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IPY Report: December 2007
From: IPY International Programme Office To: IPY Project Coordinators cc: IPY Community Google Groups
IPY Report: December 2007
From: IPY International Programme Office
To: IPY Project Coordinators
cc: IPY Community Google Groups
This message can also be viewed on the web at:
http://www.ipy.org/index.php?/ipy/detail/ipy_report_december_2007/
Contents:
1. IPY Science Day: Ice Sheets, December 13th 2007
2. AGU
3. Data Coordinators
4. IPO in December
5. IPY Events and Conferences
6. Logos and Clothing
7. Two recent meetings
8. Blog on IPY.org
1. IPY Science Day: Ice Sheets, December 13th 2007
December 13th marks the second IPY Science Day, focussing on Ice Sheets. You can find information from more than 20 IPY Projects researching various aspects of Ice Sheets on ipy.org, as well as an educational flier, in 16 languages, and information for teachers and media. Show your involvement in IPY by launching a virtual balloon on this day!
http://www.ipy.org/index.php?/ipy/detail/ice_sheet_day_launch_a_virtual_balloon/
2. American Geophysical Union meeting, 10 to 14 December 2007
IPY will have a large presence at AGU, with Union and Section science and education sessions, town meetings, and countless side meetings. We hope to display a list of daily IPY-related events at the IPY exhibit. We will also have copies of the new LIMA poster - arrive early to get one. If you have time to 'work' at the IPY exhibit, for even an hour or two, please let us know - we need assistance. IPO thanks the USA NSF Office of Polar Programs for their support of and partnership in the IPY exhibit.
3. Data Coordinators
We hear of recent efforts in two IPY nations to establish national data coordinators. We see those appointments as extremely helpful in the overall IPY data and information effort. Encouraging rapid and free data exchange and ensuring reliable and accessible long-term data archives remain our most important tasks. The IPY DIS web site (http://ipydis.org/index.html , or link from ipy.org) provides many resources for IPY researches and project coordinators. Leaders of the IPY DIS effort will provide an information and help service at AGU, from the IPY exhibit.
4. IPO in December
Kathy