During the STEP period (1990-1995), the Solar-Terrestrial Environment Laboratory (STEL), Nagoya University (Y. Tanaka,
K. Yumoto, K. Shiokawa) conducted multinationally coordinated magnetic observations
along the 190, 210, and 250 (deg) magnetic meridians (MMs). After the Principal Investigator, K. Yumoto, moved from the STEL to Kyushu University on February 1, 1996, the 210 MM magnetic observations are being conducted by Kyushu University in cooperation with and/or
courtesy of the following institutes and organizations (co-investigator
and cooperator
names are in parentheses): University of Newcastle (B.J. Fraser, F.W. Menk),
Electronics Research Laboratory, DSTO, Salisbury (K.J.W. Lynn, D.M. Sutton,
Trevor Harris), Learmonth Solar Observatory (J. A. Kennewell) and Canberra Observatory
of IPS Radio and Space Services (D.G. Cole, P. Wilkinson, R. Marshall), Mt. Stromlo
Observatory (Vince O'Connor), CSIRO Tropical Ecosystems Research
Centre (Tony Hertog), Weipa North State School (Kath Newman, Pam Diggins),
Birdsville Police
Station (W.J. Guan), Dalby Agriculture College (G.K. Smith,
Andrew Luhrs, L.R. Harris), Katanning Research Station, Great Southern Agriculture
Research Institute (J. Montgomery, D. H. Ryall, Trevor Bell) and Australian
Antarctic Division (R.J. Morris, D. Lehmann, P. Jansen, Perry Roberts) in
Australia; National Institute of Aeronautics and Space (LAPAN) (S.L. Manurung,
Wilson Sinambela, Obay Sobari, Mamat Ruhimat, Sukmadradjat) in Indonesia; Tohoku University
(T. Tamura, T. Sakanoi, H. Fukunishi), Tohoku Institute of
Technology (M. Seto, Y. Kitamura), Kakioka Magnetic Observatory (S. Tsunomura),
Tokai University (T. Sakurai), University of Tokyo (K. Hayashi), and Kyushu University
(H. Tachihara) in Japan; Paradise Wewak Hotel (S. Kawabata) in Papua New Guinea; Coast &
Geodetic Survey Department, National Mapping and Resource Information Authority
(Commodore Renato B. Feir, E. A. Macaspac, A.A. Algaba) in Philippines; Institute of
Cosmphysical Research and Radiowave Propagation (IKIR) (E.F. Vershinin, A. Buzevich),
Institute of Cosmophysical Research and Aeronomies (IKFIA) (G.F. Krymsky, S.I. Solovyev,
N. Molochushkin), Institute of Physics of the Earth (IFZ) (V.A. Pilipenko, L. Baransky),
and Pacific Oceanological Institute(POI) (V.A. Akulichev, V.M. Nikiforov) in Russia;
Lunping Observatory, Telecommunication Training Institute (S.-W. Chen) and
Institute of Space Science, National Central University (J.K. Chao, J.Y. Liu) in Taiwan;
and U.S. Geological Survey (A.W. Green, D.C. Herzog), Guam Magnetic Observatory
(P. Hattori), Pacific Tsunami Warning Center (M. Blackford,
W.J. Mass, R.K. Nygard, Chip McCreery), Koror Observatory of the U.S. National Weather
Service (Hirao Kloulchad), and University of Alaska, Fairbanks (S.-I. Akasofu, J. V. Olson,
D. Osborne) in the United States.
The database and archives are being maintained by STEL,
Nagoya University. The contact person at STEL is K. Shiokawa.
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS---Our sincere thanks go to H. Oya, Tohoku University, and all the
members of the 210 MM Magnetic Observation Project for their ceaseless support.
The 210
MM Magnetic Observation Project was also supported by M. Nishino, T.
Kato, M. Sato, Y. Kato, M. Sera, Y. Ikegami, K. Hidaka, T. Asai, T. Ogawa, and S.
Kokubun of STE Lab., Nagoya University. Financial support was given by the
Ministry of Education, Science, and Culture of Japan in the form of Grants-in-Aid for Overseas
Scientific Survey (02041039, 03041061, 04044077, 05041060, 06044094, 08041105). Financial support was also given by Y. Fukao ans Y. Hamano, the University of
Tokyo during the OHP(Ocean Hemisphere Project) period. Support for the production of S-RAMP Database was provided by grants in aid from the Ministry of Education, Science, and Culture in Japan.
Contact Address
Principal Investigator:
Professor Kiyohumi Yumoto
Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences
Kyushu University 33
6-10-1 Hakozaki, Fukuoka 812-8581, Japan
TEL:+81-92-642-2673, FAX:+81-92-642-2685
E-mail: yumoto[AT]geo.kyushu-u.ac.jp
Data Archives:
Associate Professor Kazuo Shiokawa
Solar-Terrestrial Environment Laboratory, Nagoya University
3-13, Honohara, Toyokawa, Aichi 442-8507, Japan
TEL:+81-533-89-5168 FAX:+81-533-89-1539
E-mail: shiokawa[AT]stelab.nagoya-u.ac.jp
S-RAMP Database:
Professor Tatsuki Ogino, Chair
S-RAMP Database Committee in Japan
Solar-Terrestrial Environment Laboratory, Nagoya University
3-13, Honohara, Toyokawa, Aichi 442-8507, Japan
TEL:+81-533-89-5184 FAX:+81-533-89-5090
E-mail: ogino[AT]stelab.nagoya-u.ac.jp
Geomagnetic Observation by Magnetometer Network.