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Volume 58 Supplement 6

Special Issue: Ground Magnetic Observations: New technologies and the role in understanding the Earth System

Report on upgrade of NIS magnetic observatories by the INTAS infrastructure action CRENEGON

Earth, Planets and Space volume 58, pages 717–722 (2006)Cite this article

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We present the overall strategy used to upgrade 9 former USSR observatories to INTERMAGNET standards. The following aspects are discussed: application for funding to the INTAS European ad-hoc agency, choice of observatories to upgrade, choice of the instrumentation to purchase and to install, calibration of the instrumentation and used standards, back-ups, installation of the instrumentation and observatory real estate upgrade, acquisition and communication, training of the observers and documentation, evaluation of the upgrades and management of the project. Several observatories were successfully upgraded and we expect their INTERMAGNET certification soon.

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  1. Institut Royal Météorologique, CPG, B-5670, Dourbes, Belgium

    J. L. Rasson

  2. Institute of Solar-Terrestrial Physics SD RAS, Irkutsk, 664033, Russia

    A. S. Potapov

  3. Lviv Center of Institute of Space Research, Lviv, 79000, Ukraine

    V. E. Korepanov

  4. Geophysical Observatory “Klyuchi”, Novosibirsk, 630090, Russia

    S. Y. Khomutov

  5. Institute of Ionosphere of Ministry of Education and Sciences of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Kazakhstan, 480020

    V. M. Krasnov

  6. Observatoire Magnétique National, Chambon-la-Forêt, 45340, France

    J. Bitterly

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Rasson, J.L., Potapov, A.S., Korepanov, V.E. et al. Report on upgrade of NIS magnetic observatories by the INTAS infrastructure action CRENEGON. Earth Planet Sp 58, 717–722 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1186/BF03351973

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