World Data Centre for Geomagnetism (Edinburgh)

The Geomagnetism team of the British Geological Survey hosts the World Data Centre for Geomagnetism (Edinburgh) as part of the World Data Centre (WDC) system established by the International Council of Scientific Unions (ICSU). The WDC has a comprehensive set of digital geomagnetic data as well as indices of geomagnetic activity supplied from a worldwide network of magnetic observatories. The data and services at the WDC are available for scientific use without restrictions.

The Geomagnetic Data Master Catalogue, containing digital minute and hourly mean data, was formerly hosted within the WDC for Geomagnetism (Copenhagen) at the Danish Meteorological Institute. Responsibility for maintaining and operating this Geomagnetic Data Master Catalogue passed to the British Geological Survey in 2007 and has been incorporated into the WDC for Geomagnetism (Edinburgh).

The rules for the data use and exchange are defined by the Guide on the World Data Center System. Note that information on the appropriate institution(s) is also supplied with the WDC data sets. If the data are used in publications and presentations, the data suppliers and the WDC for Geomagnetism (Edinburgh) should be acknowledged.

• Geomagnetic Data Master Catalogue - FTP Helper
  • Catalogue of digital hourly mean geomagnetic data
  • Catalogue of digital 1-min geomagnetic data
  • Download geomagnetic data through FTP helper
  • Access to IAGA geomagnetic indices
  • Description of geomagnetic data formats
• Other Data Holdings
  • Observatory annual mean values
  • Global magnetic survey data
  • Charts and computation of model values
  • Solar and geomagnetic data and indices
  • Geomagnetic and solar activity forecasts
• Related links
  • WDC for Solar-Terrestrial Physics, Boulder, U.S.A.
  • WDC for Geomagnetism, Kyoto, Japan
  • WDC for Solar-Terrestrial Physics, Moscow, Russia
  • INTERMAGNET Main Home Page