Horizontal components of Earth's magnetic field at a place is 3 times the vertical component. What is the value of angle of dip at this place?

Given: The horizontal components of Earth's magnetic field, B H = 3 B V Where, B V is the vertical components of Earth's magnetic field. Hence, tan δ = B V B H = B V 3 B V = 1 3 ⇒ δ = 30 o

The vertical component of Earth's magnetic field at a place is 3 times the horizontal component. What is the value of angle of dip at this place?

Given: The vertical components of Earth's magnetic field, B V = 3 B H Where, B H is the horizontal components of Earth's magnetic field. Hence, tan δ = B V B H = B V 3 B V = 1 3 ⇒ δ = 30 ° At any place on the earth the angle between the horizontal component and the total magnetic field is known as angle of dip. So the magnetic field will be different at different places on the earth surface according to the change in magnitude of the magnetic field and the angle of dip.