Articles | Volume 6, issue 2
https://doi.org/10.5194/gi-6-311-2017
https://doi.org/10.5194/gi-6-311-2017
Research article
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01 Sep 2017
Research article |  | 01 Sep 2017

Time-stamp correction of magnetic observatory data acquired during unavailability of time-synchronization services

Pierdavide Coïsson, Kader Telali, Benoit Heumez, Vincent Lesur, Xavier Lalanne, and Chang Jiang Xin

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Data loggers of magnetic observatories use GPS receivers to provide accurate time stamping of recorded data. Typical sampling rate is 1 s. A failure of the GPS receiver can result in erroneous time stamps. The observatory of Lanzhou, China, accumulated a lag of 28 s over 1 year. Using magnetic data recorded at other locations in a radius of 3000 km it was possible to estimate the diurnal lag and correct the time tamps to produce reliable 1 min averages of magnetic data.