Events, March 2002

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23 April, 2004

Events
March 2002

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.

Metro East Coast Regional Assessment Luncheon. Friday 1 March 2002, 1200-1400 hrs EST. Location: Columbia University, Morningside Campus, Dag Hammarskjold Lounge, School of International & Public Affairs, 6th floor. Admission: By Invitation Only. Sponsors: Columbia Earth Institute and NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS). "Stakeholders from the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, the US Environmental Protection Agency Region II and the US Federal Emergency Management Agency Region II as well as university researchers, will give presentations on how climate affects their sectors. Members of the business, foundation, scientific, environmental and political communities will have the opportunity to engage in inter-sector dialogue. The recently published Metropolitan East Coast Regional Assessment will serve as the basis for discussion on how current and future climate conditions can be integrated into decision-making. Contact: Mr. Christopher Shashkin, Tel: +1 212 678 5543

Date posted or amended: 1 March 2002
Information verified with conference contact? Yes, 27 Feb 2002.

3-6 March 2002. Pacific Grove, California. PACLIM 2002. 19th Pacific Climate Workshop. Sponsor: US Geological Survey (USGS) and others. Contact: Janice Tomson, PACLIM, PO Box 8306, Long Beach, CA 90808. Tel: +1 562 938 4448. Fax: +1 562 938 9253. Email: Jtomson@lbcc.cc.ca.us.

Date posted or amended: 15 January 2002
Information verified with conference contact? Yes, 15 January 2002.

4-6 March 2002. Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institution, Fort Pierce, Florida. Meeting of the National Academy of Sciences, Ocean Studies Board. Sponsor: NAS Oceans Studies Board, The National Academies, 2101 Constitution Avenue, NW, HA-470, Washington, D.C. 20418. Tel: 202-334-2714. Fax: 202-334-2885

Date posted or amended: 8 January 2002
Information verified with conference contact? No

6-12 March 2002. Global Science and Technology Week. The week "will highlight the international nature of science and underscore the importance of math and science education in today’s era of globalization." The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) and the Secretary of State's Office of the Science and Technology Adviser are working with private and public organizations to develop outreach activities for the week. The OSTP web site includes a list of scheduled activities. One of NASA's contributions includes The Sun-Earth Connection, A Collection of Internet Sites About the Sun-Earth Connection.

11-13 March 2002. Hobart, Australia. Southern Ocean CLIVAR-Climate and the Cryosphere (CliC) Meeting. By invitation only. Sponsor: Climate Variability and Predictability (CLIVAR) program and Climate and the Cryosphere (CliC). Contact: International CLIVAR Project Office, 256/20 Southampton Oceanography Centre, Empress Dock, SOUTHAMPTON SO14 3ZH, UK. Tel: +44-2380 596777. Fax: +44-2380 596204. Email: icpo@soc.soton.ac.uk

Date posted or amended: 15 January 2002
Information verified with conference contact? Yes, 15 January 2002.

12-14 Mar-2002. Hobart, Australia. International Argo Science Team 4th Meeting (IAST-4). By invitation only. Sponsor: Argo Science Team. Contact: Susan Wijffels. Email: Susan.Wijffels@csiro.au

Date posted or amended: 8 January 2002
Information verified with conference contact? No

13 - 15 March, 2002. Vancouver, BC, Canada. GLOBE 2002. Sponsors: Environment Canada and others. Contact: Bree Stanlake. 504, 999 Canada Place, Vancouver, BC, V6E 3E1, Canada. Tel: +1 604 775 7300. Fax: +1 604 666 8321.

Date posted or amended: 8 January 2002
Information verified with conference contact? No

13-16 Mar 2002. San Jose, Costa Rica. CLIVAR VAMOS Panel, 5th Session (VPM5). By invitation only. Sponsor: Climate Variability and Predictability (CLIVAR), Variability of American Monsoon Systems (VAMOS) program, US CLIVAR, NOAA Office of Global Programs (NOAA/OGP) and Universidad de Costa Rica. Contact: Carlos Ereno. Email: ereno@fibertel.com.ar.

Date posted or amended: 15 January 2002
Information verified with conference contact? Yes, 15 January 2002.

14 - 16 March, 2002. Glen Ellyn, Illinois. College of DuPage 2002 Severe Weather Conference for Undergraduates. Sponsor: College of DuPage. Contact: Paul L. Sirvatka, 425 Fawell Blvd, Glen Ellyn, IL, 60137, USA. E-mail: sirvatka@weather.cod.edu

Date posted or amended: 15 January 2002
Information verified with conference contact? Yes, 15 January 2002.

15 March 2002 (0900-1915 hrs EST). College Park, Maryland. Climate Change: What's at Stake and What Can Be Done? Sponsor: Joint Global Change Research Institute. Contact: Joint Global Change Research Institute, University of Maryland, 8400 Baltimore Avenue, Suite 201 College Park, MD 20740-2496. Tel: (301) 314-6714. Email: JGCRI_registration@umail.umd.edu.

18-22 March 2002. Manila, the Philippines. Seventh APN Scientific Planning Group and Inter-Governmental Meeting. Sponsor: Asia-Pacific Network for Global Change Research (APN). Contact: APN Secretariat, 5th Floor, IHD Centre Building, 1-5-1 Wakinohama Kaigan Dori, Chuo-ku Kobe 651-0073 JAPAN. Tel: +81-78-230-8017. Fax: +81-78-230-8018. E-mail: info@apn.gr.jp.

Date posted or amended: 15 January 2002
Information verified with conference contact? Yes, 15 January 2002.

18 - 23 March 2002. Hobart, Australia. WCRP Joint Scientific Committee. By invitation only. Sponsor: World Climate Research Programme. Contact: WCRP Joint Planning Staff, c/o World Meteorological Organization, 7 bis, Avenue de la Paix, Case Postale 2300, 1211 Geneva 2, Switzerland. Tel: +41 22 730 81 11. Fax: +41 22 730 80 36.

Date posted or amended: 8 January 2002
Information verified with conference contact? Yes, 15 January 2002.

19-22 Mar 2002. Hobart, Australia. WOCE Data Products Committee Meeting (DPC 15). By invitation only. Sponsor: World Ocean Circulation Experiment. Contact: Penny Holliday. WOCE International Project Office, Southampton Oceanography Centre, University of Southampton,
European Way, Southampton, SO14 3ZH, UK. Int Tel: 44 2380 596789. Fax: 44 2380 596204. Email: nph@soc.soton.ac.uk

Date posted or amended: 15 January 2002
Information verified with conference contact? Yes, 15 January 2002.

19 - 23 March 2002. Los Angeles, California. Association of American Geographers 2002 Annual Meeting. Sponsor: Association of American Geographers. Contact: Association of American Geographers, 1710 Sixteenth Street NW, Washington, DC 20009-3198. Tel: 202-234-1450. Fax 202-234-2744. Email: Luke Warner

Date posted or amended: 8 January 2002
Information verified with conference contact? Yes, 14 January 2002.

22 - 24 March 2002, University of Hull, UK. Climate Change and Coastal Birds [PDF]. Sponsor: British Ornithologists' Union and Estuarine and Coastal Sciences Association. Contact: Steve P. Dudley, British Ornithologists' Union, PO Box 417, Orton Longueville, Peterborough, PE2 7GP, UK. Tel: +44 (0) 1 733 390 392. Fax: +44 (0) 1 733 390 408. Email: steve.dudley@bou.org.uk.

Date posted or amended: 15 January 2002
Information verified with conference contact? Yes, 15 January 2002.

25-27 March 2002. Washington, DC. 2002 Earth Technologies Forum: The Conference on Climate Change and Ozone Protection. Sponsors: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Alliance for Responsible Atmospheric Policy; others. Contact: Alliance for Responsible Atmospheric Policy, 2111 Wilson Boulevard, 8th Floor, Arlington, VA 22201. Tel: +1-703-807-4052. Fax: (703) 528-1734. E-mail: info@earthforum.com

Date posted or amended: 15 January 2002
Information verified with conference contact? Yes, 15 January 2002.

25 - 27 March 2002. Geneva, Switzerland. Fifth meeting of the Ozone Research Managers of the Parties to the Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer. Sponsor: United Nations Environment Programme, Ozone Secretariat. Contact: Executive Secretary, The Secretariat for the Vienna Convention and Montreal Protocol (Ozone Secretariat), PO Box 30552, Nairobi, Kenya. Tel: +254 2 62 1234. Fax: +254 2 62 360. Email: ozoneinfo@unep.org

Date posted or amended: 8 January 2002
Information verified with conference contact? Yes, 15 January 2002.

25th -29th March 2002. Northern Ireland. 7th International Coastal Symposium, 2002. Sponsor: Journal of Coastal Research and the Coastal Research Group of the School of Environmental Studies, University of Ulster (Northern Ireland). Contact: Coastal Research Group, School of Environmental Studies,Faculty of Science, University of Ulster, Coleraine, BT52 1SA, Northern Ireland. Tel. +44 (028) 70324429; 70323083; 70324428. Fax. +44 (028) 70324911.

Date posted or amended: 8 January 2002
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

Events March 2002

Events
March 2002