Earth's core internal dynamics 1840-2010 imaged by inverse geodynamo modelling

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 197, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 1321-1334

  Aubert, Julien ^a  

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

Author keywords

Dynamo: theories and simulations; Inverse theory; Rapid time variations

Indexed keywords

ERROR STATISTICS; GEOMAGNETISM; INTERACTIVE DEVICES; INVERSE PROBLEMS; LEAST SQUARES APPROXIMATIONS;

3-D NUMERICAL MODELING; DYNAMO: THEORIES AND SIMULATIONS; GEOMAGNETIC FIELD MODEL; INVERSE THEORY; LEAST-SQUARES INVERSION; RAPID TIME VARIATIONS; STATISTICAL CORRELATION; STATISTICAL INFORMATION;

NUMERICAL MODELS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; EARTH ROTATION; GEODYNAMO; GEOMAGNETIC FIELD; INNER CORE; INVERSE ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; SECULAR VARIATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE;

EID: 84901462950     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gji/ggu064     Document Type: Article

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