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.
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Identification info
- Metadata Language
- English (en)
- Dataset Reference Date ()
- 1883
British Geological Survey
-Enquiries
The Lyell Centre, Research Avenue South
,EDINBURGH
,LOTHIAN
,EH14 4AP
,United Kingdom
0115 936 3276
British Geological Survey
-Enquiries
The Lyell Centre, Research Avenue South
,EDINBURGH
,LOTHIAN
,EH14 4AP
,United Kingdom
0115 936 3276
British Geological Survey
-Enquiries
The Lyell Centre, Research Avenue South
,EDINBURGH
,LOTHIAN
,EH14 4AP
,United Kingdom
0115 936 3276
- Maintenance and update frequency
- continual
- GEMET - INSPIRE themes
- BGS Thesaurus of Geosciences
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Geomagnetism
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Observatories
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NERC_DDC
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- Limitations on Public Access
- otherRestrictions
- Use constraints
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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.
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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.
- Denominator
- 10000
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- Geoscientific information
- Begin date
- 1883
- Additional information
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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.
Spatial Reference System
Distribution Information
- Data format
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ASCII files in World Data Centre (WDC) format
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- Resource Locator
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World Data Centre for Geomagnetism (Edinburgh)
The page this URL links to contains links to download the 'Geomagnetic observatory hourly and minute means' dataset.
- Resource Locator
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Geomagnetism - Data and Services
Information on the 'Geomagnetic observatory hourly and minute means' dataset and how to access the data is found on the page this URL links to.
- Resource Locator
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World Data Centre for Geomagnetism (Edinburgh)
The page this URL links to contains links to download the 'Geomagnetic observatory hourly and minute means' dataset.
- Resource Locator
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Geomagnetism - Data and Services
Information on the 'Geomagnetic observatory hourly and minute means' dataset and how to access the data is found on the page this URL links to.
- Quality Scope
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non geographic dataset
Report
- Dataset Reference Date ()
- 2011
- Explanation
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See the referenced specification
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Report
- Dataset Reference Date ()
- 2010-12-08
- Explanation
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See http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2010:323:0011:0102:EN:PDF
- Degree
- Statement
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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.
Metadata
- File identifier
- 9df8df53-2a6f-37a8-e044-0003ba9b0d98 XML
- Metadata Language
- English (en)
- Resource type
- nonGeographicDataset
- Hierarchy level name
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non geographic dataset
- Metadata Date
- 2023-03-30
- Metadata standard name
- UK GEMINI
- Metadata standard version
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2.3
British Geological Survey
The Lyell Centre, Research Avenue South
,EDINBURGH
,LOTHIAN
,EH14 4AP
,United Kingdom