Аннотация:The Borok Geophysical Observatory (BGO) was established by the Schmidt’s Institute
of Physics of the Earth of the Russian Academy of Sciences (IPERAS) in 1957 under
the International Geophysical Year program, as a central station of a mid latitude
region observing the ULF geomagnetic field pulsations. In April 2004, the BGO and
the Institute of Physics of the Earth in Paris (IPGP) installed new magnetometers,
after which the observatory gained official INTERMAGNET magnetic observatory status.
INTERMAGNET is a global network of cooperating digital magnetic observatories, adopting
modern standard specifications for measuring and recording equipment and transmitting
data in quasi-real time via Geomagnetic Information Nodes to the scientific community.
Main results and future developments of the Borok INTERMAGNET observatory are
presented. Almost ten years after the launch of the Ørsted magnetic satellite and a
few years before that of the ESA Earth Explorer mission Swarm, the role of ground
magnetic observatories such as Borok as evolved but remains essential.