ESA's VirES for Swarm service in 2026

The VirES service launched publicly in 2016 and has continuously evolved, adding more datasets and features every year [1]. It comprises four main components: server, web client, Python client, and JupyterHub, providing a range of routes to access, visualise, and process the Swarm product portfolio [2] and more.

Notable features include:
- LEO magnetometry from other missions: CHAMP, CryoSat-2, GRACE, GRACE-FO, GOCE
- INTERMAGNET ground observatories
- Notebook-based cookbook [3]
- Heliophysics API (HAPI) [4]

Building upon robust data access via VirES and HAPI, Swarm DISC (Swarm Data, Innovation, and Science Cluster) is also developing the SwarmPAL Python package [5] to facilitate higher-level analysis. Overall, we aim to produce a sustainable ecosystem of tools and services, which together support accessibility, interoperability, open science, and cloud-based processing [6]. All services are available freely to all, and the software is developed openly on GitHub [7,8].

The work presented is the result of many partners across Swarm DISC.
[1] https://vires.services/changelog
[2] https://swarmhandbook.earth.esa.int
[3] https://notebooks.vires.services
[4] https://vires.services/hapi
[5] https://swarmpal.readthedocs.io
[6] https://doi.org/10.3389/fspas.2022.1002697
[7] https://github.com/ESA-VirES
[8] https://github.com/Swarm-DISC