The magnetic field of the Earth's lithosphere

E Thébault, M Purucker, KA Whaler, B Langlais… - Space science …, 2010 - Springer
The lithospheric contribution to the Earth's magnetic field is concealed in magnetic field data
that have now been measured over several decades from ground to satellite altitudes. The …

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 …

Recent geomagnetic secular variation from Swarm and ground observatories as estimated in the CHAOS-6 geomagnetic field model

CC Finlay, N Olsen, S Kotsiaros, N Gillet… - Earth, Planets and …, 2016 - Springer
We use more than 2 years of magnetic data from the Swarm mission, and monthly means
from 160 ground observatories as available in March 2016, to update the CHAOS time …

The CHAOS-4 geomagnetic field model

N Olsen, H Lühr, CC Finlay, TJ Sabaka… - Geophysical Journal …, 2014 - academic.oup.com
We present CHAOS-4, a new version in the CHAOS model series, which aims to describe
the Earth's magnetic field with high spatial and temporal resolution. Terms up to spherical …

Geomagnetic jerks and rapid hydromagnetic waves focusing at Earth's core surface

J Aubert, CC Finlay - Nature Geoscience, 2019 - nature.com
Geomagnetic jerks are abrupt changes in the second time derivative—the secular
acceleration—of Earth's magnetic field that punctuate ground observatory records. As their …

An ellipsoidal harmonic representation of Earth's lithospheric magnetic field to degree and order 720

S Maus - Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
While high‐degree models of the Earth's gravity potential have been inferred from
measurements for more than a decade, corresponding geomagnetic models are difficult to …

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 …

DTU candidate field models for IGRF-12 and the CHAOS-5 geomagnetic field model

CC Finlay, N Olsen, L Tøffner-Clausen - Earth, Planets and Space, 2015 - Springer
We present DTU's candidate field models for IGRF-12 and the parent field model from which
they were derived, CHAOS-5. Ten months of magnetic field observations from ESA's Swarm …

Geomagnetic jerks: rapid core field variations and core dynamics

M Mandea, R Holme, A Pais, K Pinheiro… - Space science …, 2010 - Springer
The secular variation of the core field is generally characterized by smooth variations,
sometimes interrupted by abrupt changes, named geomagnetic jerks. The origin of these …

Geomagnetic secular acceleration, jerks, and a localized standing wave at the core surface from 2000 to 2010

A Chulliat, S Maus - Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
The geomagnetic secular acceleration (SA), defined as the second‐order time derivative of
the Earth's core magnetic field, is investigated using data from the CHAMP satellite. We …