Variability of ionospheric plasma: Results from the ESA Swarm mission

AG Wood, L Alfonsi, LBN Clausen, Y **, L Spogli… - Space Science …, 2022 - Springer
Swarm is the first European Space Agency (ESA) constellation mission for Earth
Observation. Three identical Swarm satellites were launched into near-polar orbits on 22 …

Thermal ion imagers and Langmuir probes in the Swarm electric field instruments

DJ Knudsen, JK Burchill, SC Buchert… - Journal of …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The European Space Agency's three Swarm satellites were launched on 22
November 2013 into nearly polar, circular orbits, eventually reaching altitudes of 460 km …

Medium‐scale traveling ionospheric disturbances

Y Otsuka - Ionosphere dynamics and applications, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
This paper provides a brief review of medium‐scale traveling ionospheric disturbances
(MSTIDs). MSTIDs have been thought to be caused exclusively by atmospheric gravity …

Swarm thermal ion imager measurement performance

JK Burchill, DJ Knudsen - Earth, planets and space, 2022 - Springer
We assess the performance of the thermal ion imaging (TII) technique as conceived for the
Swarm Earth Explorer satellites. Analysis, simulation, and laboratory testing performed prior …

Comprehensive analysis of the magnetic signatures of small‐scale traveling ionospheric disturbances, as observed by Swarm

F Yin, H Lühr, J Park, L Wang - Journal of Geophysical …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Based on Swarm satellite data from 2015 through 2018, we present the mean characteristics
of magnetic field fluctuations at midlatitudes and low latitudes. It is the first comprehensive …

Alfvén waves in the auroral region, their Poynting flux, and reflection coefficient as estimated from Swarm observations

J Park, H Lühr, DJ Knudsen… - Journal of …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The European Space Agency's Swarm constellation can measure electric field,
magnetic field, and plasma density on board multiple satellites at altitudes of about 500 km …

On the direction of the Poynting flux associated with equatorial plasma depletions as derived from Swarm

J Rodríguez‐Zuluaga, C Stolle… - Geophysical Research …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Magnetic and electric field observations from the European Space Agency Swarm mission
are used to report the direction of electromagnetic energy flux associated with equatorial …

The swarm Langmuir probe ion drift, density and effective mass (SLIDEM) product

IP Pakhotin, JK Burchill, M Förster, L Lomidze - Earth, Planets and Space, 2022 - Springer
Current methods for estimating ion density on Swarm rely on the assumption of 100% O+
and no along-track ion velocity flows. These assumptions are routinely violated, particularly …

Global distribution of magnetic ripples and electron density fluctuations as observed by the Swarm satellites on the dayside and their relation to the rainfall estimated …

T Iyemori, T Aoyama, Y Yokoyama - Earth, Planets and Space, 2022 - Springer
In mid-and low-latitude ionospheric F-region on the dayside, magnetic field and electron
density (Ne) fluctuations with amplitude smaller than a few nT and 1–2% of Ne, respectively …

Climatology of Nighttime Medium‐Scale Traveling Ionospheric Disturbances at Mid and Low Latitudes Observed by the DEMETER Satellite in the Topside Ionosphere …

CT Nguyen, JJ Berthelier, M Petitdidier… - Journal of …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Thermal ion measurements from the French Detection of Electro‐Magnetic Emissions
Transmitted from Earthquake Regions micro‐satellite have been used to study the …