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English: Magnetic north pole positions of the Earth. Poles shown are dip poles, defined as positions where the direction of the magnetic field is vertical. Red circles mark magnetic north pole positions as determined by direct observation, blue circles mark positions modelled using the GUFM model (1590–1980) and the IGRF model (1980–2010) in 2 year increments.
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Observed pole positions taken from M. Mandea and E. Dormy, "Asymmetric behavior of magnetic dip poles", Earth Planets Space, 55, 153–157, 2003.
Observed position in 2007 taken from Newitt et al., "Location of the North Magnetic Pole in April 2007", Earth Planets Space, 61, 703–710, 2009
Modelled pole positions taken from the National Geophysical Data Center, "Wandering of the Geomagnetic Poles"

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Year Latitude Longitude Observer
1831 70° 05' N 96° 47' W James Ross
1904 70° 31' N 96° 34' W Amundsen
1948 73° 54' N 100° 54' W Serson, Clark
1962 75° 06' N 100° 48' W Loomer, Dawson
1973 76° 00' N 100° 36' W Niblett, Charboneau
1984 77° 00' N 102° 18' W Newitt, Niblett
1994 78° 18' N 104° 00' W Newitt, Barton
2001 81° 18' N 110° 48' W Newitt, Mandea, McKee
2007 83.95° N 120.72° W Newitt, Chulliat, Orgeval

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GMT psxy -m -JE-105/90/15c -R-140/-70/65/90 -Ba10g10 --POLAR_CAP=none --BASEMAP_TYPE=plain --BASEMAP_AXES=WeS 50m_land.gmt -K -G224/224/224 > aeqd.ps GMT psxy -m -JE-105/90/15c -R-140/-70/65/90 50m_coastline.gmt -O -K -W100/100/100 >> aeqd.ps GMT psxy -m -JE-105/90/15c -R-140/-70/65/90 50m_borders.gmt -O -K -W100/100/100 >> aeqd.ps grep "2.000$\|4.000$\|6.000$\|8.000$\|0.000$" NP.xy | GMT psxy -m -JE-105/90/15c -R-140/-70/65/90 -O -K -Sc0.05c -G50/10/220 >> aeqd.ps grep "00.000$" NP.xy | GMT psxy -m -JE-105/90/15c -R-140/-70/65/90 -O -K -Sc0.5c -Gred >> aeqd.ps GMT psxy -m -JE-105/90/15c -R-140/-70/65/90 observed_north_magnetic_poles.txt -O -K -Sc0.25c -G240/117/104 -Wthick,0/0/0>> aeqd.ps GMT pstext -JE-105/90/15c -R-140/-70/65/90 -G0/0/0 -Dj0.15c/0.05c observed_north_magnetic_poles.txt -O -K >> aeqd.ps

GMT psxy -m -JG-105/75/6.5c -X9c -Y9c -Rg -Ba30g30 --POLAR_CAP=none 110m_land.gmt -O -K -G224/224/224 >> aeqd.ps GMT psxy -m -JG-105/75/6.5c -Rg 110m_coastline.gmt -O -K -W100/100/100 >> aeqd.ps GMT psxy -m -JG-105/75/6.5c -Rg 110m_borders.gmt -O -K -W100/100/100 >> aeqd.ps GMT psxy -JG-105/75/6.5c -Rg -Wfat,50/81/50 -L -Am -O -K << EOF >> aeqd.ps -140.0 65.0 -140.0 90.0 -70.0 65.0 EOF grep "2.000$\|4.000$\|6.000$\|8.000$\|0.000$" NP.xy | GMT psxy -m -JG-105/75/6.5c -Rg -O -K -Sc0.03c -G50/10/220 >> aeqd.ps GMT psxy -m -JG-105/75/6.5c -Rg observed_north_magnetic_poles.txt -O -Sc0.07c -G240/117/104 >> aeqd.ps gv aeqd.ps -orientation=landscape -resize }} }}

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current01:57, 11 August 2013Thumbnail for version as of 01:57, 11 August 2013567 × 581 (470 KB)CavitAdded 2007 observed position from Newitt et al., Location of the North Magnetic Pole in April 2007, Earth Planets Space, 61, 703–710, 2009, http://www.terrapub.co.jp/journals/EPS/pdf/2009/6106/61060703.pdf
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