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The aim of this work was to derive an accurate regional model of geomagnetic components on the Adriatic. Data of north, east and vertical geomagnetic components at repeat stations and ground survey sites enclosing the Adriatic Sea were used to obtain a geomagnetic model at 2010.5 epoch. The core field was estimated by use of the global Enhanced Magnetic Model, while the crustal field by a mathematical technique for expanding vector systems on a sphere into basis functions, known as spherical elementary current systems method. The results of this method were presented and compared to the crustal field estimations by the Enhanced Magnetic Model. The maps of isolines of the regional model are also presented.
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Vujić, E., Brkić, M. Spherical Elementary Current Systems Method Applied to Geomagnetic Field Modeling for the Adriatic. Acta Geophys. 64, 930–942 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1515/acgeo-2016-0045
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