VOLUME 84   NUMBER 16   22 APRIL 2003

MEMBER BULLETIN
2004 Ocean Sciences Meeting. Deadline for Session Proposals: 7 May 2003
2003 AGU Fall Meeting, Deadline for Session Proposals: 20 May 2003

FEATURES
Geodesy Is Not Just for Static Measurements Any More
A variety of space-based geodetic techniques provide a new tool to advance geophysical understanding of the integrated mass transports in the Earth's system, such as ocean circulation.[PDF]
B.F. Chao

Fluid Flow in Sub-sea Floor Processes and Future Ocean Drilling
The start-up of the Integrated Ocean Drilling Program will provide an unprecedented opportunity to combine the study of submarine hydrogeology with ocean drilling research.[PDF]
S. Ge, B. Bekins, J.Bredehoeft, K. Brown, E.E. Davis, S.M. Gorelick, P. Henry, H. Kooi, A.F. Moench, C. Ruppel, M. Sauter, E. Screaton, P.K. Swart, T. Tokunaga, C.I. Voss, and F.Whitaker

NEWS
"Clear Skies" Proposal Draws Mixed Reactions at Senate Hearing [PDF]
R. Showstack

In Brief: Establishing a U.S. Water Commission [PDF]
R. Showstack

Initiative Bridges Gap Among Humanities, Science and Society [PDF]
R. Frodeman

MEETING REPORTS
Ocean Research, Technology, and Policy: The 12th Ocean Sciences Meeting [PDF]

Researchers Ponder Hadley Circulation's Past, Present, and Future [PDF]
H.F. Diaz and R.S. Bradley

Strategies to Support Exploration of Mars' Surface [PDF]
L. Kirkland, M. Sykes, T. Farr, J. Adams, and D. Blaney

SECTION NEWS
Ocean Sciences: World Data Center for Marine Environmental Sciences Provides Lessons in Marine Geosciences Data Management [PDF]
N. Dittert, M. Diepenbroek and Robert Huber

REVIEWS
Global Environmental Change: Modelling and Monitoring [PDF]
Book review by J.J. Kelley

Plasma Astrophysics: Kinetic Processes in Solar and Stellar Coronae, Second Edition [PDF]
Book review by S.P. Gary