International Commission for the Investigation of the Upper Air

International Commission for the Investigation of the Upper Air , Commission Internationale de l’Exploration de la Haute Atmosphère
Founded: 1919
Sources: HB 1921, HB 1923, HB 1925, HB 1929

Officers

Committee

• Prof. Vilhelm Friman Koren Bjerknes President 1921-1923
• Prof. H. Hergesell President
• Hans Theodor Hesselberg Secretary 1921
• Lempfert Secretary 1925
• Sir LL.D. Napier Shaw President 1923-1929
• Prof. Ewoud van Everdingen Vice President 1921-1925

Seats

• Geofysisk Institut: Bergen: Norway
• London: United Kingdom
  HB 1923/25
• Siegmundshof III: Berlin: Germany
  HB 1929

Relationships with other Organisations

• this organisation (International Commission for the Investigation of the Upper Air ) is member of International Committee for the Polar Year 1932-1933

Members in these countries

représentants des différentes sociétés et institutions scientifiques dans les pays suivants:
Australia (since 1923) , Austria (since 1925) , Azores (since 1929) , Belgium (since 1923) , Brazil (since 1929) , Canada (since 1923) , Ceylon (since 1929) , Czechoslovakia (since 1929) , Denmark (since 1923) , France (since 1923) , Germany (since 1925) , Greece (since 1929) , Hong-Kong (since 1929) , Hungary (since 1929) , India (since 1923) , Italy (since 1923) , Japan (since 1923) , Java (since 1923) , Kenya Colony (since 1929) , Mauritius (since 1929) , Netherlands (since 1923) , New Zealand (since 1929) , Norway (since 1923) , Poland (since 1929) , Portugal (since 1923) , Russia (1925-1929) , Samoa (since 1929) , South Africa (since 1929) , Spain (since 1923) , Sweden (since 1923) , Switzerland (since 1923) , Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (since 1929) , United Kingdom (since 1923) , United States of America (since 1923) ,

Congresses

• 1921-1921 Bergen: Norway 7. Meeting
• 1925-1925 London: United Kingdom 8. Meeting
• 1927-1927 Leipzig: Germany 9. Meeting

Object

Observations des mouvements, des températures, des conditions physiques de l'atmosphère libre dans toutes les hauteurs et publication de ces observations d'une manière systématique. (HB 1925) To observe the movements, temperatures and physical conditions of the free air at all altitudes and to publish these observations systematically. (HB 1929)

Activities

La septième réunion de la Commission a eu lieu à Bergen en juillet 1921.

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