NOAA
1979 Newsletters
Newsletters from 1979
| Date/Volume | Table of Contents |
| January 1979 (Vol. III No. 1) (2.58 MB pdf file) |
- IUGG Tsunami Meeting in Canberra, December 1979, p. 1. - Leo Heindl Memorial Fund, Association of Geoscientists for International Development (AGID), p. 1. - Third Meeting of Experts of the US-USSR on the System of Simultaneous Warning on Tsunamis, p. 2-4. - Scientists Missing at Sea, p. 4-5. - First Session of the IOC Working Group for the Western Pacific and Associated WESTPAC Workshop, Tokyo, Japan, 19-24 February 1979, p. 5. - ESCAP/WMO Typhoon Committee, p. 5-6. - Progress on ITSU-VI Action Items, p. 6-7. - Mr. Ridgway's Term Extended, p. 7. - ITIC assists in the Preparation of Tsunami Articles and Film Scripts, p. 7. - Scientists from Thailand Completes Working Visit to ITIC, p. 7-8. - Japanese Scientist Visit ITIC, p. 8. - PAGASA Seismologist Visits ITIC, p. 8. - ITSU Chairman Visits ITIC [Gerry Dohler], p. 8-9. - Other Visitors to ITIC, p. 9. - Associate Director, ITIC, Visits Australia [Norman Ridgway], p. 9. - ITIC Moves to New Office, p. 9. - ITIC Director's Mission to the Southwest Pacific, p. 9-13. - Progress at the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center (PTWC), p. 13-14. - Current List of National Contacts [ICG/ITSU], p. 14-16. - Tsunami Reports, p. 16. - US Scientists Return From Soviet Oceanographic Cruise, p. 16-18. - Tsunami Symposium Held in Japan [Sapporo,October 3, 1978], p. 19. - Announcements, p. 20-25. - Some of the Participants of the Tsunami Session of the Long Wave Symposium in Ottawa, Canada, June 6-8, 1978 [photo], p. 26. - Abstracts and Resumes [Publication Table of Contents], p. 26-31. - Seismic Summary (August 23 to press time), p. 31. - [ITIC Staff Photo], p. 32. |
| June 1979 (Vol. XII No. 2) (3.57 MB pdf file) |
- Tsunami and Other Waves [reprint], p. 1-5. - Tsunami Data Activities of World Data Center A, p. 5-7. - The National Science Foundation sponsors a Tsunami Research Workshop on May 7-9 at Trabuco Canyon, California, p. 7. - Republic of Kiribati, p. 7-8. - Dr. George Woollard Dies, p. 9. - Eleventh Session of IOC Executive Council, p. 9-10. - Norman Ridgway's Term of Office Expires, p. 10. - Pararas-Carayannis, George, and Bernard, Eddie N., Review of the Response of Tide Stations in the Tsunami Warning System p. 10-15. - Editorials and Resumes, p. 16. - Tsunami Data Received from USSR at Pacific Tsunami Warning Center (PTWC) During 1978, p. 17-18. - Proposed Tsunami Magnitude Scale, p. 19. - Announcements, p. 20-23. - Abstracts and Resumes, p. 24-29. - Seismic Summary (Dec 24, 1978 to press time), p. 30. - Photos from Tsunami Workshop, Coto de Caza, California [1979], p. 31. - Pararas-Carayannis, George, Tsunamis in Indonesia p. 32. - Wigen, S.O., Spaeth, M.G., Report on the Use of Satellites in the Tsunami Warning System, after p. 32. |
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