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ABSTRACT As head of the Operations Research Section of the Radio Development Laboratory, the cover name for the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research’s secret radar programme, Elizabeth Alexander was… Click to show full abstract
ABSTRACT As head of the Operations Research Section of the Radio Development Laboratory, the cover name for the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research’s secret radar programme, Elizabeth Alexander was responsible for operations research on all New Zealand’s radars in New Zealand and the South Pacific. Her analysis of the ‘Norfolk Island Effect’ became the beginning of Australian radio astronomy and her research on meteorological effects on microwave radars included all the groundwork and political preparation for the Canterbury Project.
Journal Title: Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand
Year Published: 2017
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