Identification

Title

Geomagnetic observatory hourly and minute means

Abstract

Hourly and minute means of the geomagnetic field vector components from observatories around the world from, respectively, 1883 and 1969, to the present day. At present there are about 160 observatories. These data are useful for tracking changes in the magnetic field generated inside and outside the Earth. Data are produced by a number of organisations around the world, including BGS. Data are available in plain text from www.wdc.bgs.ac.uk.

Resource type

nonGeographicDataset

Resource locator

http://www.wdc.bgs.ac.uk/

name: World Data Centre for Geomagnetism (Edinburgh)

description: The page this URL links to contains links to download the 'Geomagnetic observatory hourly and minute means' dataset.

function: download

http://www.geomag.bgs.ac.uk/data_service/data/home.html

name: Geomagnetism - Data and Services

description: Information on the 'Geomagnetic observatory hourly and minute means' dataset and how to access the data is found on the page this URL links to.

function: information

Unique resource identifier

code

http://data.bgs.ac.uk/id/dataHolding/13605429

codeSpace

Dataset language

eng

Spatial reference system

code identifying the spatial reference system

Additional information source

BGS is a World Data Centre for Geomagnetism and these datasets are a major part of this. Responsibility for these datasets was previously with the Danish Meteorological Institute but in 2007 this transferred to BGS.

Classification of spatial data and services

Topic category

geoscientificInformation

Keywords

Keyword set

keyword value

originating controlled vocabulary

title

reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2008-06-01

Keyword set

keyword value

Geomagnetism

UK Location (INSPIRE)

Observatories

originating controlled vocabulary

title

reference date

date type

revision

effective date

2022

Keyword set

keyword value

Keyword set

keyword value

NERC_DDC

Geographic location

West bounding longitude

East bounding longitude

North bounding latitude

South bounding latitude

Temporal reference

Temporal extent

Begin position

1883

End position

Dataset reference date

date type

creation

effective date

1883

Frequency of update

continual

Quality and validity

Lineage

Data are received from various institutes around the world including BGS, through an agreement with INTERMAGNET (http://www.intermagnet.org/) and through exchange with other World Data Centres for Geomagnetism. They are checked for gross errors, formatting errors (reformatting as necessary), before uploading to www.wdc.bgs.ac.uk.

Conformity

Conformity report

specification

title

reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2011

degree

false

explanation

See the referenced specification

Conformity report

specification

title

reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2010-12-08

degree

false

explanation

See http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2010:323:0011:0102:EN:PDF

Data format

name of format

ASCII files in World Data Centre (WDC) format

version of format

Constraints related to access and use

Constraint set

Limitations on public access

Constraint set

Limitations on public access

The copyright of materials derived from the British Geological Survey's work is vested in the Natural Environment Research Council [NERC]. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, or stored in a retrieval system of any nature, without the prior permission of the copyright holder, via the BGS Intellectual Property Rights Manager. Use by customers of information provided by the BGS, is at the customer's own risk. In view of the disparate sources of information at BGS's disposal, including such material donated to BGS, that BGS accepts in good faith as being accurate, the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) gives no warranty, expressed or implied, as to the quality or accuracy of the information supplied, or to the information's suitability for any use. NERC/BGS accepts no liability whatever in respect of loss, damage, injury or other occurence however caused.

Responsible organisations

Responsible party

organisation name

British Geological Survey

full postal address

The Lyell Centre, Research Avenue South

EDINBURGH

EH14 4AP

United Kingdom

telephone number

0115 936 3142

facsimile number

0115 936 3276

email address

enquiries@bgs.ac.uk

responsible party role

distributor

Responsible party

organisation name

British Geological Survey

full postal address

The Lyell Centre, Research Avenue South

EDINBURGH

EH14 4AP

United Kingdom

telephone number

0115 936 3142

facsimile number

0115 936 3276

email address

enquiries@bgs.ac.uk

responsible party role

pointOfContact

Responsible party

organisation name

British Geological Survey

full postal address

The Lyell Centre, Research Avenue South

EDINBURGH

EH14 4AP

United Kingdom

telephone number

0115 936 3142

facsimile number

0115 936 3276

email address

enquiries@bgs.ac.uk

responsible party role

custodian

Metadata on metadata

Metadata point of contact

organisation name

British Geological Survey

full postal address

The Lyell Centre, Research Avenue South

EDINBURGH

EH14 4AP

United Kingdom

telephone number

+44 131 667 1000

email address

enquiries@bgs.ac.uk

responsible party role

pointOfContact

Metadata date

2025-03-24

Metadata language