World Magnetic Model 2015 Technical Report

Description

The World Magnetic Model is the standard model used by the U.S. Department of Defense, the U.K. Ministry of Defence, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and the International Hydrographic Organization (IHO), for navigation, attitude and heading referencing systems using the geomagnetic field. It is also used widely in civilian navigation and heading systems. The model is produced at 5-year intervals, with the current model expiring on December 31, 2019. The current model WMM2015 is produced jointly by the NGDC and the British Geological Survey (BGS). The model, associated software, and documentation are distributed by NGDC on behalf of US National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency and by BGS on behalf of UK Defence Geographic Centre.

Resources

Name Format Description Link
0 https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/metadata/geoportal/rest/metadata/item/gov.noaa.ngdc:WMM2015_Technical_Report/html
33 PDF of WMM2015 Technical Report https://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/geomag/WMM/data/WMM2015/WMM2015_Report.pdf
33 PDF of WMM2015 Out of Cycle Update Report https://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/geomag/WMM/data/WMM2015/WMM2015v2_TechnicalNote.pdf
0 Information for contacts at NCEI. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/contact
0 The information provided on this page seeks to define how the GCMD Keywords are structured, used and accessed. It also provides information on how users can participate in the further development of the keywords. https://www.earthdata.nasa.gov/learn/find-data/idn/gcmd-keywords
0 The information provided on this page seeks to define how the GCMD Keywords are structured, used and accessed. It also provides information on how users can participate in the further development of the keywords. https://www.earthdata.nasa.gov/learn/find-data/idn/gcmd-keywords
0 The information provided on this page seeks to define how the GCMD Keywords are structured, used and accessed. It also provides information on how users can participate in the further development of the keywords. https://www.earthdata.nasa.gov/learn/find-data/idn/gcmd-keywords

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  • magnetic declination
  • nesdis
  • magnetic field
  • magnetic inclination
  • national geophysical data center
  • noaa
  • global
  • u.s. department of commerce
  • earth science
  • geographic region
  • magnetic intensity
  • doc/noaa/nesdis/ngdc
  • solid earth
  • doc/noaa/nesdis/ncei
  • geomagnetism
  • national centers for environmental information

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