Geophysical Institute biennial report 1995--1996

• Main Author: NONE
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2014
• Subjects: 58 GEOSCIENCES ;29 ENERGY PLANNING AND POLICY; PROGRESS REPORT; ARCTIC REGIONS; US ORGANIZATIONS; GEOPHYSICS; RESEARCH PROGRAMS; EARTH ATMOSPHERE; CLIMATIC CHANGE; PERMAFROST; GLACIERS; ICEBERGS; GEOTHERMAL RESOURCES; TECTONICS; VOLCANOES; EARTHQUAKES; Arctic; Climate change; glaciers; Ice; Iceberg*; permafrost; Sea ice; Alaska
• Online Access: http://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/290848; https://www.osti.gov/biblio/290848; https://doi.org/10.2172/290848

The mission of the Geophysical Institute is to understand the basic physical processes governing Earth, especially as they occur in, or are relevant to the Arctic; to train graduate and undergraduate students to play leading roles in tomorrow`s society; to solve applied geophysical problems and develop resource-oriented technology of importance to the state and the nation; and to satisfy the intellectual and technological needs of fellow Alaskans through public service. The variety of subjects studied by the faculty, research staff members, and graduate students at the Geophysical Institute include auroral physics and chemistry, arctic haze, ice fog, atmospheric dynamics, ozone, Alaska weather patterns, regional meteorology and climatology, global climate change, cloud physics and radiation, permafrost, glaciers, sea ice, remote sensing, geothermal energy, tectonics, volcanoes and earthquakes. Summaries are presented of the projects undertaken by the Institute in these fields.