This message is from Peter Dana.--------------Johnnie
 
 
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>Date: Fri, 12 Jan 1996 10:37:43 -0600
>From: [log in to unmask] (Peter H. Dana)
>Subject: Re: Mag. declination in Uganda
 
 
>I've had a query that I can't begin to answer, for lack of any recent,
>large-scale maps of Africa.  The patron wants to know the present
>magnetic declination at Kampala, Uganda.  I figure someone out there
>has this at his/her fingertips.  If so, could you write directly to
>the patron, Tom Lindblad? ([log in to unmask])  I thank you and
>he will thank you.  Bob
 
 
 
        Using the approximate geodetic position of Kampala, Uganda of
00:19:00N and 32:25:00 E as input into the NOAA GEOMAG program (with 3720
feet for Lake Victoria as an estimate for elevation needed for inclination)
I get a 1996 declination of 4.2 minutes east with a annual change of 2.8
minutes.
 
        The program output is pasted here:
 
 Model:              WMM-95=20
 Date: 1996.000
 Elevation:         3720.00 f
 Latitude:     0=A7  19'   0"
 Longitude:   32=A7  25'   0"
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------
        D          I           H        X        Y        Z        F
      (deg)      (deg)        (nT)     (nT)     (nT)     (nT)     (nT)
    0:   4.2'  -23:  37.3'   30790    30790       37   -13465    33605
 
       dD         dI          dH       dX       dY       dZ       dF
    (min/yr)   (min/yr)     (nT/yr)  (nT/yr)  (nT/yr)  (nT/yr)  (nT/yr)
      2.8       -1.5       -27.5    -27.5     24.9     -3.7    -23.7
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
Peter
 
Peter H. Dana - Department of Geography - University of Texas at Austin
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