On the genesis of the Earth's magnetism

PH Roberts, EM King - Reports on Progress in Physics, 2013 - iopscience.iop.org
Few areas of geophysics are today progressing as rapidly as basic geomagnetism, which
seeks to understand the origin of the Earth's magnetism. Data about the present …

Planetary magnetic fields and fluid dynamos

CA Jones - Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics, 2011 - annualreviews.org
The magnetic fields of the planets, including the Earth, are generated by dynamo action in
their fluid cores. Numerical models of this process have been developed that solve the …

Dynamo scaling laws and applications to the planets

UR Christensen - Space science reviews, 2010 - Springer
Scaling laws for planetary dynamos relate the characteristic magnetic field strength,
characteristic flow velocity and other properties to primary quantities such as core size …

CHAOS—a model of the Earth's magnetic field derived from CHAMP, Ørsted, and SAC-C magnetic satellite data

N Olsen, H Lühr, TJ Sabaka, M Mandea… - Geophysical Journal …, 2006 - academic.oup.com
We have derived a model of the near-Earth magnetic field (up to spherical harmonic degree
n= 50 for the static field, and up to n= 18 for the first time derivative) using more than 6.5 yr of …

Geomagnetic fluctuations reveal stable stratification at the top of the Earth's core

B Buffett - Nature, 2014 - nature.com
Modern observations of the geomagnetic field reveal fluctuations,, with a dominant period of
about 60 years. These fluctuations are probably a result of waves in the liquid core, although …

A novel geomagnetic satellite constellation: Science and applications

K Zhang - Earth and Planetary Physics, 2022 - eppcgs.org
A novel geomagnetic satellite constellation: Science and applications Page 1 REVIEW
GEOPHYSICS Earth and Planetary Physics 7: 4–21, 2023 doi: 10.26464/epp2023019 A novel …

Gyres, jets and waves in the Earth's core

CC Finlay, N Gillet, J Aubert, PW Livermore… - Nature Reviews Earth & …, 2023 - nature.com
Turbulent motions of liquid metal in Earth's outer core generate the geomagnetic field.
Magnetic field observations from low-Earth-orbit satellites, together with advanced numerical …

Turbulent convective length scale in planetary cores

C Guervilly, P Cardin, N Schaeffer - Nature, 2019 - nature.com
Convection is a fundamental physical process in the fluid cores of planets. It is the primary
transport mechanism for heat and chemical species and the primary energy source for …

The magnetic field of planet Earth

G Hulot, CC Finlay, CG Constable, N Olsen… - Planetary …, 2010 - Springer
The magnetic field of the Earth is by far the best documented magnetic field of all known
planets. Considerable progress has been made in our understanding of its characteristics …

Planetary gyre, time‐dependent eddies, torsional waves, and equatorial jets at the Earth's core surface

N Gillet, D Jault, CC Finlay - Journal of Geophysical Research …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
We report a calculation of time‐dependent quasi‐geostrophic core flows for 1940–2010.
Inverting recursively for an ensemble of solutions, we evaluate the main source of …