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The fifth order geomagnetic multipole: The duotrigintupole

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The notion of a dipole is generalized to the case of the fifth order spherical harmonic coefficients of the geomagnetic potential. The corresponding five axes and fifth order multipole strength are computed for ten epochs in the interval 1845 to 1965.

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Winch, D.E. The fifth order geomagnetic multipole: The duotrigintupole. PAGEOPH 68, 90–102 (1967). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00874887

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