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Table 9 Statistics of the misfit between CHAOS-7 predictions and independent validation data, that was not used in the CHAOS-7 model construction

From: The CHAOS-7 geomagnetic field model and observed changes in the South Atlantic Anomaly

 

Validation dataset

CHAOS-7 dataset

N

Mean

rms

Mean

rms

Ground Obs RMM SV

 \(\text {d}B_r/\text {d}t\) (nT/year)

909

0.01

3.95

0.13

4.30

 \(\text {d}B_\theta /\text {d}t\) (nT/year)

909

− 0.35

3.79

− 0.24

4.17

 \(\text {d}B_\phi /\text {d}t\) (nT/year)

909

0.09

3.31

0.04

3.93

Swarm scalar

 F (nT)

5989

− 1.37

5.76

0.19

4.18

 \(F_{\text{polar}}\) (nT)

3771

− 1.67

6.49

0.61

6.62

 \(F_{\text{non-polar}}\) (nT)

2127

− 0.84

4.16

− 0.04

1.96

  1. Mean and rms residuals are calculated without Huber-weighting, in contrast to earlier tables. Similar statistics for the data used in the construction of the CHAOS-7 model are also shown for reference