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Data Catalogue 
Macquarie Island

Station Name 
Station NameMacquarie Island
Alternative NameNone
Station Location
GeographicLat. -54.4 Long. 159E
GeomagneticLat. -60.74 Long. 244.46
Dip-78.9
Split(0.5*gyro frequency) 0.8 MHz
L Shellxx
Station Lifetime
Years of Data 28 years
OpenedJune 1950 closed by fire 1952; re-opened ~January 1982
ClosedStill open
Station Identity
IPS Code4072
ISES Code86501
WDC Code9055M
ESSA Code55M
Station Data Sets
IonogramFrom June 1950, Paper, 35, 16 mm film, Digital
MagnetometerFrom August 2000
RiometerFrom September 1987
Ionospheric Scintillation Monitor(ISM)From March 2008 to October 2009

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