| ☰ | Fluxgate Magnetometer |
The Fluxgate magnetometer. Left: Senior engineer Børre Heitman Holmslet calibrating the magnetometer.
Middle: Concrete base construction with protecting cover for sensor head.
Right: Prof. Chris Hall (1953-2021) overseeing the operation.
Scientific objectives
Part of the magnetometer network of the Auroral Observatory, UiT-The Arctic University of Norway.
Auxilliary for EISCAT and other installations for ionospheric research at Svalbard.
Included in the German / Finnish / Norwegian / Polish chain of magnetometers called IMAGE.
Owner: UiT-The Arctic University of Norway
Contacts
PI: Magnar G. Johnsen
Address:Tromsø Geophysical Observatory / Norwegian Center for Space Weather, UiT-The Arctic University of Norway
E-mail:magnar.g.johnsen@uit.no
Instrument specifications
Time resolution: 10 seconds