NOAA
1991 Newsletters
Newsletters from 1991
| Date/Volume | Table of Contents |
| January 1991 (Vol. XXIV No. 1) (1.67 MB pdf file) |
- Moderately strong quake shakes Central Philippines, p. 1. - Powerful 6.6 quake rattles Iran, p. 1. - Earthquake jolts Northeastern Taiwan, p. 1. - Strong Alaskan quake, p. 1. - Earthquake in Hawaii, p. 1. - Quake rumbles along New Madrid fault, p. 1-2. - Earthquakes hit Iran, Indonesia, Mariana Islands, California in November, p. 2. - Eruption of Mount St. Helens, p. 2. - International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction, p. 3-5. - Visitors from USSR, p. 6. - ITIC coordination and informational services, p. 6. - ITIC participation in leading UNESCO-ROSTSEA Meeting of Experts on the Promotion of International Cooperation in Seismology in the Western Pacific and Southeast Asia, p. 6-7. - Coordination with UNDP, p. 7-8. - ITIC provides assistance and information to Sydney Water polic, p. 8. - Five-year Master Plan for the Development of a Regional Tsunami Warning System in the Southwest Pacific, p. 8-9. - ITIC participation at INSMAO 90, p. 9-10. - ITIC participation at meeting of ISPMNH, p. 10. - List of National Contacts of ICG/ITSU, p. 11-13. - Progress by the Ad Hoc group for tsunami public educationa and awareness, p. 13. - Fourth session of the IOC committee on ocean processes and climate, Paris, 27 February - 1 March 1991, p. 13-14. - Fifth session of the committee for Training, Education and Mutual Assistance in the marine sciences (TEMA), UNESCO Headquarters, Paris, 25-1 March 1991, p. 14. - Twenty-fourth session of the Executive Council, UNESCO, Paris, 5-6 March 1991, p. 14. - Sixteenth session of the Assembly, UNESCO, Paris, 7-22 March 1991, p. 14. - New National Contace for Peru, p. 15. - Instituto Hidragrafico de la Armada de Chile - name change, p. 15. - Flood proofing conference and exposition, p. 15. - Tsunami travel time calculations [Luch or Beam system], p. 15-17. - Second UJNR Tsuanmi Workshop, East-West Center-University of Hawaii, USA 4-7 November 1990, p. 17-21. - Announcements, p. 22-28. - New publications, p. 29. - Pacific Tsunami Warning Center, p. 30. - Seismic summary (May 1990 - press time), p. 31. |
| December 1991 (Vol. XXIV No. 2) (6.03 MB pdf file) |
- 14 August 1991, Vanuatu earthquake, p. 1. - 17 August 1991, California earthquake, p. 1. - Solomon Islands earthquake and tsunami of 14 October 1991, p. 1. - Southern Philippines hit by 6.2 earthquake, 13 November 1991, p. 1. - Volcanic eruption of Mount Pinatubo, p. 2. - Another volcanic eruption in the Philippines, p. 2. - Guatemalan quakes of 18 September 1991, p. 2. - Hazards 91, p. 2-4. - Natural Hazards Society Biennial meeting, 7 August 1991, p. 4. - Tsunami Society Biennial meeting, 19 August 1991, p. 5. - IUGG - Tsunami Disaster Reduction Symposium, Vienna Austria, 19-20 August 1991, p. 5-6. - IUGG-Internationl Tsunami Symposium, p. 6-11. - Bernard, E. N., Summary of the IUGG-Tsunami Commission Symposium in Vienna, Austria 19-20 August 1991, p. 11. - 13th session of ICG/ITSU, Ensenada, Mexico, 10-13 September 1991, p. 11-13. - Kowalik, Zygmunt, and Whitmore, Paul M., Numerical investigation of two tsunamis recorded at Adak, Alaska [extended abstract], p. 13-15. - International Day for Natural Disaster Reduction, p. 16. - UNDRO publishes disaster mitigation manual, p. 16-17. - ITIC Visiting Scientists Program for 1991, p. 17-18. - Director of ITIC visits Chile, p. 18. - Millie Ching retires, p. 19. - Visitors to ITIC in 1991, p. 20. - List of National Contacts of ICG/ITSU, p. 21-23. - Costa Rica joins ICG/ITSU, p. 24. - 13th Session - Joint IOC-IHO Guiding Committee for the General Bathymetric Chart of the Oceans, p. 24. - IOC Editorial Baord for the International Bathymetric Chart of the Mediterranean and its Geological/Geophyscial Series, p. 24. - Song, Ryom Jae, National Report of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea for the Thirteenth Session of the ICG/ITSU, p. 24-26. - Sanchez Bennett, Eddy Hardie, National Report of Guatemale to the Thirteenth Session of the ICG/ITSU, p. 26. - Status of the Global Sea-level Observing System (GLOSS), p. 26-27. - Mexico's National Disaster Prevention Center, p. 28. - Second Japan-U.S. Workshop on Natural Disaster Reduction, p. 28-30. - Chile holds earthquake exercise in the Santiago Metropolian area, p. 30. - Chile holds earthquake and tsunami exercise in Arica, p. 30. - Announcements, p. 31-35. - Instrumentation/automation - Pacific Tsunami Warning Center, p. 36. - Gordon Burton retires, p. 36. - Michael Blackford, new director of PTWC, 36. - Seismic summary (December 1990 to press time), p. 37-38. |
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