Determination of the Radius of the Ring Current in the Earth’s Core According to the Data of the INTERMAGNET Network Observatories
Vassilyev I. Fedulina I. Mendakulov Z. Zhumabayev B. Kozin I.
September 2025Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)
Applied Sciences (Switzerland)
2025#15Issue 17
The geomagnetic dynamo is currently considered the most likely source of the Earth’s main dipole field. However, the radius of the current ring located in the Earth’s core is not reliably known. There are methods for indirectly estimating the radius of this current. Another method is proposed that allows one to indirectly estimate the radius of the current ring inside the Earth’s core based on measurements of the Earth’s magnetic field by observatories included in the INTERMAGNET network. The results of measurements taken on a day with low magnetic activity were compared using the least squares method with fields that could be created by ring currents of different diameters at the locations of magnetic observatories. The assumption was made that the ring current in the model used is located in the plane of the Earth’s equator with the center coinciding with the axis of rotation of the Earth. Estimates of the current radius in the range of 957–1595 km were obtained, which corresponds to the boundary between the solid and liquid cores of the Earth. These results can refine the model of the structure of the Earth’s core and Earth’s magnetism.
coordinate transformation , Earth’s core , Earth’s magnetic field , geomagnetic dynamo , INTERMAGNET , magnetic field source , magnetic observatory
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