In Memoriam

Jim Blattenberger, SIO's facility manager for 22 years, died last Friday.
Jim was instrumental in managing several important projects on campus.
Some of those included the Center for Coastal Studies Addition, Scripps
Pier, Sverdrup Hall HVAC & Electrical Renovation, La Jolla Shores Pipeline,
IGPP Unit II, the Scripps Crossing, and the Handicapped Access Program. On
Saturday, November 11, there will be a service at Greenwood Mortuary, I-805
& Imperial Avenue at 2 p.m. In lieu of flowers, the family suggests
donations to the American Heart Association. Cards may be sent to his wife
Jane DiTullio, c/o Liz Floyd, 10028 Branford Road, San Diego, CA 92124.

Calendar

Friday, November 10

ADMINISTRATIVE HOLIDAY

MARINE BIOLOGY SEMINAR - Postponed to December 8.

Wednesday, November 15

ECOLOGY LUNCHEON SEMINAR - Todd Anderson, San Diego State University, will
present "Population Dynamics and Regulation in Temperate and Tropical Reef
Fishes" in 4500 Hubbs Hall at 12:15 p.m. (Bonnie Becker, bjbecker@ucsd.edu)

PORD SEMINAR - Maria Flatau, SIO, will present "On the Role of
Intraseasonal Oscillation and Air-Sea Interaction in the Monsoon Onset" in
101 Nierenberg Hall at 3:30 p.m. (Arne Biastoch,abiastoch@ucsd.edu)

BOOK READING & SIGNING - Scripps alumnus and novelist Susan Gaines will
hold a reading and signing for her forthcoming novel, "Carbon Dreams," the
fictional story of a young geochemist and her research. The event is
scheduled from 5-6 p.m. at the UCSD bookstore.

Thursday, November 16

AOS SEMINAR - Bob Guza will present "Observations of Nearshore Waves &
Currents" and John Largier will present "Nearshore Oceanography -- Bays &
Capes" in 330 NTV at 4 p.m. (Amber Rieder, arieder@ucsd.edu)

Friday, November 17

MARINE BIOLOGY SEMINAR - Linda McCarter, University of Iowa, will present
"Adaptation of Vibrio Parahaemolyticus to Life on Surfaces" in 4500 Hubbs
Hall at noon. (Brian Palenik, x47505)

GEOPHYSICS SEMINAR - Ken Macdonald, UC Santa Barbara, will present
"Volcanic Processes on the Fast-Spreading East Pacific Rise" at 3 p.m. in
the IGPP Munk Lab Conference Room. Refreshments served at 2:45 p.m.
(Bridget Smith, bsmith@mahi.ucsd.edu)

Notices

MARK YOUR CALENDARS - The amazing, fabulous, and oh-so-fun "HO, HO,
HOliday Party" is Friday, December 15!!!!!! As always, volunteers needed.
Call Jill Claus, x43948.

Ship News

FLIP - We are making underwater acoustic and environmental measurements off
R/P FLIP, deployed in a 3-point moor 36 miles west of San Diego and 23
miles southeast of San Clemente Island. The purpose of these measurements
is to correlate variations in environmental conditions with acoustic signal
temporal and spatial fluctuations across a very wide frequency band (100 Hz-
100 kHz). The work is a joint effort between the Marine Physical Lab and
the Applied Research Lab, Penn State as part of ONR's Applied Research
Laboratory program. Weather conditions have been highly variable,
requiring hard work and dedication by several individuals to permit us to
conduct operations. A grateful thank you to all those who have helped us.
Although the abundance of stairs provide opportunity for exercise, clothes
are getting tighter due to the fine cooking aboard. We plan to continue
collecting data until the end of this week. (Gerald D'Spain MPL and R. Lee
Culver APL Penn State)

CRUISE MAP INDEX/AREA/ CH SCI/INSTITUTION/ PORTS DAYS/AGENCY/
DATES PURPOSE/ PROPOSAL NO./ STATUS/CLEAR
CAPTAIN/CHIEF ENGINEER/STS TECH
=====================================
R/V ROGER REVELLE

9,10
11 NOV NP12/Off Hawaii/ Hildebrand, J./ Honolulu 29/NSF/F
07 DEC Sea Floor Geodesy SIO/OCE98-19708 Hilo
Nov. 23 intermediate stop in Hilo

T.Desjardins/J.Weaver/G.Pillard

R/V MELVILLE

8,9,10
11 NOV SP1/SP1-5/20S, 150W/ Larson, R./URI/ Papeete 47/NSF/F
22 DEC SEA BEAM OCE98-18776 Apia France,
23,24 Samoa,
Cook
Islands,
D.Murline/P.Bueren/S.Baiz Kiribati

R/V NEW HORIZON

06 NOV NP9// // San Diego 0(Non-Op)/
06 DEC Overhaul San Diego

R/V ROBERT GORDON SPROUL

09 NOV NP9/Off San Diego/ Melville, K./SIO/ San Diego 7/NSF/F
15 NOV Deploy buoy OCE98-12182 San Diego

17 NOV NP9/off San Diego/ Lonsdale, P./SIO/ San Diego 3/STATE/F
19 NOV Class trip UC Ship Funds San Diego

L.Zimm/J.Potts/B.Wilson

R/P FLIP

In port San Diego

R/V DAVID STARR JORDAN

PLEASE NOTE - The SIO LOG is the in-house newsletter for staff, students,
faculty, and retirees of Scripps Institution of Oceanography/ UCSD. All
seminars, celebrations, lectures, and events are for these individuals
only, unless otherwise noted. Public lectures will be advertised in the
SIO LOG and in the local news media.

CHEERS!

**********************************************
Jill Hammons Ives
Director of Special Events
Scripps Institution of Oceanography
9500 Gilman Drive, 0210
La Jolla, CA 92093-0210
858-534-3948 (office)
858-534-5306 (fax)
http://www-sio.ucsd.edu/

CHEERS!