Interpolation of externally-caused magnetic fields over large sparse arrays using spherical elementary current systems

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 28, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1795-1805

  McLay, S A ^a   Beggan, C D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Geomagnetism and paleomagnetism (Rapid time variations) Ionosphere (Electric fields and currents; Modeling and forecasting)

Indexed keywords

CURRENT; ELECTRIC FIELD; GEOMAGNETISM; INTERPOLATION; MAGNETIC FIELD; PALEOMAGNETISM;

EID: 77957725017     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: 14320576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-28-1795-2010     Document Type: Article

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