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Barbara Bell (astronomer)

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A study of Doppler and damping effects in the solar atmosphere. Published under AMC contract W19-122ac-17 for the establishment of a solar observatory at Sacramento Peak, New Mexico
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in 1944, then earned a PhD from Harvard University in 1951. Her dissertation, "A study of Doppler and damping effects in the solar atmosphere", was supervised by
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Bell was said to have a sharp and curious mind, with a kind heart and cheerful disposition, especially towards her niece, Carolyn S. Bell.
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American Men & Women of Science : A Biographical Directory of Today's Leaders in Physical, Biological, and Related Sciences
213:"Research Directed Toward the Observation and Interpretation of Solar Phenomena" (1968, with Howard L. DeMastus and Donald Menzel) 210:"Dependence of the lunar modulation of geomagnetic activity on the celestial latitude of the Moon" (1966, with Richard J. Defouw) 145: 1291: 118: 773: 746: 418: 204:"Solar radio bursts of spectral types II and IV: their relations to optical phenomena and to geomagnetic activity" (1963) 151:
Bell also researched and wrote on the climate history of ancient Egypt; she is credited with being the first to explore
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Rivers of Power: How a Natural Force Raised Kingdoms, Destroyed Civilizations, and Shapes Our World
1187:"Dependence of the lunar modulation of geomagnetic activity on the celestial latitude of the Moon" 979: 971: 727: 719: 669: 613: 340: 110: 94: 90: 73:, for her entire career. In addition to her work in astronomy, she contributed to the field of 1299: 1249: 1214: 1167: 1120: 1073: 1026: 963: 914: 867: 828: 779: 752: 711: 661: 498: 394: 98: 1241: 1206: 1159: 1112: 1065: 1018: 953: 906: 859: 820: 703: 653: 490: 294: 74: 163:
annual flood levels. This research has been used extensively in archeological literature.
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and civil breakdown known as "The First Dark Age in Egypt", using records of the
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Bell was an astronomer affiliated with Harvard College Observatory and the
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Rotberg, Robert I.; Rabb, Theodore K.; Bell, Barbara (2014-07-14).
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Bell, Barbara; DeMastus, Howard L.; Menzel, Donald Howard (1968).
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for over fifty years between 1948 to the 1990s working mainly on
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Bell died in 2017, aged 95 years. The Barbara Bell Professor of
160: 235:"Analysis of Viticultural Data by Cumulative Deviations" (2014) 183:"Some Sunspot and Flare Statistics" (1958, with Harold Glazer) 335:. Harvard University. Special report no. 35. Cambridge, Mass. 232:"Climate and the History of Egypt: The Middle Kingdom" (1975) 223:"Solar variation as an explanation of climate change" (1953) 387:"George Irving Bell, 73, Leader In Studies of Human Genome" 1292:""Analysis of Viticultural Data by Cumulative Deviations"" 1275:"The Dark Ages in History. I. The First Dark Age in Egypt" 1296:
Climate and History: Studies in Interdisciplinary History
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Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific
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Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian
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Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian
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She served on various committees of the 18: 1144:Smithsonian Contributions to Astrophysics 1050:Smithsonian Contributions to Astrophysics 1003:Smithsonian Contributions to Astrophysics 957: 891:Smithsonian Contributions to Astrophysics 852:Smithsonian Contributions to Astrophysics 846:Bell, Barbara; Glazer, Harold G. (1958). 805:Smithsonian Contributions to Astrophysics 475:Smithsonian Contributions to Astrophysics 614:"International Astronomical Union | IAU" 1046:"Major flares and geomagnetic activity" 642:"The Oldest Records of the Nile Floods" 257: 999:"On the structure of the sunspot zone" 799:Bell, Barbara; Glazer, Harold (1957). 338: 885:Bell, Barbara; Meltzer, Alan (1959). 685: 683: 635: 633: 589:"Sun Energy Changes Brought Ice Ages" 566: 564: 539: 537: 517:"16-year Study of Sunspots Evaluated" 7: 464: 462: 288: 286: 848:"Some sunspot and flare statistics" 1366:Harvard College Observatory people 180:"Sunspots and Geomagnetism" (1958) 14: 1346:20th-century American astronomers 1341:21st-century American astronomers 745:Smith, Laurence C. 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American astronomer
Harvard College Observatory
Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian
climate history
ancient Egypt
Evanston, Illinois
George Irving Bell
Radcliffe College
Donald Menzel
Caroline Wilby Prize
George Irving Bell
biophysicist
Los Alamos National Laboratory
Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian
sunspots
solar phenomena
International Astronomical Union
climate change
famine
Nile's
Egyptology
"Hazel Bell, 94, Active in Voters' League"


"Barbara Bell (1922–2017)"
A study of Doppler and damping effects in the solar atmosphere. Published under AMC contract W19-122ac-17 for the establishment of a solar observatory at Sacramento Peak, New Mexico
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"Conant Declares Inflation Threat to Education"
"George Irving Bell, 73, Leader In Studies of Human Genome"

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