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  <Observatory>
    <ResourceID>spase://SMWG/Observatory/Ground/USGS</ResourceID>
    <ResourceHeader>
      <ResourceName>United State Geological Survey</ResourceName>
      <AlternateName>USGA</AlternateName>
      <ReleaseDate>2019-05-05T12:34:56Z</ReleaseDate>
      <Description>The USGS Geomagnetism Program currently operates 14 magnetic observatories.
   Magnetometer data are collected at these facilities, and the data are then transmitted to
   Program headquarters in Golden Colorado. The geographic distribution of the Program’s
   observatories, shown below, has been determined by the need to monitor and study
   the geomagnetic field on a global scale, primarily for purposes of space-weather
   diagnosis and main field modelling and mapping, as well as the practical issues
   of availability of land, communication and operational logistics, and the relative
   locations of observatories operated by other foreign-national programs.</Description>
      <Acknowledgement>United State Geological Survey National Geomagnetism Program</Acknowledgement>
   <Contact>
        <PersonID>spase://SMWG/Person/Carol.A.K.Finn</PersonID>
        <Role>TeamLeader</Role>
</Contact>
      <Contact>
        <PersonID>spase://SMWG/Person/James.M.Weygand</PersonID>
        <Role>MetadataContact</Role>
</Contact>
      <InformationURL>
        <Name>Overview of the USGS Geomagnetism Program Array</Name>
        <URL>https://www.usgs.gov/natural-hazards/geomagnetism</URL>
        <Description>Description and location of the magnetometer array.</Description>
</InformationURL>
</ResourceHeader>
    <Location>
      <ObservatoryRegion>Earth.Surface</ObservatoryRegion>
</Location>
 <OperatingSpan>
  <StartDate>1807-02-10T12:00:00Z</StartDate>
  <Note>Exact start date is unknown.</Note>
</OperatingSpan>
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