A new POGO scalar magnetic anomaly map at 400 km altitude is presented
which consists of spherical harmonics of degree 15-60. On the basis o
f the common features of this map with two new Magsat anomaly maps, da
wn and dusk, two scalar magnetic anomaly maps of the Earth are present
ed using two selection criteria with different levels of stringency. T
hese selection criteria suppress the nonclustal components of the orig
inal maps by different amounts. The more stringent selection criteria
seek to eliminate as much contamination as possible, at the expense of
suppressing some anomaly signal. This map is represented by spherical
harmonics of degree 15-60. The less stringent selection criteria seek
to retain as much crustal signal as possible, at the expense of also
retaining some contaminating fields. This map is represented by spheri
cal harmonics of degree 15-65. The resulting two maps are highly corre
lated with degree correlation coefficients greater than 0.8.