Gyre-driven decay of the Earth’s magnetic dipole

The magnitude of the Earth’s magnetic dipole has decreased by 9% over the past 175 years. Here, the authors suggest that the rate of dipole decay is controlled by a huge gyre in the liquid metal outer core acting on a field asymmetry, and that decay is set to continue for the next few decades.

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Auteurs principaux: Christopher C. Finlay, Julien Aubert, Nicolas Gillet
Format: article
Langue:EN
Publié: Nature Portfolio 2016
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Accès en ligne:https://doaj.org/article/c3bf34e965a44e48bd7595263a381a20
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