How the ESA Swarm mission can contribute to Space Weather and Space Climate

The Near Earth Space Environment is a complex and interconnected system of systems, and the home of a multitude of physical processes all contributing to space weather and space climate effects, and hence collaboration across traditional boundaries is essential in order to progress in our understanding of and our capability to predict Space Weather.  

The ESA Swarm Earth Explorer mission, launched 22. September 2013 has completed almost a solar cycle in orbit and is in its nature a true system science mission in its endeavor to unravel our planets invisible shield on a magnetic journey from the Earth’s core to the magnetosphere and nearly everything in-between.

In this presentation we will highlight both the direct contributions the Swarm mission has had and continues to have for the space weather community through constantly evolving products and services, but also how it has acted as a catalyst to help utilize other data sources in order to enhance our understanding of space weather processes.