Earth, Planets and Space

Table 1 Residual statistics of satellite measurements against parent model

From: NOAA/NGDC candidate models for the 12th generation International Geomagnetic Reference Field

	Swarm A		Swarm B		Swarm C		Ørsted
	Mean	Rms	Mean	Rms	Mean	Rms	Mean	Rms
B _x	-0.04	3.81	0.14	4.00	0.29	4.01
B _y	-0.11	3.33	-0.08	3.32	-0.15	3.35
B _z	0.07	1.81	0.04	2.07	-0.12	2.06
Low-latitude \|B\|	0.01	2.59	0.08	2.60	0.09	2.64	0.56	5.16
High-latitude \|B\|	0.84	11.79	1.26	11.14	1.20	11.88	1.94	15.59

Low-latitude is defined as below 55° geomagnetic latitude where vector data are used, while high-latitude is defined as above 55°. All values are in units of nT.

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