Maintained by: Geophysical Center, Russian Academy of Sciences

Summary of Data Held:

Solar phenomena: sunspot areas and classifications, solar indices, optical observations, magnetic fields, solar radiation, Xray and UV radiation, energetic protons and electrons, proton bursts.

Interplanetary phenomena: solar wind density and velocity, electric and magnetic fields.

Geomagnetic variations: magnetic variations, pulsations, magnetospheric boundaries.

Ionosphere: routine probing from the surface and satellites, radiowave absorption, radio interference, flare associated events.

Cosmic rays: solar and galactic neutrons, mesons.

The data are available in different traditional and computer forms, e.g., paper, photofilm, microfiche, magnetic tape, floppy disk and compact disc (CDROM). Some special collections of experimental data are held.

User Services: Open to visitors during normal working hours, Monday through Friday. Advance notice of visit is recommended. Reading rooms, copying, processing, and analysis facilities are available. The facilities include computers, CDROM readers, microfilm and microfiche readers, printers and copiers. Data in archives can be found through online inventories. These searches are free of charge. WDC-Russia staff gives consultations and selects, copies and sends data for users visiting the WDC-Russia or requesting data by phone or mail at cost of copying and mailing.

Remote access to online data and submission of requests is available via Internet using FTP and HTTP. Scientific project and program data management and research are undertaken on a contract basis. Assistance with educational programs for high school pupils, students and postgraduates.

Publications: Catalogs are published periodically, and are available on computers and on the Internet using FTP and HTTP. Special data collections are published in Materials of the World Data Center Russia and in computer readable form (e.g., CDROM). Some reports are published jointly with WDC-USA.