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Earth's core variability from magnetic and gravity field observations
Anita Thea Saraswati
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Littoral, Environnement et Sociétés, La Rochelle Université and CNRS (UMR7266), La Rochelle, France
Centre National d’Etudes Spatiales, 2 Place Maurice Quentin, 75039, Paris, France
Olivier de Viron
Littoral, Environnement et Sociétés, La Rochelle Université and CNRS (UMR7266), La Rochelle, France
Mioara Mandea
Centre National d’Etudes Spatiales, 2 Place Maurice Quentin, 75039, Paris, France
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Short summary
To understand core dynamics, insight from several possible observables is needed. By applying several separation methods, we show spatiotemporal variabilities in the magnetic and gravity fields related to the core dynamics. A 7-year oscillation is found in all conducted analyses. The results in the magnetic field reflect the core processes and the variabilities in the gravity field exhibit new findings that might be an interesting input to build an enhanced model of the Earth’s core.
To understand core dynamics, insight from several possible observables is needed. By applying...