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Table 3 Uncertainties for H 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

C (nT)

9023.2

0.1

\( \left( {\left( {1 + k_{1} t_{\text{abs}} } \right)*\left( {1 + k_{2} {\mathcal{H}}\cos \varphi } \right)*\sin \varphi } \right)\delta C)^{2} \)

0.07432742

\( k_{1} \) (°C−1)

0.000476

1.00E−06

\( \left( {C*\left( {t_{\text{abs}} } \right)*\left( {1 + k_{2} {\mathcal{H}}\cos \varphi } \right)*\sin \varphi } \right)\delta k_{1} )^{2} \)

0.00892709

\( t_{abs} \) (°C)

17.46

0.1

\( \left( {C*\left( {k_{1} } \right)*\left( {1 + k_{2} {\mathcal{H}}\cos \varphi } \right)*\sin \varphi } \right)\delta t_{\text{abs}} )^{2} \)

0.06630145

\( k_{2} \) (nT−1)

1.18E−08

1.00E−10

\( \left( {C*\left( {1 + k_{1} t_{\text{abs}} } \right)*\left( {{\mathcal{H}}\cos \varphi } \right)*\sin \varphi } \right)\delta k_{2} )^{2} \)

0.00011531

\( {\mathcal{H}} \) (nT)

24,600

25

\( \left( {C*\left( {1 + k_{1} t_{\text{abs}} } \right)*\left( {k_{2} \cos \varphi } \right)*\sin \varphi } \right)\delta {\mathcal{H}})^{2} \)

1.6582E−06

\( \varphi \) (°)

36.8246

1.93925E−06

\( \left( {C*\left( {1 + k_{1} t_{\text{abs}} } \right)*(\cos \varphi \left( {1 + k_{2} \cos \varphi } \right) - k_{2} {\mathcal{H}}\sin^{2} \varphi } \right)\delta \varphi )^{2} \)

0.00019951

SH (nT/mm)

4.5

0.1

\( \left( {\left( {n_{Hm} - n_{{H{\text{abs}}}} } \right)\delta S_{H} } \right)^{2} \)

0.603729

nHabs (mm)

12.7

0.1

\( \left( {S_{H} \delta n_{Hm} } \right)^{2} \)

0.2025

nHm (mm)

20.47

0.12

\( \left( {S_{H} \delta n_{{H{\text{abs}}}} } \right)^{2} \)

0.2916

   

Total uncertainty Hm (nT)

1.1

  1. The dominant term is emphasized in italics