Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: http://hdl.handle.net/2122/3961
Authors: Gaya-Piqué, L. R.* 
Ravat, D.* 
De Santis, A.* 
Torta, J. M.* 
Title: New model alternatives for improving the representation of the core magnetic field of Antarctica
Journal: Antarctic Science 
Series/Report no.: 1 / 18 (2006)
Publisher: Antarctic Science Ltd
Issue Date: 2006
DOI: 10.1017/S0954102006000095
Keywords: geomagnetic secular variation
IGRF
magnetic anomalies
spherical harmonics
Subject Classification04. Solid Earth::04.05. Geomagnetism::04.05.03. Global and regional models 
04. Solid Earth::04.05. Geomagnetism::04.05.04. Magnetic anomalies 
04. Solid Earth::04.05. Geomagnetism::04.05.05. Main geomagnetic field 
Abstract: Use of the International Geomagnetic Reference Field Model (IGRF) to construct magnetic anomaly maps can lead to problems with the accurate determination of magnetic anomalies that are readily apparent at the edges of local or regional magnetic surveys carried out at different epochs. The situation is severe in areas like Antarctica, where ionospheric activity is intense and only a few ground magnetic observatories exist. This makes it difficult to properly separate from ionospheric variations the secular variation of the core magnetic field. We examine two alternatives to the piecewise-continuous IGRF core magnetic field in Antarctica for the last 45 years: the present global Comprehensive Model (CM4) and the new version of the Antarctic Reference Model (ARM). Both these continuous models are better at representing the secular variation in Antarctica than the IGRF. Therefore, their use is recommended for defining the crustal magnetic field of Antarctica (e.g. the next generation of the Antarctic Digital Magnetic Anomaly Map).
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