Geomagnetic jerks: Rapid core field variations and core dynamics

Space Science Reviews

Volumn 155, Issue 1-4, 2010, Pages 147-175

  Mandea, Mioara ^a   Holme, Richard ^b   Pais, Alexandra ^c   Pinheiro, Katia ^d   Jackson, Andrew ^e   Verbanac, Giuliana ^f  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^d OBSERVATÓRIO NACIONAL   (Brazil)

^e ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Core field; Core flows; Geomagnetic jerks; Secular variation

Indexed keywords

ABRUPT CHANGE; CORE DYNAMICS; CORE FIELD; CORE FLOW; FLUID MOTIONS; FUNDAMENTAL FEATURES; GEOMAGNETIC FIELDS; GEOMAGNETIC JERKS; HIGH QUALITY; SATELLITE MEASUREMENTS; SCIENTIFIC COMMUNITY; SECULAR VARIATION; SPECIFIC TOOL;

TIME SERIES;

GEOMAGNETISM;

EID: 78650602317     PISSN: 00386308     EISSN: 15729672     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11214-010-9663-x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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