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THE STATUS QUO OF THE GEOMAGNETIC FIELD MEASUREMENTS IN KOREA

한국에서의 지구자기장관측의 현황

  • LIM MU-TAEK (Geophysical Exploration and Mining Development Division, Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources) ;
  • PARK YEONG-SUE (Geophysical Exploration and Mining Development Division, Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources) ;
  • JUNG HYUN-KEY (Geophysical Exploration and Mining Development Division, Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources) ;
  • LEE HEE-IL (Geophysical Exploration and Mining Development Division, Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources)
  • 임무택 (한국지질자원연구원 탐사개발연구부) ;
  • 박영수 (한국지질자원연구원 탐사개발연구부) ;
  • 정현기 (한국지질자원연구원 탐사개발연구부) ;
  • 이희일 (한국지질자원연구원 탐사개발연구부)
  • Published : 2000.12.01
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Abstract

The geomagnetic measurements on the Korean Territory began in 1918 in the Incheon (Zinsen in Japanese pronunciation) Observatory of which the annual means of total magnetic field intensity, declination, and inclination still remain for 1918-1944. From 1970s, the National Geography Institute (NGI) and the Radio Research Laboratory (RRL) have tried independently to measure the geomagnetic field continuously. The RRL as the result of such efforts has installed 3 geomagnetic observatories, the first in Icheon and the second in Yongin in 1996, and the third in Jeju in 1997. From 1992, the Korea Institute of Geology, Mining and Materials (KIGAM) has tried also to measure the geomagnetism and as the result they have installed 2 geomagnetic observatories, one in Daejeon in 1998 and the other in Gyeongju in 2000. Nowadays, the RRL and the KIGAM collect the measured data into their own main computers by telecommunication in real time. The two institutions will cooperate in near future to link the two geomagnetic data bases so that the whole set of geomagnetic data measured on Korean Territory could be provided to the end users in Korea.

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