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Earth magnetic field, WMM/IGRF
I am studying about World Magnetic Model (WMM) and International Geomagnetic Reference Field (IGRF) models. It is well known that, to a first approximation, earth magnetic field is a field of dipole. ...
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Why is the geomagnetic north pole at a different location from the magnetic north pole?
According to this site
Magnetic North, Geomagnetic and Magnetic Poles
The Geomagnetic poles (dipole poles) are the intersections of the Earth's surface and the axis of a bar magnet hypothetically ...