Mark Your Calendars! Final 2 Fall Cyberseminars

Fall 2008 Schedule

November 7, 2008; 3:00pm ET

• Edward Rutherford, University of Michigan Natural Resources and Environment
  Title: The Great Lakes Cooperative Institute for Limnology and Ecosystems Research: Program Overview, Hydrology Research and Applications
  

November 14, 2008; 3:00pm ET

• Aris Georgakakos, Director of the Georgia Water Resource Institute School of Civil and Environmental Engineering Georgia Tech
  

For additional information, please see CUAHSI's Cyberseminars Web page.

Planning Your Fall AGU Schedule

Evening events on Tuesday and Thursday of Fall AGU Meeting

• CUAHSI Reception at Fall AGU: Tuesday, December 16^th at the Grand Hyatt (room to be announced soon)—meeting begins at 6:30pm; reception following until 9:00pm. Hors d'oeuvres & libations will be served.
• NSF Town Hall Meeting at AGU: Thursday, December 18^th at the Moscone West, Room 3001—begins @ 6:15pm. Jointly Sponsored by: Geobiology & Low-Temperature Geochemistry, Geomorphology & Land Use Dynamics, Hydrologic Sciences, Sedimentary Geology & Paleobiology, Education & Human Resources.

FLOW (For the Love of Water) Discount DVD Coupon Available

In the September edition of CUAHSI's eNews Brief, we reported on FLOW (For the Love of Water) that was scheduled for release in theaters around the country. It is now available on DVD. The producers of the film have made a special offer for CUAHSI members to purchase the film for $200.00 instead of the usual $245.00. This is a license for educational use and public exhibition of the film for classes and seminars. The coupon code is "CUAHSI" and should be typed in at checkout.

The link to the DVD is: www.oscilloscope.net/shop/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=3. The coupon will work for the first 50 people who use it.
[more information | view the movie trailer]

Hydrologic Measurement Facility (HMF) Equipment Survey 2008

The CUAHSI Hydrologic Measurement Facility (HMF) has been working for the hydrologic community for the past three years, and wants to hear your feedback and ideas. We will use this survey to direct the specific efforts that we will promote in the coming 5 years—a period when we expect to see significant growth and maturation in the HMF.

As you fill out this survey please be thinking: "How can I make sure that the HMF is going to help me do better research?" This would suggest that your written comments may be more important that your check-box answers if you have specific needs. [Access & Take the Survey]

NCALM's Lidar Mapping of the June Iowa Flooding - "As Is" Data Available

In June of 2008 large floods occurred in Eastern Iowa and significantly impacted the region. Soon after the flood wave peak passed by Iowa City, the home of the University of Iowa, the National Center for Airborn LiDAR Mapping (NCALM) surveyed the Iowa River corridor extending from the Coralville Reservoir to Columbus Junction, Iowa, near the confluence of the Iowa River and the Mississippi River. NCALM’s crew also collected lidar data over the 250 km² Clear Creek experimental basin that extends west of Iowa City. Since these data sets generated considerable interest within the hydrologic research community, the University of Iowa is making them available in an "as is" form. For more information, please see flood2008.iihr.uiowa.edu/.

CUAHSI Membership Meeting - December 8, 2008

CUAHSI's annual membership meeting and elections for Board of Directors will take place via teleconference and WebEx conference on December 8, 2008 at 3:00pm Eastern time.

Nominees for Board of Directors

• Dave Ahlfeld - University of Massachusetts
• Larry Band - University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill
• Breck Bowden - University of Vermont
• Jay Famiglietti (Mid-Term Officer) - University of California - Irvine
• David Hyndman - Michigan State University
• Tissa Illangasekare - Colorado School of Mines
• Jennifer Jacobs - University of New Hampshire
• Peter Jaffe - Princeton University
• Fernando Miralles-Wilhelm - Florida International University
• Scott Tyler - University of Nevada - Reno

See the Nominees for the CUAHSI Board of Directors - 2008 page on the CUAHSI Web site for additional information.

Agenda items for discussion

• Development of WATERS Science Plan
• CUAHSI Plans for the Next Five Years

Nominations Open for NSF's 2009 Alan T. Waterman Award

The National Science Foundation is pleased to accept nominations for the 2009 Alan T. Waterman Award. Each year, the Foundation bestows the Waterman Award to recognize the talent, creativity and influence of a singular young researcher. Established in 1975 in honor of the Foundation's first Director, the Waterman Award is the Foundation's highest honor for researchers under the age of 35.

Nominees are accepted from any field of science or engineering that NSF supports. The award recipient will receive a medal and an invitation to the formal awards ceremony in Washington, DC. In addition, the recipient will receive a grant of $500,000 over a three-year period for scientific research or advanced study in any field of science or engineering supported by the National Science Foundation, at any institution of the recipient's choice. Deadline is December 5, 2008. [Eligibility requirements & more information]