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https://doi.org/10.5194/angeo-34-67-2016
© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
Mapping of steady-state electric fields and convective drifts in geomagnetic fields – Part 2: The IGRF
School of Chemistry and Physics, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban,
South Africa
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The method of electric field mapping along geomagnetic field lines, derived in an accompanying paper, is applied to the International Geomagnetic Reference Field. Formulae for the geomagnetic field gradient tensor are derived and these are used in a software package developed to map the electric field. A number of examples are presented illustrating the method. The method will be of importance in conjugate studies of ionospheric convection when the external magnetic field can be neglected.
The method of electric field mapping along geomagnetic field lines, derived in an accompanying...