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We solicit your abstracts for session A09 - Scientific results
from the Swarm constellation mission (DIV I - DIV VI) during the
next IAPSO-IAMAS-IAGA Joint Assembly from Aug 27 to Sep 1, 2017 in
Cape Town, South Africa. The session description is provided below
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The deadline for abstract submission is March 12, 2017. <br>
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Looking forward seeing you in Cape Town. <br>
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Patrick Alken, Ciarán Beggan, Claudia Stolle <br>
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Scientific results from the Swarm constellation mission<br>
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<p><strong>Convenors:</strong> Patrick Alken<strong>, </strong>Ciarán
Beggan, Claudia Stolle<br>
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<p>Swarm, a constellation mission comprising three
identical satellites, was launched in November 2013.
It has been used to survey the geomagnetic field and
its temporal evolution to an unprecedented level of
accuracy, and to investigate the interaction of the
geomagnetic and electric fields with the Earth system
and near-Earth space.</p>
<p>The three Swarm satellites make high-resolution
measurements of the strength, direction and variation
of the magnetic field, complemented by precise
navigation, accelerometer, plasma and electric field
measurements. Its constellation configuration has
enabled observations of the gradients within the
geomagnetic field, ionospheric and thermospheric
parameters, and the gravitational field. Since 2013
the two lower satellites flying side-by-side with an
initial altitude of 460 km have decreased in orbital
height. The third satellite, at a higher altitude, has
separated from the lower two in local time by few
hours.</p>
<p>This session solicits contributions about recent
scientific results from the mission in terms of data
analysis and Earth science applications with a focus
on the exploitation of the gradient information and
diverging local time measurements achieved by the
Swarm mission. General contributions on results using
Swarm data, in combination with other satellite
missions or ground observations are also very welcome.</p>
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