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Assessment of models proposed for the 1985 revision of the international geomagnetic reference field

Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors
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https://doi.org/10.1016/0031-9201(87)90156-7

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Abstract

Geomagnetic measurements from land, marine and aerial surveys conducted in the years 1945-1964 were used to test the 14 models proposed as additions, for that period, to the series of definitive geomagnetic reference field (DGRF) models. Overall, NASA's 'SFAS' models and the BGS (British Geological Survey) models agree best with these data. Comparisons of the two proposed definitive main-field models for 1980.0, with each other and with the existing IGRF 1980 main-field model, show mostly close agreement, with the greatest absolute differences (several tens of nanotesla) occurring in the region of Antarctica. Comparison of the the three proposed forecast secular-variation models for 1985-1990 with estimates of recent rates of change at 148 magnetic observatories shows that the IZMIRAN (U.S.S.R.) and USGS models are in closest agreement with these data. ?? 1987.

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Peddie, N., Zunde, A., 1987, Assessment of models proposed for the 1985 revision of the international geomagnetic reference field: Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors, v. 48, no. 3-4, p. 330-337, https://doi.org/10.1016/0031-9201(87)90156-7.

Publication type Article
Publication Subtype Journal Article
Title Assessment of models proposed for the 1985 revision of the international geomagnetic reference field
Series title Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors
DOI 10.1016/0031-9201(87)90156-7
Volume 48
Issue 3-4
Year Published 1987
Language English
Publisher Elsevier
Publisher location Amsterdam, Netherlands
Larger Work Type Article
Larger Work Subtype Journal Article
Larger Work Title Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors
First page 330
Last page 337
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