Cocos Islands
Cocos Islands station was in operation from November of 1961 to September of 1974.
Station Name
Item | Value |
Station Name | Cocos Islands |
Alternative Name | Keeling Islands |
Station Location
Item | Value |
Geographic | Lat. -12.20 Long. 96.80E |
Geomagnetic | Lat. -22.83 Long. 167.44 |
Dip | -44.1 |
Split (0.5*gyro frequency) | 0.6 MHz |
L Shell | 1.18 |
Time Noon | 04 UT |
Station Lifetime
Item | Value |
Years of Data | 29 years operation |
Opened | November 1961 |
Closed | September 1974 |
Reopened | August 2008 |
Status | Open |
Station Identity
Item | Value |
IPS Code | 2451 |
URSI Code | CS31K |
ISES/IUWDS Code | 79101 |
WDC Code | 9031K |
ESSA Code | 31K |
Station Data Sets
Item | Value |
Ionogram | From November 1961 to September 1974, 35 mm film. From August 2008, Digital. |
Magnetometer | From July 2012 |