Willowbank
Observatory, Pennyghael, Isle of Mull, Scotland
Near real-time auroral-warning
magnetometer, local weather and webcam
Simple Auroral Magnetometer (SAM)
Click for yesterday's magnetometer graph (opens in a new window)
Detailed reports and records are here
The weather observations are made with a WS-2350 weather station the thermometer and hygrometer are located in a small Stevenson Screen on the NNE wall of the house. The Webcam is a ToUCam Pro II. All times are in UTC (add 1h for British Summer Time). The software used is Weather Display v10.37.
The SAM
magnetometer is designed to give advance warning of possible auroral activity.
Disturbances of K = 5 or more on the graph signal
there may be such activity. More information about viewing the aurora can be
found here.
The system has been modified to allow use of a third fluxgate sensor, so
allowing measurement of both E-W, N-S and vertical components.
My SID monitor (Sudden Ionospheric Disturbance) page , a VLF receiver which can detect changes in the ionosphere due to X-ray flares on the sun, is now on-line.
These web-pages are always under development and will be subject to changes, or be taken off-line from time to time. The page is optimized for viewing on a 1024 x 768 pixel screen. More details of the instruments can be found here.
Comments or suggestions for changes are welcome. Please send them to me at : marsport@marsport.org.uk
