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Macquarie Island

Station Name

Station NameMacquarie Island
Alternative NameNone

Station Location

GeographicLat. -54.50 Long. 158.95E
GeomagneticLat. -64.54 Long. 248.10
Dip-78.9
Split (0.5*gyro frequency) 0.8 MHz
L ShellNA
Time Noon01 UT

Station Lifetime

Years of Data49 years
OpenedJune 1950, closed by fire April-July 1952, closed in November 1958, reopened in November 1983
Closedclosed by fire April-July 1952, November 1958 - November 1983
StatusOpen

Station Identity

IPS Code4072
URSI CodeMQ55M
ISES/IUWDS Code86501
WDC Code9055M
ESSA Code55M

Station Data Sets

IonogramFrom June 1950, Paper, 35, 16 mm film, Digital
MagnetometerFrom August 2000
RiometerFrom September 1987
Ionospheric Scintillation Monitor(ISM)From March 2008
Total Electron Content (TEC)From March 2008
Macquarie Island
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