| dc.contributor.author | Schofield, Ian | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2010-06-23T18:35:34Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2010-06-23T18:35:34Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2010-06-23T18:35:34Z | |
| dc.identifier.other | 2007 American Geophysical Union (AGU) Meeting in San Francisco, CA, December 9-15, 2007 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/2149/2598 | |
| dc.description | AGU covers a broad range of disciplines that all relate to processes that occur on earth, the planets and the sun. My poster was presented as part of the informatics session, which involves data gathering, processing and storage of geophysical data sets. This also includes presentations on new instrumentation, which was my topic.
A number of people, all from widely ranging fields, spoke with me about our low cost pulse-counting magnetometer. Most were impressed by the quality of data produced given the 2 order of magnitude cost difference between it and the current standard research-grade magnetometer. One group was seriously interested in purchasing a system once it is ready for production. Due to contacts made during the AGU meeting, we are also planning on deploying a low cost magnetometer in a school setting.
Besides the poster, I spoke with several people regarding technical challenges we are having with our data infrastructure and instrumentation. This gave me a number of insights on how we can improve the way we collect and distribute science data.
A major focus in the informatics sessions surrounded virtual globes whereby science data is overlaid on top of a spherical projection using the kml language. The major player in this field is Google, who are promoting their freely available API to Google Earth. Many researchers are taking advantage of this technology to present their work in a new way.
Given the interdisciplinary nature of the AGU, I was able to take in numerous talks on a number of interesting topics, including current research on climate change (which was extremely well attended), the recent results from NASA’s THEMIS mission (of which AU is a participant), and other currently running space missions. | en |
| dc.description.abstract | I will be presenting a poster detailing development and performance of the second generation micro-magnetometer originally developed by Dr. Martin Connors at Athabasca University. This magnetometer, newly re-engineered around an embedded microprocessor core, offers high sensitivity, low cost, compact size, autonomous operation and network connectivity. | en |
| dc.description.sponsorship | Academic & Professional Development Fund (A&PDF) | en |
| dc.language.iso | en | en |
| dc.relation.ispartofseries | 92.926.G1026; | |
| dc.subject | 2nd generation micro-magnetometer | en |
| dc.title | Development and performance of the 2nd generation micro-magnetometer originally developed by Dr. Martin Connors | en |
| dc.type | Presentation | en |
