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NASA THEMIS GBO Narsarsuaq Station

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

Description

Narsarsuaq (NRSQ) Station is located in Narsarsuaq, DK, Greenland. NRSQ is part of the UCLA GBO Network.

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Station CharacteristicsValueUnits
Magnetic Latitude65.52degrees
Magnetic Longitude42.48degrees
Magnetic Declination-24.51degrees
UT of Magnetic Midnight02:14HH: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/NRSQ
ResourceHeader
ResourceName
NASA THEMIS GBO Narsarsuaq Station
AlternateName
NRSQ
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

Narsarsuaq (NRSQ) Station is located in Narsarsuaq, DK, Greenland. NRSQ is part of the UCLA GBO Network.

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Station CharacteristicsValueUnits
Magnetic Latitude65.52degrees
Magnetic Longitude42.48degrees
Magnetic Declination-24.51degrees
UT of Magnetic Midnight02:14HH: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.

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

ObservatoryGroupID
spase://SMWG/Observatory/THEMIS/Ground/UCLA-GBO
Location
ObservatoryRegion
Earth.Surface
CoordinateSystemName
WGS84
Latitude
61.16
Longitude
314.56
OperatingSpan
StartDate
2007-10-01 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.