UK SAMNET Magnetometers

THE UK SUB-AURORAL MAGNETOMETER NETWORK

The UK Sub-Auroral Magnetometer Network, SAMNET, is operated by the Space Physics Group at the University of York. The network includes 7 stations in the UK, the Faroe Islands, Sweden, Norway and Finland. Each records the three magnetic components every 5 seconds. The following plot shows the positions of the SAMNET stations:

Ground Station plot


In the following table, the Corrected Geomagnetic (CGM) coordinates have been calculated for an epoch of 1995.0 and an altitude of 0.0 km:

GeographicCGM
StationCodeLatLongLatLong
OuluOUL65.125.961.5105.8
NordliNOR64.413.461.595.4
FaroesFAR62.1353.060.978.1
NurmijarviNUR60.524.7 56.8102.6
KvistabergKVI59.517.656.096.3
GlenmoreGML57.2356.355.078.2
YorkYOR53.9359.050.978.9



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(M.J.T.)