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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, 2014 | 8,653 views
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, 2014 | 7,754 views
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, 2011 | 5,136 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, 2013 | 4,894 views
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, 2014 | 3,683 views
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, 2011 | 3,578 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, 2010 | 3,560 views
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, 2014 | 2,497 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, 2014 | 2,399 views
01 Sep 2010
Egeson's (George's) transtridecadal weather cycling and sunspots
F. Halberg, G. Cornélissen, K.-H. Bernhardt, M. Sampson, O. Schwartzkopff, and D. Sonntag
Hist. Geo Space. Sci., 1, 49-61, https://doi.org/10.5194/hgss-1-49-2010, 2010 | 2,181 views
16 Aug 2013
Contribution of the "Institut Scientifique Chérifien" to the development of geoscientific research in Northwest Africa since its creation in 1914
F. Medina
Hist. Geo Space. Sci., 4, 73-82, https://doi.org/10.5194/hgss-4-73-2013, 2013 | 2,148 views
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, 2010 | 2,147 views
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, 2013 | 2,070 views
13 Mar 2013
The first aeromagnetic survey in the Arctic: results of the Graf Zeppelin airship flight of 1931
O. M. Raspopov, S. N. Sokolov, I. M. Demina, R. Pellinen, and A. A. Petrova
Hist. Geo Space. Sci., 4, 35-46, https://doi.org/10.5194/hgss-4-35-2013, 2013 | 1,986 views
20 Nov 2012
100th anniversary of the discovery of cosmic radiation: the role of Günther and Tegetmeyer in the development of the necessary instrumentation
R. G. A. Fricke and K. Schlegel
Hist. Geo Space. Sci., 3, 151-158, https://doi.org/10.5194/hgss-3-151-2012, 2012 | 1,966 views
08 Apr 2013
27-day cycles in human mortality: Traute and Bernhard Düll
F. Halberg, N. Düll-Pfaff, L. Gumarova, T. A. Zenchenko, O. Schwartzkopff, E. M. Freytag, J. Freytag, and G. Cornelissen
Hist. Geo Space. Sci., 4, 47-59, https://doi.org/10.5194/hgss-4-47-2013, 2013 | 1,926 views
05 Sep 2014
Notes on the history of geophysics in the Ottoman Empire
F. Ozcep and T. Ozcep
Hist. Geo Space. Sci., 5, 163-174, https://doi.org/10.5194/hgss-5-163-2014, 2014 | 1,879 views
06 Aug 2012
The ring current: a short biography
A. Egeland and W. J. Burke
Hist. Geo Space. Sci., 3, 131-142, https://doi.org/10.5194/hgss-3-131-2012, 2012 | 1,842 views
21 Feb 2013
The Chatanika and Sondrestrom Radars – a brief history
M. A. McCready and C. J. Heinselman
Hist. Geo Space. Sci., 4, 1-6, https://doi.org/10.5194/hgss-4-1-2013, 2013 | 1,837 views
15 Feb 2011
"A not completely satisfactory attempt" – peak discharges and rainfall-runoff relations for Javanese rivers between 1880 and 1940
M. W. Ertsen
Hist. Geo Space. Sci., 2, 39-55, https://doi.org/10.5194/hgss-2-39-2011, 2011 | 1,798 views
29 Jun 2011
"Historian of geomagnetism and aeronomy" Obituary – Dr. Wilfried Schröder
K. Schlegel and G. Gregori
Hist. Geo Space. Sci., 2, 83-84, https://doi.org/10.5194/hgss-2-83-2011, 2011 | 1,674 views
25 Feb 2013
History of the development of IS radars and founding of the Institute of Ionosphere in Ukraine
L. Ya. Emelyanov and T. G. Zhivolup
Hist. Geo Space. Sci., 4, 7-17, https://doi.org/10.5194/hgss-4-7-2013, 2013 | 1,668 views
16 May 2012
Iceland spar and its legacy in science
L. Kristjánsson
Hist. Geo Space. Sci., 3, 117-126, https://doi.org/10.5194/hgss-3-117-2012, 2012 | 1,611 views
05 Sep 2012
Christian Theodor Vaupell, a Danish 19th century naturalist and a pioneering developer of the Quaternary geoscience
J. K. Nielsen and S. Helama
Hist. Geo Space. Sci., 3, 143-150, https://doi.org/10.5194/hgss-3-143-2012, 2012 | 1,570 views
04 Jul 2013
Svante Arrhenius, cosmical physicist and auroral theorist
H. Kragh
Hist. Geo Space. Sci., 4, 61-69, https://doi.org/10.5194/hgss-4-61-2013, 2013 | 1,521 views
28 Mar 2014
On the early history of the Finnish Meteorological Institute
H. Nevanlinna
Hist. Geo Space. Sci., 5, 75-80, https://doi.org/10.5194/hgss-5-75-2014, 2014 | 1,518 views
12 Apr 2010
Kristian Birkeland's pioneering investigations of geomagnetic disturbances
A. Egeland and W. J. Burke
Hist. Geo Space. Sci., 1, 13-24, https://doi.org/10.5194/hgss-1-13-2010, 2010 | 1,466 views
29 Jun 2011
"Between unmanned and manned space research" Dr. Siegfried J. Bauer for his 80th birthday
G. K. Hartmann
Hist. Geo Space. Sci., 2, 81-82, https://doi.org/10.5194/hgss-2-81-2011, 2011 | 1,448 views
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, 2015 | 1,431 views
27 Mar 2012
Notes on historical aspects on the earliest known observations of noctilucent clouds
P. Dalin, N. Pertsev, and V. Romejko
Hist. Geo Space. Sci., 3, 87-97, https://doi.org/10.5194/hgss-3-87-2012, 2012 | 1,418 views
19 Dec 2011
History of EISCAT – Part 1: On the early history of EISCAT with special reference to the Swedish part of it
B. Hultqvist
Hist. Geo Space. Sci., 2, 115-121, https://doi.org/10.5194/hgss-2-115-2011, 2011 | 1,400 views
07 Mar 2012
Sophus Peter Tromholt: an outstanding pioneer in auroral research
K. Moss and P. Stauning
Hist. Geo Space. Sci., 3, 53-72, https://doi.org/10.5194/hgss-3-53-2012, 2012 | 1,368 views
13 Sep 2013
How the Saint Santin incoherent scatter system paved the way for a French involvement in EISCAT
P. Bauer, A. Giraud, W. Kofman, M. Petit, and P. Waldteufel
Hist. Geo Space. Sci., 4, 97-103, https://doi.org/10.5194/hgss-4-97-2013, 2013 | 1,352 views
10 Dec 2011
Roald Amundsen's contributions to our knowledge of the magnetic fields of the Earth and the Sun
A. Egeland and C. S. Deehr
Hist. Geo Space. Sci., 2, 99-112, https://doi.org/10.5194/hgss-2-99-2011, 2011 | 1,336 views
09 Aug 2011
Johann Christian Heuson, a little-known auroral scholar of the early 18th century
K. Schlegel and S. Silverman
Hist. Geo Space. Sci., 2, 89-95, https://doi.org/10.5194/hgss-2-89-2011, 2011 | 1,302 views
04 Jul 2014
Willy Stoffregen – An early pioneer of advanced ionospheric and auroral research
K. Schlegel and H. Lühr
Hist. Geo Space. Sci., 5, 149-154, https://doi.org/10.5194/hgss-5-149-2014, 2014 | 1,293 views
18 Nov 2010
Alexander von Humboldt's charts of the Earth's magnetic field: an assessment based on modern models
M. Mandea, M. Korte, A. Soloviev, and A. Gvishiani
Hist. Geo Space. Sci., 1, 63-76, https://doi.org/10.5194/hgss-1-63-2010, 2010 | 1,291 views
28 Mar 2012
Rectification of the ancient geographic coordinates in Ptolemy's Geographike Hyphegesis
C. Marx
Hist. Geo Space. Sci., 3, 99-112, https://doi.org/10.5194/hgss-3-99-2012, 2012 | 1,281 views
04 Jun 2010
The development of the aurora of 18 January 1770
W. Schröder
Hist. Geo Space. Sci., 1, 45-48, https://doi.org/10.5194/hgss-1-45-2010, 2010 | 1,230 views
07 Mar 2014
The STARE/SABRE story
E. Nielsen and W. Schmidt
Hist. Geo Space. Sci., 5, 63-72, https://doi.org/10.5194/hgss-5-63-2014, 2014 | 1,210 views
21 May 2014
Investigations of the auroral luminosity distribution and the dynamics of discrete auroral forms in a historical retrospective
Y. I. Feldstein, V. G. Vorobjev, V. L. Zverev, and M. Förster
Hist. Geo Space. Sci., 5, 81-134, https://doi.org/10.5194/hgss-5-81-2014, 2014 | 1,196 views
09 Feb 2011
On the precision of Ptolemy's geographic coordinates in his Geographike Hyphegesis
C. Marx
Hist. Geo Space. Sci., 2, 29-37, https://doi.org/10.5194/hgss-2-29-2011, 2011 | 1,184 views
06 Mar 2012
History of EISCAT – Part 3: The early history of EISCAT in Norway
O. Holt
Hist. Geo Space. Sci., 3, 47-52, https://doi.org/10.5194/hgss-3-47-2012, 2012 | 1,167 views
19 Dec 2011
History of EISCAT – Part 2: The early history of EISCAT in Finland
J. Oksman
Hist. Geo Space. Sci., 2, 123-128, https://doi.org/10.5194/hgss-2-123-2011, 2011 | 1,158 views
14 Mar 2012
Robert Helliwell, pioneer of whistler-mode research
D. L. Carpenter and U. S. Inan
Hist. Geo Space. Sci., 3, 73-74, https://doi.org/10.5194/hgss-3-73-2012, 2012 | 1,150 views
21 Feb 2012
Spiral structures and regularities in magnetic field variations and auroras
Y. I. Feldstein, L. I. Gromova, M. Förster, and A. E. Levitin
Hist. Geo Space. Sci., 3, 1-31, https://doi.org/10.5194/hgss-3-1-2012, 2012 | 1,149 views
28 Feb 2012
Father Secchi and the first Italian magnetic observatory
N. Ptitsyna and A. Altamore
Hist. Geo Space. Sci., 3, 33-45, https://doi.org/10.5194/hgss-3-33-2012, 2012 | 1,145 views
18 Apr 2011
Review article "A. B. Dobrowolski – the first cryospheric scientist – and the subsequent development of cryospheric science"
R. G. Barry, J. Jania, and K. Birkenmajer
Hist. Geo Space. Sci., 2, 75-79, https://doi.org/10.5194/hgss-2-75-2011, 2011 | 1,142 views
01 Apr 2010
Early Japanese contributions to space weather research (1945–1960)
A. Nishida
Hist. Geo Space. Sci., 1, 1-12, https://doi.org/10.5194/hgss-1-1-2010, 2010 | 1,138 views
14 Mar 2012
Edwin James' and John Hinton's revisions of Maclure's geologic map of the United States
K. R. Aalto
Hist. Geo Space. Sci., 3, 75-86, https://doi.org/10.5194/hgss-3-75-2012, 2012 | 1,137 views
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