Geomagnetic Observatory Panagyurishte (PAG)

Main building

The Panagyurishte Geomagnetic Observatory is run in co-operation of the Geophysical Institute of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences and the GFZ Potsdam since the year 2005.
The geomagnetic field intensity and directions are continously recorded at the observatory since 1937.
The observatory is member of the INTERMAGNET program.


Location: Bulgaria

Geographic Coordinates
Latitude: 42.52° N   Longitude: 24.18° E    Altitude: 556 m

Geomagnetic Coordinates
Latitude: 40.64° N   Longitude: 105.13° E
The geomagnetic Coordinates refer to IGRF-11 for 2010.


Contact:

Helmholtz-Zentrum Potsdam
Deutsches GeoForschungsZentrum
Adolf-Schmidt-Observatorium
Lindenstr. 7
14823 Niemegk
Germany
phone: +49 33843 6240
fax: + 49 33843 62423
e-mail: Monika Korte

Geomagnetic Observatory
Panagyuriste
4500 Panagyurishte
Bulgaria
phone: +359 2 979 3347
fax: +359 2 971 3005
e-mail: Buch@geophys.bas.bg
homepage: http://www.geophys.bas.bg/
panag/index_en.html


Data:

Annual mean values

Year     D(Deg., min.)    H(nT)  I(Deg., min.)    F(nT)    X(nT)     Y(nT)    Z(nT)

2011.5       3 58.4         23744     59 43.1        47088    23687    1645    40663    
2010.5       3 51.6         23746     59 41.5        47055    23692    1599    40624
2009.5       3 45.0         23748     59 40.0        47023    23697    1553    40585
2008.5       3 38.7         23738     59 39.6        46994    23690    1509    40558
2007.5       3 32.7         23732     59 38.9        46967    23687    1467    40530
2007.0      -0 -0.3               -7     00   0.6             -2          -7        -2           2*
2006.5       3 27.1         23713     59 39.2        46935    23670    1428    40504
2005.5       3 22.6         23695     59 39.5        46907    23654    1396    40482

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Further geomagnetic data are available on request or over the INTERMAGNET program.