Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES)
CIRES – Geomagnetism
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- Category
- Capabilities & Access
- Affiliations
- CIRES; NOAA Boulder (host)
Description
A CIRES/NCEI group doing basic and applied research on Earth’s magnetic field. It builds field models from low-orbiting satellites and about 200 magnetic observatories that give the field’s direction and strength at any location, for use with magnetometers or compasses alongside GPS.
Official page
https://cires.colorado.edu/research-groups/geomagnetism
Open official page (opens in a new tab)Contact
- General contact
- Geomag.Models@noaa.gov
Details
- Keywords
- magnetic field models, magnetic observatories, low-orbiting satellites, magnetometer pointing, solar wind shielding
- Location
- Boulder, Colorado
- Location
- Boulder, CO
- Discipline
- Geomagnetism
- Associated entity
- CIRES