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Antananarivo Geomagnetic Observatory

Station ID:     TAN
Location:    	ANTANANARIVO  Madagascar
Organization:	INSTITUT et OBSERVATOIRE GEOPHYSIQUE 
                D'ANTANANARIVO (I.O.G.A.)   
                University of Antananarivo
Co-latitude:    108.917°
Longitude:      47.552°
Elevation:	1375 meters
Orientation:    HDZF
Instruments:	Absolute:
		Portable Declinometer-Inclinometer 
		(D-I Flux, theodolite Zeiss 010 B).

		Continuous recording:
		Three component fluxgate magnetometer (VFO 31)
		and Overhauser proton magnetometer (GEOMAG SM90R).

GIN:		PAR (Paris)
Communication:	METEOSAT

Contact:

        	INSTITUT ET OBSERVATOIRE GEOPHYSIQUE D'ANTANANARIVO
        	P.O. BOX 3843
        	Antananarivo (101)
        	MADAGASCAR
        	TEL: (261) 20 22 253 53
        	FAX: (261) 20 22 253 53
		J.B. RATSIMBAZAFY: Director
		F. RANAIVO-NOMENJANAHARY: Head
 		E-mail: RANAIVO

Alternate contact:

		Ecole et Observatoire des Sciences de la Terre
		5, rue Rene Descartes
		F-67084 STRASBOURG Cedex
		FRANCE
		M. CARA: Director
        	J.J. SCHOTT: Head
 		E-mail: Jean-Jacques SCHOTT
	
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