Papers read at the Conference on Arctic Radio Wave Propagation

• Main Author: Elvey, C.T.
• Format: Report
• Language: English
• Published: Geophysical Institute at the University of Alaska 1956
• Subjects: Arctic; Pacific; Alaska
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11122/3578

On February 18, 1954, we held a conference attended by representatives of military organizations in Alaska to discuss general problems of radio communications in the Arctic. Since that conference was so successful, we have decided to hold a second conference broadening its scope in attendance and subject matter with the idea of making the conference an annual event. At this conference, and we hope future ones, we had the active participation of the North Pacific Radio Warning Service of the National Bureau of Standards. Included in the discussions at this conference were some of the new equipments and techniques being used at the Geophysical Institute in its research work. In particular, I refer to the employment of radio astronomy as a tool for ionospheric research. Radio Astronomy as a Tool for Studying the Ionosphere at V.H.F / C.G. Little – The Phase-Switch Interferometers at the Geophysical Institute / R. Merritt – Ionospheric Absorption / J.M. Lansinger – Forecasting Radio Propagation Conditions at the North Pacific Radio Warning Service / Martin E. Nason – Whistlers / J.H. Pope – H.F. Radio Backscatter / R. Stark – Radar Meteor Echo Observations at College, Alaska / R.N. Shoup – Radar Echoes from Aurora / R.S. Leonard – List of Figures Yes