Observatory Details

IAGA Code KIR
Name Kiruna
Opened 1962-01-01
Closed
Latitude 67.843 °N
Longitude 20.420 °E
Altitude 395.0 m
Country Sweden
Website irf.se/mag
INTERMAGNET Member -
Notes 2012 1-min values F-component data contains numerous spikes and steps.

2008 Houry and 1-minute values contained errors due to technical problems at the observatory, and were replaced with corrected data provided by observatory on 2011-03-24.

2003 data - spikes removed by BGS - 10 minutes flagged - HMVs recalculated [2013-08-02]

Contact Details

Name Mats Luspa
Address Institutet foer Rymdfysik
Box 812
SE-981 28 Kiruna
Sweden
E-mail matsl@irf.se
Fax +46 980 79 050

Instrumentation

Instrument Type In Use From In Use To
DMI FGE-91 (Danish Meteorological Institute) Unknown 1900-01-01
GEM Systems GSM-90 Scalar 1900-01-01
DI-flux Absolute 1900-01-01

Yearbooks

No yearbooks available.