Observatory Details

IAGA Code BFE
Name Brorfelde
Opened 1980-01-01
Closed
Latitude 55.625 °N
Longitude 11.672 °E
Altitude 80.0 m
Country Denmark (DK)
Website
INTERMAGNET Member 1991 - 2012
Notes BFE data is corrupted by frequent jumps (in H of 6 nT and Z of 3 nT) for certain applications and is unsuitable for scientific SV work since about 1995. Declination and F are basically not affected by the artificial disturbance at BFE. You can certainly use BFE data for applications where an error in inclination of 0.008 degrees is acceptable. (see this table for a comparison with nearby observatories.)

Absolute: DI-fluxgate magnetometer (DI-flux),
a proton magnetometer (ELSEC type PPM-880B) and a
proton vector magnetometer (PVM) with stationary coils

Variations: Three-component fluxgate variometers,
DMI model FGD with tilt compensation.

Contact Details

Name Anna Willer
Address DTU Space
National Space Institute
Technical University of Denmark
Centrifugevej
Building 356, room 109
Kgs. Lyngby
Denmark
2800
E-mail anna@space.dtu.dk
Fax +45 45 25 97 01

Instrumentation

Instrument Type In Use From In Use To
Elsec PPM-880B Scalar 1900-01-01
DMI FGD (Danish Meteorological Institute) Vector (HDZ) 1900-01-01

Yearbooks

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