Geomagnetic observatory hourly and minute means

Hourly and minute means of the geomagnetic field vector components from observatories around the world from, respectively, 1883 and 1969, to the present day. At present there are about 160 observatories. These data are useful for tracking changes in the magnetic field generated inside and outside the Earth. Data are produced by a number of organisations around the world, including BGS. Data are available in plain text from www.wdc.bgs.ac.uk.
 
Citation proposal
British Geological Survey. Geomagnetic observatory hourly and minute means. https://metadata.bgs.ac.uk/geonetwork/srv/api/records/9df8df53-2a6f-37a8-e044-0003ba9b0d98
 

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Date ( Creation )
1883
Identifier
http://data.bgs.ac.uk/id/dataHolding/13605429

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  Point of contact

  Point of contact

  Point of contact

  Distributor

  +44 115 936 3276 
Maintenance and update frequency
continual Continual
GEMET - INSPIRE themes
  • Geology
BGS Thesaurus of Geosciences
  • Geomagnetism , Observatories
Keywords
  • NERC_DDC
Access constraints
otherRestrictions Other restrictions
Use constraints
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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.
Denominator
10000
Metadata language
English English
Topic category
  • Geoscientific information
Geographic identifier
WORLD [id=100000]

 

Date ( Creation )
1979

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W


Supplemental Information
BGS is a World Data Centre for Geomagnetism and these datasets are a major part of this. Responsibility for these datasets was previously with the Danish Meteorological Institute but in 2007 this transferred to BGS.
Reference system identifier
OGP / GEOG

 

Date ( Revision )
2005

Distribution format
  • ASCII files in World Data Centre (WDC) format ()

  Distributor

  +44 115 936 3276 
OnLine resource
World Data Centre for Geomagnetism (Edinburgh)  

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Geomagnetism - Data and Services  

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dataset Dataset
Other
dataset

Conformance result

Date ( Publication )
2011
Explanation
See the referenced specification
Pass
false

Conformance result

Date ( Publication )
2010-12-08
Explanation
See http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2010:323:0011:0102:EN:PDF
Pass
false
Statement
Data are received from various institutes around the world including BGS, through an agreement with INTERMAGNET (http://www.intermagnet.org/) and through exchange with other World Data Centres for Geomagnetism. They are checked for gross errors, formatting errors (reformatting as necessary), before uploading to www.wdc.bgs.ac.uk.

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File identifier
9df8df53-2a6f-37a8-e044-0003ba9b0d98   XML
Metadata language
English English
Hierarchy level
dataset Dataset
Date stamp
2020-04-02
Metadata standard name
UK GEMINI
Metadata standard version
2.3

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Dataset URI
http://data.bgs.ac.uk/id/dataHolding/13605429
 
 

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