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NASA THEMIS GBO Athabasca Station

ResourceID
spase://SMWG/Observatory/THEMIS/Ground/CANMAG/ATHA

Description

Athabasca (ATHA) Station is located at the Athabasca University Geophysical Observatory in Athabasca,Alberta, Canada. ATHA was the THEMIS prototype GBO
Magnetic Latitude: 61.94
Magnetic Longitude: 306.91
UT of Magnetic Midnight: 8.1167
Magnetic Declination: 17.05
Magnetic coordinates obtained by calculation using the CGM online calculator with IGRF 2008 at altitude of 0 km. Magnetic declination obtained using CGM online calculator with IGRF 2007

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Observatory

ResourceID
spase://SMWG/Observatory/THEMIS/Ground/CANMAG/ATHA
ResourceHeader
ResourceName
NASA THEMIS GBO Athabasca Station
AlternateName
ATHA
ReleaseDate
2012-03-07 11:50:38
Description

Athabasca (ATHA) Station is located at the Athabasca University Geophysical Observatory in Athabasca,Alberta, Canada. ATHA was the THEMIS prototype GBO
Magnetic Latitude: 61.94
Magnetic Longitude: 306.91
UT of Magnetic Midnight: 8.1167
Magnetic Declination: 17.05
Magnetic coordinates obtained by calculation using the CGM online calculator with IGRF 2008 at altitude of 0 km. Magnetic declination obtained using CGM online calculator with IGRF 2007

Acknowledgement
We acknowledge NASA contract NAS5-02099 and V. Angelopoulos for use of data from the THEMIS Mission. Specifically: Martin Connors for building the Athabasca Station. GMAG: I. Mann for use of the GMAG data, and the CSA for support of the CARISMA network. ASI/GBO: S. Mende and E. Donovan for use of the ASI data, and the CSA for logistical support in fielding and data retrieval from the GBO stations.
Contacts
RolePersonStartDateStopDateNote
1.PrincipalInvestigatorspase://SMWG/Person/Vassilis.Angelopoulos
2.CoInvestigatorspase://SMWG/Person/Stephen.B.Mende
3.CoInvestigatorspase://SMWG/Person/Ian.Mann
4.CoInvestigatorspase://SMWG/Person/Eric.Donovan
5.CoInvestigatorspase://SMWG/Person/Martin.Connors
InformationURL
Name
THEMIS Web Site
URL
http://themis.ssl.berkeley.edu/
Description

Contains info about THEMIS mission and associated data sets

InformationURL
Name
Canadian Space Science Data Portal
URL
http://cssdp.ca/
Description

Web portal to access Canadian GBO & GMAG data.

InformationURL
Name
Athabasca Magnetometer Information Page
URL
http://aurora.phys.ucalgary.ca/themis/sites/Sites/Athabasca/Athabasca.html
Description

Primary information on the Athabasca Station

InformationURL
Name
THEMIS Ground Based Observatory System Design
URL
http://www.igpp.ucla.edu/public/THEMIS/SCI/Pubs/2007_Refereed/harris_ssr_2007_gbo_sys_design_published.pdf
Description

Harris et al., Nov. 2007; In depth description of GBO design.

PriorIDs
spase://SMWG/Observatory/THEMIS-Ground/CANMAG/ATHA
ObservatoryGroupID
spase://SMWG/Observatory/THEMIS/Ground/CANMAG
Location
ObservatoryRegion
Earth.Surface
CoordinateSystemName
WGS84
Latitude
54.71
Longitude
246.69