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South Pole Magnetometer Data

Listed in NASA Earthdata CMR

Slow variations of the terrestrial magnetic field are measured with the fluxgate magnetometer (DC to the Nyquist frequency of 0.5 Hz, at 1-Hz sampling rate); the sensor itself comprises three small mutually perpendicular coils of wire.

Description

The fluxgate magnetometer can measure fluctuations as small as 0.03 nT, although magnetic storm effects often are associated with perturbations of 1000 nT or more.

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Provenance · 1 source records, 9 field assertions
SourceKeyLast seenRaw
NASA Earthdata CMRC1214591209-SCIOPS10 d agoJSON v1
FieldAssertionExtractorEvidence
access_levelsource · NASA CMRconnector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0
concepts[instrument].gcmd_instrument:fgmsource · NASA CMRconnector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0
concepts[measured_variable].gcmd:earth-science/sun-earth-interactions/ionosphere-magnetosphere-dynamics/geomagnetic-indicessource · NASA CMRconnector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0
concepts[measured_variable].gcmd:earth-science/sun-earth-interactions/ionosphere-magnetosphere-dynamics/magnetic-fields-magnetic-currentssource · NASA CMRconnector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0
concepts[platform].gcmd_platform:ground-based-observationssource · NASA CMRconnector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0
descriptionsource · NASA CMRconnector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0/umm/Abstract
temporalsource · NASA CMRconnector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0/umm/TemporalExtents
titlesource · NASA CMRconnector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0/umm/EntryTitle
version_labelsource · NASA CMRconnector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0