US Ground-based magnetometer arrays
For discussion of the current state and future of ground magnetometer arrays in support of space weather monitoring and research, see article in Space Weather.
US-Sponsored Ground-Based Magnetometer Arrays and Programs*
| Array | Location | Instruments | Manufacturer | No. of Locations |
| AAL-PIP | Antarctica | Fluxgate | Lviv Centre ISR | 6 |
| AAL-PIP | Antarctica | Induction Coil | UNH | 4 |
| AMBER | Africa | Fluxgate | UCLA | 7 |
| AMBER | South America | Fluxgate | UCLA | 2 |
| AMBER | East Asia | Fluxgate | UCLA | 4 |
| Falcon | Continental US | Fluxgate | UCLA | 11 |
| GIMA | Alaska | Fluxgate | Narod | 9 |
| Jicamarca | South America | Fluxgate | UCLA | 2 |
| LISN | South America | Fluxgate | Custom/Jicamarca | 6 |
| MACCS | Arctic Canada | Fluxgate | Narod | 8 |
| McMAC | Continental US & Mexico | Fluxgate | UCLA | 9 |
| MEASURE | Continental US | Fluxgate | UCLA | 6 |
| SAMBA | South America & Antarctica | Fluxgate | UCLA | 12 |
| THEMIS | Continental US & Canada | Fluxgate | UCLA | 24 |
| US Geological Survey | US & Territories | Fluxgate | Narod | 11 |
| NJIT / AGO | Antarctica | Fluxgate | Bell Labs | 7 |
| NJIT / AGO | Antarctica | Induction Coil | Tohoku University | 5 |
| MICA | Antarctica | Induction Coil | UNH | 5 |
| MICA | Arctic Canada | Induction Coil | UNH | 4 |
| MICA | Svalbard | Induction Coil | UNH | 4 |
- Some locations listed here have instruments that are not currently operating.
2019 GEM workshop meeting
The ground magnetometer advisory board was formed in 2016 as a community driven effort to (1) review operations/status/performance of all US-funded ground magnetometer arrays, (2) discuss priorities for future ground magnetometer locations in consultation with the wider community including USGS/ULTIMA/NSF, (3) transition towards a Class-II facility/DASI operations model as recommended by the 2015-2016 NSF Geospace Portfolio Review, (4) facilitate the production and dissemination of high level data products that support scientific investigations, spacecraft missions, modeling efforts, and space weather forecasts.
We invite the GEM community to attend our meeting on Monday, June 24 at 1:30 PM, where we’ll discuss updates on all the above items. Later this year, we’ll add new members to the advisory board who either operate ground magnetometers or use magnetometer data to support their scientific investigations and/or space weather monitoring efforts. If you’re interested in learning more about this opportunity, please attend this GEM meeting or contact Mike Hartinger (mdhartin@vt.edu).
Monday, 24 June, 1:30 PM, Location: Santa Fe
- Mike Hartinger - Updates on ground magnetometer advisory board activities
- Mark Engebretson - Summary of information gathering report
- Lisa Winter - NSF updates
- Hyomin Kim - DRUM/DASI updates and future plans, discussion
- Jesper Gjerloev - SuperMAG updates
- Josh Rigler - USGS updates, updates from other magnetometer arrays
2019 mini-GEM workshop meeting
Sunday, 8 December, 1200-1330, Location: Oregon Room
- Mike Hartinger - Introduction and Overview of Advisory Board activities, updates on DOI and new instruments
- Howard Singer - How ground magnetometers are currently incorporated into forecasts at SWPC, how they could be incorporated in the future
- Jennifer Gannon - How ground magnetometers can best be used to monitor/investigate GIC, utility-grade magnetometers
- Endawoke Yizengaw - Open discussion with NSF, DRUM/DASI future proposal plans
- Anna Kelbert - USGS Geomagnetism Program updates
- Peter Chi - update on ULTIMA activities / international collaboration
- James Weygand - Spherical Elementary Currents and Mid/Low Latitude Data Availability
- Walk-ins TBD (Amy Keesee/Mike Coughlin,...)
