SOAR (Support Office for Aerogeophysical Research) Annual Report 1996/1997

The Support Office for Aerogeophysical Research (SOAR) was a facility of the National Science Foundation's Office of Polar Programs whose mission is to make airborne geophysical observations available to the broad research community of geology, glaciology and other sciences. The central office...

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Main Authors: Richter, Thomas G., Williams, J.L., Blankenship, Donald D., Bell, Robin E.
Format: Report
Language:English
Published: Institute for Geophysics 1995
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2152/65604
https://doi.org/10.15781/T2TX35Q4C
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Summary:The Support Office for Aerogeophysical Research (SOAR) was a facility of the National Science Foundation's Office of Polar Programs whose mission is to make airborne geophysical observations available to the broad research community of geology, glaciology and other sciences. The central office of the SOAR facility is located in Austin, Texas within the University of Texas Institute for Geophysics. Other institutions with significant responsibilities are the Lamont­ Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University and the Geophysics Branch of the U.S . Geological Survey. This report summarizes the goals and accomplishments of the SOAR facility during 1996/1997 and plans for the next year. National Science Foundation's Office of Polar Programs Institute for Geophysics