EGU23-16622
https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu23-16622
EGU General Assembly 2023
© Author(s) 2023. This work is distributed under
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The Swarm Langmuir Probes, Ten Years in Space

Roberta Forte1, Stephan Buchert2, Thomas Nilsson2, and Enkelejda Qamili1
Roberta Forte et al.
  • 1ESA/ESRIN, Frascati, Italy
  • 2Swedish Institute of Space Physics, SPP, Uppsala, Sweden (scb@irfu.se)

The three-satellite SWARM constellation is a mission by the ESA Earth Observation directorate to provide very high-quality measurements of the
Earth's magnetic field. Also the plasma environment in the topside ionosphere is monitored with Langmuir Probes which together with thermal ion imagers, TIIs, comprise the EFI (electric field instrument). Over ten years the LPs have delivered with near 100 % coverage estimates of ion and electron densities, and electron temperature in the global ionosphere. We present summaries of selected results and scientific achievements, point out some caveats of the data and give an outline of planned enhancements of the LP data products.

How to cite: Forte, R., Buchert, S., Nilsson, T., and Qamili, E.: The Swarm Langmuir Probes, Ten Years in Space, EGU General Assembly 2023, Vienna, Austria, 24–28 Apr 2023, EGU23-16622, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu23-16622, 2023.