| IAGA Code | WNG |
| Name | Wingst |
| Opened | 2019-04-01 |
| Closed | |
| Latitude | 53.725 °N |
| Longitude | 9.053 °E |
| Altitude | 66.0 m |
| Country | Germany (DE) |
| Website | https://gfz-pots...observatories/wingst/ |
| INTERMAGNET Member | 1994 - |
| Notes | WNG WINGST OBSERVATORY INFORMATION 2008 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT: Users of the WNG data should acknowledge: GFZ Potsdam and BSH Hamburg, Germany STATION ID : WNG LOCATION : Wingst, Germany ORGANISATIONS: -Helmholtz Centre Potsdam GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences -Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency Hamburg CO-LATITUDE : 36.257 deg LONGITUDE : 9.073 deg E ELEVATION : 50 m ABSOLUTE INSTRUMENTS : DI-flux (Zeiss theodolite THEO 010B with Bartington MAG01 fluxgate) Overhauser effect proton precession magnetometer GEM Systems type GSM19 RECORDING VARIOMETER : Suspended triaxial fluxgate DMI type FGE, Overhauser effect proton precession magnetometer GEM Systems type GSM90 ORIENTATION : HDZ F DYNAMIC RANGE: HDZ: +/-10,000 nT F : 20,000-120,000 nT RESOLUTION : HDZ: 0.1 nT F : 0.01 nT SAMPLING RATE: HDZ: 0.5 s F : 5 s FILTER TYPE : HDZ: Minute mean values centered at sec 30 F : Minute mean values centered at sec 30 BACKUP VARIOMETER 1 : Suspended triaxial fluxgate DMI type FGE, Overhauser effect proton precession magnetometer GEM Systems type GSM90 ORIENTATION : HDZ F DYNAMIC RANGE: HDZ: +/-10,000 nT F : 20,000-120,000 nT RESOLUTION : HDZ: 0.1 nT F : 0.01 nT SAMPLING RATE: HDZ: 0.5 s F : 5 s FILTER TYPE : HDZ: Minute mean values centered at sec 30 F : Minute mean values centered at sec 30 VARIOMETER 1 : Triaxial fluxgate GEOMAG type M390 BACKUP VARIOMETER 2 : Suspended triaxial fluxgate DMI type FGE, Overhauser effect proton precession magnetometer GEM Systems type GSM90 ORIENTATION : HDZ F DYNAMIC RANGE: HDZ: +/-10,000 nT F : 20,000-120,000 nT RESOLUTION : HDZ: 0.1 nT F : 0.01 nT SAMPLING RATE: HDZ: 0.5 s F : 5 s FILTER TYPE : HDZ: Minute mean values centered at sec 30 F : Minute mean values centered at sec 30 K-NUMBERS : Computer derived (Finish method) K=9 LIMIT : 500 nT GINS : Edinburgh, Paris SATELLITE : Meteosat, e-mail OBSERVERS : Peter Broehldick, Wolf-Dieter Grube CONTACT : Dr. Hans-Joachim Linthe Helmholtz Centre Potsdam GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences Adolf-Schmidt-Observatorium Niemegk Lindenstr. 7 D-14823 Niemegk TEL: +49 33843 624 14 FAX: +49 33843 624 23 e-mail: linthe@gfz-potsdam.de HISTORY : Wingst has been in operation since 1938. It is the successor station to Wilhelmshaven (WLH) Observatory, which was in operation from 1874 to 1911 and during the Second International Polar Year from 1931 to 1932. WLH was located 70 km SW to Wingst (36.48 deg, 8.15 deg E). REFERENCE : Full details are given in the yearbook published by GFZ "Yearbook Magnetic Results 2007 Adolf Schmidt Geomagnetic Observatory Niemegk, Geomagnetic Observatory Wingst", by Hans-Joachim Linthe. |
| Name | Jurgen Matzka |
| Address | Helmholtz-Zentrum Potsdam Deutsches GeoForschungsZentrum GFZ Telegrafenberg 14473 Potsdam Germany |
| jmat@gfz-potsdam.de | |
| Fax | +49 33843 624-23 |
| Instrument | Type | In Use From | In Use To |
|---|---|---|---|
| GEM Systems GSM-90 | Scalar | 1992-01-01 | |
| Danish Meteorological Institute FGE | Vector (HDZ) | 1992-01-01 | |
| DI-flux (Zeiss theodolite with Bartington MAG01H fluxgate) | Absolute | 1992-01-01 | |
| GEM Systems GSM-19 | Scalar | 1992-01-01 |