MaCWAVE paper published

cool...just saw that our MaCWAVE special issue (Ann. Geophys.) has been published. I liked that paper. It had a lot to it. In addition, it appear we can now do a momentum flux study, so there is another paper in the list :)

SkyMall

After spending neary 4 days in air/airports the last week, I got to look through the SkyMall magazine several times. I found this one and thought it is the most amazing things you can get there :)

Tasmania pics...

Here is a little photo tour from my Tasmania trip. I was busy with the SCAR meeting and didn't have the time to do much sightseeing...that must wait until some summer time. Here is Paddy, our welcoms penguin onboard the vessel "Aurora Australis".


And here is the vessel seen from a distance. It is a way cool shiop with quite some history.


The venue center, the Grand Chancellor, very nice hotel with a great conference room.


well, if Paddy made the blog, I cannot leave out Joey, guiding us in the right direction.


Great to go from our 100 F weather down to just above freezing. Here it is Mt. Wellington with morning snow.


Another shot at the vessel.


Tasmania'n fast-food...quite a lot better than most places...fresh fish and chips.


...and suddenly there was a small danish store with danish inventory, among other thing she imported replica viking jewelery...pretty cool!


...on the final strecth. UA 870 sitting in Sydney before boarding.

SCAR and Hobart

I am back from the SCAR meeting and Hobart, Tasmania. It was a long flight, but went pretty smooth on the way down there. It was pouring down when I landed in Hobart, but it cleared up for the rest of the meeting. The weather was pretty nice...wonderful temps as it was in the lower 40's...gorgeous! Ate a lot of fish (fres caught)...had plenty of raspberry soda (some of the best ever)...and stayed it the coolest hotel so of my life. My "hotel" was the Aurora Australis, the Australian Antarctic Divisions Antarctic research vessel. Pretty cool!

The meeting went smoothless, met up with the NLC/PMSE guys from AAD: Jonh French, Andy Klekociuk, Ray Morris, and Damien Murphy...great people and they do some fantastic work down at Davis. I also had a change to chat with Vladimir Papitasvilli, our NSF OPP manager.

I presented three posters and gave one talk. Quite a different venue since it was a broad science audience at the meeting, spanning all sciences that are being done in Antarctica. So my job there was more to represent aeronomy (aeronomy was one of the absolute smallest disciplines represented) than to discuss our work. Of course, I wanted to promote AIM...the job was done walking around with an AIM t-shirt and make sure I talked with all the NLC/PMSE researchers. It appeared to be a succes since the all were very interested in collaboration and were looking forward to its launch.

I will post pictures as soon as I get them down loaded to the computer.

...and finally...

The last day my parents were here, we went to Bear Lake. It was great weather...cloudy and not too warm. Soren had his first "real" experience with the "big" water and he loved it after a short moment of convincing :)


On the way back it was picture time for some local scenics. Here is an overview over Bear Lake and the trained eye readily spot Bear Lake Observatory in the center :)




Had to let my parents experience dutch oven cooking. Cheezy potatotes and pork spare ribs soaked 24 hours in coca-cola...yum!

...and more...

The next day was pure relaxation...we went to "Hole N' Rock"...a classic in the area and owned and operated by a Dane :)



When we got back it was time to goof off and jump in the pool.

...more pics...

In the evening we went on a hummer safari...it was the coolest thing...those vehicles are amazing. I WANT A HUMMER!!!!
The pictures just don't justify the experience of what they can.
A little dinosaur foot print. The area is full of them and in some areas there are chipped fossil bones spread all over.
Up in the sky we go...here in a 50 degree slope...

Here we are literally looking straight into the ground!

lots of pics cont...

When I came back Missy went to Ireland. I arranged a trip to Moab where we stayed in cabins and among many things, visited Arches Nat'l Park...

Lots of Pics

Ok...here is a pictorial of my parents vacation here in Utah. I was at CEDAR when they arrived, but Missy was here and they hang around the house for a few days until I got back. Of course, a trip to the dog yard was mandatory...They also went to Scott's place where Ally attend 4-H. Soren thinks the trampoline is the coolest thing...
The kids are spoiled rotten with my parents here...they bought them a small pool to play in...
...and then I came back...