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STEP Observatory Group

ResourceID
spase://SMWG/Observatory/Ground/STEP

Description

The Solar-Terrestrial Energy Program, STEP, Polar Network officially began in 1991. Other data are also available that were obtained in several campaigns that took place before the official STEP period. The STEP program lasted until 1997. The Upper Atmospheric Monitoring Program, UAPM, is strongly associated with STEP. However, STEP continues to provide data for public access including: high and low time resolution (1 s and 1 min, respectively) data obtained by fluxgate magnetometers, and induction magnetometer data sampled at 10 Hz. The main data sources during STEP period came from fluxgate and induction magnetometers and all-sky TV cameras deployed in the northern polar region, primarily in Canada and also in Svalbard and in Greenland. This service is still experimental. Please contact us if you find any problems.

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Observatory

ResourceID
spase://SMWG/Observatory/Ground/STEP
ResourceHeader
ResourceName
STEP Observatory Group
AlternateName
Solar-Terrestrial Energy Program, STEP, Polar Network
AlternateName
UAPM
AlternateName
Upper Atmospheric Monitoring Program
ReleaseDate
2022-02-20 12:34:56.789
RevisionHistory
RevisionEvent
ReleaseDate
2022-02-20 12:34:56.789
Note
STEP Observatory Group: Update obsolete www.stelab.nagoya-u.ac.jp URL. Metadata submitted by J.M. Weygand on 2022-01-28, reviewed by LFB
Description

The Solar-Terrestrial Energy Program, STEP, Polar Network officially began in 1991. Other data are also available that were obtained in several campaigns that took place before the official STEP period. The STEP program lasted until 1997. The Upper Atmospheric Monitoring Program, UAPM, is strongly associated with STEP. However, STEP continues to provide data for public access including: high and low time resolution (1 s and 1 min, respectively) data obtained by fluxgate magnetometers, and induction magnetometer data sampled at 10 Hz. The main data sources during STEP period came from fluxgate and induction magnetometers and all-sky TV cameras deployed in the northern polar region, primarily in Canada and also in Svalbard and in Greenland. This service is still experimental. Please contact us if you find any problems.

Acknowledgement
Please acknowledge K. Hayashi, Department of Earth and Planetary Physics, The University of Tokyo. When accessing STEP polar megnetometer data via THEMIS GBO/GMAG access please use the following: "Dr. Kanji Hayashi, University of Tokyo for the use of GMAG data." And, for publications that use STEP data please add the following: "We acknowledge the pioneering work by the University of Tokyo (UT), Department of Earth and Planetary Science for the establishment of the Solar-Terrestrial Energy Program, STEP, polar network, as well as the long-term efforts by UT Professor Emeritus, Dr. Kanji Hayashi, for continuing to operate and maintain the STEP magnetometer chain for many years. We are grateful for this unique, multi-decade spanning magnetic data set."
Contacts
RolePersonStartDateStopDateNote
1.PrincipalInvestigatorspase://SMWG/Person/Kanji.Hayashi
2.MetadataContactspase://SMWG/Person/Lee.Frost.Bargatze
3.MetadataContactspase://SMWG/Person/James.M.Weygand
InformationURL
Name
Station location information for the STEP polar network at the THEMIS GMAG page
URL
http://themis.ssl.berkeley.edu/gmag/gmag_list.php?selyear=4000&selmonth=13&smap=on&sinfo=on&saelist=on&ae=on
Description

Station location information for the STEP polar network at the THEMIS GMAG site.

ObservatoryGroupID
spase://SMWG/Observatory/Ground/UAPM
ObservatoryGroupID
spase://SMWG/Observatory/Ground/GMAG
Location
ObservatoryRegion
Earth.Surface
OperatingSpan
StartDate
1984-01-01 12:00:00Z
StopDate
2018-12-31 23:59:59
Note
The exact start date and stop date are unclear and may need revision