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Greenland (associated with Arhus University), does research in meteors, theoretical astrophysics, and variable stars. There are also a few private astronomical observatories in Denmark.
Research is conducted by the Danish Space Research Institute and by the Ionospheric Laboratory of the Danish Meteorological Institute. Both the institute and the laboratory are located at Lyngby and are associated with the Technical University of Denmark. Denmark is a member of ESRO and expects to become a member of the incipient European Space Agency (ESA). Ionospheric and magnetospheric experiments have been conducted abroad ESRO satellites and sounding rockets. Denmark also is a member of the Scandinavian Space Research Organization, and since the early 1960s has cooperated, principally with Norway and the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration, in sounding rocket ionospheric research.
Before early 1970 Denmark established a rocket-launching range at Sondre Stromfjord, Greenland. The Danish Space Research Institute has also made cosmic ray studies aboard balloons flown from Narsarssuaq, near the southern tip of Greenland. In addition, Denmark has had a space tracking and telemetry monitoring station at Rude Skov, near Copenhagen. The Ionospheric Laboratory has geophysical observatories at three locations in Greenland where polar cap ionospheric research is conducted, and all-sky camera auroral observations have been made at the Godhavn and Narsarssuaq observatories.
Seismological research is conducted by the Danish Geodetic Institute. It maintains a seismological station in Copenhagen and three stations in Greenland. All are participating stations in the World-Wide Network of Standard Seismographs of the US Coast and Survey. The Danish Geological Survey, Copenhagen, is reportedly primarily academically oriented. However, in 1970 it was engaged in studying the economic aspects of large uranium ore deposits in Greenland. The work was in conjunction with the physical exploration of these and associated deposits of other minerals being conducted by the Riso Research Establishment.
The Danish Meteorological Institute, in Charlottenlund, is headed by Dr. Karl O. Andersen and is responsible for providing all weather services except civil aviation forecasting. By late 1972 the large network of meteorological stations had grown to nearly 600 in Denmark, 5 in the Faroe Islands, and 60 in Greenland. Eight of the 600 are participating in the International Hydrological Decade (IHD), which ends in 1977, another 20 operate nearly all year as lightning counters, and the others operate as climatic and synoptic stations. The purchase of equipment for use with American meteorological satellites and the establishment of a computer division in 1971 within the institute should greatly enhance Danish capabilities in such activities as storm warnings, extended period forecasting, ship routing, and weather research.
The Danish Meteorological Institute is engaged in the meteorology-related fields of sounding rocket experimentation and ionospheric research in Greenland. The geographic position of Greenland offers a favorable platform for investigation into the polar cap ionosphere, and the institute considers such investigations necessary. Geomagnetic surveys and auroral studies are conducted by the Danish Meteorological Institute. Several geomagnetic surveys for the west coast of Greenland and also one for Denmark itself are contributions to the World Magnetic Survey Project.
Geodetic research and development have been directed toward the improvement and expansion of triangulation and leveling and increasing the number of gravimetric stations. Denmark participates in geodetic satellite programs within the Western European Sub-Commission for Artificial Satellites and has cooperated with the United States on similar programs. The Danish Geodetic Institute is the center for all geodetic and gravimetric research and has a relatively free hand in determining policy. Instruction in geodesy is available at the Copenhagen University and the Technical University of Denmark. Danish scientists are using modern instruments and techniques to solve their geodetic problems. Most of the instruments are of foreign design.
Research in triangulation and leveling has primarily been routine and is devoid of any significant developments. Horizontal surveys have led to new connection networks with Sweden and West Germany. A revised and densified network has been established on the Faroe Islands, and several networks have been established in Greenland for geodetic and geological purposes. Considerable time and effort have been devoted to data processing problems dealing with geometric geodesy and investigations concerning the method of least squares. As a member of the Nordic Geodetic Commission, Denmark has participated in projects concerning stellar triangulation, distance measurement, land uplift, geoid investigation and treatment of geodetic observations with electronic computers. Leveling activity has resulted in contributions to the United European Leveling
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