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Observatory

ResourceHeader

ResourceName

NASA THEMIS GBO Kapuskasing Station

AlternateName

KAPU

ReleaseDate

2010-09-24 21:25:55Z

Description

Kapuskasing (KAPU) station is located in Kapuskasing, ON, Canada. KAPU is part of the UCLA GBO Network.
Magnetic Latitude: 60.9
Magnetic Longitude: 350.60
UT of Magnetic Midnight: 5.4833
Magnetic Declination: -10.12
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

	Role	Person
1.	PrincipalInvestigator	spase://SMWG/Person/Vassilis.Angelopoulos
2.	CoInvestigator	spase://SMWG/Person/Christopher.T.Russell
3.	CoInvestigator	spase://SMWG/Person/Stephen.B.Mende

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 Ground Magnetometer Data Center at UCLA

URL

http://spc.igpp.ucla.edu/uclamag/themis_center/

Description

Web server for displaying and downloading THEMIS ground magnetometer data

InformationURL

Name

THEMIS Web Site

URL

http://themis.ssl.berkeley.edu/instrument_gmags.shtml

Description

Description of GMAGS on THEMIS web site.

PriorIDs

spase://VMO/Observatory/THEMIS-Ground/UCLA-GBO/KAPU

spase://SMWG/Observatory/THEMIS-Ground/UCLA-GBO/KAPU

ObservatoryGroupID

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

Location

ObservatoryRegion

Earth.Surface

CoordinateSystemName

WGS84

Latitude

49.4

Longitude

-82.4