MAGDAS I & II Projects at SERC, Kyushu Univ.(MAGnetic Data Acquisition System/Circum-panPacific Magnetometer Network)

FM-CW radar

Magnetic Equator Chain

ILR LKWAAB

WAD

GLYASB

HLN

TGG

DAV

TIR

ASW

CXI

EUS

ANC

PIU TJL CBT

CNT ICA ARC

CYN MCP BLM SLZ

TRS NTL

SVD

RDJ

BDPSFY IZM

FYM

PSD 　　 KTMDKR

MRV

JUBNRB

DES KAS

LSK

BIR

MPT

DBN

LAG

MAGDAS PlannedMAGDAS Installed

MAGDAS II PlannedMAGDAS II Installed

210°MM Chain

96°MM Chain

MAGDAS-II Magnetometer

CPMN-Sensor

CPMN-Amplifier

A/D + Logger

CPU BOX for Internet

Data Acquisition Server

Analog

Specifiedcable

Serial

Internet(FTP or SSH)

Field Site SERC

(200x230x160 mm)

(130x180x30 mm)

(100x100x21 mm)

(200x200 mm)

(W x D x H mm) or(φ x H mm)

Magnetometer Sensor

Data Logger HutData Logger Hut

DRB/South Africa

LSK/Zambia

LAG/Nigeria

MAGDAS-II Sensor

MPT/Mozambique

DES/Tanzania

AfricaMAGDAS-II Installations

8/30-9/30, 2008

Sensor HutSensor Hut

KRT/Sudan

NAB/Kenya

MAGDAS II Installation at Khartoum, SudanMAGDAS II Installation at Khartoum, Sudan..- construction of the sensor house -- construction of the sensor house -

Outer Wall Inner Wall

For Temperature Stabilization:・ Two separate block walls・ Cement lid・ Water bottles (60 x 20-liter size and 100 x 1.5-liter size)

Half underground(daytime temp. reaches 45 C)

Help from Japanese NPO

Magnetic Observatory atSudan University of Science and Technology

(location of data logger)

PVC tubing (50m length) for sensor cable

Sensor House

MAGDAS-II sensor

Data Logger of MAGDAS-II

Located on a university campus

50nT/DIV

0 4 8 12 16 20 24UT

KRT

LAG

NAB

DES

LSK

MPT

DRB

KRT

LAG

NAB

DES

LSK

MPT

DRB

2008/10/ 3 (Raw Data)

0 4 8 12 16 20 24UT

H-COMP D-COMP

To see in real time: http://magdas2.serc.kyushu-u.ac.jp/