CEDAR email: IUGG Prague: Results from SWARM, Ground Based Data and Earlier Satellite Missions (JA4)

[Claudia Stolle]

Dear Colleagues,

We solicit your abstracts for the JA4 joint association symposium on the 
Swarm satellite constellation mission at the 2015 IUGG General Assembly 
that will be held in Prague, Czech Republic between 22 June and 2 July, 
2015.
Meeting information and abstract submission links can be found at: 
http://www.iugg2015prague.com/scientific-program.htm

Abstract deadline is Saturday, 31 January, 2015.

Please note that ESA recently has announced to provide the full range of 
Swarm Level-1b data products by mid-April providing a timely application 
of  Swarm data, e.g., for scientific presentations at IUGG. More 
information can be found at:
https://earth.esa.int/web/guest/missions/esa-operational-eo-missions/swarm/news/-/article/upcoming-swarm-data-release

We hope that you can join us in Prague this summer!

Best wishes,
Nils Olsen (nio at space.dtu.dk)
Claudia Stolle (cstolle at gfz-potsdam.de)
Rune Floberghagen (Rune.Floberghagen at esa.in)



JA4 Results from SWARM, Ground Based Data and Earlier Satellite Missions 
- Recognition of Eigil Friis-Christensen (IAGA, IAG, IAMAS)
Convener: Nils Olsen, Lyngby, Denmark (IAGA)
Co-conveners: Claudia Stolle, Potsdam, Germany (IAGA); Rune 
Floberghagen, Frascati, Italy (IAG)

Description
Swarm, a constellation mission comprising three identical satellites to 
study the dynamics of the Earth's magnetic field and its interactions 
with the Earth system, has been launched on 22 November 2013. Aiming at 
performing the best ever survey of the geomagnetic field and its 
temporal evolution, Swarm continues and improves the geophysical 
observations that have been taken by the satellites Ørsted, CHAMP and 
SAC-C during the last decade.

Each of the three Swarm satellites makes high-precision and 
high-resolution measurements of the strength, direction and variation of 
the magnetic field, complemented by precise navigation, accelerometer, 
plasma and electric field measurements. Two satellites fly side-by-side 
with at an initial altitude of 460 km (lowering over the coming years), 
thereby measuring the East-West gradient of the magnetic and 
gravitational field, while the third satellite is at a higher altitude.
This session solicits contributions about first scientific results from 
the mission in terms of data analyses and Earth science applications, 
both regarding the Earth’s intrinsic magnetic field, its gravity field 
and their interaction with the Earth environment; and (2) combination 
and synergies of Swarm and other satellites like Ørsted, CHAMP, GOCE, 
CLUSTER as well as ground data, targeting on providing a comprehensive 
description of the Earth system.