Julius Bartels

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Julius Bartels (17 August 1899,

Sydney Chapman, he wrote the influential book Geomagnetism
.

Life and career

Bartels was awarded his

Sydney Chapman to publish the two-volume work Geomagnetism, a definitive reference on geophysics.[1]

In 1933, Bartels signed the Vow of allegiance of the Professors of the German Universities and High-Schools to Adolf Hitler and the National Socialistic State.

Following the war in 1946, he became professor in Göttingen. He was also a director at the Max Planck Institute for Physics of the Stratosphere (today Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research) between 1955 and 1964. When, in 1958 International Council for Science, created the Committee on Space Research (COSPAR), Bartels became chairman of the West-German branch. From 1954 until 1957, he served as first President of the IAGA. Between 1960 and 1963, he was vice-president of the International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics.[2]

Research

Among his contributions was the development of the

coronal holes were later confirmed by the Skylab mission. Finally he also helped initiate the International Geophysical Year
, which took place in 1957/8.

The

Carrington rotation
which is based on 27.2753 days.

Awards and honors

See also

References

  1. ^ European Geosciences Union. "Awards & Medals: Julius Bartels". Retrieved 30 September 2011.[permanent dead link]
  2. ^ A memorial note was published in Meteorologische Rundschau 1964 by Wilfried Schröder.
  3. doi:10.1029/TE039i003p00201
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  4. ^ European Geosciences Union. "Awards & Honors: Julius Bartels Medal". Archived from the original on 2011-09-17. Retrieved 30 September 2011.
  • Schröder, Wilfried (2010). "Sydney Chapman and his connections with some German geophysicists". Acta Geodaetica et Geophysica Hungarica. 44 (2): 245–254.
    S2CID 130194979
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  • OCLC 499431969
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  • OCLC 458641769
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