From its A.-Schmidt-Observatory for Geomagnetism in Niemegk , GFZ operates a number of geomagnetic observatories and observatory cooperation worldwide. Further observatories are operated or supported through national and international cooperation. In the following, you find a description of the in total 19 observatories. Their locations are marked in the map by red symbols.
The A.-Schmidt-Observatory for Geomagnetism in Niemegk is operated by GFZ since 1992. It belongs to Section 2.3, Geomagnetism. The observatory is located 50km SW of Potsdam. Since 1930 it continues the measurements, that started in Potsdam in 1890.
The Niemegk observatory is member of the INTERMAGNET programm.
Location: Germany
Geographic Coordinates:
Latitude: 52.07 N Longitude: 12.68 E Altitude: 78 m
Geomagnetic Coordinates (quasi-dipole):
Latitude: 47.82 N Longitude: 88.41 E
The geomagnetic coordinates refer to IGRF-13 for 2020.
- Direction to Niemegk
- Observatory data
- Kp Index
- History
- Yearbooks for 2000 and 2001 to 2003
The Geomagnetische Observatory Tristan da Cunha was opened in October 2009 and is operated by the GFZ. The observatory is member of the INTERMAGNET program.
Location: Tristan da Cunha
Geographic Coordinates:
Latitude: 37.07 S Longitude: 347.69 E Altitude: 42 m
Geomagnetic Coordinates (quasi-dipole):
Latitude: 41.39 S Longitude: 50.20 E
The geomagnetic coordinates refer to IGRF-13 for 2020.
Data:
Data are available on request or over the INTERMAGNET program.
The Geomagnetic Observatory St. Helena (SHE) was set up in 2007 and is operated by GFZ. Data from 2010 onward is available at INTERMAGNET.
The Santa Maria Observatory (Azores) is operated by GFZ and currently under construction.
The geomagnetic field intensity and directions are continously recorded at the observatory.
The Geomagnetic Observatory Wingst (WNG) is operated as a remote station of the Niemegk Geomagnetic Observatory by GFZ since 2004.
The Wingst observatory is a member of the INTERMAGNET program.
Location: Germany
Geographic Coordinates:
Latitude: 53.74 N Longitude: 09.07 E Altitude: 50 m
Geomagnetic Coordinates (quasi-dipole):
Latitude: 49.76 N Longitude: 85.70 E
The geomagnetic coordinates refer to IGRF-13 for 2020.
- Obervatory data
- History
- Table of the annual mean values of the Marineobservatorium Wilhelmshaven
- Historical Publications (1937-2004)
- Yearbooks for 2000 and 2001 to 2003
The Alibag Geomagnetic Observatory (ABG) is run in co-operation by the Indian Instiute of Geomagnetism and GFZ since the year 2007.
The geomagnetic field intensity and directions are continously recorded at the observatory.
The observatory is member of the INTERMAGNET program.
Location: India
Geographic Coordinates:
Latitude: 18.64 N Longitude: 72.87 E Altitude: 7 m
Geomagnetic Coordinates (quasi-dipole):
Latitude: 12.89 N Longitude: 146.09 E
The geomagnetic coordinates refer to IGRF-13 for 2020.
Data:
Data are available on request or over the INTERMAGNET program.
The Black Forest Observatory is located in South-West Germany. It started to operate as a geophysical observatory in 1971 with a short period seismometer and by December 1982 observations of the geomagnetic field variations were added. The observatory became member of the INTERMAGNET network in 2006. BFO is jointly operated by the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) and the University of Stuttgart.
GFZ is responsible for data calibration and processing of the geomagnetic data.
Location: Black Forest, Wolfach, Germany
Geographic Coordinates:
Latitude: 48.33 N Longitude: 8.33 E
Geomagnetic Coordinates (quasi-dipole):
Latitude: 43.46 N Longitude: 83.96 E
The geomagnetic Coordinates refer to IGRF-13 for 2020.
Data:
Data are available on request or over the INTERMAGNET program and upon request.
Cooperation partner
Karsruhe Institute of Technology
Geodetic Institute
76128 Karlsruhe
Germany
Geodetic Institute
Geschwister-Scholl-Str. 24D
70174 Stuttgart
Germany
The geomagnetic observatory on Gan (Maldives) is operating since April 2011, and has been established in ccoperation by Gan Meteorological Office, ETH Zürich, DTU Space, and Charles University in Prague. It is member of the INTERMAGNET network since 2013, and GFZ joined the cooperation in 2018. GFZ is responsible for data calibration.
Location: Gan International Airport, Addu Atoll, Maldives
Geographic Coordinates:
Latitude: 0.70 S Longitude: 73.15 E Altitude: 2m
Geomagnetic Coordinates (quasi-dipole):
Latitude: 8.55 S Longitude: 145.74 E
The geomagnetic coordinates refer to IGRF-13 for 2020.
Data:
Data are available on request or over the INTERMAGNET program, from koblizek.ethz.ch/pluck/, and upon request.
Cooperation partner
Service Gan Meteorological
Office Addu Atoll
Maldives
2) ETH Zürich
Institute of Geophysics
Zürich
Switzerland
Department of Geophysics
Prague
Czech Republic
The Keetmanshoop Geomagnetic Observatory (KMH) is run in co-operation of the SANSA Space Science Observatory (HMO) and GFZ since the year 2006. The geomagnetic field intensity and directions are continously recorded at the observatory.
The observatory is member of the INTERMAGNET program.
Location: Namibia
Geographic Coordinates:
Latitude: 26.53 S Longitude: 18.10 E Altitude: 1 065m
Geomagnetic Coordinates (quasi-dipole):
Latitude: 37.19 S Longitude: 87.35 E
The geomagnetic coordinates refer to IGRF-13 for 2020.
Data:
Data are available on request or over the INTERMAGNET program.
The Leirvogur Geomagnetic Observatory (LRV) is operated by the Science Institute, University of Iceland, since 1957 and is a GFZ-cooperation since 2022. The geomagnetic field intensity and directions are continuously recorded at the observatory.
Lage: Island
Geographic Coordinates:
Latitude: 64.183 °N Longitude: 338.300 °E Altitude: 5m
Geomagnetic Coordinates (quasi-dipole):
Latitude: 64.62 °N Longitude: 66.31 °E
The geomagnetic coordinates refer to IGRF-13 for 2020.
Data: Data are available on request.
The Geomagnetic Observatory Magadan (MGD) is run in co-operation by the Institute of Cosmophysical Researches and Radio Wave Propagation (IKIR) and GFZ since the year 2007.
The geomagnetic field intensity and directions are continously recorded at the observatory since 1966.
The observatory is member of the INTERMAGNET program.
Location: Russia
Geographic Coordinates:
Latitude: 60.20 N Longitude: 151.03 E Altitude: 610 m
Geomagnetic Coordinates (quasi-dipole):
Latitude: 54.47 N Longitude: 138.54 W
The geomagnetic coordinates refer to IGRF-13 for 2020.
Data:
Data are available on request or over the INTERMAGNET program.
The Geomagnetic Observatory Odessa (ODE) is run in co-operation of the Institute of Geophysics (IGP) of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine and the GFZ since the year 2013. The geomagnetic field intensity and directions are continously recorded at the observatory.
Location: Ukraine
Geographic Coordinates:
Latitude: 46.78 N Longitude: 30.88 E
Geomagnetic Coordinates (quasi-dipole):
Latitude: 42.35 N Longitude: 104.11 E
The geomagnetic coordinates refer to IGRF-13 for 2020.
Cooperation partner
Institut of Geophysics
National Academy of Sciens of Ukraine
Palladin av. 32
Kiev
Ukraine
The Panagyurishte Geomagnetic Observatory is run in co-operation of the National Institute of Geophysics, Geodesy and Geography and GFZ 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 (quasi-dipole):
Latitude: 37.26 N Longitude: 97.53 E
The geomagnetic coordinates refer to IGRF-13 for 2020.
Data:
Data are available on request or over the INTERMAGNET program.
The Geomagnetic Observatory Paratunka/Petropavlovsk (PET) is run in co-operation by the Institute of Cosmophysical Researches and Radio Wave Propagation (IKIR) and GFZ since the year 2009.
The geomagnetic field intensity and directions are continously recorded at the observatory since 1969.
The observatory is member of the INTERMAGNET program.
Location: Russia
Geographic Coordinates:
Latitude: 52.97 N Longitude: 158.25 E Altitude: 50 m
Geomagnetic Coordinates (quasi-dipole):
Latitude: 46.68 N Longitude: 131.51 E
The geomagnetic coordinates refer to IGRF-13 for 2020.
Data:
Data are available on request or over the INTERMAGNET program.
Cooperation partner
Institut of Cosmophysical Researches and Radio Wave Propagation (IKIR)
Far Eastern Branch
Russian Academy of Sciences
Paratunka
Russia
The Geomagnetic Observatory São Teotónio (STT) was founded in 2019 and is a cooperation between Instituto Português do Mar e da Atmosfera (IPMA, Portugal) and GFZ. Geomagnetic field strength and direction are recorded continuously.
The Geomagnetic Observatory Surlari of the Geological Survey of Romania is operated in cooperation with GFZ since 2009.
The geomagnetic field intensity and directions are continously recorded at the observatory since 1948.
The observatory is member of the INTERMAGNET program.
Location: Romania
Geographic Coordinates:
Latitude: 44.68 N Longitude: 26.25 E Altitude: 84 m
Geomagnetic Coordinates (quasi-dipole):
Latitude: 39.81 N Longitude: 99.60 E
The geomagnetic Coordinates refer to IGRF-13 for 2020.
Data:
Data are available on request or over the INTERMAGNET program.
The Geomagnetic Observatory Tatuoca was opened in August 1957 by Observatório Nacional (www.on.br). It is operated in collaboration with GFZ since 2015. In 2019, the observatory was admitted to the INTERMAGNET program.
More information on the observatory is available from [https://doi.org/10.5194/gi-6-367-2017|Morschhauser et al., 2017].
The Geomagnetic Observatory Neumayer Station III was opened by the Alfred-Wegener-Institute in 2009. GFZ is cooperating on data calibration and distribution.
The geomagnetic field intensity and directions are continuously recorded at the observatory.
The observatory is member of the INTERMAGNET program.
Location: Antarctic
Geographic Coordinates:
Latitude: 70.68 S Longitude: 351.72 E Altitude: 40 m
Geomagnetic Coordinates (quasi-dipole):
Latitude: 64.61 S Longitude: 44.18 E
The geomagnetic Coordinates refer to IGRF-13 for 2020.
Data:
Data are available on request or over the INTERMAGNET program.
Alfred-Wegener-Institut
Helmholtz-Zentrum
für Polar- und Meeresforschung
Bremerhaven
Deutschland
The Geomagnetische Observatory Vassouras (VSS) was established in 1915 and is operated by the Observatório Nacional - MCT and GFZ since the year 2014. The geomagnetic field intensity and directions are continously recorded at the observatory.
The observatory is member of the INTERMAGNET program.
The Yakutsk Geomagnetic Observatory is run in co-operation by the Yu.G.Shafer Institute of Cosmophysical Research and Aronomy (IKFIA) and GFZ since the year 2007.
The geomagnetic field intensity and directions are continously recorded at the observatory since 1931.
The observatory is member of the INTERMAGNET program.
Location: Russia
Geographic Coordinates:
Latitude: 62.03 N Longitude: 130.32 E Altitude: 100 m
Geomagnetic Coordinates (quasi-dipole):
Latitude: 52.63 N Longitude: 162.77 W
The geomagnetic coordinates refer to IGRF-11 for 2010.
Data:
Data are available on request or over the INTERMAGNET program.
