Modelling the Earth's core magnetic field under flow constraints

Earth, Planets and Space

Volumn 62, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 503-516

  Lesur, V ^a   Wardinski, I ^a   Asari, S ^a   Minchev, B ^b,c   Mandea, M ^a,d  

^a GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

^c Allianz AG   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

Author keywords

Core field modeling; Core flow modeling; Frozen flux; Geomagnetism

Indexed keywords

CORE (PLANETARY); GEOMAGNETIC FIELD; GEOMAGNETISM; NUMERICAL MODEL; SECULAR VARIATION; SPHERICAL HARMONICS;

EID: 77957059586     PISSN: 13438832     EISSN: 18805981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5047/eps.2010.02.010     Document Type: Article

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