International Quiet Days (IQD) and International Disturbed Days (IDD)

Created 17/10/2025

Updated 17/10/2025

International Quiet Days (IQD's) are the days where the geomagnetic variations are a minimum in each month. International Disturbed Days (IDD's) are 5 days in each month where the geomagnetic variations are maximum. The classification of days is relative only to the month of calculation. The average disturbance level in one month may differ from another.

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Title International Quiet Days (IQD) and International Disturbed Days (IDD)
Language eng
Licence Not Specified
Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/a1d64a0e-3ec0-4475-a575-f317086c37b4
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Geoscience Australia Data
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Reference Period 22/04/2018
Geospatial Coverage Australia
Data Portal Geoscience Australia

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This dataset was originally found on Geoscience Australia "International Quiet Days (IQD) and International Disturbed Days (IDD)". Please visit the source to access the original metadata of the dataset:
https://ecat.ga.gov.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/csw/dataset/international-quiet-days-iqd-and-international-disturbed-days-idd