Radio Science in the UK 1919-2019

Martin Paul Robinson; Eleri Pryse; Keith Grainge

Radio Science in the UK 1919-2019

Martin Paul Robinson, Eleri Pryse, Keith Grainge

Electronic Engineering

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed) › peer-review

Abstract

The development of radio science in the UK in the hundred years since the founding of URSI is outlined here. Early research into the ionosphere by Appleton and colleagues experimentally confirmed the existence of a layer of conductive plasma in the earth’s atmosphere, and observations of reflections from this layer prompted the invention of radar by Watson Watt and others. The availability of surplus radio equipment after the Second World War was a factor in the development of radio astronomy by Ryle’s group in Cambridge and researchers lead by Lovell at Jodrell Bank. Other post-war developments included medical applications, waveguides, computational electromagnetics, novel antennas for electromagnetic compatibility and continued interest in wireless communications, ionospheric propagation and radio astronomy projects like the Square Kilometre Array. The UK’s contribution has been enriched by the collaborative, international ethos of URSI.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	100 Years of the International Union of Radio Science
Place of Publication	Gent, Belgium
Publisher	URSI
Chapter	21
Pages	347-361
Number of pages	15
ISBN (Print)	9789463968034
Publication status	Published - 2021

Bibliographical note

This is an author-produced version of the published paper. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher’s self-archiving policy. Further copying may not be permitted; contact the publisher for details

Keywords

radio frequency
Historical Article
UK

Access to Document

Radio Science and the UK 1919-2019 submitted 26 Nov 2019
This is an author-produced version of the published paper. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher’s self-archiving policy. Further copying may not be permitted; contact the publisher for details
Accepted author manuscript, 1.74 MB

https://www.ursi.org/publications.php

Cite this

@inbook{21d8e116ff3e48a4b4ee5739ae81996d,

title = "Radio Science in the UK 1919-2019",

abstract = "The development of radio science in the UK in the hundred years since the founding of URSI is outlined here. Early research into the ionosphere by Appleton and colleagues experimentally confirmed the existence of a layer of conductive plasma in the earth{\textquoteright}s atmosphere, and observations of reflections from this layer prompted the invention of radar by Watson Watt and others. The availability of surplus radio equipment after the Second World War was a factor in the development of radio astronomy by Ryle{\textquoteright}s group in Cambridge and researchers lead by Lovell at Jodrell Bank. Other post-war developments included medical applications, waveguides, computational electromagnetics, novel antennas for electromagnetic compatibility and continued interest in wireless communications, ionospheric propagation and radio astronomy projects like the Square Kilometre Array. The UK{\textquoteright}s contribution has been enriched by the collaborative, international ethos of URSI.",

keywords = "radio frequency, Historical Article, UK",

author = "Robinson, {Martin Paul} and Eleri Pryse and Keith Grainge",

note = "This is an author-produced version of the published paper. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher{\textquoteright}s self-archiving policy. Further copying may not be permitted; contact the publisher for details ",

year = "2021",

language = "English",

isbn = "9789463968034",

pages = "347--361",

booktitle = "100 Years of the International Union of Radio Science",

publisher = "URSI",

}

TY - CHAP

T1 - Radio Science in the UK 1919-2019

AU - Robinson, Martin Paul

AU - Pryse, Eleri

AU - Grainge, Keith

N1 - This is an author-produced version of the published paper. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher’s self-archiving policy. Further copying may not be permitted; contact the publisher for details

PY - 2021

Y1 - 2021

N2 - The development of radio science in the UK in the hundred years since the founding of URSI is outlined here. Early research into the ionosphere by Appleton and colleagues experimentally confirmed the existence of a layer of conductive plasma in the earth’s atmosphere, and observations of reflections from this layer prompted the invention of radar by Watson Watt and others. The availability of surplus radio equipment after the Second World War was a factor in the development of radio astronomy by Ryle’s group in Cambridge and researchers lead by Lovell at Jodrell Bank. Other post-war developments included medical applications, waveguides, computational electromagnetics, novel antennas for electromagnetic compatibility and continued interest in wireless communications, ionospheric propagation and radio astronomy projects like the Square Kilometre Array. The UK’s contribution has been enriched by the collaborative, international ethos of URSI.

AB - The development of radio science in the UK in the hundred years since the founding of URSI is outlined here. Early research into the ionosphere by Appleton and colleagues experimentally confirmed the existence of a layer of conductive plasma in the earth’s atmosphere, and observations of reflections from this layer prompted the invention of radar by Watson Watt and others. The availability of surplus radio equipment after the Second World War was a factor in the development of radio astronomy by Ryle’s group in Cambridge and researchers lead by Lovell at Jodrell Bank. Other post-war developments included medical applications, waveguides, computational electromagnetics, novel antennas for electromagnetic compatibility and continued interest in wireless communications, ionospheric propagation and radio astronomy projects like the Square Kilometre Array. The UK’s contribution has been enriched by the collaborative, international ethos of URSI.

KW - radio frequency

KW - Historical Article

KW - UK

M3 - Chapter (peer-reviewed)

SN - 9789463968034

SP - 347

EP - 361

BT - 100 Years of the International Union of Radio Science

PB - URSI

CY - Gent, Belgium

ER -