Research Papers
The International Heliophysical Year
Authors:
Joseph M Davila ,
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD 20771 USA
Barbara J Thompson,
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD 20771 USA
Nat Gopalswamy
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD 20771 USA
Abstract
The International Geophysical Year (IGY) of 1957, a broad-based and all-encompassing effort to push the frontiers of geophysics, resulted in a tremendous increase of knowledge in space physics, Sun-Earth Connection, planetary science and the heliosphere in general. Now, 50 years later, we have the unique opportunity advance our knowledge of the global heliosphere and its interaction with planetary bodies and the interstellar medium through the International Heliophysical Year (IHY) in 2007. This was an international effort to coordinate scientific research, and the deployment of scientific instrument arrays, preserve the history of the IGY, and to raise the public awareness of space physics.
How to Cite:
Davila, J.M., Thompson, B.J. and Gopalswamy, N., 2009. The International Heliophysical Year. Data Science Journal, 8, pp.S2–S10. DOI: http://doi.org/10.2481/dsj.8.S2
Published on
01 Apr 2009.
Peer Reviewed
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