Derivation and use of core surface flows for forecasting secular variation

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 120, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 1400-1414

  Whaler, K A ^a   Beggan, C D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

core surface flow; flow advection; geomagnetism

Indexed keywords

CORE ANALYSIS; DATA ASSIMILATION; FORECASTING METHOD; GEODYNAMO; GEOMAGNETISM; MAGNETIC FIELD; SECULAR VARIATION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TREND ANALYSIS;

EID: 85027941146     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2014JB011697     Document Type: Article

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