate. Sponsor: International Arctic Research Center. Contact: International Arctic Research Center / 930 Koyukuk Drive / P.O. Box 757340 / Fairbanks, Alaska 99775-7340. Tel: +1 907 474 7413. Fax: +1 907 474 5662
Email: info@iarc.uaf.edu.

Date posted or amended: 22 May 2003
Information verified with conference contact? No

14�26 July 2003, Boulder, Colorado. Summer School on Applications of Advanced Mathematical and Computational Methods to Atmospheric and Oceanic Problems. Sponsor: National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR). Contact: Barbara Hansford, NCAR. Email: barbm@ucar.edu.

Date posted or amended: 22 May 2003
Information verified with conference contact? No

16-18 July 2003. Geneva, Austria. The Impact of Global Environmental Problems on Continental & Coastal Marine Waters. Sponsor: Network for
Environmental Assessement and Remediation
(NEAR) and others. Contact: Conference Secretariat. Email: morawel@tinyworld.co.uk

Date posted or amended: 22 May 2003
Information verified with conference contact? No

20-25 July 2003. Queen's College, Oxford, UK. Visualization In Science and Education. "The purpose of the Gordon Conference on "Visualization in Science and Education" is to bring together scientists from natural, physical, engineering and life science backgrounds, educators, and cognitive psychologists at the cutting edge of visualization to ensure that the next generation of images and image-handling software is ever more effective at conveying the intended meaning and also to enable students to "see" abstract concepts." Sponsor: Gordon Research Conferences, National Science Foundation, Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. Contact: Conference Application, Gordon Research Conferences, P.O. Box 984, West Kingston, RI 02892-0984 USA.

Date posted or amended: 22 May 2003
Information verified with conference contact? No

21-24 July 2003. Seattle, Washington. Global Energy and Water Cycle Experiment (GEWEX) Americas Prediction Project (GAPP) 2003 PIs Meeting. Contact: Kathy Watson, NOAA Office of Global Programs, 1100 Wayne Ave, Suite 1210, Silver Spring, MD 20910. Telephone: 301-427-2089 ext. 110. Fax: 301-427-2073. Email: watson@ogp.noaa.gov

23-30 July 2003. Reno, Nevada. The XVI INQUA Congress. "Shaping the Earth: A Quaternary Perspective." "Held every four years, the INQUA Congress is the largest gathering of scientists studying the Quaternary period, the last 2.6 million years of Earth's history. " Sponsor: International Union for Quaternary Research (INQUA), Geological Society of America and others. Contact: Mary Berthelson. Email: mberthelson@geosociety.org. Tel: +1 303 357 1083.

Commerce Secretary Evans and Energy Secretary Abraham Unveil Climate Change Initiatives. Commerce Secretary Don Evans and Energy Secretary Spencer Abraham will unveil the Bush Administration's strategic plan on long-term global climate variability and change at a press conference on Thursday, July 24. Press Release (dtd 23 July 2003) from the U.S. Climate Change Science Program. (posted 23 July 2003)

31 July 2003. Earth Observation Summit. Sponsor: U. S. Government. Contact: Richard Ohlemacher, Policy Advisor, Office of the Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere, U.S. Department of Commerce, Tel: +1 202 482 1567. Fax: +1 202 482 1041. Email: Richard.Ohlemacher@noaa.gov.

Date posted or amended: 5 July 2003
Information verified with conference contact? No

US Climate Change Science Program / US Global Change Research Program, Suite 250, 1717 Pennsylvania Ave, NW, Washington, DC 20006. Tel: +1 202 223 6262. Fax: +1 202 223 3065. Email: information@usgcrp.gov. Web: www.usgcrp.gov. Webmaster: WebMaster@usgcrp.gov