On methodology and methods of applied geomagnetism

Abstract

The change of the paradigm in the applied geomagnetism due to experimental effects, discovered in the Earth’s atmosphere by Van Vleuten, Benkova, Chetaev, and the observations during the two international geophysical years: 1933 and 1957/58 as well as by the world-wide magnetic survey in 1964/65, was substantiated and confirmed. The paradigm (introduced by Gauss) of the potential magnetic field is noted to require the correction due to the occurrence of hydromagnetic effects in the observed main geomagnetic field and its variations. Such effects cannot be described by classical Maxwell’s equations. The minor correction of the effects in question is needed at the expense of the introduction of spherical (toroidal) electric currents and non-force electromagnetic fields which differential operators differ from those commonly accepted that are used in Maxwell’s equations. The use of the solenoidal feature of the magnetic field, which is valid everywhere on the Earth, makes possible to identically introduce the definitions of non-force and force magnetic fields, to write down the original electromagnetic equations and on their basis to formulate a self-sustained theory of the applied geomagnetism. Also, it will aliow one to interpret the observed data with allowance for hydromagnetic effects as well as to construct sources of the Earth’s main geomagnetic field and sources of calm solar-daily variations.