A New Installation for Geomagnetic Field Monitoring at Talos Dome, a Remote Antarctic Site Away from Permanent Observatories

An automatic geomagnetic station for monitoring the Earth’s magnetic field variations was installed in December 2020 at Talos Dome, a remote site on Antarctic Plateau, about 300 km away from permanent observatory Mario Zucchelli Station (MZS). Designed and assembled laboratory of electronics Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia (INGV) Rome, this autonomous is formed by vector magnetometer specifically manufactured Lviv Institute (Ukraine) very low temperatures low-power system supplied batteries charged wind generator solar panel. Data, sampled 1 Hz, are locally stored can be downloaded once year during summer expeditions. The goal to integrate data better an uncovered area. In fact, it well known that distribution observatories strongly favors northern hemisphere, each new instrumental installation Antarctica should considered as useful attempt balance two hemispheres. achieved obtain long series, keeping working even austral winter when temperature reach −60 °C; we recorded almost 11 months one still operating. Data station, jointly with observatories, improve analysis magnetospheric dynamics ionosphere–magnetosphere coupling. together Italian New Zealand Scott Base, constitutes network along 80°S parallel, which interesting studying longitudinal propagation signals external origin. work present characteristics provides, aim them framework space weather.