Sydney Chapman
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British mathematician and geophysicist
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(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Sydney Chapman was a British mathematician and geophysicist. His work on the kinetic theory of gases, solar-terrestrial physics, and the Earth's ozone layer has inspired a broad range of research over many decades.
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- Atmospheric Tides: Thermal and Gravitational (1969) (216)
- XXXV.On ozone and atomic oxygen in the upper atmosphere (1930) (208)
- The electrical conductivity of the ionosphere: A review (1956) (197)
- Notes on Atmospheric Sodium. (1939) (128)
- The Viscosity and Thermal Conductivity of a Completely Ionized Gas. (1954) (103)
- International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics (1939) (95)
- Diffusion in the sun. (1959) (83)
- The application of classical atmospheric tidal theory (1968) (75)
- Atmospheric Tides and Oscillations (1951) (46)
- 3 – A Note on Thermal Diffusion* (1972) (42)
- Solar plasma, geomagnetism, and aurora (1964) (42)
- Tides in the atmosphere (1954) (40)
- On Non‐Integral Orders of Summability of Series and Integrals (39)
- The photochemistry of atmospheric oxygen (1942) (31)
- Solar Streams of Corpuscles: Their Geometry, Absorption of Light, and Penetration (1929) (28)
- Atmospheric tides (1969) (27)
- The Energy of Magnetic Storms (1918) (26)
- Quantitative Theory of Atmospheric Tides and Thermal Tides (1970) (25)
- Atmospheric Tides, Thermal and Gravitational: Nomenclature, Notation and New Results (1970) (23)
- The Influence of a Solar Eclipse Upon Upper Atmospheric Ionization (1932) (23)
- The Electrical State of Solar Streams of Corpuscles (1929) (22)
- I. Thermal diffusion of rare constituents in gas-mixtures (21)
- Atmospheric Physics And Chemistry (1942) (21)
- Analysis of the data, and physical theories (1940) (20)
- Upper atmospheric nomenclature (1950) (18)
- LXVI.On the production of auroral and night-sky light (1937) (18)
- The emission spectra of the night sky and aurorae (1948) (18)
- LIX. Some notes on the kinetic theory of viscosity, conduction, and diffusion (1924) (17)
- I-1 - Perspective (1967) (16)
- XIV. On the partial separation by thermal diffusion of gases of equal molecular weight (1917) (14)
- LXIV.On approximate theories of diffusion phenomena (1928) (14)
- XXXI. On the annual variation of upper-atmospheric ozone (1930) (14)
- The International Geophysical Year 1957–58 (1953) (13)
- The lunar tide in the Earth's atmosphere (1935) (13)
- The upper atmosphere (1936) (11)
- Convection and Diffusion within Giant Stars (1917) (11)
- Geomagnetic and related phenomena (1951) (11)
- Thermal Diffusion and the Stars (1917) (11)
- Igy: Year of Discovery: the story of the International Geophysical Year (1959) (10)
- Theories of the aurora polaris (1952) (10)
- VII. A note on the fluctuation of water-level in a tidal-power reservoir (1923) (10)
- Lunar tidal componentsN1 andO2 in the atmospheric pressure (1970) (9)
- Meteor Geomagnetic Effects (1965) (9)
- Some Ratios of Infinite Determinants Occurring in the Kinetic Theory of Gases (1933) (8)
- Discussion on Ultra-Penetrating Rays (1931) (8)
- The Proof of the Formula for the Vector Triple Product (1939) (7)
- An Investigation Into The Possibility of Observing Streams of Corpuscles Emitted by Solar Flares, II (1949) (7)
- The histories of the International Polar Years and the Inception and Development of the International Geophysical Year (1959) (6)
- Solar Magnetism and the suggested Fundamental Magnetization by Rotation (1948) (6)
- Diffusion and Viscosity in Giant Stars (1922) (6)
- Diamagnetism and Drift Currents in the Solar Atmosphere (1932) (6)
- Note on persistent meteor trails (1955) (5)
- INTRODUCTION TO THE HISTORY OF THE FIRST INTERNATIONAL POLAR YEAR (1959) (5)
- History of Aurora and Airglow (1967) (5)
- On Solar Ultra-Violet Radiation as the Cause of Aurora and Magnetic Storms. (1930) (5)
- The Earth in the Sun's Atmosphere (1959) (4)
- A Theoretical Calculation of the Rhombohedral Angle of Crystals of the Calcite Type (1924) (4)
- Note: Thermal Diffusion in Gaseous Nebulae. (1958) (4)
- On the summability of series of Legendre's functions (1912) (4)
- Earth and Beyond: The International Geophysical Year in retrospect: Was it a "turning point in history"? (1961) (4)
- On theories of magnetic storms and aurorae (1938) (3)
- The Excitation of Line and Band Spectra in Comets by Sunlight (1928) (3)
- 6 – The Kinetic Theory of Gases Fifty Years Ago* (1972) (3)
- Radio fade‐outs and the associated magnetic variations (1937) (3)
- The Electrical Conductivity of Stellar Matter (1928) (2)
- On the Radial Limitation of the Sun's Magnetic Field (1928) (2)
- A Review of the United Kingdom Contribution to the International Biological Programme. (1978) (2)
- Geomagnetic Storms and Auroras (1967) (2)
- The Lunar Atmospheric Tide as Revealed by Meteorological Data (1970) (2)
- GENERAL FOREWORD TO THE ANNALS OF THE INTERNATIONAL GEOPHYSICAL YEAR (1959) (2)
- Electrical phenomena occurring at high levels in the atmosphere (1)
- On Methods of Representing the Distribution of Magnetic Force over the Earth's Surface (1919) (1)
- Dynamical and Other Aspects of Cosmic Gases of Low Density (1961) (1)
- A Theory of the Aurora Polaris (1954) (1)
- Assessing the school leaver. (1967) (1)
- Geomagnetism: Review@@@Geomagnetism (1941) (1)
- The Use of Spherical Harmonic Functions in Mathematical Physics (1930) (1)
- On the Total Light of the Stars (1914) (1)
- On density inversion in the convective zones of stars. (1970) (1)
- The Solar Daily Atmospheric Oscillations as Revealed by Meteorological Data (1970) (1)
- Introductory and Historical (1970) (1)
- THE INTERNATIONAL GEOPHYSICAL YEAR AND SOME AMERICAN ASPECTS OF IT (1954) (1)
- Scientific Programme of the International Geophysical Year 1957–58 (1955) (1)
- Upper atmospheric nomenclature: Addendum to Section 11 (1951) (1)
- International Cooperation and the IGY (1960) (1)
- Wind Mixing and Diffusion in the Upper Atmosphere (1930) (1)
- LXXV. A note on magnetic storms (1920) (1)
- The International Geophysical Year, 1957–58 (1955) (1)
- Gravity Anomalies in the East Indian Archipelago: Discussion (1931) (0)
- VI – THE FINNISH EXPEDITION TO SODANKYLÄ (NORTH FINLAND) (1959) (0)
- ON THE CHANGES OF TEMPERATURE IN THE LOWER ATMOSPHERE, BY EDDY CONDUCTION AND OTHERWISE (1925) (0)
- ATMOSPHERIC OSCILLATIONS* (1947) (0)
- Introductory Review Paper: The Extended Solar Corona (1963) (0)
- I – ORIGINES, ORGANISATION ET PROGRAMME (1959) (0)
- ELECTRICAL PHENOMENA IN THE UPPER ATMOSPHERE (1919) (0)
- The Manchester University Summer School of Mathematics at Bangor (1924) (0)
- Solar Streams of Corpuscles and their Relation to Geomagnetic Storms (1946) (0)
- United States Geophysical Expedition to the Pacific Ocean (1939) (0)
- XII – THE UNITED STATES EXPEDITIONS TO LADY FRANKLIN BAY (GRINNELL LAND) AND POINT BARROW (NORTH COAST OF ALASKA) (1959) (0)
- The Interplanetary Gas and the Earth's Outermost Atmosphere (1963) (0)
- The Number and Galactic Distribution of the Stars (1917) (0)
- Addendum to “Upper Atmospheric Nomenclature” (1950) (0)
- I – ORIGIN, PLANNING AND PROGRAMME (1959) (0)
- III – THE BRITISH-CANADIAN EXPEDITION TO FORT RAE (GREAT SLAVE LAKE) (1959) (0)
- The history and description of the Cape Observatory (1914) (0)
- The Sun's General Magnetic Field and the Chromosphere (1928) (0)
- LETTERS TO THE EDITOR. ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY AND CHEMICAL AERONOMY (1958) (0)
- II – THE AUSTRIAN EXPEDITION TO JAN MAYEN (1959) (0)
- VIII – THE GERMAN EXPEDITIONS TO KINGUA FIORD (CUMBERLAND SOUND) AND SOUTH GEORGIA ISLAND (SOUTH ATLANTIC OCEAN) (1959) (0)
- IX – THE NORWEGIAN EXPEDITION TO BOSSEKOP (NORTH COAST OF NORWAY) (1959) (0)
- V – THE DUTCH EXPEDITION TO PORT DICKSON (1959) (0)
- Magnetic Results in Western Canada: With Four Isomagnetic Maps (1925) (0)
- IV – THE DANISH EXPEDITION TO GODTHAAB (WEST COAST OF GREENLAND) (1959) (0)
- III – L'EXPÉDITION ANGLO-CANADIENNE À FORT RAE (GRAND LAC DES ESCLAVES) (1959) (0)
- The Influence of Diffusion on the Propagation of Sound Waves in Air (0)
- CHAPTER ONE – The International Geophysical Year (1964) (0)
- A Transformation of the Magnetic Dip Chart: Discussion (1919) (0)
- VII – THE FRENCH EXPEDITION TO CAPE HORN (TIERRA DEL FUEGO) (1959) (0)
- SOLAR EMISSIONS AND MAGNETIC-AURORAL STORMS ON THE EARTH. (1967) (0)
- The Sun as a Producer of Energy (1941) (0)
- XI – THE SWEDISH EXPEDITION TO CAPE THORDSEN (SPITSBERGEN) (1959) (0)
- The Extended Solar Corona. (1961) (0)
- New Theory of the Aurora Polaris S (0)
- X – THE RUSSIAN EXPEDITIONS TO SSAGASTYR (MOUTH OF R. LENA, SIBERIA) AND KARMAKULE (MOLLER BAY, NOVAYA ZEMLYA) (1959) (0)
- Terrestrial Magnetism@@@Terrestrial Magnetism and Electricity@@@Geomagnetism (1941) (0)
- On the Uniformity of Gaseous Density, According to the Kinetic Theory (0)
- Summer Schools for Advanced Mathematical Study (1924) (0)
- The Effect of Magnetism on the Rates of Chronometers and Watches (1912) (0)
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