Articles | Volume 6, issue 2
https://doi.org/10.5194/gi-6-447-2017
https://doi.org/10.5194/gi-6-447-2017
Research article
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02 Nov 2017
Research article |  | 02 Nov 2017

Geoelectric monitoring at the Boulder magnetic observatory

Cletus C. Blum, Timothy C. White, Edward A. Sauter, Duff C. Stewart, Paul A. Bedrosian, and Jeffrey J. Love

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Short summary
Despite its importance to a range of applied and fundamental studies, and obvious parallels to a robust network of magnetic-field observatories, long-term geoelectric field monitoring is rarely performed. The installation of a new geoelectric monitoring system at the Boulder magnetic observatory of the US Geological Survey is summarized. Data from the system are expected, among other things, to be used for testing and validating algorithms for mapping North American geoelectric fields.
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