PAGES 373–374 Since its formation in the late 1980s, the International Real-Time Magnetic Observatory

Network ( INTERMAGNET), a voluntary con-sortium of geophysical institutes from around the world, has promoted the operation of magnetic observatories according to modern standards [e.g., Rasson, 2007]. INTERMAGNET institutes have cooperatively developed infra-structure for data exchange and management as well as methods for data processing and checking. INTERMAGNET institutes have also helped to expand global geomagnetic moni-toring capacity, most notably by assisting magnetic observatory institutes in economi-cally developing countries by working di-rectly with local geophysicists. Today the INTERMAGNET consortiu