Web Page for SIO229
Gravity and Geomagnetism
Spring 2008
Tues/Thurs 2:00-3:20 pm
Munk Conference Room

This web page is a repository for class notes, assignments, and other items of possible interest.

Introduction and Gravity Topics

Posted 3/31/2008 ....html description of class....

Geomagnetism Topics

may be revised ...Topics to be discussed in the second part of the quarter (pdf file) ...

SIO 229 Gravity Notes

Posted 3/31/2008 ...Bob Parker's gravity notes (pdf file) - we'll be working from these for a while ...

Reading assignment and Quiz

Posted 4/4/2008
...Read Dave Sandwell's gravity notes Gravity field of the Earth -Part 1 and Reference earth Model WGS84 ...Make sure you can answer all the questions on the quiz above. This is basic knowledge I will assume that you have acquired somewhere during your education.

Homework No. 1

Posted 4/4/2008 Assignment due 4/15/2008

Useful Vector Relations

Posted 4/16/2008

Annex A: Regression of the Nodes

Posted 4/17/2008

Annex B: Orthogonality of the Spherical Harmonics

Posted 4/17/2008

Geomagnetism Notes - Part 1

Posted 5/6/2008

Geomagnetism Notes - Part 2

Posted 5/13/2008

Link to Treatise on Geophysics, Vol 5 on Geomagnetism

Posted 5/20/2008
See Chapter 2 for Field Modeling
Chapter 5 for Secular Variation and Application to the core

Readings

Posted 4/4/2008
Read the Science Article by Cox and Chao on the reversal of the secular decrease in J_2 and the related commentary by Cazanave and Nerem.

Gravity and Geodesy in recent and not so recent EOS articles

Did the 26 December 2004 Sumatra, Indonesia, Earthquake Disrupt the Earth's Rotation as the Mass Media Have Said?

[PDF] by B. F. Chao and R. S. Gross

Geodesy Is Not Just for Static Measurements Any More

[PDF] A variety of space-based geodetic techniques provide a new tool to advance geophysical understanding of the integrated mass transports in the Earth's system, such as ocean circulation. B.F. Chao

A Splash in Earth Gravity from the 2004 Sumatra Earthquake

[PDF] by R. Sabadini et al.

Could the Mw = 9.3 Sumatra Earthquake Trigger a Geomagnetic Jerk? [PDF]

[PDF] by F. Florindo, P. De Michelis, A. Piersanti, and E. Boschi


Cathy Constable ( cconstable@ucsd.edu )