EGU22-11293
https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu22-11293
EGU General Assembly 2022
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Regional geomagnetic field model over the area comprising the South Atlantic Anomaly

Saioa A. Campuzano1, Angelo De Santis2, and F. Javier Pavón-Carrasco1,3
Saioa A. Campuzano et al.
  • 1Instituto de Geociencias IGEO-CSIC, Spain (saioa.arquero@igeo.ucm-csic.es)
  • 2Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Rome, Italy (angelo.desantis@ingv.it)
  • 3Facultad de Ciencias Físicas, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Madrid, Spain (fjpavon@ucm.es)

Taking advantage of the Swarm three-satellite magnetic field mission by ESA, launched on 22 November 2013 and still orbiting, and ground observatory magnetic data, we determine a spatiotemporal regional model for the geomagnetic field using the R-SCHA technique over the area comprising the South Atlantic Anomaly (SAA). The SAA is the region above the South Atlantic and South America where the geomagnetic field intensity is much lower than expected by a simple dipolar field. Its origin is deep in the outer core and is likely due to a reverse magnetic flux area that has been increasing in the last four centuries. On the basis of this model, we observe 1) the recent evolution of the anomaly from 2014 up to date, with a focus on its “tails” towards South Africa and West Pacific, 2) some features that can be related to important properties of the main geomagnetic field, such as its secular variation and the occurrence of geomagnetic jerks.

How to cite: Campuzano, S. A., De Santis, A., and Pavón-Carrasco, F. J.: Regional geomagnetic field model over the area comprising the South Atlantic Anomaly, EGU General Assembly 2022, Vienna, Austria, 23–27 May 2022, EGU22-11293, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu22-11293, 2022.