MIT Principal Research Scientist and Haystack Observatory Assistant Director Emerita Anthea J. Coster was awarded the prestigious Appleton Prize at the International Union of Radio Science (URSI) General Assembly and Science Symposium in Krakow, Poland, on Aug. 16. The Appleton Prize recognizes career achievements and outstanding contributions to studies in ionospheric physics. Appleton awardees are regarded as pillars of the URSI atmospheric science community; the citation for Coster, an URSI Fellow, is for 'pioneering research in GNSS [Global Navigation Satellite System] science, developing techniques to provide global-scale view of storm responses in the ionosphere, operationalizing novel algorithms, and providing novel ionospheric products to the community.' Coster joined MIT in 1984, originally at MIT Lincoln Laboratory, where she worked on satellite tracking applications within the Space Surveillance Complex situated at MIT Haystack Observatory. While at Lincoln, she was...
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