UiTø logo Geomagnetic data from
Tromsø Geophysical Observatory
University of Tromsø,  Norway
Sørøya
The magnetometer is found close to the village Hasvik at the south-west end of the island Sørøya at the north coast of Norway. A magnetometer was operated at the site since the early 1980's as part of the Finnish-German EISCAT/IMAGE chain. Tromsø Geophysical Observatory took over the site in September 2001.

Sørøya

    Magnetometer calibrations inside tent.
 
Instrumentation:
  • Magnetometer: FG85B/94B  (our design)
  • Sensor: Triaxial fluxgate FS98  (our design)
  • Logger is a P II 135 Mhz Laptop, running Linux,  Redhat  7.2 OS.
  • GPS time adjustment.
  • Near realtime data are transferred two times an hour.
  • Remote control and data retrieval by ISDN connection.
Data information:

Sørøya archive data coverage
 

Other:

Last update 28.feb.2005
Responsible editor: Truls Lynne Hansen
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