World Data Centre for Geomagnetism (Edinburgh)

Observatory Details

IAGA Code	API
Name	Apia
Opened	1905-01-01
Closed
Latitude	-13.816 °N
Longitude	-171.781 °E
Altitude	2.0 m
Country	Samoa (WS)
Website
INTERMAGNET Member	1999 -
Notes	1925-1926 HMV data: Z component too high by 900nT. (fixed 2012-10-30). 1925-1927: Tabular bases are missing leading character - D should be 10 (was 0), H should be 350 (was 50), Z should be -199 (was 100) [fixed on 2012-03-09]. 1938: Z tabular base missing leading character - should be -200 (was 200) [fixed on 2012-03-09]. Z component too high by 900nT. (fixed 2012-10-30) 2008 HMV data: 24th hourly mean on December 1st is erroneous, and should be deleted [fixed on 2011-08-17] Spikes removed by BGS staff: 1992 - 2 minutes 1994 - 6 minutes HMVs recalculated [2013-08-02]

Contact Details

Name	Lameko Talia
Address	Apia Observatory Meteorology Division-Ministry of Natural Resources & Environment (MNRE) P.O. Box 3020 Apia Samoa
E-mail	lamekotalia@mnre.gov.ws
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Name	Tanja Petersen
Address	Institute of Geological and Nuclear Sciences Ltd P.O. Box 30368 Lower Hutt New Zealand 6315
E-mail	T.Petersen@gns.cri.nz;geomag@gns.cri.nz
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Instrumentation

Instrument	Type	In Use From	In Use To
No instrumentation information available.

Yearbooks

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