International Geophysical Year Program

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/International_Geophysical_Year_Program

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Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	scientific program
gptkbp:endDate	1958
gptkbp:field	atmospheric science cosmic rays geophysics oceanography seismology glaciology geomagnetism solar activity longitude and latitude measurements gravity measurements
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	International Geophysical Year Program
gptkbp:notableAchievement	launch of Sputnik 1 discovery of Van Allen radiation belts
gptkbp:notableParticipant	gptkb:Afghanistan gptkb:Algeria gptkb:Angola gptkb:Antarctica gptkb:Argentina gptkb:Australia gptkb:Belgium gptkb:Brazil gptkb:Bulgaria gptkb:Cambodia gptkb:Canada gptkb:Ceylon gptkb:Chile gptkb:China gptkb:Czechoslovakia gptkb:Denmark gptkb:Egypt gptkb:Ethiopia gptkb:Finland gptkb:France gptkb:Germany gptkb:Ghana gptkb:Greece gptkb:Greenland gptkb:Hong_Kong gptkb:Hungary gptkb:Iceland gptkb:India gptkb:Indonesia gptkb:Iran gptkb:Iraq gptkb:Israel gptkb:Italy gptkb:Japan gptkb:Jordan gptkb:Kenya gptkb:Korea gptkb:Kuwait gptkb:Laos gptkb:Lebanon gptkb:Liberia gptkb:Libya gptkb:Macau gptkb:Madagascar gptkb:Malaya gptkb:Mauritius gptkb:Mexico gptkb:Mongolia gptkb:Morocco gptkb:Mozambique gptkb:Nepal gptkb:Netherlands gptkb:New_Zealand gptkb:Nigeria gptkb:Norway gptkb:Pakistan gptkb:Peru gptkb:Philippines gptkb:Poland gptkb:Portugal gptkb:Romania gptkb:Saudi_Arabia gptkb:Seychelles gptkb:Siam gptkb:Singapore gptkb:South_Africa gptkb:Soviet_Union gptkb:Spain gptkb:Sudan gptkb:Sweden gptkb:Switzerland gptkb:Syria gptkb:Thailand gptkb:Tibet gptkb:Tunisia gptkb:Turkey gptkb:Uganda gptkb:United_Kingdom gptkb:United_States gptkb:Uruguay gptkb:Venezuela gptkb:Vietnam gptkb:Yemen gptkb:Yugoslavia gptkb:Union_of_South_Africa gptkb:Zanzibar gptkb:Belgian_Congo Burma Tanganyika
gptkbp:organizedBy	gptkb:International_Council_of_Scientific_Unions
gptkbp:participants	67 countries
gptkbp:purpose	global geophysical research
gptkbp:relatedTo	gptkb:International_Polar_Year gptkb:International_Heliophysical_Year
gptkbp:startDate	1957
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:IGP
gptkbp:bfsLayer	5