An analysis of the fluctuations of the geomagnetic dipole

Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors

Volumn 162, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 249-255

  Brendel, K ^a   Kuipers, J ^a   Barkema, G T ^a   Hoyng, P ^b  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b SRON NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SPACE RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Geodynamo; Reversals; Secular variation; Sint 2000 record; Stochastic processes; Turbulent convection

Indexed keywords

DIFFUSION; DIPOLE MOMENT; HEAT CONVECTION; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETIC MOMENTS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; QUENCHING; RANDOM PROCESSES; TURBULENT FLOW;

FOKKER-PLANCK EQUATION; GEODYNAMO; GEOMAGNETIC DIPOLE; TURBULENT CONVECTION; VIRTUAL AXIAL DIPOLE MOMENT;

GEOMAGNETISM;

DIFFUSION; GEODYNAMO; GEOMAGNETIC FIELD; SECULAR VARIATION; STOCHASTICITY; TIME SERIES; VIRTUAL GEOMAGNETIC POLE;

EID: 34250728129     PISSN: 00319201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pepi.2007.05.005     Document Type: Article

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