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3 - Major Scientific Contributions of the International Association of Geomagnetism and Aeronomy (IAGA) during the Past 100 Years

from Part I - Introduction

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 October 2019

By
Edward W. Cliver  and
Eduard Petrovský
Edited by
Mioara Mandea ,
Monika Korte ,
Andrew Yau  and
Eduard Petrovsky
Mioara Mandea
Affiliation:
Centre National d'études Spatiales, France
Monika Korte
Affiliation:
GeoforschungsZentrum, Helmholtz-Zentrum, Potsdam
Andrew Yau
Affiliation:
University of Calgary
Eduard Petrovsky
Affiliation:
Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Prague
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Summary

We review the progress in geomagnetic research for the century preceding the founding of IAGA’s predecessor in 1919. We then discuss the contributions of IAGA to the development of the study of geomagnetism and aeronomy during the past 100 years, as illustrated by the marked expansion in the number and geographic coverage of magnetic observatories. IAGA has led efforts to develop geomagnetic indices, reference fields, magnetic anomaly maps, and to rapidly distribute magnetic data. It played a key role in the establishment of aeronomy as a separate scientific discipline. IAGA has fostered the coordination of paleomagnetic data bases and was an early advocate of the investigation of Sun-Earth relationships. IAGA flagship efforts since 1919 years include support to the highly-successful International Geophysical Year (IGY) in 1957–1958 and more recently to the IGY 50th-year commemorative programs of the International Heliophysical Year (IHY) and Electronic Geophysical Year (eGY).

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IAGA highlightsgeomagnetic indicesinternational reference fieldmagnetic anomaly mappaleomagnetismspace weatherInternational Geophysical Year
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Geomagnetism, Aeronomy and Space Weather
A Journey from the Earth's Core to the Sun
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Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2019

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