Problems and prospects of geomagnetic research in Russia

Vestnik Otdelenia nauk o Zemle RAN, VOL. 11, NZ1105, https://doi.org/10.2205/2019NZ000362, 2019

Problems and prospects of geomagnetic research in Russia

V. A. Pilipenko^1,2, R. I. Krasnoperov¹, and A. A. Soloviev^1,2

¹Geophysical Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences (GC RAS), Moscow, Russian Federation
²Schmidt Institute of Physics of the Earth of the Russian Academy of Sciences (IPE RAS), Moscow, Russian Federation

Abstract

This note is based on a report presented at the conference “Pushkov Readings 2019: Magnetism on Earth and in Space”, dedicated to the memory of the founder of IZMIRAN N.V. Pushkov. The author invites fellow geophysicists to talk about the problems of national geophysical science. A paradoxical point of view is expressed that the main problem that dooms Russian geophysics to inevitably lag behind the world level is not so much insufficient funding as lack of free access to data. Examples of high-level scientific products characterizing planetary or regional features of geomagnetic disturbances that were developed due to free access to world data on space geophysics are given: ULF power index, virtual magnetograms, and magnetic keograms. The question is raised about the need to introduce new geomagnetic indices for the territory of the Russian Federation.

Keywords: russian geophysics, pushkov, geomagnetism, geomagnetic indices, data dissemination

Received 12 June 2019; rewieved 25 November 2019; published 18 December 2019.

Citation: Pilipenko, V. A., R. I. Krasnoperov, and A. A. Soloviev (2019), Problems and prospects of geomagnetic research in Russia, Vestn. Otd. nauk Zemle, 11, NZ1105, https://doi.org/10.2205/2019NZ000362.