Dst Index
The Dst index was proposed by Sugiura [1964] to measure the magnitude of the current which produces the axially symmetric disturbance field. It is derived from geomagnetic field variations in the H component measured at 4 stations at low latitude. |
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Data Citation | ||
Citation: | World Data Center for Geomagnetism, Kyoto, M. Nose, T. Iyemori, M. Sugiura, T. Kamei (2015), Geomagnetic Dst index, doi:10.17593/14515-74000 | |
General Characteristics | ||
Parameters: | Geomagnetic index | |
Processing level: | Final | |
Temporal resolution: | 1 hour | |
Start date: | 1957-01-01T00:00:00 | |
Stop date: | 1 hour, before Present | |
Observatory Location | ||
Observatory: | Kakioka | |
Latitude: | 36.23° | |
Longitude: | 140.19° | |
Observatory: | Honolulu | |
Latitude: | 21.32° | |
Longitude: | -158.00° | |
Observatory: | San Juan | |
Latitude: | 18.11° | |
Longitude: | -66.15° | |
Observatory: | Hermanus | |
Latitude: | -34.43° | |
Longitude: | 19.23° | |
(Note: | Latitudes and longitudes are expressed in decimal degrees. Eastern longitudes and Northern latitudes are positive.) | |
Citation & Contact Information | ||
Acknowledgements: | Please cite with doi when and where appropriate. Also please acknowledge the geomagnetic observatories (Kakioka, Honolulu, San Juan, and Hermanus). The provisonal and realtime values are subject to change; thus please use the updated values. | |
Contact Persons: | Masahito Nose(orcid:0000-0002-2789-3588), Masahisa Sugiura, Toyohisa Kamei, Toshihiko Iyemori, Yukinobu Koyama(orcid:0000-0001-5363-3870) | |
Links | ||
Final Dst Index: | https://wdc.kugi.kyoto-u.ac.jp/dst_final/index.html
Data files and plots can be downloaded from this link. |
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Provisional Dst Index: | https://wdc.kugi.kyoto-u.ac.jp/dst_provisional/index.html
Data files and plots can be downloaded from this link. |
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Realtime Dst Index: | https://wdc.kugi.kyoto-u.ac.jp/dst_realtime/index.html
Data files and plots can be downloaded from this link. |
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Derivation Scheme of Dst index: | https://wdc.kugi.kyoto-u.ac.jp/dstdir/dst2/onDstindex.html
Description in the IAGA Bulletin No. 40 published by Sugiura and Kamei [1991]. |
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DOI: | 10.17593/14515-74000
Digital Object Identifier |
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How to Cite Datasets: | https://www.dcc.ac.uk/resources/how-guides/cite-datasets
Ball, A. and M. Duke [2011], How to cite datasets and link to publications, DCC How-to Guides, Edinburgh: Digital Curation Centre. |
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Provider Version | ||
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