SALINITY-L: 199709XX
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Date: Mon, 08 Sep 1997 00:02:33 -0600
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Subject: SALINITY-L Digest - 24 Aug 1997 to 7 Sep 1997
There is one message totalling 105 lines in this issue.
Topics of the day:
1. Job description: Lecturer Soil Chemist (Adelaide, AU)
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Date: Sun, 7 Sep 1997 20:45:16 -0700
From: Richard Soppe (rsoppe@ASRR.ARSUSDA.GOV)
Subject: Job description: Lecturer Soil Chemist (Adelaide, AU)
The following job description was sent to me by Mrs. Helen Taylor
A formatted version can be found at the home page of the soil science
department of the university of Adelaide:
http://www.waite.adelaide.edu.au/Soil_Science/advert.html
Richard Soppe
Salinity-L manager
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University of Adelaide
Department of Soil Science
Lecturer B Soil Chemist
(Limited term, 5 years)
(Ref: 9536AS)
Salary: $43,042 - $51,113
The Department of Soil Science intends to appoint a soil scientist with
expertise in chemistry as related to organo-mineral interactions and the
behaviour and bioavailability of nutrients and toxic chemicals.
The successful applicant will be expected to develop an active research
program, supported by external funding, and to provide expertise and
supervision to honours and postgraduate students. Teaching will involve
contributions to introductory undergraduate subjects in soil science (Years
1 and 2) and specialist areas of soil fertility/pollution (Years 3 and 4).
Applicants must hold a PhD in soil science or closely related area, have
demonstrated achievement in research in an area appropriate to the position
and have teaching experience, preferably in undergraduate courses in soil
science.
Job description and full selection criteria are given below. Address
enquires to Mrs Helen Taylor, Department of Soil Science,. Waite Campus,
Glen Osmond, South Australia, Australia 5064. (Telephone: 61+ 8 8303 7210;
Fax: 61+ 8 8303 6511; Email: htaylor@waite.adelaide.edu.au).
The position carries the possibility of continuing beyond 5 years, subject
to performance, and the availability of funding.
Further information on the University of Adelaide and the Department of
Soil Science can be obtained from other parts of this web site or by
writing to the above address.
http://www.waite.adelaide.edu.au/Soil_Science/index.html
Applications, in duplicate, should address the selection criteria, must
include a curriculum vitae, list of publications and full contact details
of three referees.
This position is available from March 31st, 1998.
Send applications quoting reference number to: Personnel Branch, University
of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia, 5005.
Closing date: October 30th 1997.
Job Description
Contribute to teaching (development, planning, coordination, delivery and
assessment) in undergraduate and postgraduate subjects at all levels; in
introductory soil science (years 1 and 2) and more advanced subjects in
soil chemistry-related to fertility, pollution and remediation.
Develop and obtain external funding for a research program in the general
area of soil chemistry (e.g. cycling and bioavailablity of nutrients, toxic
elements, organo mineral interactions).
Supervise and co-supervise postgraduate and honours students in relevant
areas of soil chemistry and contribute to supervisory panels in other areas
as expertise is required.
Participate in Departmental, Faculty and University business.
Carry out administrative duties as required.
Selection criteria
Essential
PhD in Soil Science or closely related area relevant to the position
Demonstrated expertise in soil chemistry, related to the requirements of
the position
Good publication record appropriate to the discipline and to the level of
appointment
A strong research program or demonstrated potential to develop such a program
Experience in teaching at university undergraduate level
Enthusiasm for teaching
Desirable
Experience in supervison of postgraduate students
Demonstrated success in obtaining funding for research projects
Application of innovative teaching methods
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Date: Sat, 13 Sep 1997 00:02:48 -0600
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Subject: SALINITY-L Digest - 7 Sep 1997 to 12 Sep 1997
There is one message totalling 112 lines in this issue.
Topics of the day:
1. Position Announcement
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Date: Fri, 12 Sep 1997 14:43:36 -0500
From: Tharacad Ramanarayanan (rama@BRCSUN0.TAMU.EDU)
Subject: Position Announcement
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Dear Collegues:
The Attached information is for your information or
please pass it on to interested persons. Thanks.
Sorry for Cross Posting.
Ramanarayanan.
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Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="RAPOST1.txt"
POSITION ANNOUNCEMENT
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Title: Research Associate
Employer: Texas Agricultural Experiment Station
Blackland Research Center
808 E. Blackland Road
Temple, Texas 76502
Salary: Salary commensurate with experience and
qualifications.
Scope: Hydrologic and water quality modeling.
Background: Blackland Research Center (BRC) is one of the 13
off-campus experiment stations of Texas Agricultural Experiment
Station, Texas A&M University System. The center is co-located
with Grassland Soil & Water Research Laboratory of USDA-ARS,
Temple. A variety of unique research work are being conducted
cooperatively by BRC and USDA-ARS, with scientists from both the
labs working closely. The person selected for this position will
work with the team of federal and state scientists working on
large-scale hydrologic modeling.
Responsibilities: The incumbent will work with a team of
scientists involved in large-scale hydrologic modeling. The job
involves assisting the model developers in debugging and refining
the model code, interacting with model users and identifying
problems and making/suggesting necessary corrections, and making
model runs and organizing/analyzing the outputs for journal
publications.
Supervision: The incumbent will work under the Dr. R.
Srinivasan, Assistant Professor, Blackland Research Center and
also work closely with Dr. Jeff Arnold, Hydraulic Engineer, USDA-
ARS.
Qualifications: The incumbent must have a B.S/M.S. degree in
agricultural, civil or related engineering, or natural, physical,
environmental or related science. The incumbent must have a
strong background in Hydrology and Water Quality with 1-2 years
experience hydrologic and non-point source pollution modeling
Good computer programming capability, and good oral and written
communication abilities are essential.
Experience in working under a UNIX environment, programming
with FORTRAN (77 or 90), shell programming (Perl, Awk or Sed) are
desirable, but not essential.
Application Procedure: Applications will be accepted until this
position is filled. Interested persons should submit a letter of
application, resume and names of at least three references by
email/fax/mail to:
Ms. Shirley Athey - Staff Assistant
Texas Agricultural Experiment Station
Blackland Research Center
808 E. Blackland Road
Temple, TX 76502
E-mail: athey@brcsun0.tamu.edu
For further information please contact:
Dr. Raghavan Srinivasan
Texas Agricultural Experiment Station/Temple
E-mail: srin@brcsun0.tamu.edu
Phone: (254) 770-6670 FAX: (254) 770-6561
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/ An Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer /
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T.S. Ramanarayanan, Ph.D.
Blackland Research Center
808 East Blackland Road
Temple, Texas 76502.
Voice:(254) 770-6622; Fax: 770-6690;
mailto: t-ramanarayanan@tamu.edu
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Date: Sat, 20 Sep 1997 00:02:07 -0600
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Subject: SALINITY-L Digest - 12 Sep 1997 to 19 Sep 1997
There are 2 messages totalling 98 lines in this issue.
Topics of the day:
1. Archives on-line
2. Hello List (Intro new member; Fwd)
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Date: Fri, 19 Sep 1997 00:27:23 -0700
From: Richard Soppe (rwsoppe@UCDAVIS.EDU)
Subject: Archives on-line
Dear Salinity-l members,
The archives of salinity-l are now available on the world wide web:
http://crcvms.unl.edu/archives/salinity-l.html
These archives are automatically updated, and can be sorted on topic
or author. It can also be searched on keywords. The archives cover the
period from October 1995 up to September 1997.
Richard Soppe
salinity-l manager
rsoppe@asrr.arsusda.gov
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Date: Fri, 19 Sep 1997 00:43:34 -0700
From: Richard Soppe (rwsoppe@UCDAVIS.EDU)
Subject: Hello List (Intro new member; Fwd)
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)Good day to everyone on the Salinity-L list. My name is Scott Gillett and
)I am a student at the University of South Australia. This is located in
)Adelaide, South Australia. I am studying a Degree in Applied Science
)(Conservation and Park Management).
)
)At the moment I am working on an assignment that looks at the ways in
)which remotely sensed images can be used in the
)detection/prediction/monitoring of dryland salinity. If anyone has
)internet sites or information on current projects in this area, I would
)be greatful if you could give me some directions.
)
)I suppose this assignment is the reason for subscribing to Salinity-L. In
)addition to this, however, I am interested in salinity because I think it
)is an important problem. The possibility exists of me working with it in
)a professional capacity in the future.
)
)I am also from a farming background, and while our farm doesn't have these
)problems because of not enough rain, salinity is a large problem for
)Australian farmers.
)
)I am most interested in dryland salinity, but irrigation salinity is also
)a problem.
)
)My knowledge on salinity is relatively limited, but obviously I am
)interested in expansion.
)
)Regards
)
)Scott Gillett
)
)
)
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Date: Mon, 29 Sep 1997 00:02:37 -0600
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Subject: SALINITY-L Digest - 19 Sep 1997 to 28 Sep 1997
There are 2 messages totalling 100 lines in this issue.
Topics of the day:
1. NEED METHOD FOR MEASURING BUIL EC USING TDR (2)
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Date: Mon, 29 Sep 1997 11:21:37 +1000
From: Ivan Teliatnikov (i.teliatnikov@AGEC.USYD.EDU.AU)
Subject: NEED METHOD FOR MEASURING BUIL EC USING TDR
(fontfamily)(param)Times(/param)(bigger)(bigger)Hi all,
I am looking for a method to measure bulk soil electrical conductivity
using TDR ( trace model).
I have used a method suggested by Dalton (1984) but it produced
underestimated results.
In my work I am using 8cm (three rods) waveguides.
I will highly appreciate you help in regards to this problem.
Thank you.
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Ivan Teliatnikov
MAgr candidate
Australian Centre for Precision Agriculture
Dept. Agricultural Chemistry & Soil Science
Ross St building A03,
The University of Sydney, NSW 2006,
Australia
Tel. Fax. +61 2 9351 3706
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Date: Sun, 28 Sep 1997 19:20:53 -0600
From: Dani Or (dani@TAL.AGSCI.USU.EDU)
Subject: Re: NEED METHOD FOR MEASURING BUIL EC USING TDR
) From dani Thu Sep 25 16:02 MDT 1997
) Date: Thu, 25 Sep 1997 15:58:03 -0600
) From: Mailer-Daemon (Mail Delivery Subsystem)
) Subject: Returned mail: Host unknown
) To: dani
)
) ----- Transcript of session follows -----
) 421 Host agec.usyd. not found for mailer ddn.
) 550 i.teliatnikov@agec.usyd.... Host unknown
) 421 agec.usyd.edu.au: Host agec.usyd.edu.au is down, will keep trying for 3 days
)
) ----- Unsent message follows -----
) Return-Path: (dani)
) Received: by tal.agsci.usu.edu (5.x/SMI-SVR4)
) id AA01543; Thu, 25 Sep 1997 15:58:03 -0600
) Date: Thu, 25 Sep 1997 15:58:03 -0600
) From: dani (Dani Or)
) Message-Id: (9709252158.AA01543@tal.agsci.usu.edu)
) Errors-To: dani
) To: i.teliatnikov@agec.usyd., edu.au@agec.usyd.edu.AU
) Subject: Re: Help
) X-Sun-Charset: US-ASCII
)
) Dear Ivan,
) I think that one reason for the difference
) you are getting could be due to units. You
) may be using Siemens/m instead of the "common"
) dS/m (==mmho/cm). Another problem could be your
) method of calculation of the reflection voltage
) see the references below to check your steps.
) Finally,there are other equations you may want
) to consider such as those based on the "thin
) section" method of Giese and Tienman for EC
) interpretation. There is a short and good paper
) by Egbert and Baker 1993 Soil Sci. Soc. Am
) J. 57:668-673; and another by Heimovaara et al.
) 1996 SSSAJ 59:689-698 (the reference list is
) comprehencive).
) Good luck.
) Dani Or
) p.s. where is "usyd"?
) ************************************************
) Dr. Dani Or
) Dept. of Plants, Soils, and Biometeorology
) Utah State University
) Logan, Utah 84322-4820
) Phone:(801)797-2637
) Fax: (801) 797-2117
) Email: dani@tal.agsci.usu.edu
) http://tal.agsci.usu.edu
) *************************************************
)
)
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