List of AGU symposia and meetings of interest to the IGS community American Geophysical Union 1995 * Jan. 9 - 13 Low and Equatorial Latitudes in the International Reference Ionosphere, New Dehli, India. Sponsors: Committee on Space Programs and Research; Union Radio Scientifique Internationale; others. (D. Bilitza, HSTX, NSSDC, 7701 Greenbelt Rd., Greenbelt, MD 20770; tel. 301-441-4193; fax 301-441-9486.) (May 10, 1994) * Jan. 15 - 20 Sixth Symposium on Global Change Studies, Dallas, Tex. Sponsor: AMS Atmospheric Chemistry. (G.R. Carmichael, Dept. of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, The University of Iowa, 125 CB, Iowa City, IA 52242; tel. 319-335-1399; fax 319-335-1415; e-mail gcarmich@icaen.uiowa.edu) (November 15, 1994) * Feb. 6 - 9 Frontiers '95: Fifth Symposium on the Frontiers of Massively Parallel Computation, McLean, Va. Sponsors: NASA; Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers; others. (J. Saltz, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742; e-mail saltz@cs.umd.edu.) (August 16, 1994) * Feb. 8 - 11 Third SIAM Conference on Mathematical and Computational Issues in the Geosciences, San Antonio, Tex. Sponsor: SIAM Activity Group on Geosciences. (SIAM Conference Coordinator, 3600 University City Science Center, Philadelphia, PA 19104-2688; tel. 215-382-9800; fax 215-386-7999; e-mail meetings@siam.org.) (August 2, 1994) * March 13 - 17 Biomass Burning and Global Change, Williamsburg, Va. (Chapman Conference) (Nov. 23, 1994) * April 2 - 7 Measurement Techniques for Space Plasmas, Santa Fe, N. Mexico. (Chapman Conference) * April 3 - 6 The 6th Global Warming International Conference, San Francisco, Calif. Sponsors: U.S. Forest Service; NASA; EPA; others. (Global Warming International Center, One Heritage Plaza, PO Box 5275, Woodridge, IL 60517-0275; tel. 708-910-1551; fax 708-910-1561) (November 1, 1994) * April 3 - 7 European Geophysical Society XX General Assembly, Hamburg, Germany. (EGS Office, Postfach 49, Max-Planck-Str. 1, 37189 Katlenburg-Lindau, Germany; tel. 49-5556-1440; fax 49-5556-4709; e-mail egs@linax1.dnet.gwdg.de.) (August 30, 1994) * May 15 - 19 17th International Geochemical Exploration Symposium: Exploring the Tropics, Townsville, Queensland, Australia. Sponsor: Association of Exploration Geochemists. (Russell Myers, 17IGES, National Key Centre in Economic Geology, James Cook University, Townsville, Q4814, Australia; tel. 077-814486; fax 61-77-815522.) * May 21 - 26 12th International Conference on Basement Tectonics, Norman, Okla. Sponsors: School of Geology and Geophysics, University of Oklahoma; International Basement Tectonics Association, Inc. (M. C. Gilbert, School of Geology and Geophysics, University of Oklahoma, Sarkeys Energy Center, Rm. 810, Norman, OK 73019- 0628; tel. 405-325-3523; fax 405-325-3140; e-mail mcgilbert@uoknor.edu) (November 8, 1994) * May 29 - June 2 AGU Spring Meeting, Baltimore, Md. (AGU Meetings Dept., 2000 Florida Ave., Washington, DC 20009; tel. 202-462-6900.) * May 29 - June 2 29th Annual Congress of the Canadian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society, Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada. (W. Hsieh, Dept. of Oceanography, University of British Columbia, 6270 University Blvd., Vancouver, B.C., Canada V6T 1Z4; tel. 604-822-2821; fax 604-822-6091; e-mail cmos@ocgy.ubc.ca.) (September 13, 1994) * June 14 - 16 Fifth International Conference on Precipitation, Crete, Greece. (Efi Foufoula-Georgiou, St. Anthony Falls Hydraulic Laboratory, Mississippi River and 3rd Ave., SE., University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55414; tel. 612-627-4595; fax 612-627-4609; e-mail efi@mykonos.safhl.umn.edu.) * June 21 - 24 2nd. UNAM-CRAY Supercomputing Conference: Numerical Simulations in the Environmental and Earth Sciences, Mexico, City, Mexico. Sponsors: National Free University of Mexico; CRAY. (E. Daltabuit, DGSCA-UNAM, Ciudad Universitaria, 04510 Mexico, D.F.; tel. 525- 622 85 28; fax: 525- 622 85 40; e-mail: simposio@redvax1.dgsca.unam.mx.) (October 11, 1994) * July 2 - 14 IUGG-International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics XXI General Assembly, Boulder, Colo. (USNC/IUGG, 2000 Florida Ave., N.W., Washington, DC 20009) * July 23 - 27 Western Pacific Geophysics Meeting, Brisbane, Australia. * Aug. 22 - 25 International Conference on Long-Term Changes of Large Water Bodies, Visby, Sweden. Sponsors: Swedish IHP Committee of the Natural Science Research Council; UNESCO; International Association of Water Quality. (L. Andersson, IHP/IAWQ International Conference Secretariat, Dept. of Water and Environmental Studies, Linkvping University, S-581 83 Linkvping, Sweden; e-mail lotan@ tema.liu.se.) (September 27, 1994) * Sept. 12 - 15 First International Airborne Remote Sensing Conference and Exhibition: Applications, Technology, and Science, Strasbourg, France. (R. Rogers, ERIM, Box 134001, Ann Arbor, MI 48113-4001; tel. 313-994-1200, ext. 3234; fax 313-994-5123.) (May 10, 1994) * Sept. 18 - 20 Third Thematic Conference on Remote Sensing for Marine and Coastal Environments, Seattle, Wash. Sponsors: Environmental Protection Agency; Environmental Research Institute of Michigan; MSRC. (ERIM/Marine Environment Conference PO Box 134001, Ann Arbor, MI 48113-4001; tel. 313-994-1200, ext. 3234; fax 313-994-5123; e-mail wallman@vaxb.erim.org.) (October 18, 1994) * Nov. 20 - 22 Pacific Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Melbourne, Australia. Sponsors: Australian Earthquake Engineering Society; New Zealand National Society for Earthquake Engineering. (B. Butler, PCEE '95, PO Box 829, Parkville, Victoria 3052, Australia; tel. 61-3-344-6777; fax 61-3-566-616344-4616.) (July 26, 1994) * Dec. 11 - 15 AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, Calif. (AGU Meetings Dept., 2000 Florida Ave., Washington, DC 20009; tel. 202-462-6900.) 1996 * Feb. 12 - 16 Ocean Sciences Meeting, San Diego, Calif. * Feb. 27 - 29 Eleventh Thematic Conference on Geologic Remote Sensing, Las Vegas, Nev. Sponsor: Environmental Research of Michigan. (R. Rogers, ERIM, Box 134001, Ann Arbor, MI 48113-4001; tel. 313-994-1200, ext. 3453; fax 313- 994-5123; e-mail raeder@vaxc.erim.org) (November 15, 1994) * May 20 - 24 AGU Spring Meeting, Baltimore, Md. (AGU Meetings Dept., 2000 Florida Ave., Washington, DC 20009; tel. 202-462-6900.) * August 4 - 14 International Geological Congress, Beijing, China. Sponsors: International Union of Geological Sciences; Geological Society of China; others. (Z. Xun, Deputy Secretary General, 30th International Congress, PO Box 823, Beijing 100037, P.R. China; tel. 86-1-8327772; fax 86-1-8328928.) (July 5, 1994) * Dec. 9 - 13 AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, Calif. (AGU Meetings Dept., 2000 Florida Ave., Washington, DC 20009; tel. 202-462-6900.) Acronyms of Organizations AAAS American Association for the Advancement of Science AAPG American Association of Petroleum Geologists ACS American Chemical Society AIPG American Institute of Professional Geologists AMS American Meteorological Society ASCE American Society of Civil Engineers AWRA American Water Resources Association ESA European Space Agency GSA Geological Society of America IAG International Association of Geodesy IAGA International Association of Geomagnetism and Aeronomy IAHR International Association for Hydraulic Research IAHS International Association of Hydrological Sciences IAMAP International Association of Meteorology and Atmospheric Physics IAPSO International Association for the Physical Sciences of the Ocean IASPEI International Association of Seismology and Physics of the Earth's Interior IAVCEI International Association of Volcanology and Chemistry of the Earth's Interior ICSU International Council of Scientific Unions IUGG International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics IUGS International Union of Geological Sciences IWRA International Water Resources Association MSA Mineralogical Society of America NATO North Atlantic Treaty Organization NASA National Aeronautics and Space Administration NOAA National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration NSF National Science Foundation NWWA National Water Well Association SEG Society of Exploration Geophysicists SEPM Society of Economic Paleontologists and Mineralogists UNESCO United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization URSI International Union of Radio Science WMO World Meteorological Organization