Variability of ionospheric plasma: results from the ESA swarm mission

AG Wood, L Alfonsi, LBN Clausen, Y Jin, 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 …

An Optically Pumped Magnetometer Working in the Light-Shift Dispersed Mz Mode

V Schultze, B Schillig, R IJsselsteijn, T Scholtes… - Sensors, 2017 - mdpi.com
We present an optically pumped magnetometer working in a new operational mode—the
light-shift dispersed M z (LSD-Mz) mode. It is realized combining various features;(1) high …

Vectorized magnetometer for space applications using electrical readout of atomic scale defects in silicon carbide

CJ Cochrane, J Blacksberg, MA Anders… - Scientific reports, 2016 - nature.com
Magnetometers are essential for scientific investigation of planetary bodies and are
therefore ubiquitous on missions in space. Fluxgate and optically pumped atomic gas based …

Evaluation of candidate models for the 13th generation International Geomagnetic Reference Field

P Alken, E Thébault, CD Beggan, J Aubert… - 2021 - Springer
In December 2019, the 13th revision of the International Geomagnetic Reference Field
(IGRF) was released by the International Association of Geomagnetism and Aeronomy …

A Swarm lithospheric magnetic field model to SH degree 80

E Thébault, P Vigneron, B Langlais, G Hulot - Earth, Planets and Space, 2016 - Springer
The Swarm constellation of satellites was launched in November 2013 and since then has
delivered high-quality scalar and vector magnetic field measurements. A consortium of …

Separation of spacecraft noise from geomagnetic field observations through density‐based cluster analysis and compressive sensing

AP Hoffmann, MB Moldwin - Journal of Geophysical Research …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The use of magnetometers for space exploration is inhibited by magnetic noise generated
by spacecraft electrical systems. Mechanical booms are traditionally used to extend …

In-flight performance of the Absolute Scalar Magnetometer vector mode on board the Swarm satellites

JM Léger, T Jager, F Bertrand, G Hulot, L Brocco… - Earth, Planets and …, 2015 - Springer
The role of the Absolute Scalar Magnetometer (ASM) in the European Space Agency (ESA)
Swarm mission is to deliver absolute measurements of the magnetic field's strength for …

Total root electron content: A new metric for the ionosphere below low Earth orbiting satellites

M Jenner, P Coïsson, G Hulot… - Geophysical …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Powerful lightning strikes generate broadband electromagnetic signals. At Extremely Low
Frequencies (ELF), the signal partly leaks into the ionosphere and produces whistlers that …

First results from the Swarm dedicated ionospheric field inversion chain

A Chulliat, P Vigneron, G Hulot - Earth, Planets and Space, 2016 - Springer
Data-based modeling of the magnetic field originating in the Earth's ionosphere is
challenging due to the multiple timescales involved and the small spatial scales of some of …

Swarm's absolute magnetometer experimental vector mode, an innovative capability for space magnetometry

G Hulot, P Vigneron, JM Léger, I Fratter… - Geophysical …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract European Space Agency's Swarm satellites carry a new generation of 4He absolute
magnetometers (ASM), designed by CEA‐Léti and developed in partnership with Centre …