Overview:

- look-up tables for 6 confidence levels difficult to implement in error models
      • tables are for BGGM only
      • using the 95.4% table

- for declination investigate revising error terms AZ (constant) and DBH (H dependent)

- provide 1 table that contains appropriate 1-sigma values for error propagation purposes and multiplying up for confidence of upwards of 95%

 

Global Data Gathering Efforts - Ground

• BGS part of the new ICSU Interdisciplinary Body, the World Data System

• BGS has lead role in INTERMAGNET

• Currently there are ~160 observatories, in 2011 more than 100 are members of INTERMAGNET

 

Global Statistics

- Conclusion: prediction of SF almost as good (on average) as the
current method over two years

- Caveats: BGGM prediction has acceleration, SF does not yet

- Next step: include acceleration into flow models

 

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Recent Development in Geomagnetic Referencing

 

Susan Macmillan, Brian Hamilton and Ciaran Beggan - British Geological Survey

 

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