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Ny Ålesund
Ny-Ålesund is a research station -formerly a mining town - in the northern part of the Svalbard archipelago. The magnetometre there has been in operation since 1966; digital recording commenced 1986. The station was regarded as a magnetic observatory until 2002. It has now status of calibrated variometer due to low calibration frequency and unsatisfactory foundation of the magnetometer sensor.

Ny Ålesund

The variometer hut in Ny Ålesund.
 
Instrumentation:
  • Magnetometer: FG90B
  • Sensor: Triaxial fluxgate FS-85 (our design)
  • Logger is a PC running Linux,  Redhat OS.
  • GPS time adjustment.
  • Near realtime data are transferred several times an hour.
  • Remote control and data retrieval by internet connection.
Data information (digital):

Ny Ålesund archive data coverage
Data before september 1987 are digitized from photographic recordings.

Other:

Last update 12. jan. 2007
Responsible editor: Truls Lynne Hansen
Web & cgi programmer: Børre Heitmann Holmeslet