Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: http://hdl.handle.net/2122/5167
Authors: Tozzi, R.* 
De Michelis, P.* 
Meloni, A.* 
Title: Geomagnetic jerks in the polar regions
Journal: Geophysical Research Letters 
Series/Report no.: /36 (2009)
Publisher: AGU
Issue Date: 8-Aug-2009
DOI: 10.1029/2009GL039359
Keywords: geomagnetic jerks
magnetic global models
geomagnetic secular variation
Subject Classification04. Solid Earth::04.05. Geomagnetism::04.05.02. Geomagnetic field variations and reversals 
04. Solid Earth::04.05. Geomagnetism::04.05.03. Global and regional models 
04. Solid Earth::04.05. Geomagnetism::04.05.05. Main geomagnetic field 
Abstract: The occurrence of geomagnetic jerks over the Arctic and Antarctic regions is here investigated. Maps of geomagnetic secular acceleration over the polar regions are produced from the CM4 and CHAOS models and the occurrence of geomagnetic jerks is associated with jumps in secular acceleration. The obtained results confirm that in Antarctica geomagnetic jerks systematically follow geomagnetic jerks in the Arctic region with a time delay from one to three years. Evidence is found of an abrupt change in secular acceleration in both polar regions around 1985, suggesting that the 1985 local jerk could actually be a worldwide event. Combining our results with the results previously obtained on the occurrence of a geomagnetic jerk at low-mid latitudes around 2003, we support the hypothesis of a global extension of an event occurred at the beginning of the 21st century.
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