Recent progress in estimating uncertainty in geomagnetic field modeling

Geophysical & Astrophysical Fluid Dynamics

Volumn 60, Issue 1-4, 1991, Pages 37-88

  Langel, R A ^a  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

error analysis; Geomagnetism; mathematical models; spherical harmonic analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84963238282     PISSN: 03091929     EISSN: 10290419     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03091929108219996     Document Type: Article

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