Caneva, Giorgio

A national network of 106 repeat stations for total field F, horizontal component H, vertical component Z and declination D has been undertaken in the frame of the 'Progetto Finalizzato Geodinamica' of the Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche. From the observed magnetic elements the repeat station values were referred to 1979.0 and five normal fields in the form of a 2nd order polynomial in latitude and longitude were computed: GDN for the whole Italian area, GDN-N for the northern Italy, GDN_C for central Italy, GDN-S for the southern Italy and GDN-Sn for Sardinia. From comparisons made on F between GDN and two planetary reference fields it has concluded that for total field the polynomial form can be well considered as representative of the main field in the Italian area. A 2nd order network of 2500 stations for F, Z, H, has been undertaken to produce geomagnetic maps of Italy. An anomaly map for F referred to the GDN normal field has been drawn. The main features of anomalies configuration are described.

Starting in 1977, two geomagnetic project were undertaken in the frame of the <>of the Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche(Project<>of the National Research Council);1)a new national network of repeat stations for total field F, horizontal component H, vertical component Z, declination D.2)a 2nd order network of stations for F,Z,H to produce geomagnetic maps of Italy. The two projects were carried out by a <> made up of Operating Units from Institutions to which the authors belong. The field work ended in 1981. The Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica coordinated the operations for both projects. This paper is intended to give a short report to the international scientific community on this work which has so far only appeared in the Italian literature.