Long-term seafloor geomagnetic station in the northwest Pacific: A possible candidate for a seafloor geomagnetic observatory

Earth, Planets and Space

Volumn 58, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 697-705

  Toh, H ^a   Hamano, Y ^b   Ichiki, M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOYAMA   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Attitude data; IGRF; Long term seafloor geomagnetic observation; Satellite measurements; Scalar and vector geomagnetic fields; Secular variation; The Earth's main field

Indexed keywords

GEOMAGNETIC FIELD; GEOMAGNETISM; MAGNETOMETER; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; SATELLITE; SEAFLOOR; SECULAR VARIATION;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTHWEST);

EID: 33745700824     PISSN: 13438832     EISSN: 18805981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/BF03351970     Document Type: Article

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