Documents PLANS FOR THE INTERNATIONAL HELIOPHYSICAL YEAR J. Davila, B. Thompson, N. Gopalswamy NASA-GSFC...

Slide 1PLANS FOR THE INTERNATIONAL HELIOPHYSICAL YEAR J. Davila, B. Thompson, N. Gopalswamy NASA-GSFC October 14, 2004 Slide 2 IHY (http://ihy.gsfc.nasa.gov)2 Why IHY? The…

Documents Why IHY? Historical Perspective

IHY (http://ihy.gsfc.nasa.gov) Why IHY? Historical Perspective First International Polar Year January 1875 at the Academy of Sciences in Vienna Carl Weyprecht suggested a…