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<span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">All,</span><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">The following discrepancies were noted this day:</div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="font-size:12.8px;font-weight:bold;color:rgb(0,0,255)"><br></span></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><font color="#0000ff" style=""><b><span style="font-size:12.8px">Fresno.  There was a calibration adjustment made at 1814 UT, on 2/28/18 (YD 059).  The adjustment was in the Z component, and caused ~+0.7 nT offset in the Z plot, and ~+0.5 nT offset in the Del F plot. </span><br></b></font></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><font color="#0000ff"><font style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px"><b><br></b></font></font></div><div style="text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><font color="#0000ff" style=""><font style=""><b><span style="font-size:12.8px">Honolulu.  There were Artificial Disturbances from 2100 through 2124 UT, on 2/28/18 (YD 059), and from 0000 through 0045 UT, on 3/1/18 (YD 060).  These disturbances were caused by cleaning operations in the </span><span style="font-size:12.8px">Variations</span><span style="font-size:12.8px"> Building. </span></b></font></font></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><font color="#0000ff"><b><br></b></font></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><font color="#0000ff" style=""><b><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px">Guam.  </span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures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<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">2106 UT, on 2/28/18 (YD 059). </span></span></span></span></span><span> </span></span>

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<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">0424 UT, on 3/1/18 (YD 060)</span>

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orm:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><font color="#000000">That's all,</font></div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12.8px">Ed Sauter</span></div>

<br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><span style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">Edward A. Sauter</span><br style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">US Geological Survey</span><br style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">Box 25046 DFC, MS 966</span><br style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">Denver, CO 80226-0046 USA</span><br style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">E-mail: </span><a href="mailto:esauter@usgs.gov" style="color:rgb(17,85,204);font-family:sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)" target="_blank">esauter@usgs.gov</a><br style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">Phone: 303-273-8471</span><br style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">Fax 303-273-8506</span>
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