Dear Colleagues,
The centennial IUGG is this year in Montréal, Canada (July 8-18, 2019)
http://iugg2019montreal.com/index.html
We would like to invite you to submit an abstract to the
following Inter-Association Symposium:
JS06 - Old Data for New Knowledge: Preservation and Utilization of Historical
Data in the Geosciences, co-sponsored by IASPEI, IAG, IAHS, IAGA, IAMAS, IACS,
IAPSO, and IAVCEI.
http://iugg2019montreal.com/js.html
Studying a changing world needs long series of data. Moreover, reanalysis of old
geophysical/geodetic data in the light of our present knowledge has become an
important tool for understanding topics such as solar variability, climatic
change, tectonics, earth rotation, and extreme natural events (e.g., magnetic
storms, hurricanes, rainfall, floods, earthquakes etc.). Those old data are in
analogue form and, many times, are contained in unique documents. Historical
information may also be retrieved from documentary evidence such as narrative
sources and legal-administrative institutional documentation (e.g. chronicles,
newspapers, private and official protocols and correspondence, account books,
etc.). Techniques and methodologies for preservation, dissemination,
interpretation, homogenization and use of such data, as well as for their
present scientific use are important topics for advancing of our understanding
of the changing Earth and of past extreme events. Different approaches have been
devised to deal with different data and problems. Sharing the already large
accumulated experience in the different fields covered by the IUGG shall
contribute to improve our preservation and dissemination tools, our analysis
methods and, ultimately, to further research results. This symposium welcomes
contributions on:
(a) Locating, assessing, preserving, and disseminating historical data about
sunspots, polar motion, time and temperature measurements, magnetograms,
seismograms, eruptions, glacier extent, tide gauge records, aurorae,
flood/drought events and many others and
(b) Methodologies and study cases using these historical data to advance our
understanding of the Earth.
Convener: J. Batlló (IASPEI)
Co-Conveners: A. Viglione (IAHS), J. Ádám (IAG), E. Cliver (IAGA), K. Harper
(IAMAS), B. Raup (IACS), F. Fetterer (IACS), E. P. Rama Rao (IAPSO), R. Carniel
(IAVCEI)
Apologies for cross-posting!
Kind regards,
Josep
Josep Batlló
Unitat de Sismologia
Institut Cartogràfic i Geològic de Catalunya
Parc de Montjuïc | E-08038 Barcelona | Spain
josep.batllo@icgc.cat | www.icgc.cat
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Bruce H. RAUP
National Snow and Ice Data Center
University of Colorado
449 UCB, Boulder, CO 80309
Phone: 303-492-8814
