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AAG to Offer Childcare at Annual Meeting in Boston

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Following success in San Francisco, CA the American Association of Geographers announced it will again be offering childcare at its Annual Meeting in Boston, MA. CAMP AAG will host children ages 6 mos. to 13 years. Interested parents will be able to register their children either online in advance or during on-site registration. 

ASLO Accepting Applications for the Raelyn Cole Editorial Fellowship

ASLO logo superimposed over water
The Association for the Sciences of Limnology and Oceanography (ASLO) is accepting applications for the the Raelyn Cole Editorial Fellowship. The $1500/year fellowship will expose early career aquatic scientists to all aspects of the publishing process.

Now Online: Advising Strategies for Improving Employment Placement of Your Students

Screen shot of the webinar as it appears on YouTube
A recording of the most recent Heads and Chairs webinar from the American Geophysical Union and the American Geosciences Institute titled, "Advising Strategies for Improving Employment Placement of Your Students" is now online. Aaron Johnson, the new Executive Director of the American Institute of Professional Geologists, shared his experiences at Northwest Missouri State University and their strategies in advising that greatly improved the employability of their graduates and helped grow the department. The next webinar will be on November 11, 2016 and is on "Managing Alternative Program Formats within your Department."
 

Calculating Moving Averages and Historical Flow Quantiles

This post will show simple way to calculate moving averages, calculate historical-flow quantiles, and plot that information. The goal is to reproduce the graph at this link: PA Graph. The motivation for this post was inspired by a USGS colleague that that is considering creating these type of plots in R. We thought this plot provided an especially fun challenge - maybe you will, too!

#7: John Bradford - State of the Society

John Bradford, president of SEG, gave his State of the Society Address at the 86th Annual Meeting in Dallas in October 2016. Dorsey Morrow, SEG Executive Director, opened the session and introduced Bradford. Sponsor The SEG Wiki is home to hundreds of biographies of key geoscientists, geophysical tutorials, and core content from the science of applied geophysics. Visit http://wiki.seg.org to learn how you can grow the world’s first online, geophysics encyclopedia. Learn more at http://seg.org/podcast.

Critical Issues: NOAA restarts La Nina Watch, releases 2016-2017 U.S. Winter Outlook

NOAA U.S. Winter Outlook Temperature Map
On October 20, 2016, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) released its U.S. Winter Outlook, and the updated La Niña forecast took center stage. Mike Halpert, Deputy Director of NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center (CPC), and David Miskus, also of CPC, briefed reporters and answered questions on NOAA’s winter forecast. Click “Read More” to see the highlights.

Critical Issues: One week until the AGI Groundwater Forum!

AGI Forum 2016 Groundwater Issues
There is still time to register for this event! The 2016 Critical Issues ForumAddressing Changes in Regional Groundwater Resources: Lessons from the High Plains Aquifer, will be held October 27-28 in Golden, Colorado. If you are a current student or belong to an AGI member society, you will receive a discount on full priced registration. More information, including a full list of speakers, is available on the Forum website, http://bit.ly/ciforum16.

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