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Swarm-EMIC – Using Electric and Magnetic Measurements to Quantify the Link Between EMIC Waves and Radiation Belt Loss

Prime company: UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA (CA)

Electromagnetic Ion Cyclotron (EMIC) waves are electromagnetic plasma waves in near-Earth space, which play an important role in outer radiation belt dynamics. Specifically, these waves remove electrons from the outer radiation belt by scattering them into the Earth’s atmosphere. Energetic so-called “killer” electrons trapped in the outer belt pose dangers to satellites. Understanding the processes …

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Karolina Owczarz

“Participating in the LPF was a very valuable experience for me, because I established contacts with other scientists and gained new skills and knowledge, which will certainly pay off in my scientific career” After completing her fellowship, Karolina returned to the Wroclaw University of Science and Technology in Poland. She continues to work there as …

4D DYNAMIC EARTH

Prime company: TU DELFT (NL)

Satellite observations play a crucial role due to its global and relatively uniform coverage and accuracy. Gravity data from ESA’s GOCE satellite mission provided key information in properly constraining the Earth’s density distribution, as in combination with high resolution seismological data, used in the construction of the WINTERC-G lithosphere model, which was produced in the …

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The Shape of Auroral Plasma Turbulence (SAPT)

Prime company: UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN (CA)

The ionosphere forms a comparatively dense layer of partially ionized gas around Earth. The ionosphere as a whole works to dissipate the energy provided by the constant connection it has to the solar wind and magnetosphere systems. This energy dissipation, which creates beautiful displays of aurora in Earth’s polar regions, is associated with plasma turbulence …

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ESA Principal Investigators awarded for contributions to Earth science

Two scientists working on ESA-funded research projects have recently been honoured with prestigious international awards for their exceptional contributions to Earth science and remote sensing. Felix Gerick, from CNES and the Royal Observatory of Belgium, was awarded the prestigious Doornbos Memorial Prize during the Study of the Earth’s Deep Interior (SEDI) conference, held in Great …

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Edna Dualeh

Edna is currently an ESA Living Planet Fellow at the University of Bristol, UK. She completed a PhD in volcano remote sensing at the University of Leeds, UK in 2022 where her research focused on using high resolution Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) to examine volcanic deposits. During her PhD she worked closely with the Centre …

Developing systematic SAR backscatter tools for volcanic monitoring (VOLCSCATTER)

Prime company: UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL (GB)

Living Planet Fellowship research project carried out by Edna Dualeh. Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) backscatter can provide crucial information about the progression of a volcanic eruption,regardless of the time of day or environmental conditions (e.g., cloud coverage). SAR backscatter is dependent on the surface scattering properties, which can be altered during a volcanic eruption through the emplacement …

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F-BURST – mapping of Field -aligned currents in the ionosphere and BURSTYbulk flows in the magnetotail.

Prime company: SWEDISH INSTITUTE OF SPACE PHYSICS (SE)

FBURST aims at better understanding the ionosphere-magnetosphere coupling based on multi-spacecraft observations that can monitor the status of the high latitude ionospheric field aligned current system (FAC) and the conditions in the geomagnetic tail. In particular, this project focusses on the fast plasma jets detected at more than 60000 km from the Earth in the …

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JOule heating effects on Ionosphere-thermosphere coupling and Neutral density (JOIN)

Prime company: UNIVERSITY OF OULU (FI)

Understanding the detailed spatial and temporal dynamics of the space environment is a key task in solar-terrestrial research. This is also a fundamental requisite for providing successful space weather forecasts, such as predicting changes in atmospheric drag experienced by satellites at low-Earth orbits (LEO). The high-latitude auroral ionosphere is connected by magnetic field lines to …

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QUID-REGIS

Prime company: DLR – GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER (DE)

The day-to day variability of quiet-time ionosphere is surprisingly high even during periods of negligible solar forcing. Relatively well understood is the high-latitude variability where the solar wind is directly driving the high latitude currents, convection electric field or polar aurorae. But the current understanding does not allow to accurately model the ionospheric state during …

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