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Table 2 Uncertainties for D component

From: Uncertainty in hourly mean data from classical magnetometers

Variable

Value of the variable

Uncertainty (\( \delta \)) of the variable

Term

Uncertainty of the term

A (′)

8737.1

0.05

\( \left( {\delta A} \right)^{2} \)

0.0025

B (′)

13,342.8

0.1

\( \left( {\delta B} \right)^{2} \)

0.01

Az (′)

4347.7

0.1

\( \left( {\delta A_{Z} } \right)^{2} \)

0.01

SD (′/mm)

1.0

0.1

\( \left( {\left( {n_{Dm} - n_{{D{\text{abs}}}} } \right)\delta S_{D} } \right)^{2} \)

0.390625

nDabs (mm)

18.5

0.1

\( \left( {S_{D} \delta n_{Dm} } \right)^{2} \)

0.01

nDm (mm)

24.75

0.12

\( (S_{D} \delta n_{{D{\text{abs}}}} )^{2} \)

0.0144

   

Total uncertainty Dm (′)

0.6

  1. The dominant term is emphasized in italics