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  <Observatory>
    <ResourceID>spase://SMWG/Observatory/THEMIS/Ground/CANMAG/ATHA</ResourceID>
    <ResourceHeader>
      <ResourceName>NASA THEMIS GBO Athabasca Station</ResourceName>
      <AlternateName>ATHA</AlternateName>
      <ReleaseDate>2012-03-07T11:50:38</ReleaseDate>
      <Description>Athabasca (ATHA) Station is located at the Athabasca University Geophysical Observatory in Athabasca,Alberta, Canada.  ATHA was the THEMIS prototype GBO
				Magnetic Latitude: 61.94
				Magnetic Longitude: 306.91
				UT of Magnetic Midnight: 8.1167
				Magnetic Declination: 17.05
				Magnetic coordinates obtained by calculation using the CGM online calculator with IGRF 2008 at altitude of 0 km. Magnetic declination obtained using CGM online calculator with IGRF 2007
</Description>
      <Acknowledgement>We acknowledge NASA contract NAS5-02099 and V. Angelopoulos for use of data from the THEMIS Mission. Specifically:
Martin Connors for building the Athabasca Station.
GMAG: I. Mann for use of the GMAG data, and the CSA for support of the CARISMA network.
ASI/GBO: S. Mende and E. Donovan for use of the ASI data, and the CSA for logistical support in fielding and data retrieval from the GBO stations.</Acknowledgement>
      <Contact>
        <PersonID>spase://SMWG/Person/Vassilis.Angelopoulos</PersonID>
        <Role>PrincipalInvestigator</Role>
      </Contact>
      <Contact>
        <PersonID>spase://SMWG/Person/Stephen.B.Mende</PersonID>
        <Role>CoInvestigator</Role>
      </Contact>
      <Contact>
        <PersonID>spase://SMWG/Person/Ian.Mann</PersonID>
        <Role>CoInvestigator</Role>
      </Contact>
      <Contact>
        <PersonID>spase://SMWG/Person/Eric.Donovan</PersonID>
        <Role>CoInvestigator</Role>
      </Contact>
      <Contact>
        <PersonID>spase://SMWG/Person/Martin.Connors</PersonID>
        <Role>CoInvestigator</Role>
      </Contact>
      <InformationURL>
        <Name>THEMIS Web Site</Name>
        <URL>http://themis.ssl.berkeley.edu/</URL>
        <Description>Contains info about THEMIS mission and associated data sets</Description>
      </InformationURL>
      <InformationURL>
        <Name>Canadian Space Science Data Portal</Name>
        <URL>http://cssdp.ca/</URL>
        <Description>Web portal to access Canadian GBO &amp; GMAG data.</Description>
      </InformationURL>
      <InformationURL>
        <Name>Athabasca Magnetometer Information Page</Name>
        <URL>http://aurora.phys.ucalgary.ca/themis/sites/Sites/Athabasca/Athabasca.html</URL>
        <Description>Primary information on the Athabasca Station</Description>
      </InformationURL>
      <InformationURL>
        <Name>THEMIS Ground Based Observatory System Design</Name>
        <URL>http://www.igpp.ucla.edu/public/THEMIS/SCI/Pubs/2007_Refereed/harris_ssr_2007_gbo_sys_design_published.pdf</URL>
        <Description>Harris et al., Nov. 2007; In depth description of GBO design.</Description>
      </InformationURL>
      <PriorID>spase://SMWG/Observatory/THEMIS-Ground/CANMAG/ATHA</PriorID>
    </ResourceHeader>
    <ObservatoryGroupID>spase://SMWG/Observatory/THEMIS/Ground/CANMAG</ObservatoryGroupID>
    <Location>
      <ObservatoryRegion>Earth.Surface</ObservatoryRegion>
      <CoordinateSystemName>WGS84</CoordinateSystemName>
      <Latitude>54.71</Latitude>
      <Longitude>246.69</Longitude>
    </Location>
  </Observatory>
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