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WNG
WINGST OBSERVATORY INFORMATION 2008
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT: Users of the WNG data should acknowledge:
GFZ Potsdam and BSH Hamburg, Germany
STATION ID : WNG
LOCATION : Wingst, Germany
ORGANISATIONS: -Helmholtz Centre Potsdam
GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences
-Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency
Hamburg
CO-LATITUDE : 36.257 deg
LONGITUDE : 9.073 deg E
ELEVATION : 50 m
ABSOLUTE
INSTRUMENTS : DI-flux (Zeiss theodolite THEO 010B with
Bartington MAG01 fluxgate)
Overhauser effect proton precession
magnetometer GEM Systems type GSM19
RECORDING
VARIOMETER : Suspended triaxial fluxgate DMI type FGE,
Overhauser effect proton precession
magnetometer GEM Systems type GSM90
ORIENTATION : HDZ
F
DYNAMIC RANGE: HDZ: +/-10,000 nT
F : 20,000-120,000 nT
RESOLUTION : HDZ: 0.1 nT
F : 0.01 nT
SAMPLING RATE: HDZ: 0.5 s
F : 5 s
FILTER TYPE : HDZ: Minute mean values centered at sec 30
F : Minute mean values centered at sec 30
BACKUP
VARIOMETER 1 : Suspended triaxial fluxgate DMI type FGE,
Overhauser effect proton precession
magnetometer GEM Systems type GSM90
ORIENTATION : HDZ
F
DYNAMIC RANGE: HDZ: +/-10,000 nT
F : 20,000-120,000 nT
RESOLUTION : HDZ: 0.1 nT
F : 0.01 nT
SAMPLING RATE: HDZ: 0.5 s
F : 5 s
FILTER TYPE : HDZ: Minute mean values centered at sec 30
F : Minute mean values centered at sec 30
VARIOMETER 1 : Triaxial fluxgate GEOMAG type M390
BACKUP
VARIOMETER 2 : Suspended triaxial fluxgate DMI type FGE,
Overhauser effect proton precession
magnetometer GEM Systems type GSM90
ORIENTATION : HDZ
F
DYNAMIC RANGE: HDZ: +/-10,000 nT
F : 20,000-120,000 nT
RESOLUTION : HDZ: 0.1 nT
F : 0.01 nT
SAMPLING RATE: HDZ: 0.5 s
F : 5 s
FILTER TYPE : HDZ: Minute mean values centered at sec 30
F : Minute mean values centered at sec 30
K-NUMBERS : Computer derived (Finish method)
K=9 LIMIT : 500 nT
GINS : Edinburgh, Paris
SATELLITE : Meteosat, e-mail
OBSERVERS : Peter Broehldick, Wolf-Dieter Grube
CONTACT : Dr. Hans-Joachim Linthe
Helmholtz Centre Potsdam
GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences
Adolf-Schmidt-Observatorium Niemegk
Lindenstr. 7
D-14823 Niemegk
TEL: +49 33843 624 14
FAX: +49 33843 624 23
e-mail: linthe@gfz-potsdam.de
HISTORY : Wingst has been in operation since 1938. It
is the successor station to Wilhelmshaven
(WLH) Observatory, which was in operation
from 1874 to 1911 and during the Second
International Polar Year from 1931 to 1932.
WLH was located 70 km SW to Wingst (36.48
deg, 8.15 deg E).
REFERENCE : Full details are given in the yearbook
published by GFZ "Yearbook Magnetic Results
2007 Adolf Schmidt Geomagnetic Observatory
Niemegk, Geomagnetic Observatory Wingst",
by Hans-Joachim Linthe.
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