Historical <i>K</i> index data collection of Soviet magnetic observatories, 1957–1992

Sergeyeva, Natalia; Gvishiani, Alexei; Soloviev, Anatoly; Zabarinskaya, Lyudmila; Krylova, Tamara; Nisilevich, Mikhail; Krasnoperov, Roman

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-13-1987-2021

Articles | Volume 13, issue 5

https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-13-1987-2021

© Author(s) 2021. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-13-1987-2021

© Author(s) 2021. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 13, issue 5

Data description paper

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11 May 2021

Data description paper |

| 11 May 2021

Historical K index data collection of Soviet magnetic observatories, 1957–1992

Natalia Sergeyeva, Alexei Gvishiani, Anatoly Soloviev, Lyudmila Zabarinskaya, Tamara Krylova, Mikhail Nisilevich, and Roman Krasnoperov

Data sets

Historical K index data collection of Soviet magnetic observatories, 1957-1992 Natalia Sergeyeva, Alexei Gvishiani, Anatoly Soloviev, Lyudmila Zabarinskaya, Tamara Krylova, Mikhail Nisilevich, and Roman Krasnoperov https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.922233

Digital Images of Magnetograms World Data Center for Solar-Terrestrial Physics http://www.wdcb.ru/stp/geomag/magnetogr_list.en.html

K and C indices according to the data of 40 observatories of Russia and the CIS countries and stations ``North Pole'' World Data Center for Solar-Terrestrial Physics http://www.wdcb.ru/stp/data/K_indices/

Short summary

The K index is the classical, commonly used parameter of geomagnetic activity that serves as the measure of local magnetic field variations. This paper presents a unique collection of historical K index values that was formed at the World Data Center for Solar-Terrestrial Physics in Moscow. It includes the results of the K index determination at 41 geomagnetic observatories of the former USSR for the period from July 1957 to the early 1990s.