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Geomagnetic Observatory Year Books.

Collection of annual publications from the global network of magnetic observatories. They typically contain tabulations of hourly, monthly and annual mean values of the geomagnetic elements. Contains all magnetic observatory year books held by the World Data Centre for Geomagnetism (Edinburgh).

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Identification info

Metadata Language
English (en)
Metadata Language
Multiple languages (mu)
Dataset Reference Date ()
1840
Identifier

http://data.bgs.ac.uk/id/dataHolding/13480104

 

British Geological Survey

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Enquiries


The Lyell Centre, Research Avenue South

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EDINBURGH

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LOTHIAN

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EH14 4AP

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United Kingdom

0115 936 3142
0115 936 3276
 

British Geological Survey

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Enquiries


The Lyell Centre, Research Avenue South

,

EDINBURGH

,

LOTHIAN

,

EH14 4AP

,

United Kingdom

0115 936 3142
0115 936 3276
 

British Geological Survey

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Enquiries


The Lyell Centre, Research Avenue South

,

EDINBURGH

,

LOTHIAN

,

EH14 4AP

,

United Kingdom

0115 936 3142
0115 936 3276
 

British Geological Survey

-

Enquiries


The Lyell Centre, Research Avenue South

,

EDINBURGH

,

LOTHIAN

,

EH14 4AP

,

United Kingdom

0115 936 3142
0115 936 3276
Maintenance and update frequency
annually
GEMET - INSPIRE themes
  • Geology
BGS Thesaurus of Geosciences
  • Monitoring

  • Geophysics

  • Geomagnetism

Keywords
  • NERC_DDC

Limitations on Public Access
otherRestrictions
Other constraints
The data presented in these yearbooks and articles are provided for personal, academic, educational, non-commercial research or other non-commercial use and are not for sale or distribution to third parties without written permission from BGS. Reproduction of any part of these yearbooks and articles should be accompanied by the statement: 'Reproduced with the permission of the British Geological Survey ©NERC. All rights Reserved.'. Commercial users can contact the geomagnetism team for information on the range of applications and services offered.
Use constraints
otherRestrictions
Other constraints

The copyright of materials derived from the British Geological Survey's work is vested in the Natural Environment Research Council [NERC]. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, or stored in a retrieval system of any nature, without the prior permission of the copyright holder, via the BGS Intellectual Property Rights Manager. Use by customers of information provided by the BGS, is at the customer's own risk. In view of the disparate sources of information at BGS's disposal, including such material donated to BGS, that BGS accepts in good faith as being accurate, the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) gives no warranty, expressed or implied, as to the quality or accuracy of the information supplied, or to the information's suitability for any use. NERC/BGS accepts no liability whatever in respect of loss, damage, injury or other occurence however caused.

Other constraints

Either: (i) the dataset is made freely available, e.g. via the Internet, for a restricted category of use (e.g. educational use only); or (ii) the dataset has not been formally approved by BGS for access and use by external clients under licence, but its use may be permitted under alternative formal arrangements; or (iii) the dataset contains 3rd party data or information obtained by BGS under terms and conditions that must be consulted in order to determine the permitted usage of the dataset. Refer to the BGS staff member responsible for the creation of the dataset if further advice is required. He / she should be familiar with the composition of the dataset, particularly with regard to 3rd party IPR contained in it, and any resultant use restrictions. This staff member should revert to the IPR Section (ipr@bgs.ac.uk) for advice, should the position not be clear. ipr@bgs.ac Either: (i) the dataset is made freely available, e.g. via the Internet, for a restricted category of use (e.g. educational use only); or (ii) the dataset has not been formally approved by BGS for access and use by external clients under licence, but its use may be permitted under alternative formal arrangements; or (iii) the dataset contains 3rd party data or information obtained by BGS under terms and conditions that must be consulted in order to determine the permitted usage of the dataset. Refer to the BGS staff member responsible for the creation of the dataset if further advice is required. He / she should be familiar with the composition of the dataset, particularly with regard to 3rd party IPR contained in it, and any resultant use restrictions. This staff member should revert to the IPR Section (ipr@bgs.ac.uk) for advice, should the position not be clear.

Spatial representation type
textTable
Denominator
10000
Topic category
  • Geoscientific information
Extent

WORLD [id=100000]

Dataset Reference Date ()
1979

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Begin date
1840
Additional information

http://www.geomag.bgs.ac.uk Various organisations around the World that run magnetic observatories supplied the data.

 

Spatial Reference System

No information provided.

Distribution Information

Data format
  • TEXT - Text.

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Resource Locator
http://www.geomag.bgs.ac.uk
Resource Locator
http://www.geomag.bgs.ac.uk/data_service/data/yearbooks/yearbooks.html
Resource Locator
http://www.geomag.bgs.ac.uk
Resource Locator
http://www.geomag.bgs.ac.uk/data_service/data/yearbooks/yearbooks.html
 
Quality Scope
dataset
Other

dataset

Report

Dataset Reference Date ()
2011
Explanation

See the referenced specification

Degree

Report

Dataset Reference Date ()
2010-12-08
Explanation

See http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2010:323:0011:0102:EN:PDF

Degree
Statement

As collected from organisations that operate (or have operated) magnetic observatories.

Metadata

File identifier
9df8df51-6326-37a8-e044-0003ba9b0d98 XML
Metadata Language
English (en)
Resource type
dataset
Metadata Date
2022-05-19
Metadata standard name
UK GEMINI
Metadata standard version

2.3

 

British Geological Survey


The Lyell Centre, Research Avenue South

,

EDINBURGH

,

LOTHIAN

,

EH14 4AP

,

United Kingdom

+44 131 667 1000
 
 

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