Ionospheric Multi-Spacecraft Analysis Tools

Malcom Dunlop is research group leader at RAL Space and Professor at Beihang University. He is a visiting Professor at Warwick University and Imperial College. He has long experience in analysing magnetospheric and ionospheric data and is Co-I on several space missions. His research interests cover: the study of the ring current, field-aligned currents, magnetospheric boundaries, magnetic reconnection and current layers. He is the only individual awarded three special achievement Cluster medals. Hermann Lühr was Professor of Geophysics at Technical University fo Braunschweig and Senior Scientist at Deutsches GeoForschungsZentrum GFZ, Potsdam, Germany. He has been (Co-)-PI of several research projects and space missions incl. CHAMP and Swarm; served on various committees and was awaded a series of prestigious medals and prizes. His scientific interests include geomagnetism, magnetospheric/ionospheric physics, plasma physics, current systems, upper atmosphere, space weather, and instrument development.

Dedication.- Preface.- Chapter 1: Introduction.- Chapter 2: Introduction to Spherical Elementary Current Systems.- Chapter 3: Spherical Elementary Current Systems applied to Swarm data.- Chapter 4: Local least squares analysis of auroral current structures in multi-spacecraft data.- Chapter 5: Multi-spacecraft current estimates at Swarm.- Chapter 6: Applying the dual-spacecraft approach to the Swarm constellation for deriving radial current density. Chapter 7: Science data products for AMPERE.- Chapter 8: ESA Field Aligned Currents - Methodology Inter-Comparison Exercise.- Chapter 9: Spherical Cap Harmonic Analysis techniques for mapping high-latitude ionospheric plasma flow - Application to the Swarm satellite mission.- Chapter 10: Recent Progress on Inverse and Data Assimilation Procedure for High-Latitude Ionospheric Electrodynamics.- Chapter 11: Estimating currents and electric fields at low-latitudes from satellite magnetic measurements.- Chapter 12. Models of the main geomagnetic field based on multi-satellite magnetic data and gradients - Techniques and latest results from the Swarm mission.- Index.