BFO Mission statement

Produce and publish data through international data centers: IRIS/IDA (Seattle), BGR/GRSN (Hannover), GFZ/IGETS (Potsdam), BKG/GNSS (Frankfurt), Intermagnet (Edinburgh)

Maintain a checksummed copy of data at storage facilities of KIT

Ensure continuous, uninterrupted operation with highest signal quality and sensitivity

Install sensors with new technologies to maintain and improve signal quality and signal coverage

Host guest experiments
Conduct own experiments
Teaching at BFO, KIT, and University of Stuttgart

Research (with BFO data amongst others)