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SW_MMA_SHA_2F

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Timeseries of spherical harmonic expansion coefficients of the large-scale magnetospheric field as a fast-track product

Description

Timeseries of spherical harmonic expansion coefficients of the large-scale magnetospheric field and its Earth-induced counterpart derived in Dedicated Inversion chain. This is a fast-track product which is provided without an independent regular validation

Output variables

NameTypeDimUnitContents
t_qsCDF_EPOCH1msTime instants (CDFEPOCH) of external Gauss coefficients q (cosine) and s (sine)
qs_geoCDF_DOUBLE2nTExternal Gauss coefficients q (cosine) and s (sine) in Geographic frame
qs_smCDF_DOUBLE2nTExternal Gauss coefficients q (cosine) and s (sine) in Solar Magnetic frame
nm_qsCDF_INT22-First column: vector of spherical harmonic degrees of the coefficients qs_geo and qs_sm. Nonnegative values denote coefficients q (cosine) while negative values denote coefficients s (sine)Second column: vector of spherical harmonic orders
t_ghCDF_EPOCH1msTime instants (CDFEPOCH) of induced Gauss coefficients g (cosine) and h (sine)
gh_geoCDF_DOUBLE2nTInternal induced Gauss coefficients g (cosine) and h (sine) in Geographic frame
gh_smCDF_DOUBLE2nTInternal induced Gauss coefficients g (cosine) and h (sine) in Solar Magnetic frame
nm_ghCDF_INT22-First column: vector of spherical harmonic degrees of the coefficients gh_geo and gh_sm. Nonnegative values denote coefficients g (cosine) while negative values denote coefficients h (sine)Second column: vector of spherical harmonic orders
t_qualCDF_EPOCH1msTime instants (CDFEPOCH) of quality information (rms, n_data, and q_flag).
rmsCDF_DOUBLE2nTRoot-mean-square difference between models and input data (after processing to subtract non-magnetospheric sources) in geographic frame.First column: RMS difference in radial direction. Second column: RMS difference in theta direction. Third column: RMS difference in phi direction.
n_dataCDF_UINT22-Number of data used at each time-instant from each satellite.First column: Number of data from SWARM A. Second column: Number of data from SWARM B. Third column: Number of data from SWARM C.
q_flagCDF_UINT11-Product quality flag. Value of zero indicates good quality / no issues.

Details

Product identifier MMA_SHA_2F
Definition Spherical harmonic representation of the large scale magnetospheric field and its induced counterpart
Input data MAGx_LR_1B, AUX_IGR_2_, AUX_COR_2_, MCO_SHA_2F, MCO_SHA_2C, MCO_SHA_2D, AUX_LIT_2_, MLI_SHA_2C, MIO_SHA_2C, AUX_F10_2_, AUX_IMF_2F, AUX_DST_2_, AUX_KP__2_, AUX_OBS_2_
Input time span Full Swarm data set covering at least 30 days
Spatial representation Degree 1 spherical Harmonics for the external and internally induced fields
Time representation Snapshot values 1.5 hours apart.
Units See variable ‘Units' in ‘Data format', below.
Resolution See variable ‘Type' in ‘Data format', below.
Uncertainty Overall uncertainty will include contributions from uncertainties in the Input Data, which are not calculated here. Estimates of the uncertainty resulting from the modeling process after the Input Data has been processed can be obtained from the ‘rms' output variable.
Quality indicator Root-mean-square difference between model and (processed) input data; number of data used per model; quality flag.
Data volume ~5 MB/year
Output data Time series of external and induced SH coefficients in Solar Magnetic and Geographic coordinate frames; root-mean-square differences between (processed) input data and models; number of data from each satellite used for each model; quality flag.
Output time span 1 day
Update rate Daily
Latency < 1 day
Notes  
Meaning of q_flag:
Bit Set if
1 Input time-series is shorter than 1-year filter used to separate internal and external coefficients. This is unavoidable at the start of the mission.
2 Internal/external separation filter has at least one bad/missing datum. This is not necessarily serious (check n_data, above and bits 3 and 4, below).
3 total n_data for this model is < 90% of the expected maximum available.
4 Internal/external separation filter has at least one bad/missing datum amongst the most recent (five) where it is most sensitive.