COAA Sichuan Earthquake Relief
Dear Friends,
Thanks for your
generosity! Since COAA
started the Sichuan
Earthquake Relief
Campaign, we have
received tremendous
responses. At this time
of writing, we have
received $14,979 from
179 donors. These
donations come from 23
professional
institutions of 15
States. We are moved by
the pledge of Drs. Kuan-Man
Xu, Bruce Wielicki, and
Takmeng Wong of NASA
Langley Center, who
commit donating the
monetary part of their
NASA Henry Reid Award,
which will be announced
in July, for our
effort. We are touched
by the efforts of Drs.
Tingjun Zhang, Xinzhao
Chu, and De-Zheng Sun at
NSIDC and CIRES/NOAA in
Boulder for raising
$3,120. The NOAA
Science Center has also
collected $4,270 so
far.
We are confident the
total amount will top
$16,000 when this
campaign is wrapped up.
We believe this is a
substantial amount,
which will bring some
comforts to the families
of victims and our
suffered colleagues in
the Meteorological
Bureau of Sichuan
Province (MBSP). Our
Paypal account will
remain open to accept
donation till the end of
July.
To deliver the donation
to our targeted
earthquake relief
effort, we’ve decided to
send the fund through
the Chinese
Meteorological Society
(CMS) Sichuan Chapter.
CMS is the Sister
Organization of COAA.
The benefactors include
families of earthquake
victims in MBSP and our
colleagues in the
Beichuan Meteorological
Station, where the
earthquake hit the
hardest for helping
their relief efforts.
We are discussing the
technical details with
MBSP to finalize this
channel. This decision
is a result from the
great efforts of Dr.
Tingjun Zhang of NSIDC,
who discussed with the
Administrators of MBSP,
and Prof. Da-lin Zhang
of UMD, who contacted
the Chinese
Meteorological
Administration (CMA).
We have also received
the gratitude from Dr.
Guoguang Zheng, the
Administrator of CMA,
who expressed the
sincere appreciations to
COAA and the oversea
friends for their
concerns and donations.
Again, we thanks for all
of your contribution.
All the donations
without any overhead
will be fully used for
the earthquake relief of
MBSP. A final report
will be provided by MBSP
to show how the donation
is spent. Donors’ name
list and affiliation
have been posted on the
COAA S Californian
Chapter (SCC) Website.
http://groups.google.com/group/coaascc.
Please check the name
list to be sure your
donation has been
received. We are
keeping the process
transparent; anyone can
send email to
guyu_h@yahoo.com and
yxue@geog.ucla.edu
requesting audit
information. The
donation record will be
reviewed by the COAA SCC
Executive Committee and
the copy of all checks
and the Paypal record
will be reported to the
COAA Board of
Directories.
Every donor will receive
a receipt from the COAA
SCC along with an
acknowledge certificate
from MBSP in July.
Should you have any
suggestions, please feel
free to let us know.
Yongkang Xue and S.-K.
Yang
COAA's CFC
Number is: 60027
Dear Friends,
I am writing to you seeking
your Combined Federal
Campaign (CFC) contribution
to support the
Chinese-American Oceanic and
Atmospheric Association
(COAA), your favored
association of
Chinese-American earth
scientists. COAA's CFC
number is: 60027.
I would like to express my
utmost appreciation to those
of you who chose to become a
member of COAA and supported
us with CFC contributions in
the past. I would also
like to encourage those of
you who haven't yet joined
us to become a life member
of COAA. The lifetime
membership fee is a mere one
hundred dollars ($100).
I personally believe that it
is hard to find better value
than this these days; you
will see why as you read on.
COAA's missions are:
To
network ocean and atmosphere
professionals in
establishing a forum based
on common interests;
To
facilitate professional
contacts;
And to
improve qualification and
occupational opportunities.
As you know, it is getting
increasingly difficult to
engage in effective research
without working with your
colleagues. Moreover,
young scientists starting up
need someone to mentor.
Conversely, established
scientists need trustworthy
and hardworking young
bloods. COAA provides a
platform to facilitate these
interactions, and many have
led to fruitful results.
Some of the professional
activities sponsored by COAA
in the past year include
Spring Workshop at the
University of Maryland,
WOCO2007 Conference at
Qingdao, China. We also
enter a new sister
relationship with Hong Kong
Society of Photogrammetry
and Remote Sensing
organization. In addition to
professional activities,
members often find special
occasions, such as Lunar New
Year to dine together
enjoying fellowship. It is a
wonderful forum to make new
friends that may also prove
beneficial professionally.
CFC Contributions to COAA
has been carefully and
wisely used to facilitate
these meaningful activities.
I hope I have successfully
convinced you for your CFC
contribution to pave
the way for COAA's future.
And once again invite you to
be a life member of this
wonderful organization.
On behalf of COAA, thank you
in advance.
Sincerely yours,
Quanan Zheng, Ph.D.
2007 COAA President
Publication
Plan -- World Chinese Forum on
Ocean and Climate (WOCO2007)
Please check
the
WOCO2007 webpage
for more information
COAA 2007 Annual Meeting
Announcement
Dear Members
and Friends,
After the long sizzling
summer, COAA Board are
looking forward to seeing
you. We invite you to
attend the 2007 Annual
meeting on October 6, 2007,
Saturday. An
exciting program has been
planned, including the
election/introduction of the
2007-2009 board members,
reports on 2007
accomplishments, discussion
on 2008 futures, and yet to
announced treats. Of course,
we also will celebrate the
Moon Festival with authentic
Chinese cuisine. We are sure
that your participation will
bring lots fellowships and
fun. Please spread the
words, and bring new
friends.
Time: October 6, 2007,
Saturday, 11:00am - 2:00pm,
Location: Tony Lin's
Kitchen Restaurant
(12015G Rockville Pike,
Rockville, MD 20852, (301)
468-5858).
Fee: ~$20.00 per person
Point of Contact: Dr. Likun
Wang, Please email at
likun.wang@gmail.com
with your name and number of
participants, before October
1, 2007.
COAA e-News, September 2007
(1) A Letter from COAA President
(2)COAA2007 Report (3) News from the
COAA Board (4)Community News (5) Job
Postings and Upcoming Meetings
Click here to download
COAA Membership Status
A recent head count showed
that COAA now has around 400
members total (new members
registered in spring
workshop of 2006 has not
been included). There are 43
members from Asia, including
China mainland, Taiwan, Hong
Kong, Japan and Korea; 4
members from Canada; and 6
members from Europe,
including Germany, France,
UK, Russia, Sweden and
Belgium. Roughly 13% of
members reside outside of
US.
Just a reminder that if you
have not send in your
membership fees for this
year, please send your
checks in at your earliest
convenience to COAA, PO Box
4948, Silver Spring, MD
20914-4948.
If your email changes
recently, please update your
email address by emailing
membership@coaaweb.org.
Your email address is your
user identification to the
COAA secure web site.
COAA Community News
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The Partnership for Public
Service has selected
Dr. Norden Huang as a
finalist for its Service
to America Medals. The
awards pay tribute to
America's dedicated
federal workforce,
highlighting those who
have made significant
contributions too
our country. Honorees are
chosen based on their
commitment and innovation
as well as the impact of
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Dr. Wei-Kuo Tao recently
received the “Excellent
Alumni Award” from
National Central
University of Taiwan on
June 3 2006. The citation
is “for his significant
contribution in using
cloud resolving model to
improve our understanding
of cloud
and precipitation
processes and their impact
on radiation, surface and
climate variations in
Tropics”.. |
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Congratulations to
Prof. Da-Lin Zhang
of the Department of
Atmospheric and Oceanic
Science, University of
Maryland. He has
recently been elected a
Fellow of the American
Meteorological Society,
an honor accorded to
only 0.2% of the
membership per year. It
is given to an
individual for
recognition of
outstanding
contributions to the
atmospheric or related
oceanic or hydrologic
sciences, or their
applications, during a
substantial period of
years. A formal
announcement will be
made during the AMS'
2006 annual meeting in
Atlanta, Georgia. The
AMS recognized Prof.
Zhang's substantial
achievements in the
numerical modeling of
mesoscale processes and
severe storms. In 1991,
he received the AMS'
prestigious C.L.
Meisinger Award "for
pioneering work in the
understanding and
numerical modeling of
mesoscale convective
weather systems." |
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Dr. Ben Chao, a COAA
member at NASA Goddard,
was selected to be one
of 20 " Einstein
Professors" of 2005 by
the Chinese Academy of
Sciences (CAS). The
Einstein Professorship
is part of CAS'
celebration of the World
Year of Physics 2005
honoring Einstein,
selected from
nominations submitted
from all scientific
disciplines within CAS.
Dr. Chao paid a visit to
Beijing in September
2005 and delivered a
lecture on "Space
Geodesy: Past, Present,
and Future" at CAS, and
visited various CAS
institutes. The Einstein
lectures are aimed as "
external spokesperson"
promoting various
disciplines to top
officials of CAS.
In a separate occasion
in early July 2005,
Dr. Chao was bestowed
the honor of an
honorary professorship
by the Graduate
University of CAS in
Beijing. The ceremony
was held during the
time when Dr. Chao
participated in the
Summer School of the
University delivering
a 20-hour lecture
series on "Space
Observation of the
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Job Desk Service
The Gothenburg University in
Sweden (www.gu.se)
has recently established a
Platform for research in
Tellurology (Earth System
Science). TELLUS is now
recruiting an assistant
professor to work within a
cross-disciplinary project
with climate modeling as a
focus. Qualifications include
a PhD degree in Meteorology or
a related field, not older
than five years;experience of
programming FORTRAN in a Linux
and super computer
environment; experience with
the CAM3 and CCSM; and
documented experiences in
developing pre- and
post-processing programs for
the CAM3 and CCSM.
For full advertisement and
instructions for application
please visit TELLUS homepage
at
www.gvc2.gu.se/tellus.
For questions, contact Prof.
Deliang Chen by e-mail (deliang@gvc.gu.se)
or phone : +46-31-786-4813.
This is a research grant
funded position and subject
to the funding approval. The
applicant must have a
demonstrated research record
in according with the
specific qualification
listed for the position.
Requires Ph.D. in
atmospheric sciences and
related fields and five or
more years of research
experiences listed as
follows:
(1) Strong experience in
cloud resolving model (CRM).
This includes the
experiences on the coupling
varies physical packages in
the model and experience on
the chemical tracer
transport using the model.
(2) Experience in using the
coupled wrf and land surface
model. This includes the
experiences in using the
model for the
regional climate
simulation, the real-time
weather forecasting, flood
forecasting study, and
chemical tracer transport..
(3) Experience in using the
satellite data for
validation of the model
results and program
experience (FORTRAN, unix
Shell scripts, Pearl) in
using the different data
sets for model initial and
boundary conditions for CRM
and wrf are also required.
(4) Familiar with the
several model visualization
packages such as AVS, VIS5D
and GRADS.
If interested in applying
for the position, please
contact
Dr. Wei-Kuo Tao.
The Center for Adaptive Data
Analysis Research (CADAR), at
the National Central
University (NCU), Chungli,
Taiwan, invites applicants for
4 to 5 tenure
track faculty members to start
immediately. The incumbent
will also hold a joint
position with one of the
academic graduate programs at
NCU, where he will have a
light teaching load of one
course per semester. The
positions, with rank open,
will be filled within the next
couple of years. CADAR is a
newly founded research center
dedicated to developing and
exploring the potential of
various adaptive data analysis
methods to study nonlinear and
nonstationary processes
(Empirical Mode Decomposition,
for example), and also to the
applications of adaptive data
analysis methods to solve
practical problems. We are
looking for candidates with
background in the following
areas: applied mathematics,
physics and engineering with
special interest in climate
changes, structure safety,
nondestructive health
monitoring, bio-medical,
financial data, and data from
other complex systems.
Additionally, we are also
interested in a number of
Post-Doctoral Fellows.
Interested person should send
a current curricular vita with
at least two names of
references to Dr. Norden E.
Huang, Code 614.2, NASA
Goddard Space Flight Center,
Greenbelt, MD 20771; (301)
614-5713;
Norden.e.huang@nasa.gov
Donations to COAA
The activities of COAA are
dependent on donations from
members and friends. COAA is
a tax exempted organization
and your donation is fully
tax deductible to the extent
allowed by law. All donors
will receive a receipt with
the amount specified for the
purpose of filing for income
tax. COAA’s Combined Federal
Campaign Agency Designation
is No. 60027. Because of our
late submission, COAA does
not appear in this years
list, but will be back in
next year’s CFC list. Your
donations can also be mailed
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Spring, MD, 29014-4948.
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