Natural orthogonal component analysis of international geomagnetic reference field models and its application to historical geomagnetic models

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 152, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 613-619

  Xu, Wen Yao ^a  

^a BEIJING INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY FOR MINERAL RESOURCES   (China)

Author keywords

Earth's main magnetic field; Historical geomagnetic field model; IGRF; NOC

Indexed keywords

EIGENVALUE; GEOMAGNETISM; HISTORICAL RECORD; MAGNETIC FIELD; REFERENCE SAMPLE; SECULAR VARIATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0037339055     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-246X.2003.01875.x     Document Type: Article

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