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Sergeyeva, Natalia; Gvishiani, Alexei; Soloviev, Anatoly; Zabarinskaya, Lyudmila; Krylova, Tamara; Nisilevich, Mikhail; Krasnoperov, Roman (2020): Historical K index data collection of Soviet magnetic observatories, 1957-1992 [dataset publication series]. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.922233

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Abstract:
The presented collection includes the results of the K index determination at 41 geomagnetic observatories of the former USSR for the period from July 1957 to early 1990s. This unique collection was formed at the World Data Center for Solar-Terrestrial Physics in Moscow. The historical data, which are offered to the international scientific community, cover the second half of the 20th century and can be used for retrospective analysis and study of geomagnetic events in the past as well as for data validation or forecasting.
Keyword(s):
geomagnetism; geophysics; historical data; K index; Soviet data
Coverage:
Median Latitude: 37.885736 * Median Longitude: 70.358567 * South-bound Latitude: -78.450000 * West-bound Longitude: -169.830000 * North-bound Latitude: 80.620000 * East-bound Longitude: 158.630000
Date/Time Start: 1949-01-01T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1994-12-31T00:00:00
Comment:
K index is a quasi-logarithmic three-hour index characterizing the change in geomagnetic activity at a specific observatory in the three-hour time intervals, starting at 00 h of universal time (UT), and is expressed in balls. K index takes values from 0 (quiet magnetic field) to 9. The value of K = 9 corresponds to a very strong geomagnetic disturbance. Taking into account that the amplitude of the geomagnetic disturbance depends on the latitude of the place of observation, the value of K = 9 corresponds to a perturbation greater than 2500 γ in the auroral zone and greater than 300 γ at low latitudes (excluding the equator). For all other observatories located in the polar cap and mid-latitudes, a value of K = 9 corresponds to perturbations of less than 2500 γ, but greater than 300 γ.
Each observatory, publishing data on the K index, necessarily indicates a lower limit for K = 9.
Change history:
2020-11-16T11:34:56 – New version of HIS dataset
2021-03-16T11:20:41 – Following data sets were revised: AAA, ASH, CCS, CWE, DIK, HIS, IRT, KGD, KIV, KNG, KZN, LNN, LVV, MIR, ММК, MNK, MOL, MOS, NKK, NVL, NVS, ODE, POD, SRE, SVD, TFS, TKT, TMK, UBA, VLA, VOS, YAK
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Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC-BY-NC-4.0)
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Datasets listed in this publication series

  1. Sergeyeva, N; Gvishiani, A; Soloviev, A et al. (2021): Historical K index values from observatory AAA (Alma- Ata), 1964-1981, 1983-1992. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.929028
  2. Sergeyeva, N; Gvishiani, A; Soloviev, A et al. (2020): Historical K index values from observatory ARK (Arkhangelsk), 1991-1992. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.922352
  3. Sergeyeva, N; Gvishiani, A; Soloviev, A et al. (2020): Historical K index values from observatory ARS (Arti (Yekaterinburg)), 1976-1992. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.922353
  4. Sergeyeva, N; Gvishiani, A; Soloviev, A et al. (2021): Historical K index values from observatory ASH (Ashkhabad (Vannovskaya)), 1958-1991. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.929030
  5. Sergeyeva, N; Gvishiani, A; Soloviev, A et al. (2021): Historical K index values from observatory CCS (Cape Chelyuskin), 1957-1992. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.929031
  6. Sergeyeva, N; Gvishiani, A; Soloviev, A et al. (2021): Historical K index values from observatory CWE (Cape Wellen), 1957-1992. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.929032
  7. Sergeyeva, N; Gvishiani, A; Soloviev, A et al. (2021): Historical K index values from observatory DIK (Dikson (Dixon)), 1957-1992. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.929033
  8. Sergeyeva, N; Gvishiani, A; Soloviev, A et al. (2021): Historical K index values from observatory HIS (Heiss Island (Druzhnaya)), 1957-1992. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.929034
  9. Sergeyeva, N; Gvishiani, A; Soloviev, A et al. (2020): Historical K index data collection of Soviet magnetic observatories, 1957-1992: overview, by observatory. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.922209
  10. Sergeyeva, N; Gvishiani, A; Soloviev, A et al. (2021): Historical K index data collection of Soviet magnetic observatories, 1957-1992: overview, by observatory. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.929077
  11. Sergeyeva, N; Gvishiani, A; Soloviev, A et al. (2021): Historical K index values from observatory IRT (Irkutsk (Patrony)), 1957-1992. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.929035
  12. Sergeyeva, N; Gvishiani, A; Soloviev, A et al. (2021): Historical K index values from observatory KGD (Karaganda (Bereznyaki)), 1973-1981, 1983-1990. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.929036
  13. Sergeyeva, N; Gvishiani, A; Soloviev, A et al. (2021): Historical K index values from observatory KIV (Kiev (Dymer)), 1958-1991. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.929037
  14. Sergeyeva, N; Gvishiani, A; Soloviev, A et al. (2021): Historical K index values from observatory KNG (Kaliningrad), 1977-1981, 1983-1992. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.929038
  15. Sergeyeva, N; Gvishiani, A; Soloviev, A et al. (2021): Historical K index values from observatory KZN (Kazan (Zaymishe)), 1957-1992. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.929039
  16. Sergeyeva, N; Gvishiani, A; Soloviev, A et al. (2021): Historical K index values from observatory LNN (Leningrad (Voyeykovo)), 1957-1992. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.929040
  17. Sergeyeva, N; Gvishiani, A; Soloviev, A et al. (2021): Historical K index values from observatory LVV (Lvov), 1957-1991. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.929041
  18. Sergeyeva, N; Gvishiani, A; Soloviev, A et al. (2020): Historical K index values from observatory MGD (Magadan (Stekolnyj)), 1965-1972, 1976-1994. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.922366
  19. Sergeyeva, N; Gvishiani, A; Soloviev, A et al. (2021): Historical K index values from observatory MIR (Mirny), 1957-1981, 1983-1990. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.929043
  20. Sergeyeva, N; Gvishiani, A; Soloviev, A et al. (2021): Historical K index values from observatory MMK (Loparskaya (Murmansk)), 1957-1993. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.929044
  21. Sergeyeva, N; Gvishiani, A; Soloviev, A et al. (2021): Historical K index values from observatory MNK (Minsk (Pleshchenicy)), 1962-1981, 1983-1991. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.929045
  22. Sergeyeva, N; Gvishiani, A; Soloviev, A et al. (2021): Historical K index values from observatory MOL (Molodezhnaya), 1975-1981, 1983-1990. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.929046
  23. Sergeyeva, N; Gvishiani, A; Soloviev, A et al. (2021): Historical K index values from observatory MOS (Moscow (Krasnaya Pakhra)), 1949-1992. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.929047
  24. Sergeyeva, N; Gvishiani, A; Soloviev, A et al. (2021): Historical K index values from observatory NKK (Novokazalinsk), 1973-1981, 1983-1990. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.929048
  25. Sergeyeva, N; Gvishiani, A; Soloviev, A et al. (2021): Historical K index values from observatory NVL (Novolazarevskaya), 1973-1981, 1983-1988. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.929049
  26. Sergeyeva, N; Gvishiani, A; Soloviev, A et al. (2021): Historical K index values from observatory NVS (Novosibirsk), 1969-1992. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.929050
  27. Sergeyeva, N; Gvishiani, A; Soloviev, A et al. (2020): Historical K index values from observatory OAS (Oasis), 1957-1958. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.922375
  28. Sergeyeva, N; Gvishiani, A; Soloviev, A et al. (2021): Historical K index values from observatory ODE (Odessa (Stepanovka)), 1957-1981, 1983-1991. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.929051
  29. Sergeyeva, N; Gvishiani, A; Soloviev, A et al. (2020): Historical K index values from observatory PET (Petropavlovsk (Paratunka)), 1969-1971, 1973-1992. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.922377
  30. Sergeyeva, N; Gvishiani, A; Soloviev, A et al. (2020): Historical K index values from observatory PIO (Pionerskaya), 1957-1958. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.922378
  31. Sergeyeva, N; Gvishiani, A; Soloviev, A et al. (2021): Historical K index values from observatory POD (Podkamennaya Tunguska), 1969-1971, 1974-1992. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.929052
  32. Sergeyeva, N; Gvishiani, A; Soloviev, A et al. (2021): Historical K index values from observatory SRE (Srednikan), 1957-1966. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.929053
  33. Sergeyeva, N; Gvishiani, A; Soloviev, A et al. (2021): Historical K index values from observatory SVD (Sverdlovsk (Vysokaya Dubrava)), 1957-1977. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.929054
  34. Sergeyeva, N; Gvishiani, A; Soloviev, A et al. (2021): Historical K index values from observatory TFS (Tbilisi (Dusheti)), 1957-1991. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.929055
  35. Sergeyeva, N; Gvishiani, A; Soloviev, A et al. (2020): Historical K index values from observatory TIK (Tixie Bay (Tiksy)), 1957-1967, 1969-1991. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.922383
  36. Sergeyeva, N; Gvishiani, A; Soloviev, A et al. (2020): Historical K index values from observatory TKH (Tikhaya Bay), 1957-1958. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.922384
  37. Sergeyeva, N; Gvishiani, A; Soloviev, A et al. (2021): Historical K index values from observatory TKT (Tashkent (Yangi Bazar)), 1957-1991. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.929056
  38. Sergeyeva, N; Gvishiani, A; Soloviev, A et al. (2021): Historical K index values from observatory TMK (Tomsk), 1958-1970. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.929057
  39. Sergeyeva, N; Gvishiani, A; Soloviev, A et al. (2021): Historical K index values from observatory UBA (UlanBator), 1973-1975, 1978-1980, 1983-1989. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.929058
  40. Sergeyeva, N; Gvishiani, A; Soloviev, A et al. (2021): Historical K index values from observatory VLA (Vladivostok (Gornotayozhnaya)), 1957-1981, 1983-1988, 1990. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.929059
  41. Sergeyeva, N; Gvishiani, A; Soloviev, A et al. (2021): Historical K index values from observatory VOS (Vostok), 1958-1981, 1983-1990. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.929060
  42. Sergeyeva, N; Gvishiani, A; Soloviev, A et al. (2021): Historical K index values from observatory YAK (Yakutsk), 1957-1991. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.929061
  43. Sergeyeva, N; Gvishiani, A; Soloviev, A et al. (2020): Historical K index values from observatory YSS (Yuzhno Sakhalinsk), 1957-1990. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.922392