An extended version of the C 3FM geomagnetic field model: Application of a continuous frozen-flux constraint

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 189, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 1409-1429

  Wardinski, Ingo ^a   Lesur, Vincent ^a  

^a GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

Author keywords

Inverse theory; Magnetic anomalies: modelling and interpretation; Rapid time variations

Indexed keywords

B SPLINES; BACKWARD PROJECTION; BASIS FUNCTIONS; EXTENDED VERSIONS; FIELD MODEL; GAUSS COEFFICIENTS; GEOMAGNETIC FIELD MODEL; HIGH SPATIAL RESOLUTION; INVERSE THEORY; MAGNETIC ANOMALIES; MAGNETIC DIFFUSION; ROBUST ESTIMATE; SATELLITE FIELDS; SECULAR VARIATION; SPATIAL COMPLEXITY; TEMPORAL EVOLUTION; TIME VARIATIONS;

GEOMAGNETISM; MAGNETIC FIELDS;

C (PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE);

GEOMAGNETIC FIELD; INVERSE ANALYSIS; MAGNETIC ANOMALY; MODELING; SECULAR VARIATION; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPATIAL RESOLUTION;

EID: 84860842107     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2012.05384.x     Document Type: Article

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