Magnetometers are instruments used to measure the changes, strength, and direction of a magnetic field. They exist as everyday objects like a compass, iPhones, aircraft, and metal detectors, and there are several types of magnetometers depending on the type of measurements needed.

Electromagnetic Ion Cyclotron, or EMIC, waves are oscillations in Earth’s magnetic field at or near the same gyrating (going in circles) near or at the same frequency as ions, molecules that have lost or gained an electron, resulting in a net electric charge.

Sonification is a process that allows data to be mapped and represented with audio.  This helps us analyze data in a different way, gives way to a more accessible form of analysis, and often times different features are observed by listening rather than solely viewing graphs or charts.