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Their duties are accordingly limited to a maximum of sixteen hours 

 per week, and they are required to maintain satisfactory academic 

 standing during the period of their employment. 



At present there are 15 full time staff members, 8 part time 

 associated faculty members and 10 part time assistants and ob- 

 servers making a total working group of 33 members. They 

 are engaged on contracts to the University of Alaska by the Air- 

 force, the Signal Corps and the National Bureau of Standards. 

 Graduate work will be started in the near future. It is con- 

 templated that several graduate assistants and fellows will be 

 engaged as this program of graduate studies is developed. 



It is planned to include on the staff as soon as possible, a group 

 of outstanding scientists who will serve as advisors to the work- 

 ers in the various branches recognized as comprising basic 

 geophysics. This group of honorary and visiting fellows will, 

 with the permanent staff, assure the broadest possible program 

 consistent with the opportunities and capacities at the Geophysi- 

 cal Institute. 



Research in Geophysics at the University of Alaska 



Research in Geophysics at the University of Alaska at this 

 time (November 1950) is chiefly concerned with the Upper 

 Atmosphere. It involves investigations mostly of an applied 

 nature, studying radio propagation, auroral and night-sky phe- 

 nomena, and sounding the ionosphere by radio pulse tech- 

 niques. These are supplemented by an extensive series of 

 measurements on the state of the atmosphere in the Arctic. 

 This work is supported by contracts with the Signal Corps, 

 Department of the Army, the Geophysical Research Directorate 

 of the Air Force, Cambridge Research Laboratories and the 

 Central Radio Propagation Laboratory of the National Bureau 

 of Standards, though small programs in photometry and cosmic 

 radiation are supported by University funds. 



Ionospheric Measurements 



Multifrequency ionospheric equipment has been in operation 

 at College, Alaska, since June 1941. The initial equipment, 



