TY  - JOUR
A1  - Pick, Leonie
A1  - Korte, Monika
T1  - An annual proxy for the geomagnetic signal of magnetospheric currents on Earth based on observatory data from 1900–2010
JF  - Geophysical Journal International
N2  - We introduce the Annual Magnetospheric Currents index as long-term proxy for the geomagnetic signal of magnetospheric currents on Earth valid within the time span 1900–2010. Similar to the widely used disturbance storm time and ‘Ring Current’ indices, it is based on geomagnetic observatory data, but provides a realistic absolute level and uncertainty estimates. Crucial aspects to this end are the revision of observatory crustal biases as well as the implementation of a Bayesian inversion accounting for uncertainties in the main field estimate, both required for the index derivation. The observatory choice is based on a minimization of index variance during a reference period spanning 1960–2010. The new index is capable of correcting observatory time series from large-scale external signals in a user-friendly manner. At present the index is only available as annual mean values. An extension to hourly values for the same time span is in progress.
KW  - Magnetic field variations through time
KW  - Satellite magnetics
KW  - Inverse theory
KW  - Statistical methods
KW  - Time-series analysis
Y1  - 2017
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1093/gji/ggx367
SN  - 1365-246X
SN  - 0956-540X
VL  - 211
IS  - 2
SP  - 1223
EP  - 1236
PB  - Oxford Univ. Press
CY  - Oxford
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Schachtschneider, R.
A1  - Holschneider, Matthias
A1  - Mandea, M.
T1  - Error distribution in regional modelling of the geomagnetic field
JF  - Geophysical journal international
N2  - In this study we analyse the error distribution in regional models of the geomagnetic field. Our main focus is to investigate the distribution of errors when combining two regional patches to obtain a global field from regional ones. To simulate errors in overlapping patches we choose two different data region shapes that resemble that scenario. First, we investigate the errors in elliptical regions and secondly we choose a region obtained from two overlapping circular spherical caps. We conduct a Monte-Carlo simulation using synthetic data to obtain the expected mean errors. For the elliptical regions the results are similar to the ones obtained for circular spherical caps: the maximum error at the boundary decreases towards the centre of the region. A new result emerges as errors at the boundary vary with azimuth, being largest in the major axis direction and minimal in the minor axis direction. Inside the region there is an error decay towards a minimum at the centre at a rate similar to the one in circular regions. In the case of two combined circular regions there is also an error decay from the boundary towards the centre. The minimum error occurs at the centre of the combined regions. The maximum error at the boundary occurs on the line containing the two cap centres, the minimum in the perpendicular direction where the two circular cap boundaries meet. The large errors at the boundary are eliminated by combining regional patches. We propose an algorithm for finding the boundary region that is applicable to irregularly shaped model regions.
KW  - Geopotential theory
KW  - Magnetic anomalies: modelling and interpretation
KW  - Satellite magnetics
Y1  - 2012
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-246X.2012.05675.x
SN  - 0956-540X
VL  - 191
IS  - 3
SP  - 1015
EP  - 1024
PB  - Wiley-Blackwell
CY  - Hoboken
ER  -