NATIONAL RADIO ASTRONOMY OBSERVATORY ARCHIVES

Papers of Woodruff T. Sullivan III: Tapes Series

Interviewee: Arthur E. Covington

Arthur E. Covington, 1913-2001. Interviewed 23 June 1976 at the AAS meeting in Haverford, length of interview: 112 minutes.

Sullivan's brief summary of topics: Personal background; wartime research at Berkeley and at NRC, Ottawa; setting up first radio observations in 1946-1947; 1947-1976 history of daily 10.7 cm solar monitoring; eclipses and building high resolution interferometers; flares in microwave and comparison with optical Hα.

Sullivan's files include: Publications card, Sullivan's notes, transcription of Sullivan interview (partially reviewed and edited by Sullivan), correspondence with Sullivan, publication, photo.

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