Is the lunar magnetic field correlated with gravity or topography?
Authors/Creators
- 1. Shanghai Astronomical Observatory
- 2. Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur
Description
Supplementary data to the article
Gong, S. and Wieczorek, M. (2020) Is the lunar magnetic field correlated
with gravity or topography? Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets.
This archive contains the Bouguer gravity model used in the analyses of the
above cited manuscript, as well as the data files to reproduce Figures 2-3 and
Figures S1-S3. For the correlation results, the bandwidth and angular radius of
the window were 26 and 10 degrees, respectively, which yields a concentration
factor that is better than 99%.
FILE DESCRIPTIONS
34_12_3220_900_80_misfit.sh
This file contains the spherical harmonic coefficients of the Bouguer
gravity model up to degree and order 900. The two values in the first
row correspond to the reference radius of the model in km and the
constant GM in km^3/s^-2. To generate this model, all known gravitational
contributions from the crust were removed from the free-air gravity,
including surface relief, lateral variations in crustal density, and
crustal thickness variations. The crustal thickness model is from
Wieczorek et al. (2013), which has an average thickness of 34 km, a
constant crustal porosity of 12%, and a mantle density of 3200 kg/m^3.
mc_total_10_26_1_surface.dat
Data used to generate the lower panel of Figure 2. This file contains the
95% confidence limits of the average correlation from the Monte Carlo
simulations which were performed every 30 degrees in both longitude and
latitude. The first two columns correspond to the latitude and longitude,
and the third to fifth columns correspond to the 95% confidence limits by
using topography, total free-air gravity, and total Bouger gravity,
respectively.
spec_10_26_1_surface.dat
Data used to generate Figure 3. Correlation results between total magnetic
field and topography, total free-air gravity, and total Bouguer gravity at
the surface. The first two columns correspond to the latitude and longitude,
and the third to fifth columns correspond to the ratio between the average
correlation and its 95% confidence limits by using topography, total
free-air gravity, and total Bouger gravity, respectively. If the value is
equal to or greater than 1, this indicates that the total magnetic field is
positively correlated with the testing field (topography, total free-air
gravity, or total Bouguer gravity); If the value is equal to or less than
-1, this indicates that the total magnetic field is negatively correlated
with the testing field.
spec_10_26_1_surface_4lwin.dat
Data used to generate Figure S1. Correlation results calculated at the
surface by removing the first 4*lwin degrees.
spec_10_26_1_30km.dat
Data used to generate Figure S2. Correlation results calculated at 30 km
altitude.
spec_10_26_1_surface_3sigma.dat
Data used to generate Figure S3. Correlation results calculated at the
surface by using the 99% confidence limits.
Files
MagCorr_data.zip
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