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Maus et al. 2006
Maus, S., Rother, M., Stolle, C., Mai, W., Choi, S., Lühr, H., Cooke, D. and Roth, C. (2006). Third generation of the Potsdam Magnetic Model of the Earth (POMME). Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems 7: doi: 10.1029/2006GC001269. issn: 1525-2027.

The Potsdam Magnetic Model of the Earth (POMME) is a geomagnetic field model providing an estimate of the Earth's core, crustal, magnetospheric, and induced magnetic fields. The internal field is represented to spherical harmonic (SH) degree 90, while the secular variation and acceleration are given to SH degree 16. Static and time-varying magnetospheric fields are parameterized in Geocentric Solar-Magnetospheric (GSM) and Solar-Magnetic (SM) coordinates and include Disturbance Storm-Time (Dst index) and Interplanetary Magnetic Field (IMF-By) dependent contributions. The model was estimated from five years of CHAMP satellite magnetic data. All measurements were corrected for ocean tidal induction and night-side ionospheric F-region currents. The model is validated using an independent model from a combined data set of ¿rsted and SAC-C satellite measurements. For the core field to SH degree 13, the root mean square (RMS) vector difference between the two models at the center of the model period is smaller than 4 nT at the Earth's surface. The RMS uncertainty increases to about 100 nT for the predicted field in 2010, as inferred from the difference between the two models.

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Keywords
Geomagnetism and Paleomagnetism, Spatial variations attributed to seafloor spreading, Geomagnetism and Paleomagnetism, Satellite magnetics, main field, crustal field, external field, Geomagnetism and Paleomagnetism, Spatial variations, all harmonics and anomalies
Journal
Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems
Publisher
American Geophysical Union
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