| Eskdalemuir Observatory is situated in the Southern Uplands of Scotland.
It is on a rising shoulder of open moorland in the upper part
of the valley of the river White Esk. It is surrounded by young
conifer forests with hills rising to nearly 700 m to the NW.
The observatory is 100 km from Edinburgh and 25 km from the
towns of Langholm and Lockerbie.
Eskdalemuir is a synoptic meteorological station involved
in measurement of solar radiation, levels of atmospheric pollution,
and in chemical sampling. The observatory operates a US standard
seismograph and an International Deployment Accelerometer
Program long-period sensor. BGS has a three-component seismometer
set installed at the observatory and records data from four
remote sites transmitted to the observatory by radio link.
The observatory opened in 1908. It was built because of disruption
to geomagnetic measurements at Kew Observatory (London) following
the advent of electric tramcars at the beginning of the 20th
century. BGS took over responsibility for magnetic observations
from the Meteorological Office in 1968.
There is one member of BGS staff stationed at the observatory.
Statistics
Geographic Coordinates:
Geomagnetic Coordinates:
Elevation:
245m above mean sea level
Geomagnetic Coordinates were computed using the 10th Generation
IGRF, Epoch 2009.5
Data
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