Can core-surface flow models be used to improve the forecast of the Earth's main magnetic field?

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 113, Issue 8, 2008, Pages

  Maus, Stefan ^a,b,c   Silva, Luis ^c   Hulot, Gauthier ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b NATIONAL GEOPHYSICAL DATA CENTER   (United States)

^c INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE DU GLOBE DE PARIS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; FORECASTING METHOD; GEOMAGNETIC FIELD; HINDCASTING; OUTER CORE; SECULAR VARIATION; STEADY FLOW; TOROIDAL FIELD;

EID: 55949126134     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007JB005199     Document Type: Article

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