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Volume 58 Supplement 6

Special Issue: Ground Magnetic Observations: New technologies and the role in understanding the Earth System

Modelling of spatial-temporal changes of the geomagnetic field in Japan

Earth, Planets and Space volume 58, pages 757–763 (2006)Cite this article

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A geomagnetic regional model is constructed to provide a spatial-temporal variation of three orthogonal components (X, Y, Z) in Japan. In order to obtain a high temporal and spatial resolution, Natural Orthogonal Components (NOC) analysis and Spherical Cap Harmonic (SCH) analysis were employed to produce a spatial-temporal model based on the observed data from geomagnetic observatories and continuous geomagnetic stations. Using this model, we calculated the secular variation between 1999 and 2004 in Japan. The root mean square (RMS) scatter of the model is less than 3 nT, which indicates a good agreement between calculated and input data.

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  1. Geographical Survey Institute, Kitasato-1, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-0811, Japan

    Xiaoli Ji, Hiroki Shirai, Akira Suzuki, Jinlan He, Satoshi Fujiwara & Yoshihiro Fukuzaki

  2. Institute for Geothermal Sciences, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University, Kawayo, Minami-Aso, Kumamoto, 869-1404, Japan

    Mitsuru Utsugi

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Ji, X., Utsugi, M., Shirai, H. et al. Modelling of spatial-temporal changes of the geomagnetic field in Japan. Earth Planet Sp 58, 757–763 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1186/BF03351979

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