General Information
AGU 1997 Fall Meeting
Moscone Center
San Francisco, California
December 8-12, 1997
(Monday through Friday)

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Travel by century-old cable cars through fascinating neighborhoods to the landmark Fisherman's Wharf. Visit Alcatraz , once the country's toughest maximum security prison and now a national park. Take a leisurely stroll through Golden Gate Park, with its Japanese tea garden, ocean beach and barking sea lions; or, do some serious shopping in Union Square (just four blocks from the Moscone Center -- site of the 1997 AGU Fall Meeting Sessions).

Fun Web Sites About San Francisco

• Calendar of San Francisco Events

• General Information on San Francisco

• The Exploratorium

• Current Earthquake Information

• Golden Gate Bridge

• San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (adjacent to Moscone Center)

• Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco

You may contribute to the success of this meeting by submitting an abstract and attending the presentations. Don't miss this chance to attend scientific sessions targeting your specific needs and interests, and to meet with your colleagues to review the latest developments in your field.

Don't miss this opportunity to attend scientific sessions targeting your specific needs and interests and to meeting with your colleagues to review the latest developments in your field.

Atmospheric Sciences (A), Patricia Quinn, NOAA/PMEL/OCRD, 7600 Sand Point Way, N.E., Seattle, WA 98115, Phone: 206-526-6892, Fax: 206-526-6744, E-mail: quinn@pmel.noaa.gov; Section Committee Member: Richard Arimoto, Carlsbad Environmental Monitoring and Research Center, New Mexico State University, 1400 University Drive,
Carlsbad, NM 88220-3575, Phone: 505-234-5503, Fax: 505-887-3051, E-mail: arimoto@cemrc.nmsu.edu

Geodesy (G), Tonie M. vanDam, NOAA/NOS/OES, Geosciences Laboratory, CIRES, Campus Box 216, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309-0216, Phone: 303-492-5670, Fax: 303-492-1149, E-mail: tonie@robeson.colorado.edu *

Geomagnetism and Paleomagnetism (GP), Bruce M. Moskowitz, University of Minnesota, Department of Geology and Geophysics, 310 Pillsbury Dr. SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455, Phone: 612-624-1547, Fax: 612-625-3819, E-mail: bmosk@maroon.tc.umn.edu

Hydrology (H), Harry F. Lins, U.S. Geological Survey, MS 415, National Center, Reston, VA 20192, Phone: 703-648-5712, Fax: 703-648-5070, E-mail: hlins@usgs.gov

Ocean Sciences (OS/OB), David M. Karl, University of Hawaii, Department of Oceanography, 1000 Pope Rd., Honolulu, HI 96822, Phone: 808-956-8964, Fax: 808-956-5059, E-mail: dkarl@soest.hawaii.edu; Section Committee Member: James W. Murray (OC), University of Washington, School of Oceanography, Seattle, WA 98195, Phone: 206-543-4730, Fax: 206-685-3351, E-mail: jmurray@u.washington.edu; Lisa Cirbus Sloan (OG), University of California at Santa Cruz, Department of Earth Sciences, Santa Cruz, CA 95064, Phone: 408-459-3693, Fax: 408-459-3074, E-mail: lcsloan@rupture.ucsc.edu; Silvia Lucia Garzoli (OP), NOAA/AONL/PhOD, 4301 Rickenbacher Way, Miami, FL 33149, Phone: 305-361-4338, Fax: 305-361-4412, E-mail: garzoli@aoml.noaa.gov

Planetology (P), Bruce A. Campbell, National Air and Space Museum, CEPS Room 3785, Washington, D.C. 20560, Phone: 202-357-1424, Fax: 202-786-2560, E-mail: campbell@ceps.nasm.edu

Seismology (S), Gary L. Pavlis, Indiana University, Department of Geology, 1005 East 10th Street, Bloomington, IN 47405, Phone: 812-855-5141, Fax: 812-855-7899, E-mail: pavlis@terra.geology.indiana.edu

Space Physics and Aeronomy (SPA), Thomas E. Moore (SM), NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Interplanetary Physics Branch, Code 692, Bldg. 2, Room 138, Greenbelt, MD 20771, Phone: 301-286-5236, Fax: 301-286-1683, E-mail: Thomas.E.Moore@gsfc.nasa.gov; Section Committee Members: Odile De La Beaujardiere (SA), Geoscience Department, National Science Foundation, 4201 Wilson Boulevard, Suite 775, Arlington, VA 22230, Phone: 703-306-1045, Fax: 703-306-0846, E-mail: odelabe@nsf.gov; Edmond C. Roelof (SH), Applied Physics Laboratory, Johns Hopkins University, Johns Hopkins Road, Laurel, MD 20723-6009, Phone: 301-953-5411, Fax: 301-953-6670, E-mail: roelof@aplsp.dnet.nasa.gov

Tectonophysics (T), Greg Hirth, Dept. of Geology and Geophysics, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA 02543, Phone: 508-289-2776, Fax: 508-457-2183, E-mail: ghirth@whoi.edu *

Volcanology,Geochemistry, and Petrology (V), Joaquin Ruiz, University of Arizona, Department of Geoscience, Tucson, AZ 85721, Phone: 520-621-4827, Fax: 520-621-2676, E-mail: jruiz@geo.arizona.edu *

* Mineral and Rock Physics : The sections G, T, and V are including a member of the Mineral and Rock Physics Technical Committee to assist in planning some sessions. Pamela C. Burnley is a subcommittee member for these sections and will be organizing sessions related specifically to rock and mineral physics: Pamela C. Burnley, CIRES, Campus Box 216, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309, Phone: 303-492-5615, Fax: 303-492-1149, E-mail: burnley@colorado.edu

• Job Center and Career Planning Workshop, to enhance job-hunting skills and strategies.

• Child Care Service, located will be at a nearby hotel or the Convention Center, for a nominal fee.

• Section Events, for increased contacts with your colleagues.

• Honors Ceremony, to pay tribute to the 1997 AGU medalists and fellows.

• Geophysical Information for Teachers (GIFT) Workshop.

• Exhibits, including AGU Books and Products.

• Press Briefings and Media Workshops, providing opportunities to communicate science to a wider audience.

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