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The Conrad Observatory is an underground geophysical research facility of the Central Institution for Meteorology and Geodynamics (ZAMG) in Austria. The basic task of the observatory is monitoring relevant physical parameters that are of decisive importance for our understanding of processes on and below earth. At the Conrad Observatory, seismic activities (seismology), variations in gravitational acceleration and mass changes (gravimetry), magnetic field variations, geodetic parameters, atmospheric waves, as well as meteorological data are continuously monitored. The Conrad Observatory comprises two main sectors: (1) The seismic-gravimetric observatory (SGO) that has been opened in 2002.〔http://www.conrad-observatory.at/cmsjoomla/de/ueber-cobs〕 (2) The geomagnetic observatory (GMO) is currently under construction, which is expected to be finished by the end of 2012. 〔 == History == The Conrad Observatory is the only observatory of this particular type and is located on top of the ''Trafelberg'' (1146 m above the Adriatic) next to Muggendorf, municipality Pernitz in Lower Austria, approximately 45 km southwest of Vienna. It is named after the seismologist and climatologist Prof. Dr. Victor Conrad (1876-1962) who was employed for many years at Central Institution for Meteorology and Geodynamics (ZAMG). Besides the financial support by the federal government and the state government of Lower Austria, the construction has been made possible by the legacy of Conrad's widow, Ida F. Conrad.〔(Conrad Observatorium ) auf der Seite der Bundesimmobiliengesellschaft vom 19. März 2010 abgerufen am 22. März 2010〕 By 2002 this legacy, donated to the ZAMG in order to set up a scientific research building, had increased to 1.2 million Euro, so that more than half of the first construction stage could be built thereby. In 2008, the decision to extend the observatory was made by the ministry of science and the state Lower Austria, and the observatory's geomagnetic section is, presumably, going to be finished within the year 2012.〔(Am Puls des Planeten ) im pfm-Magazin für Infrastruktur und Technologie vom Dezember 2008/Olivera Stajic abgerufen am 22. März 2010〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Conrad Observatory」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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