Technical University of Denmark Vector Magnetometer FGE FGM-FGE

Model: 
Vector Magnetometer FGE FGM-FGE

The Vector Magnetometer FGE is a type of FGE fluxgate that is manufactured by the Danish Meteorological Institute, Denmark and is in operation at all three magnetic observatories. The sensor unit consists of three orthogonally mounted sensors on a marble cube. In order to improve long-term stability, these sensors have compensation coils wound on quartz tubes in order to obtain a sensor drift of only a few nT per year.

Category: 
Magnetometer
Disciplines: 
Space Physics Research, Navigation, Mining, Electrical Reticulation
Life Expectancy: 
10years
Location
Hermanus Magnetic Observatory
Hospital Street
Hermanus
7200

Contact Person/s

Name: Pierre Cilliers
Phone: +27 28-312-1196
Email: pjcilliers@hmo.ac.za
Estimated Cost and Availability
Time Spent Researching: 
95%
Time Spent Teaching: 
2.5%
Time Spent Other: 
2.5%
Funding Information
Year of Acquisition: 
1995