Category: Fieldwork
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Magnetometer deployed at Awarua Satellite Ground Station
The first of a series of magnetometer deloyments took place at Awarua Satellite Ground Station in October. The satellite ground station is owned and operated by Space Operations NZ, who are hosting the Solar Tsunamis magnetometer for the length of the project. Dr Aaron Hendry, from the Otago space physics group, lead the fieldtrip to…
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Field Work Begins
As of January 2021 fieldwork to investigate the electrical conductivity of the ground around New Zealand has begun. Project members Wiebke Heise (GNS), Ted Bertrand (GNS), and Malcolm Ingham (VUW) are undertaking a years-long fieldwork campaign to make magnetotelluric measurements in Otago/Southland and Northland, as these have yet to be measured.
