PRAGUE CENTRE OF MATHEMATICAL GEOPHYSICS, METEOROLOGY, AND THEIR APPLICATIONS
(MAGMA)

List of visitors in 2004

WP1 Thermal Convection

• COUTURIER François, Jun 17-Jul 16, 2004
  Université de Nantes, France
• DUMOULIN Caroline, Jun 17-Jul 17, 2004
  Université de Nantes, France
• MATAS Jan, Mar 4-Apr 4, 2004
  Ecole Normale Supérieure, Lyon, France
  Series of 7 lectures: Thermodynamics and minerals physics (abstract)
• SÜLE Bálint, Apr 19-Jun 18, 2004
  Geodetic and Geophysical Research Institute, Budapest, Hungary
  Talk: The effect of temperature dependent viscosity on the structure and on the surface manifestation of mantle plumes in three dimensional models (abstract)
• VAN DEN BERG Arie, Mar 12-Apr 13, Sep 2-6, Nov 5-15, 2004
  University of Utrecht, The Netherlands
  Talk: The impact of temperature and pressure dependent thermal conductivity on mantle convection and secular cooling of the Earth (abstract)
• VAN HUNEN Jeroen, Sep 3-12, Nov 7-10, 2004
  Institute of Geophysics, ETH Zurich, Switzerland
  Talk: Oceanic upper mantle rheology as constrained by combined geodynamic and seismic modeling of plate-mantle interaction (abstract)

WP3 Gravitational Field

• BALASIS Georgios, Nov 23-25, 2004
  GeoForschungsZentrum Potsdam, Germany
  Talk: Study electromagnetic induction in the Earth: from magnetotellurics to satellite measurements
• FLEMING Kevin, Aug 29-Oct 9, 2004
  GeoForschungsZentrum Potsdam, Germany
  Talks: Glacial rebound and sea-level change around Greenland since the Last Glacial Maximum (abstract),
  The influence of the viscosity stratification below Iceland on glacial-isostatic adjustment (abstract),
  Present-day sea-level and geoid change around Greenland (abstract)
• HAGEDOORN Jan, Oct 4-Dec 22, 2004
  GeoForschungsZentrum Potsdam, Germany
  Talk: Reduction of the influence of pleictocene ice-sheet evolution on a global tide-gauge data set (abstract)
• KLEMANN Volker, Mar 1-Apr 18, 2004
  GeoForschungsZentrum Potsdam, Germany
  Talk: Viscoelastic stratification of the lithosphere: implications for its effective thickness in response to glacial loads (abstract)
• SJŐBERG Lars, Sep 3-7, 2004
  Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden
• WOLF Detlef, Jun 10-Jun 13, 2004
  GeoForschungsZentrum Potsdam, Germany
  Talk: Sea level, glacial isostasy and gravity change (abstract)

WP4 Seismic Waves: Theory

• BERRAKI Madjid, Oct 21-24, 2004
  ISEN, Lille, France
  
• BUSKE Stefan Herbert, Oct 10-Nov 10, 2004
  Freie Universität Berlin, Germany
  Talk: Reflection-Image-Spectroscopy of a subduction zone (abstract)
• DAL MORO Giancarlo, Mar 8-Apr 16, 2004
  University of Trieste, Italy
  Talk: Near-Surface Geophysics: Seismic & GRP data for Site Characterization (abstract in PDF)
• EISNER Leo, Mar 13-Apr 17, 2004
  Schlumberger Cambridge Research, Cambridge, United Kingdom
  Talk: Hydraulic fracturing, multiplet detection and graph theory (abstract)
• HELBIG Klaus, Nov 28-Dec 2, 2004
  Hannover, Germany
  Talk: Anomalous polarization in anisotropic media (abstract, PDF 2.0 MB)
• MOSER Tijmen Jan, Aug 2-Oct 1, 2004
  Fugro-Jason, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
  Talks: Migration velocity analysis using multifocusing/CRS attributes based on paraxial raytracing (PDF 3.5 MB),
  New approach to point-to-curve raytracing (PDF 1.3 MB)
• PATZIG Robert, Apr 18-Apr 24, 2004
  Institut für Geophysics, University Hamburg, Germany
  

• BAKKER Peter M., Jun 14-16, 2004, Shell, The Netherlands
• FILPO Eduardo, Jun 14-16, 2004, Petrobras, Brasil
• JING Charlie, Jun 14-16, 2004, ExxonMobil, USA
• NEMETH Tamas, Jun 14-16, 2004, ChevronTexaco, USA

WP5 Seismic Waves: Observations

• JANSKÝ Jaromír and ZAHRADNÍK Jiří, May 7-12, 2004
  Checking seismic stations, exchanging faulty units, sending for repair, downloading data, selecting events for database, updating database on seis30, working on joint papers with the Patras group
• JANSKÝ Jaromír, PLICKA Vladimír and ZAHRADNÍK Jiří, Oct 7-12, 2004

WP6 Earthquakes

• BENETATOS Christoforos, Apr 29-May 31, 2004
  Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
  Talk (seismology): Recent earthquakes in Greece (abstract)
  Talk (geodynamics): The active subduction zone of the Southern Aegean Sea (abstract)
• MILLER Stephen, Oct 11-25, 2004
  Institute of Geophysics, ETH Zurich, Switzerland
• SEBE Olivier, Nov 18-Dec 20, 2004
  Universite Joseph Fourier, Grenoble, France
  Talk: Blind deconvolution and its seismological applications (abstract)

WP7 Climate System

• BERGANT Klemen, Nov 23-Dec 31, 2004 (then to Jan 29, 2005)
  Nova Gorica Polytechnic, Slovenia
• HAMPSON John, Nov 24-Dec 31, 2004 (then to Feb 24, 2005)
  Centre national de la recherche scientifique, Paris, France

• BI Xunqiang, Nov 29-Dec 5, 2004, Abdus Salam ICTP, Trieste, Italy
• BORONEANT Constanta, Nov 28-Dec 3, 2004, National Meteorological Administration, Bucharest, Romania
• BUSUIOC Aristita, Nov 28-Dec 3, 2004, National Meteorological Administration, Bucharest, Romania
• DEQUE Michel, Nov 30-Dec 3, 2004, Météo-France, CNRM, Toulouse, France
• GIORGI Filippo, Nov 30-Dec 2, 2004, Abdus Salam ICTP, Trieste, Italy
• HAYLOCK Malcolm, Nov 29-Dec 3, 2004, University of East Anglia, Norwich, United Kingdom
• HEWITT Chris, Nov 29-Dec 1, 2004, Meteorological Office, Exeter, United Kingdom
• HORANYI Andras, Nov 29-Dec 3, 2004, Hungarian Meteorological Service, Budapest, Hungary
• CHRISTENSEN Jens, Dec 1-Dec 3, 2004, Danish Meteorological Institute, Copenhagen, Denmark
• KRICHAK Simon, Nov 29-Dec 4, 2004, Tel Aviv University, Israel
• PAL Jeremy, Nov 29-Dec 5, 2004, ICTP, Trieste, Italy
• SOMOT Samuel, Nov 30-Dec 3, 2004, Météo-France, CNRM, Toulouse, France
• SPIRIDONOV Valery, Nov 29-Dec 3, 2004, National Institute of Meteorology and Hydrology, Sofia, Bulgaria
• SZEPSZO Gabriella, Nov 29-Dec 3, 2004, Hungarian Meteorological Service, Budapest, Hungary
• ZANIS Prodromos, Nov 28-Dec 2, 2004, Research Centre for Atmospheric Physics and Climatology, Academy of Athens, Greece