Primary Recipient

REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN

Amount

$215,000.00

Award Date

6/15/2009

Administering Agency

National Science Foundation

CDFA Number

47.082

CDFA Program Title

Trans-NSF Recovery Act Reasearch Support

Description

The Earth's magnetic field is known to change annually in strength, orientation and in its location of the magnetic poles, which move on average some 3000 feet per month. These changes are readily observed by comparing the directions in which a compass ne