Volume 9, 2020

Volume 9, 2020

12 Feb 2020
In situ measurements of the ice flow motion at Eqip Sermia Glacier using a remotely controlled unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)
Guillaume Jouvet, Eef van Dongen, Martin P. Lüthi, and Andreas Vieli
Geosci. Instrum. Method. Data Syst., 9, 1–10, https://doi.org/10.5194/gi-9-1-2020,https://doi.org/10.5194/gi-9-1-2020, 2020
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25 Feb 2020
A soil moisture monitoring network to characterize karstic recharge and evapotranspiration at five representative sites across the globe
Romane Berthelin, Michael Rinderer, Bartolomé Andreo, Andy Baker, Daniela Kilian, Gabriele Leonhardt, Annette Lotz, Kurt Lichtenwoehrer, Matías Mudarra, Ingrid Y. Padilla, Fernando Pantoja Agreda, Rafael Rosolem, Abel Vale, and Andreas Hartmann
Geosci. Instrum. Method. Data Syst., 9, 11–23, https://doi.org/10.5194/gi-9-11-2020,https://doi.org/10.5194/gi-9-11-2020, 2020
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26 Feb 2020
Monitoring aseismic creep trends in the İsmetpaşa and Destek segments throughout the North Anatolian Fault (NAF) with a large-scale GPS network
Hasan Hakan Yavaşoğlu, Mehmet Nurullah Alkan, Serdar Bilgi, and Öykü Alkan
Geosci. Instrum. Method. Data Syst., 9, 25–40, https://doi.org/10.5194/gi-9-25-2020,https://doi.org/10.5194/gi-9-25-2020, 2020
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17 Mar 2020
An autonomous low-power instrument platform for monitoring water and solid discharges in mesoscale rivers
Guillaume Nord, Yoann Michielin, Romain Biron, Michel Esteves, Guilhem Freche, Thomas Geay, Alexandre Hauet, Cédric Legoût, and Bernard Mercier
Geosci. Instrum. Method. Data Syst., 9, 41–67, https://doi.org/10.5194/gi-9-41-2020,https://doi.org/10.5194/gi-9-41-2020, 2020
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18 Mar 2020
A comprehensive data quality evaluation method for the currents of marine controlled-source electromagnetic transmitters based on the analytic hierarchy process
Rui Yang, Meng Wang, Gongxiang Wang, Ming Deng, Jianen Jing, and Xiancheng Li
Geosci. Instrum. Method. Data Syst., 9, 69–77, https://doi.org/10.5194/gi-9-69-2020,https://doi.org/10.5194/gi-9-69-2020, 2020
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19 Mar 2020
Design and applications of drilling trajectory measurement instrumentation in an ultra-deep borehole based on a fiber-optic gyro
Yimin Liu, Chenghu Wang, Guangqiang Luo, and Weifeng Ji
Geosci. Instrum. Method. Data Syst., 9, 79–104, https://doi.org/10.5194/gi-9-79-2020,https://doi.org/10.5194/gi-9-79-2020, 2020
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03 Apr 2020
On the validation of K-index values at Italian geomagnetic observatories
Mauro Regi, Paolo Bagiacchi, Domenico Di Mauro, Stefania Lepidi, and Lili Cafarella
Geosci. Instrum. Method. Data Syst., 9, 105–115, https://doi.org/10.5194/gi-9-105-2020,https://doi.org/10.5194/gi-9-105-2020, 2020
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06 Apr 2020
Evaluating the suitability of the consumer low-cost Parrot Flower Power soil moisture sensor for scientific environmental applications
Angelika Xaver, Luca Zappa, Gerhard Rab, Isabella Pfeil, Mariette Vreugdenhil, Drew Hemment, and Wouter Arnoud Dorigo
Geosci. Instrum. Method. Data Syst., 9, 117–139, https://doi.org/10.5194/gi-9-117-2020,https://doi.org/10.5194/gi-9-117-2020, 2020
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20 Apr 2020
Continuous in situ measurement of dissolved methane in Lake Kivu using a membrane inlet laser spectrometer
Roberto Grilli, François Darchambeau, Jérôme Chappellaz, Ange Mugisha, Jack Triest, and Augusta Umutoni
Geosci. Instrum. Method. Data Syst., 9, 141–151, https://doi.org/10.5194/gi-9-141-2020,https://doi.org/10.5194/gi-9-141-2020, 2020
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22 Apr 2020
Daedalus: a low-flying spacecraft for in situ exploration of the lower thermosphere–ionosphere
Theodoros E. Sarris, Elsayed R. Talaat, Minna Palmroth, Iannis Dandouras, Errico Armandillo, Guram Kervalishvili, Stephan Buchert, Stylianos Tourgaidis, David M. Malaspina, Allison N. Jaynes, Nikolaos Paschalidis, John Sample, Jasper Halekas, Eelco Doornbos, Vaios Lappas, Therese Moretto Jørgensen, Claudia Stolle, Mark Clilverd, Qian Wu, Ingmar Sandberg, Panagiotis Pirnaris, and Anita Aikio
Geosci. Instrum. Method. Data Syst., 9, 153–191, https://doi.org/10.5194/gi-9-153-2020,https://doi.org/10.5194/gi-9-153-2020, 2020
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05 May 2020
A Tethered Air Blimp (TAB) for observing the microclimate over a complex terrain
Manoj K. Nambiar, Ryan A. E. Byerlay, Amir Nazem, M. Rafsan Nahian, Mohsen Moradi, and Amir A. Aliabadi
Geosci. Instrum. Method. Data Syst., 9, 193–211, https://doi.org/10.5194/gi-9-193-2020,https://doi.org/10.5194/gi-9-193-2020, 2020
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26 May 2020
A compact ocean bottom electromagnetic receiver and seismometer
Kai Chen, Ming Deng, Zhongliang Wu, Xianhu Luo, and Li Zhou
Geosci. Instrum. Method. Data Syst., 9, 213–222, https://doi.org/10.5194/gi-9-213-2020,https://doi.org/10.5194/gi-9-213-2020, 2020
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28 May 2020
Mesospheric winds measured by medium-frequency radar with full correlation analysis: error properties and impacts on studies of wind variance
Maude Gibbins and Andrew J. Kavanagh
Geosci. Instrum. Method. Data Syst., 9, 223–238, https://doi.org/10.5194/gi-9-223-2020,https://doi.org/10.5194/gi-9-223-2020, 2020
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29 May 2020
Soil CO2 efflux errors are lognormally distributed – implications and guidance
Thomas Wutzler, Oscar Perez-Priego, Kendalynn Morris, Tarek S. El-Madany, and Mirco Migliavacca
Geosci. Instrum. Method. Data Syst., 9, 239–254, https://doi.org/10.5194/gi-9-239-2020,https://doi.org/10.5194/gi-9-239-2020, 2020
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01 Jul 2020
Development of a new centralized data acquisition system for seismic exploration
Feng Guo, Qisheng Zhang, Qimao Zhang, Wenhao Li, Yueyun Luo, Yuefeng Niu, and Shuaiqing Qiao
Geosci. Instrum. Method. Data Syst., 9, 255–266, https://doi.org/10.5194/gi-9-255-2020,https://doi.org/10.5194/gi-9-255-2020, 2020
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09 Jul 2020
Auroral classification ergonomics and the implications for machine learning
Derek McKay and Andreas Kvammen
Geosci. Instrum. Method. Data Syst., 9, 267–273, https://doi.org/10.5194/gi-9-267-2020,https://doi.org/10.5194/gi-9-267-2020, 2020
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16 Jul 2020
In-orbit results of the Coupled Dark State Magnetometer aboard the China Seismo-Electromagnetic Satellite
Andreas Pollinger, Christoph Amtmann, Alexander Betzler, Bingjun Cheng, Michaela Ellmeier, Christian Hagen, Irmgard Jernej, Roland Lammegger, Bin Zhou, and Werner Magnes
Geosci. Instrum. Method. Data Syst., 9, 275–291, https://doi.org/10.5194/gi-9-275-2020,https://doi.org/10.5194/gi-9-275-2020, 2020
16 Jul 2020
Signal processing for in situ detection of effective heat pulse probe spacing radius as the basis of a self-calibrating heat pulse probe
Nicholas J. Kinar, John W. Pomeroy, and Bing Si
Geosci. Instrum. Method. Data Syst., 9, 293–315, https://doi.org/10.5194/gi-9-293-2020,https://doi.org/10.5194/gi-9-293-2020, 2020
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05 Aug 2020
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A monitoring system for spatiotemporal electrical self-potential measurements in cryospheric environments
Maximilian Weigand, Florian M. Wagner, Jonas K. Limbrock, Christin Hilbich, Christian Hauck, and Andreas Kemna
Geosci. Instrum. Method. Data Syst., 9, 317–336, https://doi.org/10.5194/gi-9-317-2020,https://doi.org/10.5194/gi-9-317-2020, 2020
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18 Aug 2020
Managing the transition from Vaisala RS92 to RS41 radiosondes within the Global Climate Observing System Reference Upper-Air Network (GRUAN): a progress report
Ruud J. Dirksen, Greg E. Bodeker, Peter W. Thorne, Andrea Merlone, Tony Reale, Junhong Wang, Dale F. Hurst, Belay B. Demoz, Tom D. Gardiner, Bruce Ingleby, Michael Sommer, Christoph von Rohden, and Thierry Leblanc
Geosci. Instrum. Method. Data Syst., 9, 337–355, https://doi.org/10.5194/gi-9-337-2020,https://doi.org/10.5194/gi-9-337-2020, 2020
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04 Sep 2020
Muography as a new tool to study the historic earthquakes recorded in ancient burial mounds
Hiroyuki K. M. Tanaka, Kenji Sumiya, and László Oláh
Geosci. Instrum. Method. Data Syst., 9, 357–364, https://doi.org/10.5194/gi-9-357-2020,https://doi.org/10.5194/gi-9-357-2020, 2020
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04 Sep 2020
A geophone-based and low-cost data acquisition and analysis system designed for microtremor measurements
Ozkan Kafadar
Geosci. Instrum. Method. Data Syst., 9, 365–373, https://doi.org/10.5194/gi-9-365-2020,https://doi.org/10.5194/gi-9-365-2020, 2020
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07 Oct 2020
A global geographic grid system for visualizing bathymetry
Colin Ware, Larry Mayer, Paul Johnson, Martin Jakobsson, and Vicki Ferrini
Geosci. Instrum. Method. Data Syst., 9, 375–384, https://doi.org/10.5194/gi-9-375-2020,https://doi.org/10.5194/gi-9-375-2020, 2020
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12 Oct 2020
Dense point cloud acquisition with a low-cost Velodyne VLP-16
Jason Bula, Marc-Henri Derron, and Gregoire Mariethoz
Geosci. Instrum. Method. Data Syst., 9, 385–396, https://doi.org/10.5194/gi-9-385-2020,https://doi.org/10.5194/gi-9-385-2020, 2020
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13 Oct 2020
CITYZER observation network and data delivery system
Walter Schmidt, Ari-Matti Harri, Timo Nousiainen, Harri Hohti, Lasse Johansson, Olli Ojanperä, Erkki Viitala, Jarkko Niemi, Jani Turpeinen, Erkka Saukko, Topi Rönkkö, and Pekka Lahti
Geosci. Instrum. Method. Data Syst., 9, 397–406, https://doi.org/10.5194/gi-9-397-2020,https://doi.org/10.5194/gi-9-397-2020, 2020
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27 Oct 2020
Overview of the main radiation transport codes
Nikolaos Schetakis, Rodrigo Crespo, José Luis Vázquez-Poletti, Mariano Sastre, Luis Vázquez, and Alessio Di Iorio
Geosci. Instrum. Method. Data Syst., 9, 407–415, https://doi.org/10.5194/gi-9-407-2020,https://doi.org/10.5194/gi-9-407-2020, 2020
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05 Nov 2020
Daytime and nighttime aerosol optical depth implementation in CÆLIS
Ramiro González, Carlos Toledano, Roberto Román, David Fuertes, Alberto Berjón, David Mateos, Carmen Guirado-Fuentes, Cristian Velasco-Merino, Juan Carlos Antuña-Sánchez, Abel Calle, Victoria E. Cachorro, and Ángel M. de Frutos
Geosci. Instrum. Method. Data Syst., 9, 417–433, https://doi.org/10.5194/gi-9-417-2020,https://doi.org/10.5194/gi-9-417-2020, 2020
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05 Nov 2020
Easy to build low-power GPS drifters with local storage and a cellular modem made from off-the-shelf components
Rolf Hut, Thanda Thatoe Nwe Win, and Thom Bogaard
Geosci. Instrum. Method. Data Syst., 9, 435–442, https://doi.org/10.5194/gi-9-435-2020,https://doi.org/10.5194/gi-9-435-2020, 2020
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16 Nov 2020
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The baseline wander correction based on the improved ensemble empirical mode decomposition (EEMD) algorithm for grounded electrical source airborne transient electromagnetic signals
Yuan Li, Song Gao, Saimin Zhang, Hu He, Pengfei Xian, and Chunmei Yuan
Geosci. Instrum. Method. Data Syst., 9, 443–450, https://doi.org/10.5194/gi-9-443-2020,https://doi.org/10.5194/gi-9-443-2020, 2020
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11 Dec 2020
Maximum-variance gradiometer technique for removal of spacecraft-generated disturbances from magnetic field data
Ovidiu Dragoş Constantinescu, Hans-Ulrich Auster, Magda Delva, Olaf Hillenmaier, Werner Magnes, and Ferdinand Plaschke
Geosci. Instrum. Method. Data Syst., 9, 451–469, https://doi.org/10.5194/gi-9-451-2020,https://doi.org/10.5194/gi-9-451-2020, 2020
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16 Dec 2020
Mathematical foundation of Capon's method for planetary magnetic field analysis
Simon Toepfer, Yasuhito Narita, Daniel Heyner, Patrick Kolhey, and Uwe Motschmann
Geosci. Instrum. Method. Data Syst., 9, 471–481, https://doi.org/10.5194/gi-9-471-2020,https://doi.org/10.5194/gi-9-471-2020, 2020
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18 Dec 2020
Using near-surface atmospheric measurements as a proxy for quantifying field-scale soil gas flux
Andrew Barkwith, Stan E. Beaubien, Thomas Barlow, Karen Kirk, Thomas R. Lister, Maria C. Tartarello, and Helen Taylor-Curran
Geosci. Instrum. Method. Data Syst., 9, 483–490, https://doi.org/10.5194/gi-9-483-2020,https://doi.org/10.5194/gi-9-483-2020, 2020
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22 Dec 2020
Ground-penetrating radar inspection of subsurface historical structures at the baptism (El-Maghtas) site, Jordan
AbdEl-Rahman Abueladas and Emad Akawwi
Geosci. Instrum. Method. Data Syst., 9, 491–497, https://doi.org/10.5194/gi-9-491-2020,https://doi.org/10.5194/gi-9-491-2020, 2020
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23 Dec 2020
Radiation tolerance of the PNI RM3100 magnetometer for a Europa lander mission
Leonardo H. Regoli, Mark B. Moldwin, Connor Raines, Tom A. Nordheim, Cameron A. Miller, Martin Carts, and Sara A. Pozzi
Geosci. Instrum. Method. Data Syst., 9, 499–507, https://doi.org/10.5194/gi-9-499-2020,https://doi.org/10.5194/gi-9-499-2020, 2020
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