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Glaβmeier, KH., Soffel, H., Negendank, J. (2009). The Geomagnetic Field. In: Geomagnetic Field Variations. Advances in Geophysical and Environmental Mechanics and Mathematics. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-76939-2_1
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