Evaluation of candidate geomagnetic field models for IGRF-11

Earth, Planets and Space

Volumn 62, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 787-804

  Finlay, C C ^a   Maus, S ^b   Beggan, C D ^c   Hamoudi, M ^d   Lowes, F J ^e   Olsen, N ^f   Thebault E ^g  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b University of Colorado ^*  (United States)

^c BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^d GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

^e NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^f TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

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

Author keywords

Field modelling; Geomagnetism; Reference field; Secular variation

Indexed keywords

GEOMAGNETIC FIELD; GEOMAGNETISM; MODELING; SATELLITE DATA; SECULAR VARIATION; SPHERICAL HARMONICS;

EID: 78449254196     PISSN: 13438832     EISSN: 18805981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5047/eps.2010.11.005     Document Type: Article

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