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7. The International Geophysical Year (1958–1959)

© University of Hawaii Press, Honolulu

© University of Hawaii Press, Honolulu

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Contents vii
  3. Foreword ix
  4. Preface xiii
  5. 1. Earth’s Biggest Mountain 1
  6. 2. The First Scientific Expeditions (1794, 1825, and 1834) 15
  7. 3. The United States Exploring Expedition (1840–1841) 27
  8. 4. Robert Simpson’s Dream: The Mauna Loa Summit Observatory (1951–1954) 49
  9. 5. Founding of the Slope Unit of the Mauna Loa Observatory (1955–1956) 71
  10. 6. Startup: The First Science at MLO (1956–1957) 91
  11. 7. The International Geophysical Year (1958–1959) 127
  12. 8. Boom and Bust (1960–1963) 151
  13. 9. Survival Mode and Making History (1964–1965) 177
  14. 10. The Second Decade (1966–1975) 203
  15. 11. The Third Decade (1976–1985) 244
  16. 12. The Fourth Decade (1986–1995 285
  17. 13. The Fifth Decade (1996–2005) 327
  18. 14. The Mauna Loa Observatory Today 362
  19. 15. The Next Fifty Years 399
  20. Epilogue: “We Must Preserve This Progress” 421
  21. Appendix: The Current Science Programs 427
  22. Subject Index 449
  23. Name Index 455
  24. About the Author 463
Hawai‘i’s Mauna Loa Observatory
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Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Contents vii
  3. Foreword ix
  4. Preface xiii
  5. 1. Earth’s Biggest Mountain 1
  6. 2. The First Scientific Expeditions (1794, 1825, and 1834) 15
  7. 3. The United States Exploring Expedition (1840–1841) 27
  8. 4. Robert Simpson’s Dream: The Mauna Loa Summit Observatory (1951–1954) 49
  9. 5. Founding of the Slope Unit of the Mauna Loa Observatory (1955–1956) 71
  10. 6. Startup: The First Science at MLO (1956–1957) 91
  11. 7. The International Geophysical Year (1958–1959) 127
  12. 8. Boom and Bust (1960–1963) 151
  13. 9. Survival Mode and Making History (1964–1965) 177
  14. 10. The Second Decade (1966–1975) 203
  15. 11. The Third Decade (1976–1985) 244
  16. 12. The Fourth Decade (1986–1995 285
  17. 13. The Fifth Decade (1996–2005) 327
  18. 14. The Mauna Loa Observatory Today 362
  19. 15. The Next Fifty Years 399
  20. Epilogue: “We Must Preserve This Progress” 421
  21. Appendix: The Current Science Programs 427
  22. Subject Index 449
  23. Name Index 455
  24. About the Author 463
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