Refl ections on a Career in Radio Science

摘要

My way into radio science started in the 1970s at the Polar Space Physic Observatory (PSPO) in Norilsk, a town in northern Siberia beyond the Arctic Circle. After graduating from the Electrotechnical University of Communication in Sankt Petersburg (at that time, Leningrad), I took a position as a junior researcher at the PSPO. I actually followed my husband, Dr. Donat Blagoveshchensky, to Norilsk. He was invited to the PSPO to lead the newly organized radio wave propagation group. At that time, a brilliant and enthusiastic young scientist, Dr. Gelii Zherebtsov, was the head of the PSPO. He organized and led the scientifi c research in various fi elds, including the ionosphere, the Earth’s magnetic fi eld, visible aurora, and radio wave propagation. The PSPO was a division Blagoveshchensky, to Norilsk. He was invited to the PSPO to lead the newly organized radio wave propagation group. At that time, a brilliant and enthusiastic young scientist, Dr. Gelii Zherebtsov, was the head of the PSPO. He organized and led the scientifi c research in various fi elds, including the ionosphere, the Earth’s magnetic fi eld, visible aurora, and radio wave propagation. The PSPO was a division