the geophysical institute magnetometer array gima status
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Insitu Insight UAS
Stuart Creek Alaska
Midnight Sun, 22 June, 2007
The Geophysical Institute
Magnetometer Array
GIMA
Status, Updates, Future
Donald Hampton
Research Assistant Prof.
Geophysical Institute
&
Optical Science Manager
Poker Flat Research Range
(907)455-2256
Our Magnetometers
NAROD Three-axis fluxgate magnetometers
Temperature stability: < 0.1 nT/degree (sensor);
Long term drift: < 10 pT/day;
Noise: 7 pT/root Hz @ 1Hz;
Orthogonality error: <0.1 degree;
Digitization: 16 bits;
Normal ops – 1Hz
Station Locations
Mag Only
Mag
+
Optics
CIGO
System Diagram
Operations and archiving funded by GI overhead
Down – three chan. pegged
OK – 7 year old comp.
No net. – 10+ year old comp.
One channel down
OK – 10+ year old comp.
OK – brand new NUC
OK – 6 year old comp.
One channel down.
OK – 10+ year old comp.
September 2011
What is different about these
two plots?
Intel NUC
CentOS
Python scripts
NASA HIDEE Funding
Student programmer
Data Portal – File access
TDAS?
FYU, GAK
SuperMAG ready
Three formats
Raw ASCII, NCDF, CSV
magnet[ometer].gi.alaska.edu
Current State
Summer, 2016
Available hardware
would allow addition
of blue stations
Stage 1
Stage 2?