The United Kingdom Contribution to the International Geophysical Year, 1957-58 . The Royal Society, London, 1957. 72 pp. Illus. 10s.

Science ◽  
1957 ◽  
Vol 126 (3279) ◽  
pp. 931-931
Keyword(s):  
United Kingdom ◽  
Royal Society ◽  
International Geophysical Year ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
International Geophysical

scholarly journals The development of the Australian Space Forecast Centre (ASFC)

2018 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 53-63
Author(s):  
Phil Wilkinson ◽  
John A. Kennewell ◽  
David Cole
Keyword(s):  
United Kingdom ◽  
High Latitude ◽  
High Frequency ◽  
Short Term ◽  
International Geophysical Year ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
Research Programmes ◽  
Hf Communications ◽  
International Geophysical

Abstract. The Ionospheric Prediction Service (IPS) was formed in 1947 to provide monthly prediction services for high frequency (HF) radio, in particular to support HF communications with the United Kingdom. It was quickly recognized that to be effective such a service also had to provide advice when ionospheric storms prevented HF communications from taking place. With the advent of the International Geophysical Year (IGY), short-term forecasts were also required for research programmes and the task of supplying the Australian input to these was given to Frank Cook, of the IPS, while Jack Turner, also of the IPS, supervised the generation of ionospheric maps to support high latitude HF communications. These two important IGY activities formed the platform on which all future IPS services would be built. This paper reviews the development of the Australian Space Forecast Centre (ASFC), which arose from these early origins.

III. On the figure, dimensions, and mean specific gravity of the Earth, as derived from the ordnance trigonometrical survey of Great Britain and Ireland

1857 ◽  
Vol 8 ◽  
pp. 111-116 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
United Kingdom ◽  
Great Britain ◽  
Specific Gravity ◽  
Royal Society ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
The Earth ◽  
The Difference ◽  
The Government

The Trigonometrical Survey of the United Kingdom commenced in the year 1784, under the immediate auspices of the Royal Society; the first base was traced by General Roy on the 16th of April of that year, on Hounslow Heath, in presence of Sir Joseph Banks, then President of the Society, and some of its most distinguished Fellows. The principal object which the Government had then in view, was the connexion of the Observatories of Paris and Greenwich by means of a triangulation, for the purpose of determining the difference of longitude between the two observatories.

Address of the President Sir Cyril Hinshelwood, at the Anniversary Meeting, 30 November 1956

1957 ◽  
Vol 146 (923) ◽  
pp. 155-165
Keyword(s):  
Royal Society ◽  
International Geophysical Year ◽  
The Antarctic ◽  
International Geophysical

Another year of intensive preparation reached its climax on 13 November when H. M. the Queen visited the Magga Dan which was to convey the Royal Society expedition to the Antarctic, and when the members of the expedition were presented to her. The ship sailed two days later bearing the good wishes of all, on this combination of physical and scientific adventure which will make an important contribution to the International Geophysical Year. A great debt is owing to all who took part in the arrangements and especially to Sir David Brunt and to Dr Martin who have borne so much of the burden and eat of the day.

A Gateway to Ocean Circulation

2016 ◽  
Vol 46 (4) ◽  
pp. 429-459 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lino Camprubí ◽  
Sam Robinson
Keyword(s):  
Ocean Circulation ◽  
North Atlantic ◽  
Western Mediterranean ◽  
Ocean Dynamics ◽  
Global Ocean ◽  
International Geophysical Year ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
Global Ocean Circulation ◽  
The Cold War ◽  
International Geophysical

The Strait of Gibraltar has a long tradition of political and scientific uniqueness. Twentieth-century submarine warfare added the ocean’s depth as a new dimension for those wanting to control and understand the Strait. During the Cold War the surveillance of this chokepoint became urgent and entangled with local disputes predating the two-blocs conflict, in particular the sovereignty of Gibraltar for which Spain and the United Kingdom competed. This paper explores a number of transnational research programs on ocean dynamics at the Strait and discovers a network of collaborating researchers who used, and went beyond, international institutions such the International Geophysical Year and NATO. In the process, the Western Mediterranean was constructed as a key maritime place for global ocean circulation, both as a factor to North Atlantic convection and as a model through which to understand it.

The Royal Society and the Antarctic

2000 ◽  
Vol 54 (1) ◽  
pp. 85-98 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. E. Fogg
Keyword(s):  
Royal Society ◽  
Ad Hoc ◽  
Scientific Investigation ◽  
Polar Regions ◽  
The South ◽  
International Geophysical Year ◽  
Geomagnetic Survey ◽  
The Antarctic ◽  
International Geophysical ◽  
South Polar

Beginning with its dispatch of Halley on his geomagnetic cruise of 1699 to 1700, the Royal Society has played a sporadic, ad hoc, but nevertheless considerable role in the scientific investigation of the South Polar regions. In three ventures—Ross's geomagnetic survey of 1839 to 1843, the first Scott expedition of 1901 to 1904 and the British contribution to the International Geophysical Year of 1957 to 1958—it made major contributions to the planning and support of Antarctic scientific programmes. Throughout, it has given backing to polar expeditions but has been consistent in putting science before geographical discovery. It has numbered some 20 Antarctic scientists among its Fellows.

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