Speaker
Dr
Eelco Doornbos
(Delft University of Technology)
Description
Magnetic field measurements are an essential tool for space weather and space physics. Many satellite missions carry fluxgate magnetometers, as part of their attitude control subsystem. In this study, we have investigated the feasibility of using data from such non-dedicated magnetometers for space weather use. We have analysed the housekeeping telemetry data from the GOCE and Swarm missions, in order to investigate the feasibility of using their platform data for mapping and monitoring high-latitude field-aligned currents. In addition, we have analysed the magnetometer data delivered by the diagnostics subsystem on LISA Pathfinder, and compared it to the commonly used IMF data from the space weather observatories WIND, ACE and DSCOVR, that were stationed near the Sun-Earth L1 point at the same time.
