Articles | Volume 7, issue 1
https://doi.org/10.5194/hgss-7-1-2016
https://doi.org/10.5194/hgss-7-1-2016
Review article
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05 Feb 2016
Review article |  | 05 Feb 2016

History of the Juliusruh ionospheric observatory on Rügen

J. Weiß

Abstract. The history of the Juliusruh ionospheric observatory on Rügen is closely connected to the history of ground-based ionospheric sounding. After a short introduction to the ionospheric research and the sounding technique, the founding of the Juliusruh station in 1954 and its development until today are described. The different methods of ground-based sounding – as far as they apply to Juliusruh – are briefly discussed. The condition of life and work in a small team on the island of Rügen, remote from the respective parent institute, is also the subject of this article, whose author headed Juliusruh Station from 1965 to 2004.