Models and predictions of Earth’s magnetic field based on geomagnetic observatory data
摘要
Observations of the geomagnetic field taken at Earth’s surface are processed to construct a set of continuous models of the geomagnetic field and its secular variation from 1956 to 2033. One of these models, the parent model, provides candidate main field models for the epochs 2020 and 2025 to the 14th generation of the International Geomagnetic Reference Field (IGRF). The secular variation candidate model for the period 2025–2030 is derived from a forecast of the secular variation in 2027.5, which results from a multi-variate singular spectrum analysis of the secular variation from 1960 to 2023. Apart from the parent model, we also derive models to higher spherical harmonic degrees than