Articles | Volume 33, issue 7
https://doi.org/10.5194/angeo-33-829-2015
https://doi.org/10.5194/angeo-33-829-2015
ANGEO Communicates
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08 Jul 2015
ANGEO Communicates |  | 08 Jul 2015

Estimating along-track plasma drift speed from electron density measurements by the three Swarm satellites

J. Park, H. Lühr, C. Stolle, G. Malhotra, J. B. H. Baker, S. Buchert, and R. Gill

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Though high-latitude plasma convection has been monitored with a number of methods, more independent measurements are still warranted. In this study we introduce an automatic method to estimate along-track plasma drift velocity in the high-latitude ionosphere using the Swarm constellation. The obtained velocity is in qualitative agreement with Super Dual Auroral Radar Network (SuperDARN) data. The method can be generalized to any satellite constellations in pearls-on-a-string configurations.