History of Geo- and Space Sciences
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18 Dec 2014
Erich Regener and the ionisation maximum of the atmosphere
P. Carlson and A. A. Watson
Hist. Geo Space. Sci., 5, 175–182, https://doi.org/10.5194/hgss-5-175-2014,https://doi.org/10.5194/hgss-5-175-2014, 2014 | 29,664 views
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16 Apr 2019
IAHS: a brief history of hydrology
Dan Rosbjerg and John Rodda
Hist. Geo Space. Sci., 10, 109–118, https://doi.org/10.5194/hgss-10-109-2019,https://doi.org/10.5194/hgss-10-109-2019, 2019 | 23,590 views
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05 Feb 2014
Carl Friedrich Gauss – General Theory of Terrestrial Magnetism – a revised translation of the German text
K.-H. Glassmeier and B. T. Tsurutani
Hist. Geo Space. Sci., 5, 11–62, https://doi.org/10.5194/hgss-5-11-2014,https://doi.org/10.5194/hgss-5-11-2014, 2014 | 16,987 views
01 Mar 2021
A brief history of ball lightning observations by scientists and trained professionals
Alexander G. Keul
Hist. Geo Space. Sci., 12, 43–56, https://doi.org/10.5194/hgss-12-43-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/hgss-12-43-2021, 2021 | 14,464 views
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11 Jul 2014
The Ebstorf Map: tradition and contents of a medieval picture of the world
G. Pischke
Hist. Geo Space. Sci., 5, 155–161, https://doi.org/10.5194/hgss-5-155-2014,https://doi.org/10.5194/hgss-5-155-2014, 2014 | 13,651 views
03 Sep 2013
Lord Kelvin's atmospheric electricity measurements
K. L. Aplin and R. G. Harrison
Hist. Geo Space. Sci., 4, 83–95, https://doi.org/10.5194/hgss-4-83-2013,https://doi.org/10.5194/hgss-4-83-2013, 2013 | 11,616 views
20 Jun 2014
The Earth expansion theory and its transition from scientific hypothesis to pseudoscientific belief
P. Sudiro
Hist. Geo Space. Sci., 5, 135–148, https://doi.org/10.5194/hgss-5-135-2014,https://doi.org/10.5194/hgss-5-135-2014, 2014 | 11,337 views
16 Apr 2019
The International Association of Geodesy: from an ideal sphere to an irregular body subjected to global change
Hermann Drewes and József Ádám
Hist. Geo Space. Sci., 10, 151–161, https://doi.org/10.5194/hgss-10-151-2019,https://doi.org/10.5194/hgss-10-151-2019, 2019 | 10,139 views
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22 Sep 2022
HMS Challenger and SMS Gazelle – their 19th century voyages compared
W. John Gould
Hist. Geo Space. Sci., 13, 171–204, https://doi.org/10.5194/hgss-13-171-2022,https://doi.org/10.5194/hgss-13-171-2022, 2022 | 9,254 views
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13 Aug 2018
Contribution to the knowledge of early geotechnics during the twentieth century: Arthur Casagrande
Rubén Galindo-Aires, Antonio Lara-Galera, and Gonzalo Guillán-Llorente
Hist. Geo Space. Sci., 9, 107–123, https://doi.org/10.5194/hgss-9-107-2018,https://doi.org/10.5194/hgss-9-107-2018, 2018 | 8,460 views
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16 Apr 2019
IUGG in the 21st century
Jo Ann Joselyn, Alik Ismail-Zadeh, Tom Beer, Harsh Gupta, Masaru Kono, Uri Shamir, Michael Sideris, and Kathryn Whaler
Hist. Geo Space. Sci., 10, 73–95, https://doi.org/10.5194/hgss-10-73-2019,https://doi.org/10.5194/hgss-10-73-2019, 2019 | 8,347 views
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16 Apr 2019
IAMAS: a century of international cooperation in atmospheric sciences
Michael C. MacCracken and Hans Volkert
Hist. Geo Space. Sci., 10, 119–136, https://doi.org/10.5194/hgss-10-119-2019,https://doi.org/10.5194/hgss-10-119-2019, 2019 | 8,336 views
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22 Apr 2022
History of the Tromsø ionosphere heating facility
Michael T. Rietveld and Peter Stubbe
Hist. Geo Space. Sci., 13, 71–82, https://doi.org/10.5194/hgss-13-71-2022,https://doi.org/10.5194/hgss-13-71-2022, 2022 | 8,149 views
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07 Dec 2018
The history of Andøya Rocket Range
Eivind V. Thrane
Hist. Geo Space. Sci., 9, 141–156, https://doi.org/10.5194/hgss-9-141-2018,https://doi.org/10.5194/hgss-9-141-2018, 2018 | 8,118 views
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16 Apr 2019
IUGG evolves (1940–2000)
Jo Ann Joselyn and Alik Ismail-Zadeh
Hist. Geo Space. Sci., 10, 45–72, https://doi.org/10.5194/hgss-10-45-2019,https://doi.org/10.5194/hgss-10-45-2019, 2019 | 8,116 views
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04 Jan 2011
Danish auroral science history
P. Stauning
Hist. Geo Space. Sci., 2, 1–28, https://doi.org/10.5194/hgss-2-1-2011,https://doi.org/10.5194/hgss-2-1-2011, 2011 | 8,070 views
16 Apr 2019
IASPEI: its origins and the promotion of global seismology
Johannes Schweitzer and Thorne Lay
Hist. Geo Space. Sci., 10, 173–180, https://doi.org/10.5194/hgss-10-173-2019,https://doi.org/10.5194/hgss-10-173-2019, 2019 | 7,789 views
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24 May 2018
An early record of ball lightning: Oliva (Spain), 1619
Fernando Domínguez-Castro
Hist. Geo Space. Sci., 9, 79–83, https://doi.org/10.5194/hgss-9-79-2018,https://doi.org/10.5194/hgss-9-79-2018, 2018 | 7,747 views
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16 Apr 2019
IACS: past, present, and future of the International Association of Cryospheric Sciences
Ian Allison, Charles Fierz, Regine Hock, Andrew Mackintosh, Georg Kaser, and Samuel U. Nussbaumer
Hist. Geo Space. Sci., 10, 97–107, https://doi.org/10.5194/hgss-10-97-2019,https://doi.org/10.5194/hgss-10-97-2019, 2019 | 7,481 views
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08 Sep 2020
Carl Friedrich Gauss and the Gauss Society: a brief overview
Axel D. Wittmann
Hist. Geo Space. Sci., 11, 199–205, https://doi.org/10.5194/hgss-11-199-2020,https://doi.org/10.5194/hgss-11-199-2020, 2020 | 7,443 views
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31 May 2018
The tidal measurements of James Cook during the voyage of the Endeavour
Philip L. Woodworth and Glen H. Rowe
Hist. Geo Space. Sci., 9, 85–103, https://doi.org/10.5194/hgss-9-85-2018,https://doi.org/10.5194/hgss-9-85-2018, 2018 | 7,341 views
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16 Apr 2019
IAPSO: tales from the ocean frontier
Denise Smythe-Wright, W. John Gould, Trevor J. McDougall, Stefania Sparnocchia, and Philip L. Woodworth
Hist. Geo Space. Sci., 10, 137–150, https://doi.org/10.5194/hgss-10-137-2019,https://doi.org/10.5194/hgss-10-137-2019, 2019 | 7,281 views
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16 Apr 2019
IUGG: beginning, establishment, and early development (1919–1939)
Alik Ismail-Zadeh and Jo Ann Joselyn
Hist. Geo Space. Sci., 10, 25–44, https://doi.org/10.5194/hgss-10-25-2019,https://doi.org/10.5194/hgss-10-25-2019, 2019 | 7,217 views
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11 Feb 2019
Contribution to the knowledge of early geotechnics during the twentieth century: Ralph Peck
Antonio Lara-Galera, Rubén Galindo-Aires, and Gonzalo Guillán-Llorente
Hist. Geo Space. Sci., 10, 3–15, https://doi.org/10.5194/hgss-10-3-2019,https://doi.org/10.5194/hgss-10-3-2019, 2019 | 7,144 views
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29 Nov 2016
Geoscience international: the role of scientific unions
Alik Ismail-Zadeh
Hist. Geo Space. Sci., 7, 103–123, https://doi.org/10.5194/hgss-7-103-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/hgss-7-103-2016, 2016 | 6,885 views
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16 Apr 2019
IAGA: a major role in understanding our magnetic planet
Mioara Mandea and Eduard Petrovský
Hist. Geo Space. Sci., 10, 163–172, https://doi.org/10.5194/hgss-10-163-2019,https://doi.org/10.5194/hgss-10-163-2019, 2019 | 6,740 views
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18 Aug 2020
Physical earth and its sciences in Istanbul: a journey from pre-modern (Islamic) to modern times
Ferhat Ozcep
Hist. Geo Space. Sci., 11, 173–198, https://doi.org/10.5194/hgss-11-173-2020,https://doi.org/10.5194/hgss-11-173-2020, 2020 | 6,698 views
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04 Mar 2011
Anthropic Rock: a brief history
R. B. Cathcart
Hist. Geo Space. Sci., 2, 57–74, https://doi.org/10.5194/hgss-2-57-2011,https://doi.org/10.5194/hgss-2-57-2011, 2011 | 6,663 views
16 Apr 2019
IAVCEI: from small beginnings to a vibrant international association
Raymond A. F. Cas
Hist. Geo Space. Sci., 10, 181–191, https://doi.org/10.5194/hgss-10-181-2019,https://doi.org/10.5194/hgss-10-181-2019, 2019 | 6,654 views
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05 May 2015
Expanding Earth and declining gravity: a chapter in the recent history of geophysics
H. Kragh
Hist. Geo Space. Sci., 6, 45–55, https://doi.org/10.5194/hgss-6-45-2015,https://doi.org/10.5194/hgss-6-45-2015, 2015 | 6,644 views
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04 May 2018
The development of the Australian Space Forecast Centre (ASFC)
Phil Wilkinson, John A. Kennewell, and David Cole
Hist. Geo Space. Sci., 9, 53–63, https://doi.org/10.5194/hgss-9-53-2018,https://doi.org/10.5194/hgss-9-53-2018, 2018 | 6,618 views
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12 Oct 2018
The Great Aurora of January 1770 observed in Spain
Víctor M. S. Carrasco, Enric Aragonès, Jorge Ordaz, and José M. Vaquero
Hist. Geo Space. Sci., 9, 133–139, https://doi.org/10.5194/hgss-9-133-2018,https://doi.org/10.5194/hgss-9-133-2018, 2018 | 6,566 views
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08 Aug 2017
Friedrich Robert Helmert, founder of modern geodesy, on the occasion of the centenary of his death
Johannes Ihde and Andreas Reinhold
Hist. Geo Space. Sci., 8, 79–95, https://doi.org/10.5194/hgss-8-79-2017,https://doi.org/10.5194/hgss-8-79-2017, 2017 | 6,541 views
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09 Jan 2018
The attraction of the pyramids: virtual realization of Hutton's suggestion to improve Maskelyne's 1774 Earth density estimate
John R. Smallwood
Hist. Geo Space. Sci., 9, 1–7, https://doi.org/10.5194/hgss-9-1-2018,https://doi.org/10.5194/hgss-9-1-2018, 2018 | 6,511 views
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01 Feb 2018
The length of coastlines in Ptolemy's Geography and in ancient periploi
Dmitry A. Shcheglov
Hist. Geo Space. Sci., 9, 9–24, https://doi.org/10.5194/hgss-9-9-2018,https://doi.org/10.5194/hgss-9-9-2018, 2018 | 6,468 views
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12 Jul 2022
Global tephra studies: role and importance of the international tephra research group “Commission on Tephrochronology” in its first 60 years
David J. Lowe, Peter M. Abbott, Takehiko Suzuki, and Britta J. L. Jensen
Hist. Geo Space. Sci., 13, 93–132, https://doi.org/10.5194/hgss-13-93-2022,https://doi.org/10.5194/hgss-13-93-2022, 2022 | 6,449 views
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24 Aug 2018
Hermanus Magnetic Observatory: a historical perspective of geomagnetism in southern Africa
Pieter B. Kotzé
Hist. Geo Space. Sci., 9, 125–131, https://doi.org/10.5194/hgss-9-125-2018,https://doi.org/10.5194/hgss-9-125-2018, 2018 | 6,404 views
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22 Dec 2010
Georg von Neumayer and geomagnetic research
W. Schröder, K.-H. Wiederkehr, and K. Schlegel
Hist. Geo Space. Sci., 1, 77–87, https://doi.org/10.5194/hgss-1-77-2010,https://doi.org/10.5194/hgss-1-77-2010, 2010 | 6,376 views
04 Jan 2017
Julius Elster and Hans Geitel – Dioscuri of physics and pioneer investigators in atmospheric electricity
Rudolf G. A. Fricke and Kristian Schlegel
Hist. Geo Space. Sci., 8, 1–7, https://doi.org/10.5194/hgss-8-1-2017,https://doi.org/10.5194/hgss-8-1-2017, 2017 | 6,340 views
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13 Mar 2013
A short history of geophysical radar at Arecibo Observatory
J. D. Mathews
Hist. Geo Space. Sci., 4, 19–33, https://doi.org/10.5194/hgss-4-19-2013,https://doi.org/10.5194/hgss-4-19-2013, 2013 | 6,296 views
09 Mar 2018
Atmospheric electricity at Durham: the scientific contributions and legacy of J. A. (“Skip”) Chalmers (1904–1967)
Karen L. Aplin
Hist. Geo Space. Sci., 9, 25–35, https://doi.org/10.5194/hgss-9-25-2018,https://doi.org/10.5194/hgss-9-25-2018, 2018 | 6,156 views
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07 Jan 2014
From San Francisco to Tōhoku – 111 yr of continuous earthquake recording in Göttingen
H. Steffen, W. Brunk, M. Leven, and U. Wedeken
Hist. Geo Space. Sci., 5, 1–10, https://doi.org/10.5194/hgss-5-1-2014,https://doi.org/10.5194/hgss-5-1-2014, 2014 | 6,095 views
27 Mar 2018
A brief history of Regional Warning Center China (RWC-China)
Han He, Huaning Wang, Zhanle Du, Xin Huang, Yan Yan, Xinghua Dai, Juan Guo, and Jialong Wang
Hist. Geo Space. Sci., 9, 41–47, https://doi.org/10.5194/hgss-9-41-2018,https://doi.org/10.5194/hgss-9-41-2018, 2018 | 6,077 views
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22 Jan 2019
Book review: Kew Observatory and the Evolution of Victorian Science 1840–1910
Karen L. Aplin
Hist. Geo Space. Sci., 10, 1–2, https://doi.org/10.5194/hgss-10-1-2019,https://doi.org/10.5194/hgss-10-1-2019, 2019 | 6,065 views
26 Sep 2019
The curious case of the Milankovitch calendar
Nenad Gajic
Hist. Geo Space. Sci., 10, 235–243, https://doi.org/10.5194/hgss-10-235-2019,https://doi.org/10.5194/hgss-10-235-2019, 2019 | 5,957 views
12 Apr 2010
Inseparability of science history and discovery
J. M. Herndon
Hist. Geo Space. Sci., 1, 25–41, https://doi.org/10.5194/hgss-1-25-2010,https://doi.org/10.5194/hgss-1-25-2010, 2010 | 5,850 views
17 Apr 2019
Heliogeophysical prediction service in Poland:past, present and future
Zbigniew Klos, Iwona Stanislawska, and Beata Dziak-Jankowska
Hist. Geo Space. Sci., 10, 193–199, https://doi.org/10.5194/hgss-10-193-2019,https://doi.org/10.5194/hgss-10-193-2019, 2019 | 5,832 views
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05 Jun 2020
Evolution of the Pakistan Space Weather Centre (PSWC)
Afnan Tahir, Muhammad Ayyaz Ameen, Madeeha Talha, Ghulam Murtaza, Muneeza Salman Ali, and Gohar Ali
Hist. Geo Space. Sci., 11, 123–133, https://doi.org/10.5194/hgss-11-123-2020,https://doi.org/10.5194/hgss-11-123-2020, 2020 | 5,796 views
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01 Apr 2022
Cyclicity in Earth sciences, quo vadis? Essay on cycle concepts in geological thinking and their historical influence on stratigraphic practices
Daniel Galvão Carnier Fragoso, Matheus Kuchenbecker, Antonio Jorge Campos Magalhães, Claiton Marlon Dos Santos Scherer, Guilherme Pederneiras Raja Gabaglia, and André Strasser
Hist. Geo Space. Sci., 13, 39–69, https://doi.org/10.5194/hgss-13-39-2022,https://doi.org/10.5194/hgss-13-39-2022, 2022 | 5,772 views
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