Centre de Physique du Globe (Dourbes), Belgium

The Geophysical Center of Dourbes is a fundamental and applied Research Center which is part of the Royal Meteorological Institute of Belgium(RMI). It was inaugurated in 1956 by Professor Edmond Lahaye, Director of the RMI at that time. The Center is located at Dourbes (in the South of Belgium), close to the French border, far away from any electric and magnetic disturbances.The mission of the Geophysical Center of Dourbes is to measure and to study various geophysical phenomena, such as the present and past magnetic field of the Earth, the ionospheric activity, cosmic rays, the atmospheric electric field and meteorology.