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Separation of the Magnetic Field into External and Internal Parts

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The magnetic field of a planet or a planetary moon contains contributions from a variety of sources in the environment of the body (external sources) and its interior (internal sources). This chapter describes different methods that have been developed for the separation of external and internal source contributions, and their application to selected planets and one of Jupiter’s moons, Ganymede.

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  1. DTU Space and Niels Bohr Institute of Copenhagen University, Juliane Maries Vej 30, 2100, Copenhagen Ø, Denmark

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  4. Department of Earth and Space Sciences and Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics, University of California, Los Angeles, 405 Hilgard Ave., Los Angeles, CA, 90095-1567, USA

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Olsen, N., Glassmeier, KH. & Jia, X. Separation of the Magnetic Field into External and Internal Parts. Space Sci Rev 152, 135–157 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11214-009-9563-0

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