Giuseppina Aliverti

Giuseppina Aliverti (4 December 1894 – 10 June 1982) was an Italian geophysicist specializing in several fields of terrestrial physics. She is remembered for developing the Aliverti-Lovera method of measuring the radioactivity of water.

Biography Born in Somma Lombardo (Varese), Italy on 4 December 1894, Giuseppina had at least one sister, Teresa Aliverti with whom she remained very close. Giuseppina Aliverti graduated with honours in physics in 1919 from the University of Turin. According to Linguerri, her radioactivity research was significant.Thanks to the development of a quantitative method to measure the radioactivity of the air based on the properties of the electric effluvium, she was able to determine the contribution that radioactivity gives to the ionization of the air. In particular, she found that the atmospheric air near the continental soil always contains radon as well as the products of its disintegration and sometimes even thorium. Conversely, she detected the scarce presence of radioactivity in the sea air.

Memberships

Member of the Pontaniana Academy of Naples (1958) Corresponding member of the National Academy of the Lincei (1964) Corresponding member of the Lombard Institute's Academy of Sciences and Letters of Milan (1969).

Selected honours Gold Medal of Merit of School, Culture and Art (1963) Grand Officer of Merit of the Italian Republic (1971) Gold Medal of the Faculty of Nautical Sciences of the Naval University of Naples (1971)

Selected works Aliverti authored numerous academic papers; the following have been cited by other authors most frequently. Aliverti, Giuseppina, and M. C. Montù. "Su inversioni del campo elettrico terrestre a cielo sereno e una loro possibile spiegazione." Il Nuovo Cimento (1924-1942) 8.1 (1931): 15-21. Aliverti, Giuseppina, and Giuseppe Lovera. I fenomeni meteorologici sull'Oceano e il campo elettrico terrestre. R. Accademia Delle Scienze, 1939. Aliverti, Giuseppina. "La condensazione del vapor d'acqua nell'atmosfera." Ricercu sci. 12, 1251 1260 (1941). Aliverti, Giuseppina. "La salinità delle precipitazioni a Pavia nel periodo ottobre 1944-ottobre 1945." Ricerca sci. e ricostruz 16 (1946): 929-931. Aliverti, Giuseppina, Arturo De Maio, and Mario Picotti. Sulla evaporazione annua dal Tirreno meridionale. Istituto Sperimentale Talassografico Trieste, 1959. AAliverti, Giuseppina. Glaciologia. Consiglio Naz. delle Ricerche, 1964. Consiglio nazionale delle ricerche. Commissione per la oceanografia e la limnologia, et al. Atlante del Mar Tirreno: Isoterme ed isoaline dedotte dalle misure eseguite durante le crociere per l'anno geofisico internazionale 1957-1958. Consiglio nazionale delle ricerche, 1968. Aliverti, Giuseppina, and Arturo De Maio. "SOPRA UN "SURGE" DI ACQUA ACCADUTO SUL GHIACCIAIO DEL LYS (Mone Rosa)." (1973).