The 2021 SWARM+SCIENCE workshop, successfully held on 28–29 June, brought together ESA experts and the Swarm community to discuss the most relevant results of recent ESA projects in the context of magnetosphere – ionosphere – lower atmosphere interactions and to identify the main open questions to be addressed in coming years. The Agency is pleased to …
Living Planet Fellowship research project carried out by Daniel Billet. The Earth’s upper polar atmospheric region is constantly bombarded with energy input from the interaction between the magnetosphere and the solar wind. This controls immediately visible phenomena like the aurora borealis and australis, but also results in changes to the composition and dynamics of the atmosphere itself. …
The SWARM+ Ionosphere Science Coordination Meeting will bring together ESA and Swarm science experts to share and discuss the state-of-the science results and knowledge gained from Swarm-based ESA projects over the last 3 years, focussing on physics of the Earth’s ionosphere, and its interactions with the lower atmosphere. The meeting will also contribute to the …
We are all familiar with the bolts of lightning that accompany heavy storms. While these flashes originate in storm clouds and strike downwards, a much more elusive type forms higher up in the atmosphere and shoots up towards space. So, what are the chances of somebody taking photographs of these rarely seen, brief ‘transient luminous …
