Timeline

  • 1987
    Radar Antenna on Elvey
    Dish hanging by crane over Elvey building

    A synthetic aperture radar antenna is installed on the Elvey Building roof. The 10-meter-wide antenna sits atop a 27-foot pedestal. The addition is funded by NASA as part of a $20 million contract between the agency and the Alaska SAR Facility.

  • 1988
    Alaska Volcano Observatory Established
    Augustine Volcano erupting March 27 1986

    The Alaska Volcano Observatory is established as a joint endeavor between the USGS, the Geophysical Institute and the State of Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys. Federal, state and university resources are pooled to monitor and study Alaska volcanoes. The development of prediction methods and recording techniques are a focus of Fairbanks and Anchorage-based researchers.

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Since it was established by an Act of Congress in 1946, scientists at the Geophysical Institute have studied geophysical processes from the center of the Earth to the surface of the sun and beyond, turning data and observations into information useful for state, Arctic and national priorities.

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