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World magnetic model (wmm) 2020 update and black out zone advisory
NAVAREA IV 1054/19
- issued
- 2019-12-06 15:49Z
- status
- cancelled 2020-01-01 00:01Z (archive)
- authority
- World Magnetic Model DPM 061546Z DEC 19.
- source
- nga_json · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
WORLD MAGNETIC MODEL (WMM) 2020 UPDATE AND BLACK OUT ZONE ADVISORY. 1. AS PART OF THE REGULAR UPDATE CYCLE OF THE WORLD MAGNETIC MODEL (WMM), THE NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHIC & ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION (NOAA), NATIONAL CENTERS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL INFORMATION (NCEI), IN COLLABORATION WITH THE BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY (BGS), WILL RELEASE THE 2020 WMM ON 10 DEC. THE CURRENT 2015 WMM WILL EXPIRE ON 31 DEC. 2. IN ORDER TO AVOID ANY MODEL PERFORMANCE DEGRADATION, USERS ARE RECOMMENDED TO DOWNLOAD AND INSTALL THE 2020 MODEL COEFFICIENTS, WHICH WILL BE PUBLISHED ONLINE AT www.ngdc.noaa.gov/geomag/WMM/soft.shtml. 3. THE UPDATED WMM 2020 MODEL WILL INCLUDE NEW BLACK OUT ZONES (BOZ), WHICH WILL IMPACT ALL NAVIGATION NEAR THE POLES. COMPASS ACCURACY IS INCREASINGLY UNRELIABLE APPROACHING THE BOZ, WHERE DECLINATION ERRORS OF UP TO 180 DEGREES WILL OCCUR. 4. THE WMM IS THE STANDARD MODEL USED BY THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE (DOD), CIVIL AGENCIES, THE NORTH ATLANTIC TREATY ORGANIZATION (NATO), AND THE INTERNATIONAL HYDROGRAPHIC ORGANIZATION, FOR A WIDE-RANGE OF POSITIONING AND NAVIGATION SYSTEM APPLICATIONS THAT USE THE GEOMAGNETIC FIELD, INCLUDING ALL AIRCRAFT, SHIPS, SUBMARINES AND GPS UNITS. 5. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION ON THE BLACK OUT ZONES, REFERENCE MIL-PRF-89500B www.ngdc.noaa.gov/geomag/WMM/data/MIL-PRF-89500B.pdf. 6. CANCEL THIS MSG 01 JAN 2020.
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