August 24 - August 31, 2001 vol. 38. No. 34

In Memoriam

Martha Marian Neal Brown died on August 16. She was born in San Diego, October 2, 1943. Her last "day job" was in the Sociology Department at UCSD where she was an Administrative Analyst, keeping tabs on grant money and department finances. She last worked for SIO in December 1987 for Sea Grant. She was Fiscal/Administrative Officer for the California Sea Grant College Program from May 1981 to December 1987. One of the great loves of Martha's life was music. She had a beautiful soprano voice, and sang with the La Jolla Symphony Chorus for over 25 years. Martha was also an avid reader who enjoyed Jane Austen as well as contemporary writers. Books about nature, Alaska, adventures in the wilderness, and especially about grizzly bears were high on her reading list. Martha was an active member of the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of San Dieguito where she held various leadership positions over the years. Martha is survived by her wonderful husband, Greg and their son Oliver, a student at UCSD. Martha also has two daughters by a previous marriage, Kathy Ramsey who lives in Seattle, and Alison Ramsey who lives in Chicago. Her mother, Mildred Neal, older sister, Sharon Onak, and older brother David A. Neal Jr. live in Tucson. Her younger sister, Elizabeth Planteen, lives in Springerville, AZ, and younger brother Stephen Neal lives in Jamul. A memorial service for Martha will be held at the First Unitarian Universalist Church of San Diego, 1490 Front Street, on Saturday September 22 at 3 pm. In lieu of flowers, please make donations in Martha's name to one of the following: San Elijo Lagoon Conservancy, P.O. Box 230634, Encinitas, CA 92023-0634; San Dieguito River Park, 18372 Sycamore Creek Road, Escondido CA 92025; or the Great Bear Foundation, Missoula, Montana.

Calendar

Saturday, August 25

MTS CORROSION SEMINAR - James F. Jenkins, Consultant, Nickel Development Institute, will present several topics in 4500 Hubbs Hall, 8 am to 12 noon. Topics include: Stainless Steel for Marine Service, Copper Nickel Alloys for Marine Service, Welding of Stainless Steels, and Post Fabrication Cleaning Preventing Corrosion by Design. Students and SIO staff $10, all others $20, includes coffee, doughnuts, and handouts.

Saturday & Sunday, August 25 & 26

EXPLORE A SHARK! The Birch Aquarium is offering the opportunity to explore the internal anatomy of a shark! Join Scripps shark researcher Jeffrey Graham for a two-part shark exploration . Part one of the program is a hands-on exploration of shark biology and a rare opportunity for participants to dissect a small shark specimen with the guidance of a researcher. Part one is offered on Saturday, Aug. 25, 11 a.m.-1 p.m., OR Saturday, Aug. 25, 2-4 p.m. In part two, participants will observe Graham's dissection of a large hammerhead shark. He will narrate while examining the internal organs. Part two is on Saturday, Aug. 25, 5:30-8:30 p.m. This interactive shark exploration will investigate shark biology and highlight what makes sharks different from other marine animals. The evening will conclude with a guided tour through the aquarium and light refreshments. This unique educational opportunity is not to be missed! The shark dissection is open to guests age 10 and up. The fee for the shark dissection program is $60 (includes both sessions); $50 staff & students. For more information on the shark dissections, please call the Birch Aquarium at 858/534-7336.

Notices

UCSD CANCER CENTER LUAU AND LONGBOARD INVITATIONAL -
The sold-out big event is this Sunday, August 26! Once again, our super SIO Surfing Scientists will take to the waves at 8:15 AM. Come on down to the beach to cheer on David Murline, Glenn Pezzoli, David Sandwell, Sam Iacobellis, and Greg Mitchell. Surf's up!

CALL FOR NOMINATIONS - Nominations are now being accepted for the 2002 William A. Nierenberg Prize for Science in the Public Interest. The prize was created to honor the memory of William A. Nierenberg, who served as Director of SIO from 1965 to 1986. After his retirement and until his death on Sept. 10, 2000, he continued his scientific work at Scripps. Known for his boundless curiosity and whirling energy, Dr. Nierenberg helped build Scripps into one of the world's leading environmental research institutions. The winner of the Nierenberg Prize in 2001 was Professor E. O. Wilson of Harvard University. The Nierenberg Prize recognizes a major contribution to science in the public interest by an individual or by a group of persons working together. It may also be awarded to an organization. This prize reflects the mission of Scripps - to seek, teach and communicate scientific understanding of the Earth for the benefit of society and the environment. It also reflects the institution's vision - the search for a sustainable balance between the natural environment and human activity. The prize includes a $25,000 cash award, a bronze medal, and an allowance for travel to the award
ceremony. To be eligible to win, the nominee must be present at the award ceremony and make a presentation on the prize-winning work at that public forum. An individual or an organization may submit nominations. They must be submitted in the English language. The nomination should include a brief outline (one page or less) of the significance of the work of the nominee and contain the nominee's full name, and if possible their title, affiliation, and contact information, including telephone and mailing addresses. Email addresses are a welcome addendum to the contact information. The name and address of the submitter must be at the bottom of the page. Only one submission is permitted per person (or organization). The date for the 2002 award ceremony is June 2, 2002. The deadline for receiving nominations is Oct. 15, 2001. They should be sent to:

Karen Garst
Administrator, Nierenberg Prize Committee
Scripps Institution of Oceanography
9500 Gilman Drive, 0210
La Jolla, CA 92093-0210
Kgarst@ucsd.edu

Ship News

New Horizon Weekly Scientific Report - Where in the world is the carbon SOLO float? Scientists on the New Horizon and on shore are working to augment the SIO instrument development group's Sounding Oceanographic Lagrangian Observer (SOLO) with sensors for components of the ocean carbon system. This will allow the exploration of ocean carbon dynamics in remote places and hard to sample seasons. Two SOLO's augmented with fast bi-directional ORBCOMM telemetry and with transmissometer and light scattering optics have been operating in the subarctic N. Pacific since early April this year. Another SOLO was deployed last week in the California Current near Point Conception to test a simple remedy for biofouling. We are collecting size fractionated particulate matter samples using the Multiple Unit Large Volume in-situ Filtration System from a variety of biological environments off California ranging from productive to oligotrophic in order to further test our finding that optical transmissometers accurately quantify particulate organic carbon (POC) and to learn what particulate matter/biological property correlates with signals from the scattering sensor. This cruise is also the first opportunity to calibrate/validate a new profiling optical sensor for particulate inorganic carbon (PIC), which we hope will ride on SOLO in the near future. The shipboard team includes six from the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and UC Berkeley. We are joined by a team of 4 led by Ellen Druffel from UC Irvine, and by 2 students from Adina Payton's lab at Stanford University. Shore participants are SOLO engineer Jeff Sherman and SOLO master Russ Davis, WETLabs Inc., and Ed Boyle at MIT. Primary support for this effort comes from the National Oceanographic Partnership Program (NOPP). Project funding has been augmented with support from NSF, DOE, and NOAA. How has our ride been so far? Heard near the chief scientist's cabin: Pitching makes you sicker; with rolling you just lose sleep. Expert help from the Chief Engineer, bridge team, and Res Tech has been greatly appreciated. Food is great. The real question remains: Where is that float? It's sending lots of data, but like Carmen Sandiego, it's been darned quiet about its whereabouts. (Jim Bishop, LBNL, chief Scientist)

CRUISE MAP INDEX/AREA/ CH SCI/INSTITUTION/ PORTS DAYS/AGENCY/
DATES PURPOSE/ PROPOSAL NO./ STATUS/CLEAR

R/V Roger Revelle
http://www.sio.ucsd.edu/supp_groups/shipsked/Revelle/Revelle.html
21,22
23 AUG SP3A/transit/ Kurz, M./WHOI/ Pto. Calder 6/NSF/F
26 AUG personnel transfer OCE00-02461 Pto. Ayora Ecuador

26 AUG NP13/Galapagos Kurz M./WHOI/ Pto. Ayora 25/NSF/F
21 SEP Hotspot/towed camera OCE00-02461 Pto. Ayora Ecuador
21 SEP NP9/Transit/ Kurz, M./WHOI/ Pto. Ayora 06/NSF/F
24 SEP OCE00-02461 Pto. Calder
25,26

R/V Melville
http://www.sio.ucsd.edu/supp_groups/shipsked/Melville/melville.html
19
20 AUG IN5/Papua New Guinea/ Silver, E./UCSC/ Lae 37/NSF/F
24 SEP ROV Jason & DSL 120 OCE99-07153 Lae Papua New
Guinea
25 SEP IN5/from Lae to Suva/ transit/n.a./ Lae 9/NSF/F
02 OCT transit/plankton colle n.a. Suva PNG, Fiji,
3 Solomons,
Vanuatu
WHOI offloading

R/V New Horizon
http://www.sio.ucsd.edu/supp_groups/shipsked/NewHorizon/newhor.html
15 AUG NP9/38 N 122 W to 38M Bishop, J./LBL/ San Diego 14/NSF/F
28 AUG 1/Autonomous Profilers NOPP- San Diego

R/V Robert Gordon Sproul
http://www.sio.ucsd.edu/supp_groups/shipsked/RobertSproul/sproul.html
21 AUG NP9/Off San Diego/ Hildebrand, J./SIO San Diego 9/NAVY/F
30 AUG Marine Mammal Monitor /N00014-00-1-0572 San Diego

David Starr Jordan
http://www.pmc.noaa.gov/schedule/ds.htm
DEP: 07/30/01 San Diego, CA DS-01-05 20 SWFSC
ARR: 08/18/01 Newport, OR ORCAWALE

DEP: 08/21/01 Newport, OR DS-01-05 20 SWFSC
ARR: 09/09/01 Eureka, CA ORCAWALE

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