Diffusive boundary layering in coastal areas
I need to get information on near bed current speeds in coastal (shelf) and estuarine environments in as many locations worldwide as possible. Is there relevant literature, especially a literature review? I am interested in the likelihood and duration of a diffusive boundary layer in these environments.
Also, what is the range in value of the kinematic viscosity close to the sediment. Is a value of 0.01 cm s-1 a reasonable average and is the Van Rijn formula widely used and acceptable.
Boris A. Kelly-Gerreyn, Southampton Oceanography Centre
E-mail: bag@soc.soton.ac.uk

20th International Short Course on Groundwater Management:
"Stochastic Tools for Groundwater Modelling"
March 10-14, 2003, Zurich, Switzerland
E-mail: stauffer@ihw.baug.ethz.ch
Website: http://www.ihw.ethz.ch/gwh/akt-gwh_en.html

Use of Timber in Fluvial/Coastal Engineering
An ongoing research project, "The Use of Timber in Coastal and Fluvial Engineering" led by HR Wallingford, has drawn together a core group of professionals involved in the use of timber in the water environment.
The project has identified key information that could be usefully disseminated to a wider audience, and a meeting is planned at HR Wallingford, UK on 11 March, 2003 to enable all those involved in the supply, specification and use of timber in coastal and fluvial engineering to receive technical updates.
The event will also provide a good opportunity for discussion and networking.
Website: www.hrwallingford.co.uk/training/programme.html

Storm and freak waves and flooding Session at the EGS-AGU-EUG Joint Assembly
April 6-11, 2003, Nice, France
Website: www.copernicus.org/egsagueug/index.html

Geophysical Turbulence ‘03
April 14-18, 2003, Toulon, France
E-mail: at2003@lseet.univ-tln.fr

3rd Berlin Workshop on Water Waves
June 26-27, 2003, Berlin, Germany
Website: http://www.naoe.tu-berlin.de/MT

6th International River Management Symposium
Urban Rivers: Balancing the expectations
September 2-5, 2003, Brisbane, Australia
Website: www.riverfestival.com.au/symposium

2nd International Conference on Port & Maritime R&D and Technology
September 10-12, 2003, Singapore
Website: www.mpa.gov.sg/homepage/conferences/RDT/main.html

Advances in Water Supply Management
September 15 – 17, 2003 London, UK
Deadline for abstracts submission: February 15.
E-mail: c.maksimovic@ic.ac.uk
Website: http://www.watersave.uk.net/events/Conf/index.html

Lowland River Rehabilitation 2003
September 29-October 2, 2003, Wageningen, the Netherlands
Contact: Ad van Os
E-mail: ad.vanos@wldelft.nl
Website: www.ncr-web.org

7th International Conference on Nearshore and Estuarine Cohesive Sediment Processes INTERCOH-2003
October 1-4, 2003, Virginia, USA
Contact Prof. Jerome Maa at: maa@vims.edu
Website: http://www.vims.edu/intercoh/

6th International Conference on the Mediterranean Coastal Environment
October 7-11, 2003, Ravenna, Italy
Website: www.medcoast.org.tr

EUROMECH Colloquium n.451 on "Sea Wave Bottom Boundary Layer”
October 26-29, 2003 Taormina, Italy
Deadline for abstracts submission: February 15, 2003.
Website: www.dica.unict.it/users/efoti/euromech451

International Conference on River/Catchment Dynamics: Natural Processes and Human Impacts
May 2004, Solsona, Catalonia, Spain
Contact Ramon J. Batalla at: rbatalla@macs.udl.es

Dynamics of Sediment Transport in Spanish
by Gerardo M. E. Perillo
Published by Asociación Argentina de Sedimentología (AAS); Prepublication price is Arg$ 32 (approx. USD 10) for members of the AAS and Arg$ 50 (approx. USD 15) for non members plus mail and bank transfer expenses; Publication date: February 2003
The first textbook ever written in Spanish on Dynamics of Sediment Transport will be published next February 2003. It includes basic information about unidirectional and oscillatory flows, flow resistance, sediment properties and chapters on bedload, suspended load and eolic transport processes. The final chapter is dedicated to bedforms.
For orders, please contact pedidos@sedimentologia.org.ar

Beach Management in the Mediterranean and the Black Sea
By Erdal Ozhan (Editor)
Price 40 € plus postage
This 226-page soft-cover publication contains the edited manuscripts of the papers presented in the International MEDCOAST Workshop on Beaches of the Mediterranean and the Black Sea: Dynamics, Regeneration, Ecology and Management, 24-27 October 2002, Kusadasi, Turkey. The issues addressed by the papers include waves and sediment transport, beach dynamics, coastal erosion and shoreline management, microbial water quality, beach ecology, and beach management.
For order information of both publications, please contact: MEDCOAST Secretariat, c/o Middle East Technical University, 06531 Ankara, Turkey
E-mail : medcoast@metu.edu.tr
Website: www.medcoast.org.tr

World Summit on the Information Society - ICSU/CODATA on-line discussion forum
In order to consult its members and associated bodies/organizations, as well as the wider international scientific and technological community, ICSU in association with CODATA (COmmittee on DATA for Science and Technology) will be hosting an on-line forum to develop its main in-put to the UN World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS), which takes place in Geneva in December. This forum will be launched on 10th February on the ICSU web-site (www.icsu.org) and continue until 28th February, 2003

Online ICT volunteers needed for UN Information Technology Service
Volunteers who have been a part of ICT-related projects in developing countries or in high-poverty areas of developed countries (or are currently serving as volunteers in such projects), are invited to participate as online volunteers in support of UNITeS (United Nations Information Technology Service). UNITeS is a global volunteer initiative, supporting onsite volunteers in communities and institutions in developing countries to extend the opportunities of the digital revolution. UNITeS is committed to promoting volunteering as fundamental to the success of ICT-for-development projects. The UNITeS initiative is administered by the United Nations Volunteers programme (http://www.unvolunteers.org).
For further information, you can also visit: http://www.scidev.net

UNESCO's website
UNESCO's website contains a "photobank" of over 10,000 digitised images - many of which relate to water.
Website: http://upo.unesco.org/photobank.asp

Bridge scour and stream instability counter-measures
Boss International offers for free download a PDF technical document which provides design guidelines for bendway weirs. The geometric design guidelines for stone bendway weirs reflect guidance provided by LaGrone, Saele, and Derrick. The formulas provided by LaGrone were developed to consolidate many of the "rules of thumb" that currently exist in the field. The formulas are not based on exhaustive research, but appear to match well to current practices. Installation examples of bendway weirs are also provided. This PDF technical document is available as a free download at: http://www.bossintl.com

New bookstore
A new bookstore has been launched in association with Amazon.com. Civilbookstore.com catalogues over 72,000 books dealing with all aspects of civil engineering.
Website: www.civilbookstore.com

Free Online Access to Oxford Journals
Oxford University Press is offering developing countries free (or greatly reduced) online access to many of its journals (initially until the end of 2004).
This offer is only available for established non-profit educational institutes
For further information visit: www3.oup.co.uk/jnls/devel/

Hypothetical oil spill scenario related to the Prestige accident
WL | Delft Hydraulics made a hypothetical oil spill scenario related to the Prestige accident, using the oil module of Delft3D <http://www.wldelft.nl/soft/d3d/index.html>. The model can utilise 3-dimensional hydrodynamics and can simulate the transport of oil by wind and currents and includes important processes such as evaporation of oil, dispersion (entrainment in water), and emulsification.
Website: http://www.wldelft.nl/gen/news/past.html
*Source: European Water Management News, Tuesday 24 December 2002

Green Week 2003
The European Commission invites all children in the EU and candidate countries, aged between 5 and 16 years, to take part in its Green Week schools competition 2003. The competition is part of the annual Green Week conference and exhibition, which this year will take place from 2-5 June 2003 in Brussels. Younger children are invited to make water themed drawings and paintings, while older pupils can take part by making sculptures using recycled material.
Website: http://europa.eu.int
*Source: European Water Management News, Tuesday 24 December 2002

L’Oréal Awards for Women in Science
Every year, L’Oréal and UNESCO invite some of the world’s most prominent scientists to propose a candidate for this prize on the basis of outstanding research. For the next edition of the prize, the deadline for receipt by the Executive Secretariat of each sponsor’s proposal is 31 May 2003.
For further information, contact: Executive Secretary of the L’Oréal Awards, Renée Clair, at: r.clair@unesco.org and Elisabeth Gavard at: egavard@dgc.loreal.com
Website: www.loreal.com/loreal-women-in-science/

2003 ASBPA Student Award
The American Shore and Beach Preservation Association (ASBPA) is actively seeking students who through their research are furthering the state of the science of coastal or riverine systems as it relates to the goals and mission of the ASBPA. It is expected that the award winner will attend the 2003 ASBPA conference in Wilmington, North Carolina and present their findings to the coastal community.
For further information, contact: Brad Pickel, Director of Beach Management, Walton County Tourist Development Council, PO Box 1248, Santa Rosa Beach, FL 32459, USA
E-mail: bpickel@beachesofsouthwalton.com

• An ocean-atmosphere interactions scientist with interests in field measurements and modeling of momentum, heat, and/or mass transfer across the air-water interface.
• A biological oceanographer with proven interdisciplinary skills whose research focuses on either pelagic food webs, benthic ecology, and/or benthic exchange processes.
• A trace element geochemist or environmental/aquatic chemist with primary interest in coastal and marine systems.

Candidates should send a letter with a clear statement of research interests, a resume, and the names and contact information of at least three references to: Oceanography faculty search, Skidaway Institute of Oceanography, 10 Ocean Science Circle, Savannah, GA 31411. Applications received by February 20 will receive full consideration

Coastal engineer/Project manager, Virginia, USA
Individual will provide comprehensive engineering support in the areas of beach and coastal management which include navigation channel design and dredging, shore protection, beach replenishment, and related environmental permitting for the Department of Public Works, Office of Beach Management; act as project manager in the activities of local, state, and federal agencies as they relate to the city's coastal programs; supervise clerical, technical, and professional staff; perform policy reviews, prepare policy studies and reports; make presentations to special interest groups, civic leagues and City Council on projects, issues and programs managed by the Office of Beach Management; assist in the preparation of operating and capital improvement budget documents.
Website: http://www.vbgov.com/Careers/jobDetails.asp

2 fully funded studentships, Southampton, UK
The Department of Geography at the University of Southampton, together with the Environment Agency, English Nature and the Forestry Commission, is working in a major European Project to restore river channels and floodplain forest within the New Forest, Hampshire. The overall project aims to restore the damp floodplain forest habitat within two catchments in the New Forest, Hampshire. In order to undertake this work, it is necessary to restore the processes responsible for the functioning of the floodplain forest ecosystem. At present significant sections of the river network are channelised, and disconnected from the floodplain. The project will use a range of appropriate restoration techniques, based on ecological and Geomorphological science, to restore the connectivity between the channel and the floodplain surface. An important element in this will be the manipulation of coarse woody debris, within the channel and on the floodplain surface. The works themselves will be implemented in summer 2003, to coincide with the studentships. The role of these studentships will be to assess the performance of the newly restored watercourses and to report their findings to the project board. The studentships are distinct but complementary, with an important emphasis on working jointly on separate research goals.
Website: http://jobs.ac.uk/jobfiles/GC905.html