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Syun-Ichi Akasofu talks with Bill Schneider in Fairbanks, Alaska on May 4, 2000 about...
1) Dr. Akasofu's Aurora research.
graduate student\ Chapman, Syndney\ Alaska\ letter -- wrote to Chapman\ questions\ response to letter\ Alaska -- moving to\ Chapman, Syndey -- worked under\ Elvey, Christian\ South Pacific\ magnetic stones\ thesis\ Geophysical Institute|
2) How Dr. Akasofu started to work on the Auroras.
fish-eye cameras\ International Geophysical Year (IGY)\ all-sky cameras\ data\ Moscow\ observe -- film\ work -- Aurora\ northern sky\ recedes\ Aurora\ magnetic pole\ annual ring\ Fairbanks\ after midnight -- Aurora recedes back to the north\ zone\ center line\ Fort Yukon\ southward\ old sky films|
3) Looking at the Aurora and defining its shape.
Aurora\ Fort Yukon\ northern sky\ ring\ oval\ Northern Hemisphere\ graduate student\ correspondence\ all-sky camera\ Alaska mini-station\ Anchorage\ data -- scan|
Air Force\ Aurora\ satellite\ Aurora -- shape\ images\ earth -- looking down at\ midnight sky -- Aurora active\ earth -- rotate\ quiet Aurora\ Aurora active\ patchy Aurora\ old sky films\ Northern Hemisphere\ Siberia\ Canada\ photographs|
5) Aurora studies and developing the Poker Flat Research Range.
Aurora -- quiet\ Aurora -- active\ Aurora activity\ Geophysical Institute -- director\ Poker Flat Program\ OSHA\ Poker Flat -- only high altitude rocket range in the U.S.|
6) Improving the conditions at Poker Flat Research Range with help from outside funding.
money -- finding\ NASA\ Stevens, Senator Ted\ funding\ Poker Flat\ upgrade process\ rocket range -- maintain\ launch rockets\ Canada -- closed range\ Norway\ scientists -- U.S.\ national projects -- very important\ funding -- shifted around\ Poker Flat -- upgrade|
7) How the International Arctic Research Center (IARC) developed.
Insititutes -- four major ones\ Geophysical Institute\ Institute of Arctic Biology\ Institute of Marine Science\ Institute of Northern Engineering\ Institute -- discipline oriented\ glaciers -- how they move\ global change\ global warming\ temperature\ Arctic Ocean -- changes\ permafrost\ tree rings\ global change -- study\ disciplines -- combined to understand global change|
glaciers -- why they move\ global change\ people -- bringing different ones together\ arctic ice\ area shrinking\ gulf stream\ Arctic Ocean -- ice melting|
9) Gulf Stream coming in to the Arctic Ocean and understanding the changes in the Arctic.
low pressure system\ global warming\ atmospheric scientists\ interdisciplinary\ climate change -- primary focus\ changes -- describe\ causes\ chain of processes\ central scheme\ common goal -- try to understand what's going on|
10) Why the Japanese are very supportive of the International Arctic Research Center.
Institute -- establishing\ Japanese -- government\ Japanese scientists -- shy\ students -- sent here\ learning English\ students -- come from many countries\ scientists -- treated as a guest\ students -- treated equally\ training -- don't get it\ University of Alaska Fairbanks -- international university|
11) Launching satellites and the Geophysical Institute's relationship with Japan.
high altitude\ satellites -- tracking\ antenna\ Japanese satellites\ scientists\ Japan\ employee -- University of Alaska Fairbanks\ hires\ postdoctorate\ Japanese funded|
12) Major achievements of the Geophysical Institute and its past directors.
Geophysical Institute -- world known\ Elvey, Christian\ Chapman, Sydney\ establish foundation\ geophysical scientific community\ researchers\ Elvey -- director\ Chapman -- scientific director\ foundation -- established by Elvey and Chapman\ International Geophysical Year|
13) Major achievements of the Geophysical Institute and its past directors continued.
Mather, Keith\ Aurora\ expanding studies\ seismology\ atmospheric sciences\ Alaska earthquake\ earthquake -- research\ Mather, Keith -- built the foundation of what the Geophysical Institute is today\ geophysics|
14) Promoting the Geophysical Institute.
Roederer, Juan\ Akasofu, Syun-Ichi\ promote disciplines\ establish facilities\ Poker Flat -- upgrade\ Alaska Volcano Observatory\ disciplines -- bringing them together for solving common problems|
15) The Aurora and what it tells us about life on other planets.
Elder Hostel\ Aurora -- greenish\ oxygen\ green Aurora -- evidence of plant life on other planets\ Jupiter -- pinkish Aurora mostly hydrogen\ detection\ technology|
16) Combining the sciences to help us understand a subject.
scientists\ subjects -- dig deeper for better understanding\ Aurora science\ combining sciences\ life on other planets|
