Pacific Islands Monthly
The news magazine of the South Pacific · since 1930
Pacific Islands Monthly, 1 March 1957Vol. XXVII, No. 8

Igy Instruments

p. 141 · Read in the full issue

Page 141141

For Rarotonga

r[E Superintendent of the NZ Oceanographic Institute has provided an outline of New Zealand’s plans for oceanographic research during the International Geophysical Year.

They include two items that it is hoped to install at Rarotonga, Cook Islands, in time to play a useful part in the IGY Pacific Programme. Firstly, radar equip ment for obtaining high altitude wind force and direction to be operated by the Rarotonga branch office of the NZ Meteorological Service. Secondly, a panoramic re corder to replace the existing ionospheric installation that has been operated at Rarotonga for some years by officers of the NZ Department of Scientific Research, assisted by native trainees.

The panoramic ionosphere recorder has a much greater frequency range than the equip ment at present in use and three units of this new type are now being built in New Zealand—one for Rarotonga, one for Christ church. NZ, and one for the Antarctic.

Ti Mrs. Cowell and her two children have rejoined Mr. R. Cowell at the British Residency in the New Hebrides.

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