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XXIX ESC General Assembly, Sept. 12-17, 2004 - GFZ

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1936-45 Julius BARTELS (1899-1964), Director of the<br />

Geophysical Institute Potsdam →<br />

• Developed statical methods for testing geophysical<br />

models and useful geophysical indices, amongst<br />

them the planetary geomagnetic Kp index<br />

• Published in 1940 with S. Chapman the standard<br />

textbook „Geomagnetism“<br />

• One of the key initators of the IGY 1957<br />

• First President of IAGA<br />

• Vice President of IUGG<br />

(1960-63)<br />

BARTEL´s famous<br />

representation of the<br />

Kp indices of global<br />

geomagnetic activity<br />

as „musical scales“ →<br />

Peter Bormann <strong>XXIX</strong> <strong>ESC</strong> <strong>General</strong> <strong>Assembly</strong>, <strong>Sept</strong>. <strong>12</strong>-<strong>17</strong>, <strong>2004</strong>

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