This is the home page for Intermagnet, a global network of observatories monitoring Earth's magnetic field. It contains a large trove of data and information from geomagnetic observatories around the world, including data from the Alaska observatory that published the graphs of Magnetic Deviation vs. Time used in the lecture tutorial accompanying this DigiKit. Intermagnet participants include more than 50 observatories across >25 countries. Users can freely download data, maps, images, and publications from each facility utilizing standardized measurement and recording specifications.

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Here you can view videos taken by All-Sky camera's Aurora Imaging Spectroscope at the SSA observatory in Saltsjöbaden Sweden. Choose your month and click a day to view auroral activity. Want to make it a challenge? Auroras don't happen every day. See if students can be patient enough to find a good-size aurora. If they can locate 3-4 auroras on different days, how would they characterize the phenomenon? If time is limited, click the video for 18 December 2023. Be sure students watch ALL the way through to notice how the auroral features change. This activity could serve as a bridge to help students form a more sophisticated visualization of the 3D nature of auroral events.

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SuperMAG is a worldwide collaboration of organizations and agencies that operate and maintain nearly 600 ground based magnetometers and have agreed to share data about magnetic field perturbations to users across the globe. As a primary goal, SuperMAG aims to empower students and non-scientists in accessing data collected about Earth's magnetic field interactions. SuperMag utilizes 3D vector measurements of the magnetic field obtained from its member ground-based magnetometer stations. The service includes direct download of data by individual station, auto-generated line plots and polar plots by station, movies of 24-hour magnetic field vectors by northern or southern perspective, and robust capability to sort/compare graphs by time range, coordinates, and station. The graphs are well-rendered, nicely color coded, and easy to read. Highly recommended by the editors.

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This page, maintained by the University of Alaska-Fairbanks, displays a day-by-day graph of Magnetic Deviation vs. Time at six magnetometer locations near Earth's North Pole.The one pictured here was produced at Poker Flat Research Range in Alaska. Users can quickly view 48 hours of short-term fluctuations caused by solar storms or other geomagnetic phenomena. This data helps scientists determine which auroras are worth launching scientific "sounding rockets" into. Instructors: You can take a deeper dive into Real-Time Optics Data or view archived magnetometer data from each of the six locations. Links are provided on this page.

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If you're a secondary science teacher, you might be interested in a unique hands-on approach to exploring Earth's magnetic field as citizen scientists. The EZIE mag outreach program is part of NASA's EZIE mission -- Electrojet Zeeman Imaging Explorer, administered by Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory. The mission's purpose is to learn more about the electrojet currents circling 100 km above Earth's surface, which are responsible for some of the larger magnetic disturbances on the ground. Your class can sign up to receive the EZIE Mag device which uses real magnetometers to capture data similar to that sought by the NASA mission. There are 5 indicators: GPS, magnetometer sensor, gyroscope accelerometer sensor, real-time clock, and temperature. The EZIE Mag kit creates a daily archive of all the data observed, to be uploaded to the project's gateway at regular intervals.

Kits are free and will be distributed to approved applicants soon after the EZIE CubeSat launch (anticipated in Spring/Summer 2025).

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HySCAI stands for Hyperspectral Camera for Auroral Imaging. For intermediate-level courses, your students can gain access to both 2D and 3D data on auroral images obtained with the HySCAI. Datasets include 2D keograms, spectrum intensity over time, 3D spectrum intensity data showing x, y, and w dimensions, and minute-by-minute 3D RGB data with remarkable resolution. Important restriction: Users are asked to contact the project PI prior to using the data and redistribution is strictly prohibited. Contact information provided on the website.

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