International Geomagnetic Reference Field: the eleventh generation

Research areas:

• Intérieurs planétaires (2011 - 2016)

Year:

2010

Authors:

• Christopher C. Finlay
• Stefan Maus
• Ciaran Beggan
• Tatiana Bondar
• Aude Chambodut
• T. A. Chernova
• Arnaud Chulliat
• Vadim P. Golovkov
• Brian Hamilton
• Mohamed Hamoudi
• Richard Holme
• Gauthier Hulot
• Weijia Kuang
• Benoit Langlais
• Vincent Lesur
• Frank J. Lowes
• Hermann Luehr
• Susan Macmillan
• Mioara Mandea
• Susan McLean
• Chandrasekharan Manoj
• Michel Menvielle
• I. Michaelis
• Nils Olsen
• J. Rauberg
• Martin Rother
• Terence J. Sabaka
• Andrew Tangborn
• Lars Tøffner-Clausen
• Erwan Thébault
• Alan W. P. Thomson
• Ingo Wardinski
• Z. Wei
• Tatiana Zvereva

Journal:

Geophys. J. Int.

Volume:

183

BibTex:

@article{finl2010gji, author = "Christopher C. Finlay and Stefan Maus and Ciaran Beggan and Tatiana Bondar and Aude Chambodut and T. A. Chernova and Arnaud Chulliat and Vadim P. Golovkov and Brian Hamilton and Mohamed Hamoudi and Richard Holme and Gauthier Hulot and Weijia Kuang and Benoit Langlais and Vincent Lesur and Frank J. Lowes and Hermann Luehr and Susan Macmillan and Mioara Mandea and Susan McLean and Chandrasekharan Manoj and Michel Menvielle and I. Michaelis and Nils Olsen and J. Rauberg and Martin Rother and Terence J. Sabaka and Andrew Tangborn and Lars T{\o}ffner-Clausen and Erwan Th{\'e}bault and Alan W. P. Thomson and Ingo Wardinski and Z. Wei and Tatiana Zvereva", abstract = "The eleventh generation of the International Geomagnetic Reference Field (IGRF) was adopted in December 2009 by the International Association of Geomagnetism and Aeronomy Working Group V-MOD. It updates the previous IGRF generation with a de~nitive main ~eld model for epoch 2005.0, a main ~eld model for epoch 2010.0, and a linear predictive secular variation model for 2010.0~2015.0. In this note the equations de~ning the IGRF model are provided along with the spherical harmonic coef~cients for the eleventh generation. Maps of the mag- netic declination, inclination and total intensity for epoch 2010.0 and their predicted rates of change for 2010.0~2015.0 are presented. The recent evolution of the South Atlantic Anomaly and magnetic pole positions are also examined.", doi = "10.1111/j.1365-246X.2010.04804.x", extra = "PICL", journal = "Geophys. J. Int.", title = "{I}nternational {G}eomagnetic {R}eference {F}ield: the eleventh generation", volume = "183", year = "2010", }

Abstract:

The eleventh generation of the International Geomagnetic Reference Field (IGRF) was adopted
in December 2009 by the International Association of Geomagnetism and Aeronomy Working
Group V-MOD. It updates the previous IGRF generation with a de~nitive main ~eld model for
epoch 2005.0, a main ~eld model for epoch 2010.0, and a linear predictive secular variation
model for 2010.0~2015.0. In this note the equations de~ning the IGRF model are provided
along with the spherical harmonic coef~cients for the eleventh generation. Maps of the mag-
netic declination, inclination and total intensity for epoch 2010.0 and their predicted rates of
change for 2010.0~2015.0 are presented. The recent evolution of the South Atlantic Anomaly
and magnetic pole positions are also examined.