BCMT

Observatories

MBO
Mbour, Senegal

Created in 1952 by the Office pour la recherche scientifique outre-mer (ORSTOM). It was modernised in 1992 by the Institut de physique du globe de Paris and managed in collaboration with the Institut pour la recherche et de développement (IRD). MBO ceased on March 2020 when IRD sold the land. A new observatory opened 60km away inland, SOK.



IAGA Code: MBO
Location : MBOUR, Senegal
Institutions : Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (France)
Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris (France)
Co-latitude : 75.608°
Longitude : 343.042°
Altitude : 7 meters
Orientation : HDZF
Instruments :

DI-flux Theodolite Zeiss 010B Theodolite & Bartington mag01H
Overhauser effect proton scalar magnetometer (GEM System GSM19)
Homocentric fluxgate vector magnetometer (IPGP VM391)
Nuclear Magnetic Resonance scalar magnetometer (IXSEA SM100)

Status :

Closed in March 2020

Data Availability :

1 second data and derived means prior to March 2020

Contact:

Benoit Heumez
Observatoire Magnetique National
Carrefour des 8 routes
45340 Chambon la foret
France
Tel: 33 (0)2 38 33 95 01
heumez@ipgp.fr

 

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