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This is an interactive text book used as part of the 5th and 6th IAGA Schools. Check here to see the authors.

How to run the interactive elements

Some of these pages are generated from Jupyter notebooks which can be interacted with on the ESA Swarm Virtual Research Environment (VRE) - sign up for free at vires.services.

On pages with code you will see a 🚀 rocket button at the top. Hover over that button and select JupyterHub to launch the notebook interactively on the VRE.

You can also use this link to load the notebooks, or open https://vre.vires.services and open a terminal and git clone https://github.com/MagneticEarth/book.magneticearth.org

If you want to remove all your local changes and reset the repository: git -C ~/book.magneticearth.org reset --hard origin/main


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Looking for text books?

IAGA books: http://www.iaga-aiga.org/index.php?id=books

Gubbins, D. and Herrero-Bervera, E., 2007. Encyclopedia of Geomagnetism and Paleomagnetism. Springer. doi:10.1007/978-1-4020-4423-6

Campbell, W. H., 1997. Introduction to Geomagnetic Fields. Cambridge University Press. doi:10.1017/CBO9781139165136

Langel, R., & Hinze, W. (1998). The Magnetic Field of the Earth’s Lithosphere: The Satellite Perspective. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. doi:10.1017/CBO9780511629549

Backus, G. E., R. Parker, and C. Constable (1996). Foundations of Geomagnetism. Cambridge University Press. ISBN: 0-521-41006-1.

Mayaud, P. N. (1980). Derivation, Meaning, and Use of Geomagnetic Indices. American Geophysical Union. ISBN: 0875900224. doi:10.1029/GM022

Chapman, S. and Bartels, J., 1940. Geomagnetism (Vols 1 and 2), Clarendon Press, Oxford.

Jankowski, J., and C. Sucksdorff, 1996. IAGA Guide for Magnetic Measurements and Observatory Practice. International Association of Geomagnetism and Aeronomy.

Jacobs, J. A., 1987. Geomagnetism Volumes 1, 2 and 3. Academic Press.

Jacobs, J. A., 1991. Geomagnetism Volume 4. Academic Press.

Lanza, R. and Meloni, A., 2006. The Earth’s Magnetism. Springer.

Merrill, R. T., M. W. McElhinny and P. L. McFadden, 1996. The Magnetic Field of the Earth. Academic Press.

Parkinson, W. D., 1983. Introduction to Geomagnetism. Scottish Academic Press.