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Wallops Island Geophysical Observatory

ResourceID
spase://SMWG/Observatory/Ground/Wallops.Island

Description

Wallops Island, WLPS, Geophysical Observatory

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Details

Version:2.7.1

Observatory

ResourceID
spase://SMWG/Observatory/Ground/Wallops.Island
ResourceHeader
ResourceName
Wallops Island Geophysical Observatory
AlternateName
Observatory Station Code: WLPS
ReleaseDate
2026-07-20 16:23:58Z
RevisionHistory
RevisionEvent
ReleaseDate
2022-02-20 12:34:56.789
Note
McMAC Observatories: Delete obsolete www-spc.igpp.ucla.edu Information URL, Add McMAC Observatory Group ID if missing. Metadata submitted by J.M. Weygand on 2022-02-11, reviewed by LFB
RevisionEvent
ReleaseDate
2026-07-20 16:23:58Z
Note
Added HelioData InformationURL, Updated to SPASE Version 2.7.1. JWL
Description

Wallops Island, WLPS, Geophysical Observatory

Acknowledgement
Please acknowledge: United States Air Force Academy, University of California, Los Angeles
Contacts
RolePersonStartDateStopDateNote
1.PrincipalInvestigatorspase://SMWG/Person/Peter.J.Chi
2.MetadataContactspase://SMWG/Person/Lee.Frost.Bargatze
3.MetadataContactspase://SMWG/Person/James.M.Weygand
InformationURL
Name
THEMIS Fluxgate Ground-based Magnetometer, GMAG, Web Site
URL
http://themis.ssl.berkeley.edu/instrument_gmags.shtml
Description

THEMIS makes data available from GMAG stations in the United States, Canada, Denmark, Greenland, Norway, Sweden, Iceland, and Russia, and Antarctica.

InformationURL
Name
HelioData
URL
https://helio.data.nasa.gov/mission/Ground_Wallops.Island
Description

The HelioData mission page provides an overview of the mission and more, such as all SPASE dataset records associated with it.

ObservatoryGroupID
spase://SMWG/Observatory/Ground/GMAG
ObservatoryGroupID
spase://SMWG/Observatory/Ground/McMAC
Location
ObservatoryRegion
Earth.Surface
CoordinateSystemName
GEO
Latitude
37.9
Longitude
284.6
OperatingSpan
StartDate
2012-01-01 00:00:00.000