ETH supported observatories

Operated by:

• Met Éireann, the Irish National Meteorological Service

with support from:

• Helmholtz Centre Potsdam, GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, J. Matzka;
• Institut für Geophysik, ETH Zürich, Switzerland, A. Kuvshinov
• Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies (DIAS), C. Hogg

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Location

• 10°14'40" W, 51°56' 23" N (Google Maps)
• local contact: Tel: +353 66 9473460, Fax: +353 67 9472242, online form
• address: Met Éireann Valentia Observatory, Cahirciveen, County Kerry, Ireland

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Equipment

Originally instruments for telluric measurements were provided through GFZ by Geophysical Instrument Pool Potsdam:

• Ag-AgCl-electrodes;
• CASTLE E-sensor box;
• EDL data logger

On the 22nd of November 2017 the instruments were changed. New instruments, provided by DIAS, are:

• LEMI-417 magnetotelluric station;
• LEMI magnetometer;
• Phoenix Pb-Cl electrodes

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Data access

• Local data access (password protected)
• Intermagnet (VAR within 24 h, QD within a month)

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Milestones

• 2015/05 Start of telluric measurements
• 2017/11 Change of equipment for telluric measurements

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Presentations and posters

 

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Papers where VAL data are used

 

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Local links

•  Image albums from construction and visits