If the earth's magnetic field were a perfect dipole, the field inclination and declination would be zero everywhere. would be equal to each other at every location on earth. would be twice what they actually are. would depend only upon geometry.
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If the earth's magnetic field were a perfect dipole, the field inclination and declination would be zero everywhere. would be equal to each other at every location on earth. would be twice what they actually are. would depend only upon geometry.