SW_IBIxTMS_2F

Ionospheric bubble index

Authored by: GFZ Helmholtz Centre for Geosciences - https://ror.org/04z8jg394

Creation year: 2015

Product types: SW_OPER_IBIATMS_2F, SW_OPER_IBIBTMS_2F, SW_OPER_IBICTMS_2F

Thematic areas: Ionosphere/Magnetosphere, Space Weather

Applicable missions: Swarm

Applicable spacecraft: Swarm-A, Swarm-B, Swarm-C

Description

By combining electron density and magnetic field observations the IBI product gives information on bubble climatology and on disturbance level of magnetic field data.

Data access

Files:
- https://swarm-diss.eo.esa.int/#swarm/Level2daily/Latest_baselines/IBI/TMS
- ftp://swarm-diss.eo.esa.int/Level2daily/Latest_baselines/IBI/TMS
Web services:
- VirES GUI
- Notebook
- HAPI

FAST processing

Preview image

(delivered separately)

File contents

Variable	Units	Description	Dim	Type
Timestamp	ms	Time stamp in UTC	1	CDF_EPOCH
Latitude	degree	Geographic latitude	1	CDF_DOUBLE
Longitude	degree	Geographic longitude	1	CDF_DOUBLE
Radius	m	Geographic radius	1	CDF_DOUBLE
Bubble_Index		Plasma Bubble Index (0 - quiet, 1 - bubble, -1 - not analyzed)	1	CDF_INT1
Bubble_Probability		Detection probability of the plasma bubble (in steps of 0.2; 0 - not probable, 1 - very probable)	1	CDF_DOUBLE
Flags_Bubble		Flags related to the plasma bubble index	1	CDF_UINT1
Flags_F		Flags_F passed through from MAGx_L1_B	1	CDF_UINT1
Flags_B		Flags_B passed through from MAGx_L1_B	1	CDF_UINT1
Flags_q		Flags_q passed through from MAGx_L1_B	1	CDF_UINT1

More details

Product identifier

IBIxTMS_2F

Definition

Ionospheric bubble index

Input data

MAGx_LR_1B, EFIx_PL_1B, Satellite positions, Time stamps (UTC), AUX_IGR_2F, AUX_COR_2F, AUX_LIT_2F, AUX_PMF_2F, AUX_F10_2F, AUX_DST_2F, AUX_IMF_2F, AUX_SWV_2F, AUX_PSM_2F, AUX_PGM_2F

Input time span

3 days

Spatial representation

One index per data point (characterising whether the magnetic observation is affected by bubble or not.)

Time representation

1s time series

Units

N/A

Resolution

N/A

Uncertainty

N/A

Quality indicator

Flags_Bubble
0	Quiet
1	Confirmed plasma bubble
2	Unconfirmed plasma bubble
4	Large peak in unfiltered magnetic field residuals
8	Time gap
16	Too many peaks in filtered magnetic field residuals
32	Outside equatorial orbit segment or invalid latitude/local time

Data volume

~4 MB/day/satellite

Output data

CDF file with time series

Output time span

1 day

Latency

6 min

Update rate

1 per day

Notes

Related resources

Swarm L2 IBI Product Description

Changelog

N/A