SA14A:
New and Emerging Magnetosphere–Ionosphere–Thermosphere Coupling Science from Remote and in Situ Spacecraft Measurements: The First 5 Years of Swarm I


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Session ID#: 61519

Session Description:
The Swarm constellation recently became a quartet with the addition of the CASSIOPE Enhanced Polar Outflow Probe (e-POP) as Swarm-E. Since their launch in the Fall of 2013, Swarm and Swarm-E have formed the vanguard of remote and in situ diagnostics of the coupled magnetosphere-ionosphere-thermosphere (MIT) system. As a quartet, Swarm will enable new insight into MIT coupling processes and wave-particle interactions across multiple spatiotemporal scales. We solicit contributions focusing on the major theoretical, modeling, and experimental MIT science results from the first 5 years of Swarm and Swarm-E, as well as contributions that identify new and emerging MIT science targets for the mission. Papers regarding MIT coupling processes at all latitudes are welcome. In particular, we seek contributions that focus on multi-point, multi-instrument (including ground-based instruments), and/or multi-spacecraft measurements, including those from other spacecraft missions.
Primary Convener:  Gareth William Perry, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada
Conveners:  Andrew W Yau1, David J Knudsen1 and Rune Floberghagen2, (1)University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada(2)European Space Agency, Frascati, Italy
Primary Liaison:  Gareth William Perry, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada
Chairs:  David J Knudsen, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada and Andrew W Yau, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada
OSPA Liaison:  Gareth William Perry, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada

Cross-Listed:
  • SM - SPA-Magnetospheric Physics
Index Terms:

2427 Ionosphere/atmosphere interactions [IONOSPHERE]
2431 Ionosphere/magnetosphere interactions [IONOSPHERE]
2483 Wave/particle interactions [IONOSPHERE]
2721 Field-aligned currents and current systems [MAGNETOSPHERIC PHYSICS]

Abstracts Submitted to this Session:

Estimations of the location of the auroral oval derived from magnetic data of multiple LEO satellite missions (Invited) (432159)
Claudia Stolle1,2, Chao Xiong1, Dr. Guram Kervalishvili1, Martin Rother1 and Ingo Michaelis1, (1)GFZ Potsdam, Potsdam, Germany, (2)University of Potsdam, Faculty of Science, Potsdam, Germany
Testing assumptions of hemispheric asymmetries in ionospheric currents with respect to the IMF By and dipole tilt angle (429122)
Karl Laundal1, Jone Peter Reistad2, Paul Tenfjord3, Anders Ohma1 and Nikolai Ostgaard1, (1)University of Bergen, Department of Physics and Technology, Bergen, Norway, (2)University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway, (3)University of Bergen, Space Plasma Physics Group, Bergen, Norway
Alfvenic Magnetosphere-Ionosphere Coupling: A Northern Preference for Electromagnetic Energy Input (450453)
Ivan Pakhotin1, Ian Robert Mann2, Kai Xie2, Johnathan K Burchill3 and David J Knudsen3, (1)University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada, (2)University of Alberta, Department of Physics, Edmonton, AB, Canada, (3)University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada
Interhemispheric Analysis of Sporadic-F Annual Variability Using Swarm (409049)
Alex Chartier, Johns Hopkins University, Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, United States, Cathryn N Mitchell, University of Bath, Bath, United Kingdom and Ethan S Miller, JHU/APL, Laurel, MD, United States
SWARM observations of Memorial Day storm in conjunction with MANGO imaging network (454783)
Asti Bhatt1, Elizabeth A Kendall2, J. Michael Ruohoniemi3, Shunrong Zhang4, Anthea Coster4 and Liam M Kilcommons5, (1)SRI International Menlo Park, Menlo Park, CA, United States, (2)SRI International, Menlo Park, CA, United States, (3)Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, United States, (4)MIT Haystack Observatory, Westford, MA, United States, (5)University of Colorado Boulder, Ann and H.J. Smead Department of Aerospace Engineering Sciences, Boulder, United States
Plasma energization and field-aligned ion bulk flow observations from the Suprathermal Electron/Ion Imager (SEI) instrument onboard the e-POP (Swarm-E) satellite (Invited) (380545)
Yangyang Shen1, David J Knudsen2, Johnathan K Burchill2, Andrew David Howarth2, Andrew W Yau2, David Miles3, Harry Gordon James4 and Gareth William Perry2, (1)University of California Los Angeles, Earth, Planetary, and Space Sciences, Los Angeles, CA, United States, (2)University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada, (3)University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, United States, (4)Retired, Washington, DC, United States
Swarm-E Radio Occultation Measurements of the Topside Ionosphere During the August 2017 Solar Eclipse (435746)
Gareth William Perry1, Christopher Watson V2, Andrew David Howarth1, David Russel Themens3, Victoria Foss1, Richard B Langley4 and Andrew W Yau1, (1)University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada, (2)UCAR, Boulder, CO, United States, (3)University of Birmingham, SERENE, Birmingham, United Kingdom, (4)Univ New Brunswick, Fredericton, NB, Canada
REGO and e-POP observations of Alfvenic aurora (462015)
Jun Liang1, Yangyang Shen2, Eric Donovan3, Emma Spanswick3, Johnathan K Burchill3 and David J Knudsen3, (1)University of Calgary, Physics and Astronomy, Calgary, AB, Canada, (2)University of California Los Angeles, Earth, Planetary, and Space Sciences, Los Angeles, CA, United States, (3)University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada

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