Articles | Volume 1, issue 1
https://doi.org/10.5194/gc-1-25-2018
https://doi.org/10.5194/gc-1-25-2018
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10 Oct 2018
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Building a Raspberry Pi school magnetometer network in the UK

Ciarán D. Beggan and Steve R. Marple

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ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (further review by editor) (08 Sep 2018) by Marina Joubert
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As computing and geophysical sensor components have become increasingly affordable over the past decade, it is now possible to build a cost-effective system for monitoring the Earth's natural magnetic field variations, in particular for space weather events, e.g. aurorae. Sensors available to the general public are ~ 100 times less sensitive than scientific instruments but only 1/100th of the price. We demonstrate a system that allows schools to contribute to a genuine scientific sensor network.
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