Knowledge

World Magnetic Model

Source 📝

20: 132:
The Enhanced Magnetic Model (EMM) is a sister product of the NGDC featuring a much higher amount of data to degree and order 790, giving a wavelength of 51 km as opposed to the 3000 km of WMM. At this resolution, it is not only able to model the
115:
Updated model coefficients are released at 5-year intervals, with WMM2015 (released Dec 15, 2014) supposed to last until December 31, 2019. However, due to extraordinarily large and erratic movements of the
65:
of the geomagnetic main field generated in the Earth's core. Apart from the 168 spherical-harmonic "Gauss" coefficients, the model also has an equal number of spherical-harmonic
85: 121: 124:) to accurately model the magnetic field above 55° north latitude until the end of 2019. The next regular update (WMM2020) occurred in December 2019. 241: 150: 109: 47: 77: 73: 81: 101: 39: 353: 89: 184: 38:) is a large spatial-scale representation of the Earth's magnetic field. It was developed jointly by the US 358: 219: 198: 120:, an out-of-cycle update (WMM2015v2) was released in February 2019 (delayed by a few weeks due to the 134: 105: 62: 51: 43: 108:(BGS). The model, associated software, and documentation are distributed by the NGDC on behalf of 69:
coefficients predicting the temporal evolution of the field over the upcoming five-year epoch.
373: 349:
WMM model and software can be downloaded from the National Geophysical Data Center's WMM page
93: 276: 97: 92:(FAA). It is also used widely in civilian navigation systems as the magnetic model of the 23: 8: 117: 280: 138: 58: 294: 180: 66: 348: 284: 156: 237: 96:. For example, WMM is pre-installed in Android and iOS devices to correct for the 325: 289: 264: 367: 298: 327: 312: 137:
at the core-mantle boundary ("main field"), but also take into account
19: 153:: another model, of similar quality, which models past years as well 265:"Earth's magnetic field is acting up and geologists don't know why" 354:
World Magnetic Model method in the Android operating system
88:(WHO) navigation and attitude/heading reference, and the 26:
map at sea-level for the year 2010 derived from WMM2010.
326:
National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI).
16:
Large spatial-scale model of the Earth's magnetic field
224:
National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI)
238:"The World Magnetic Model and Associated Software" 177:Essentials of Positioning and Location Technology 365: 220:"Airport Runway Names Shift with Magnetic Field" 127: 242:National Centers for Environmental Information 199:"The US/UK World Magnetic Model for 2015-2020" 359:World Magnetic Model 2015 NOAA press release 141:caused by the minerals in the Earth's crust. 72:WMM is the standard geomagnetic model of the 46:. The data and updates are issued by the US 57:The model consists of a degree and order 12 179:, p. 110, Cambridge University Press, 2013 288: 151:International Geomagnetic Reference Field 18: 110:National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency 48:National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency 366: 190: 262: 263:Witze, Alexandra (January 9, 2019). 196: 78:Ministry of Defence (United Kingdom) 100:. The WMM is produced by the U.S. 74:United States Department of Defense 13: 313:"World Magnetic Model | NCEI" 82:North Atlantic Treaty Organization 14: 385: 342: 104:(NGDC) in collaboration with the 122:U.S. federal government shutdown 102:National Geophysical Data Center 40:National Geophysical Data Center 328:"Enhanced Magnetic Model (EMM)" 90:Federal Aviation Administration 319: 305: 256: 230: 212: 197:Chulliat, Arnaud; et al. 169: 1: 162: 128:Enhanced Magnetic Model (EMM) 7: 144: 10: 390: 290:10.1038/d41586-019-00007-1 106:British Geological Survey 86:World Hydrographic Office 63:magnetic scalar potential 52:Defence Geographic Centre 44:British Geological Survey 135:Earth's magnetic field 27: 94:World Geodetic System 22: 98:magnetic declination 32:World Magnetic Model 24:Magnetic declination 281:2019Natur.565..143W 226:. 16 November 2017. 118:north magnetic pole 139:magnetic anomalies 59:spherical harmonic 28: 332:www.ngdc.noaa.gov 275:(7738): 143–144. 244:. 4 February 2019 67:secular variation 61:expansion of the 381: 336: 335: 323: 317: 316: 309: 303: 302: 292: 260: 254: 253: 251: 249: 234: 228: 227: 216: 210: 209: 203: 194: 188: 175:David Bartlett, 173: 157:Runway numbering 389: 388: 384: 383: 382: 380: 379: 378: 364: 363: 345: 340: 339: 324: 320: 311: 310: 306: 261: 257: 247: 245: 236: 235: 231: 218: 217: 213: 201: 195: 191: 174: 170: 165: 147: 130: 17: 12: 11: 5: 387: 377: 376: 362: 361: 356: 351: 344: 343:External links 341: 338: 337: 318: 304: 255: 229: 211: 189: 167: 166: 164: 161: 160: 159: 154: 146: 143: 129: 126: 15: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 386: 375: 372: 371: 369: 360: 357: 355: 352: 350: 347: 346: 333: 329: 322: 314: 308: 300: 296: 291: 286: 282: 278: 274: 270: 266: 259: 243: 239: 233: 225: 221: 215: 207: 206:ngdc.noaa.gov 200: 193: 186: 182: 178: 172: 168: 158: 155: 152: 149: 148: 142: 140: 136: 125: 123: 119: 113: 111: 107: 103: 99: 95: 91: 87: 83: 79: 75: 70: 68: 64: 60: 55: 53: 49: 45: 41: 37: 33: 25: 21: 374:Geomagnetism 331: 321: 307: 272: 268: 258: 246:. Retrieved 232: 223: 214: 205: 192: 176: 171: 131: 114: 84:(NATO), the 71: 56: 35: 31: 29: 76:(DoD), the 50:and the UK 248:6 February 185:1107354803 163:References 368:Category 299:30626958 145:See also 42:and the 277:Bibcode 208:. NOAA. 112:(NGA). 297:  269:Nature 183:  80:, the 202:(PDF) 295:PMID 250:2019 181:ISBN 30:The 285:doi 273:565 36:WMM 370:: 330:. 293:. 283:. 271:. 267:. 240:. 222:. 204:. 54:. 334:. 315:. 301:. 287:: 279:: 252:. 187:. 34:(

Index


Magnetic declination
National Geophysical Data Center
British Geological Survey
National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
Defence Geographic Centre
spherical harmonic
magnetic scalar potential
secular variation
United States Department of Defense
Ministry of Defence (United Kingdom)
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
World Hydrographic Office
Federal Aviation Administration
World Geodetic System
magnetic declination
National Geophysical Data Center
British Geological Survey
National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
north magnetic pole
U.S. federal government shutdown
Earth's magnetic field
magnetic anomalies
International Geomagnetic Reference Field
Runway numbering
ISBN
1107354803
"The US/UK World Magnetic Model for 2015-2020"
"Airport Runway Names Shift with Magnetic Field"
"The World Magnetic Model and Associated Software"

Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.