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  <Observatory>
    <ResourceID>spase://SMWG/Observatory/THEMIS/Ground/CANMAG/GAKO</ResourceID>
    <ResourceHeader>
      <ResourceName>NASA THEMIS GBO Gakona Station</ResourceName>
      <AlternateName>GAKO</AlternateName>
      <ReleaseDate>2023-06-26T11:50:38</ReleaseDate>
      <Description>Gakona (GAKO) Station is located at Gakona, Alaska.  
				Magnetic Latitude: 63.05
				Magnetic Longitude: 269.51
				Magnetic coordinates obtained by calculation using the CGM online calculator with IGRF 2008 at altitude of 0 km. Magnetic declination obtained using CGM online calculator with IGRF 2007
</Description>
      <Acknowledgement>We acknowledge NASA contract NAS5-02099 and V. Angelopoulos for use of data from the THEMIS Mission. Specifically:
ASI/GBO: S. Mende and E. Donovan for use of the ASI data.</Acknowledgement>
      <Contact>
        <PersonID>spase://SMWG/Person/Vassilis.Angelopoulos</PersonID>
        <Role>PrincipalInvestigator</Role>
      </Contact>
      <Contact>
        <PersonID>spase://SMWG/Person/Stephen.B.Mende</PersonID>
        <Role>CoInvestigator</Role>
      </Contact>
      <Contact>
        <PersonID>spase://SMWG/Person/Eric.Donovan</PersonID>
        <Role>CoInvestigator</Role>
      </Contact>
      <InformationURL>
        <Name>THEMIS Web Site</Name>
        <URL>http://themis.ssl.berkeley.edu/</URL>
        <Description>Contains info about THEMIS mission and associated data sets</Description>
      </InformationURL>
      <InformationURL>
        <Name>THEMIS Ground Based Observatory System Design</Name>
        <URL>http://www.igpp.ucla.edu/public/THEMIS/SCI/Pubs/2007_Refereed/harris_ssr_2007_gbo_sys_design_published.pdf</URL>
        <Description>Harris et al., Nov. 2007; In depth description of GBO design.</Description>
      </InformationURL>
    </ResourceHeader>
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    <Location>
      <ObservatoryRegion>Earth.Surface</ObservatoryRegion>
      <CoordinateSystemName>WGS84</CoordinateSystemName>
      <Latitude>62.39</Latitude>
      <Longitude>214.87</Longitude>
	  <Elevation>0</Elevation>
    </Location>
	<OperatingSpan>
      <StartDate>2006-09-12T00:00:00</StartDate>
	</OperatingSpan>
  </Observatory>
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