Estimation of fluid motion in the core


Fluid motion in the Earth's core is estimated from the Earth's magnetic field and its secular variations.

Publication List
  1. Honkura, Y. and M. Matsushima, Time-dependent pattern of core motion inferred from fluctuations of standing and drifting non-dipole fields, J. Geomag. Geoelectr., 40, 1511-1522, 1988.
  2. Matsushima, M. and Y. Honkura, Large-scale fluid motion in the Earth's outer core estimated from non-dipole magnetic field data, J. Geomag. Geoelectr., 41, 963-1000, 1989.
  3. Matsushima, M. and Y. Honkura, Reexamination of fluid motion in the Earth's core derived from geomagnetic field data -Is the omega-effect really strong in the core?, J. Geomag. Geoelectr., 44, 521-553, 1992.
  4. Matsushima, M., Fluid motion in the Earth's core derived from the geomagnetic field and its implications for the geodynamo, J. Geomag. Geoelectr., 45, 1481-1495, 1993.
  5. Matsushima, M., Velocity and magnetic fields in the Earth's core estimated from the geomagnetic field, Phys. Earth Planet. Inter., 91, 99-115, 1995.
  6. Matsushima, M., Fluid motion in the core estimated from the Earth's magnetic field, J. Geography, 114, 132-141, 2005.

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Masaki Matsushima

Updated: August 19, 2005