We present numerical dynamo models which qualitatively reproduce some structural characteristics of the present-day geomagnetic field. Timedependent convection in an electrically conducting, rotating spherical shell at Ekman numbers 1 3 x l0 -4 generates dipole-dominated magnetic fields, which exhibit distinct bundles of strong radial flux at high latitudes, low flux over the poles, and paired ...

Using the domino dynamo model, we show how specific axisymmetric and equatorial symmetric forms of the heat flux variations at the core-mantle boundary change the frequency of the geomagnetic field reversals. In fact, we are able to demonstrate the effect known from the modern 3D planetary dynamo models using an ensemble of interacting spins, which obey equations of the Langevin type with a ran...

The Earth's magnetic (geomagnetic) field protects all living things on the planet from harmful effects of ionizing and electromagnetic radiation and is suggested, in this research, to be related to global multiple sclerosis (MS) prevalence. MS is a demyelinating disease of the central nervous system with an unknown aetiology. MS has a global, geographic pattern of prevalence that shows high pre...

A sequence of three subsequent auroral activations (at 18:10, 19:48 and 20:00 UT) on 9 February 1997 is analysed. The brightenings of optical auroras were collocated with latitudinally localized bursts of pulsating riometer absorption and Pi3 geomagnetic pulsations. In two of the cases, the strongest westward directed electrojet currents and the footpoint of the upward directed field-aligned cu...

The Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (DMSP) launches and maintains a network of satellites to monitor the meteorological, oceanographic, and solar-terrestrial physics environments. In the past decade, geomagnetic field modelers have focused much attention on magnetic measurements from missions such as CHAMP, Ørsted, and SAC-C. With the completion of the CHAMP mission in 2010, there has ...

[1] Computer simulations of the geodynamo reveal a strong inverse correlation between stability and equatorial symmetry of the simulated field. This result is consistent with the paleomagnetically inferred degree of symmetry of Earth’s magnetic field during the past 150 Ma, which reversed polarity more frequently when it was more symmetrical. A geodynamo simulation with solid inner core much sm...

In this work we present the analysis of the geomagnetic field fluctuations observed at different ground stations (approximately along two latitudinal arrays, separated by several hours in local time) during the passage at the Earth’s orbit of the tail of the 15–16 July 2000 coronal ejecta. The time interval of interest is characterized by northward interplanetary magnetic field conditions and s...