13 Facts About INTERMAGNET

INTERMAGNET is a world-wide consortium of institutes operating ground-based magnetometers recording the absolute level of the Earth's time-varying magnetic field, to an agreed set of standards.

INTERMAGNET has its roots in discussions held at the Workshop on Magnetic Observatory Instruments in Ottawa, Canada, in August 1986 and at the Nordic Comparison Meeting in Chambon La Foret, France, in May 1987.

INTERMAGNET was founded soon after in order to extend the network of observatories communicating in this way.

INTERMAGNET is a member of the World Data System of the International Science Council, and it is closely associated with the International Association of Geomagnetism and Aeronomy.

INTERMAGNET is organised into an Executive Council, formed of representatives of its founding members, and an Operations Committee, formed of members from many institutes concerned with geomagnetism and with operating magnetic observatories.

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INTERMAGNET introduced a new set of standards for the measuring, recording and reporting of 1-second sampled data by IMOs.

INTERMAGNET data are available in several formats and data are published annually.

INTERMAGNET has developed a metadata schema as part of its plans for data interoperability.

INTERMAGNET data are subject to conditions of use and are licensed under Creative Commons CC-BY-NC.

In 2019 INTERMAGNET published its first DOI, for the 2013 annual definitive data set.

INTERMAGNET intended that DOIs would become a standard means of data recognition and citing, for example by minting DOI for each annual IRDS.

INTERMAGNET welcomes community development of tools and software and encourages contributions.

INTERMAGNET data are used for a wide variety of applications, including geomagnetic field mapping, monitoring variable space-weather conditions, directional drilling for oil and gas, aeromagnetic surveying, assessment of geomagnetic hazards, and fundamental research on the Earth's interior and surrounding space and atmospheric environments.