[DIALOGnews] DIALOG AND DISCCRS News 07/05/02
Susan Weiler
weilercs@whitman.edu
Fri, 12 Jul 2002 12:31:06 -0700
Mild El Nino returns
ITEE 2003 workshop
U. Washington postdoc with Fishery Interaction Team
Regional Project Manager Position in Panama
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CLIMATOLOGISTS SAY MILDER EL NINO RETURNS
from The Associated Press
WASHINGTON - The El Nino weather phenomenon, which caused damage world=
wide
in 1997-98, has returned, government climate experts said Thursday.
This El Nino will be milder than the last one, but could begin affecti=
ng
weather in the United States in the fall, according to climatologist Vernon
Kousky of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Climate
Prediction Center.
"This time around, El Nino will not be as powerful as the 1997-98 even=
t,
but we'll track it closely for any change in its projected strength," said
Kousky. Once it matures, he said, El Nino should maintain a weak-to-
moderate strength.
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ITEE 2003 WORKSHOP
=46irst World Congress on Information Technology in Environmental
Engineering ITEE 2003, Technical University of Gdansk, Poland
24-27 June 2003.
For more information on the ITEE 2003 workshop, Technical University
of Gdansk, Poland, 24-27 June 2003, please visit the web site:
http://www.icsc-naiso.org/conferences/itee2003/index.html
Submission Deadline: 30 October 2002
In recent years, information technology has become significant to all
scientific groups and fields involved in environment engineering.
Knowledge based systems which enable the study of environmental changes
have been developed, are being extended to manage those environments.
New paradigms for designing objects to enable easy disassembly and
recovery of components contribute to reuse. Developments in exploiting
alternative energy sources are reducing dependence on non-renewable
resources. Surveillance techniques enable tracking of persons likely to
threaten the lives of persons or their environment.
The ITEE 2003 conference will provide a forum for exchanging informati=
on
among pollution engineers, knowledge engineers and scientists. Some of
the objectives include discussion of projects for long-term storage of
data, data update and validation, and the consistency of data. Research
topics and funding opportunities discussed at the conference will be of
interest to all researchers. Another objective is to discuss means of
assessing the potential of individual teams in implementation and
modelling of large-scale systems.
SCIENTIFIC PROGRAM:
Confirmed Plenary Speeches:
Stanislaw R. Massel: 'Measurements, Data Processing and Modelling in the
Modern Marine Studies'
Jozef M. Pacyna: 'THE DPSIR Framework as a Scientific Support for Policy
Response and Management Options in the Coastal Zone'
CALL FOR INVITED SESSIONS
The organization of invited sessions is encouraged. Prospective
organizers are requested to send a session proposal - consisting of 4-5
invited papers - to the general chair and respective area co-chair.
Invited sessions should preferably start with the title and the purpose
of the session and a tutorial paper. The registration fee of the session
organizer will be waived, if at least 4 authors of invited papers
register to the conference.
CALL FOR WORKSHOPS AND OTHER CONTRIBUTIONS
Several workshops/tutorials are planned for ITEE 2003. Each workshop
will focus on a particular topic, and consist of several presentations
and open discussions. The proposal for a workshop should include the
title, topics covered, proposed speakers, targeted audiences, and
estimated length (hours) of the workshop. The proposal should be
submitted to the general chair and respective area co-chair.
PROPOSAL DEADLINE: 30 September 2002
send to the NAISO Planning department: planning@icsc.ab.ca
SUBMISSION OF PAPERS
Submission of papers can be done through our web site:
http://www.icsc-naiso.org/conferences/itee2003/indexsub.html
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U. WASHINGTON POSTDOC WITH FISHERY INTERACTION TEAM
Submitted by DIALOGer Libby Logerwell
Joint Institute for the Study of Atmosphere and Ocean
University of Washington
Seattle, Washington 98195
Postdoctoral Position
The Joint Institute for the Study of the Atmosphere and Ocean (JISAO),
University of Washington, and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration=92s Alaska Fisheries Science Center (AFSC) will have a resear=
ch
position beginning in fall 2002. The appointment will be made through the
School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences at the University of Washington (Dr.
Bruce S. Miller).
This post-doctoral position is with the Fishery Interaction Team (FIT)=
of
the Resource Ecology and Fisheries Management (REFM) division at Alaska
=46isheries Science Center (AFSC). Members of FIT conduct studies to
determine whether commercial fishing operations are capable of impacting the
foraging success of Steller sea lions (SSL) either through disturbance of
prey schools or through direct competition for a common prey. FIT conducts
process-oriented field studies to examine potential commercial fishery
impacts on prey distribution and abundance. In addition, the team
contributes to the development of models to investigate how changes in prey
fields, resulting from fishing activity, may influence sea lion foraging
success. The research is motivated by the observation that the number
Steller sea lions in the western Alaska stock has shown a continuous decline
since the 1970s, leading to the 1997 listing of SSL as endangered under the
Endangered Species Act. The focus on fishery interactions stems from the
National Marine Fisheries 1998 Biological Opinion which stated that
commercial fisheries in Alaska might have adverse impacts on SSL. FIT
studies focus on the three dominant groundfish prey of SSL: walleye pollock,
Atka mackerel and Pacific cod.
The primary objective of this post-doc is to develop tag release-recov=
ery
methods for examining spatial distribution and movement rates of Pacific
cod. The post-doc will be responsible for developing a rigorously-defined
model, identifying parameters to be estimated and designing tag release and
recovery strategies that follow from the model. The post-doc will be
expected to use state-of-the-art methods and to develop solutions to current
problems associated with tagging studies. The results of the implemented
methodology and model will be used to estimate the migratory movements of
cod in the region of FIT=92s before-after fishery field studies.
Understanding these migratory movements is needed to design a field st=
udy
that effectively samples the distribution and abundance of cod before and
after the fishery in both control (no fishing) and experimental (fishing
allowed) sites. Additional opportunities for collaboration with FIT and
REFM scientists include: 1) incorporation of tagging-based estimates into
stock assessment models, 2) expansion of Atka mackerel tag release-recovery
models, and 3) modeling the three-dimensional distribution of walleye
pollock from acoustic data.
Candidates must have a Ph.D. in marine or fisheries science, or a rela=
ted
field, and must have expertise in the development of tagging models.
Experience with Pacific cod and other groundfish species of Alaska is
desirable, but not necessary.
Term of appointment: Two (2) years, with possibility of renewal
for a third
year, depending on funding.
The position is located at Alaska Fisheries Science Center, Sand
Point Way,
Seattle, Washington.
Send curriculum vitae and a list of four (4) references to : Libby
Logerwell, F/AKC2 Alaska Fisheries Science Center, P.O. Box 15700, Seattle,
WA 98115-0070
Closing date (applications RECEIVED): August 12, 2002 or until=
position is
filled.
The University of Washington is building a culturally diverse faculty =
and
strongly encourages applications from female and minority candidates. The
University of Washington is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action
Employer.
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REGIONAL PROJECT MANAGER POSITION IN PANAMA
The Water Center for the Humid Tropics of Latin America and the Caribbean
(CATHALAC) is looking for a Regional Project Manager for the project
"Capacity Building for Stage II Adaptation to Climate Change in Central
America, Mexico and Cuba". The overall objective of this project is to enabl=
e
the participating countries (Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras,
Nicaragua, Panama, Mexico, and Cuba) through capacity building to prepare fo=
r
Stage II adaptation in the context of United Nations Framework Convention on
Climate Change (UNFCCC). To obtain more information, please access
http://www.cathalac.org/noticias/convocatoria/TOR.htm or send an e-mail to
cathalac@cathalac.org
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C. Susan Weiler, Ph.D.
Biology Department
Whitman College
Walla Walla, WA 99362
Tel: 509-527-5948
Fax: 509-527-5961
Programs for Recent PhDs http://aslo.org/phd.html
DIALOG and DIACES poster http://aslo.org/dialog/dialogposter.pdf
DISCCRS poster
http://aslo.org/disccrs/disccrsposter.pdf
Minorities in the Aquatic Sciences http://aslo.org/mas/
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