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NASA THEMIS GBO Kapuskasing Station

ResourceID
spase://SMWG/Observatory/THEMIS/Ground/UCLA-GBO/KAPU

Description

Kapuskasing (KAPU) station is located in Kapuskasing, ON, Canada. KAPU is part of the UCLA GBO Network.

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| Station Characteristics | Value | Units |
|-------------------------|------------------|
| Magnetic Latitude | 60.90 | degrees |
| Magnetic Longitude | 350.60 | degrees |
| Magnetic Declination | -10.12 | degrees |
| UT of Magnetic Midnight | 05:29 | HH:MM |
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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/UCLA-GBO/KAPU
ResourceHeader
ResourceName
NASA THEMIS GBO Kapuskasing Station
AlternateName
KAPU
ReleaseDate
2022-02-20 12:34:56.789
RevisionHistory
RevisionEvent
ReleaseDate
2022-02-20 12:34:56.789
Note
THEMIS Ground Observatories: Delete obsolete www-spc.igpp.ucla.edu Information URL, Resource Header Description reformated, Replace spurious YKNF information present in the NRSQ description. Metadata submitted by L.F. Bargatze on 2022-02-14, reviewed by LFB
Description

Kapuskasing (KAPU) station is located in Kapuskasing, ON, Canada. KAPU is part of the UCLA GBO Network.

+--------------------------------------------+
| Station Characteristics | Value | Units |
|-------------------------|------------------|
| Magnetic Latitude | 60.90 | degrees |
| Magnetic Longitude | 350.60 | degrees |
| Magnetic Declination | -10.12 | degrees |
| UT of Magnetic Midnight | 05:29 | HH:MM |
+--------------------------------------------+

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: S. Mende and C. T. Russell for use of the GMAG data.
Contacts
RolePersonStartDateStopDateNote
1.PrincipalInvestigatorspase://SMWG/Person/Vassilis.Angelopoulos
2.CoInvestigatorspase://SMWG/Person/Christopher.T.Russell
3.CoInvestigatorspase://SMWG/Person/Stephen.B.Mende
4.MetadataContactspase://SMWG/Person/Lee.Frost.Bargatze
5.MetadataContactspase://SMWG/Person/Lee.Frost.Bargatze
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.

InformationURL
Name
THEMIS Web Site
URL
http://themis.ssl.berkeley.edu/instrument_gmags.shtml
Description

Description of GMAGS on THEMIS web site

PriorIDs
spase://VMO/Observatory/THEMIS-Ground/UCLA-GBO/KAPU
spase://SMWG/Observatory/THEMIS-Ground/UCLA-GBO/KAPU
ObservatoryGroupID
spase://SMWG/Observatory/THEMIS/Ground/UCLA-GBO
Location
ObservatoryRegion
Earth.Surface
CoordinateSystemName
WGS84
Latitude
49.4
Longitude
-82.4
OperatingSpan
StartDate
2006-05-17 00:00:00
Note
Start Date taken as the start of the day, that ia 00:00:00 UT, for the first CDF data file under the https://spdf.gsfc.nasa.gov/pub/data/themis/thg/l2/mag/ data tree.