Swarm DISC Invitations To Tender

Swarm DISC - the Data, Innovation and Science Cluster - is a consortium of expert partners with a project office at DTU Space supporting the exploitation of the Swarm mission. The objective of Swarm DISC is to foster an ecosystem of new innovative data products or services enhancing the return on investment with respect to the Swarm scientific results.

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Open Call for Ideas

Swarm DISC collects ideas for "New products, tools, and services" from the scientific community. Currently, the seventh session of Calls for Ideas is ongoing.

Submitted ideas are evaluated by the Swarm DISC Advisory Board (DAB) and recommendations for development are considered. After ESA's approval of the choices, Tender Evaluation Boards are selected to write the Invitation to Tender (ITT) based on the recommended ideas.

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Previous Invitation To Tender

The first call in 2016 resulted in 29 ideas. Four Invitations To Tender (ITT) were published on behalf of ESA for selected ideas early 2017, for a series of new projects targeted at evolving the Swarm mission outcome, according to a formal procurement procedure:

  • Swarm DISC ITT 1.1: “Swarm as a gravity field mission” (Closed on : 2017-05-09)
  • Swarm DISC ITT 1.2: “Strength and location of the auroral electrojets based on Swarm data” (Closed on: 2017-05-09)
  • Swarm DISC ITT 1.3: “Production and visualization of a climatological model of high-latitude ionospheric and field aligned current systems” (Closed on 2017-04-20)
  • Swarm DISC ITT 1.4: “Ionospheric irregularities and fluctuations based on Swarm data” (Closed on: 2017-05-04)

The second call for ideas lead to the following ITTs:

  • Swarm DISC ITT 2.1: "Geomagnetic Virtual Observatories based on Swarm data"  (Closed on: 2019-02-01)
  • Swarm DISC ITT 2.2: "Midlatitude Ionospheric Trough, Plasmapause and possibly related boundaries as determined from Swarm measurements" (Closed on: 2019-06-03)
  • Swarm DISC ITT 2.3: "Estimation of ion temperature at Swarm altitudes in support of studies of the thermal energy balance of the upper atmosphere" 
    (Closed on: 2019-06-10)

For the third call issued in November 2018 a total of 9 ideas were submitted, three of which were selected for further development. These have formed the basis of the following Invitations to Tender:

  • Swarm DISC ITT 3.1: “New Swarm Products: Along-Track Ion Drift and Effective Ion Mass” (Closed on: 2020-01-15)
  • Swarm DISC ITT 3.2: “Estimation of the time-varying magnetic field strength in the Earth’s core” (Closed on: 2020-02-01)
  • Swarm DISC ITT 3.3: “Extending Swarm TEC products with data from other LEO satellites” (Closed on: 2020-01-15)

For the fourth call issued in May 2019 a total of 13 ideas were submitted. Work on the further development of selected ideas is ongoing and has so far resulted in the following Invitation to Tender: 

  • Swarm DISC ITT 4.2: “Toolbox for Correlation and Maximum Variance Analysis of Swarm Time-series Data Products” (Closed on: 2021-09-29)
  • Swarm DISC ITT 4.3: “Satellite derived thermospheric data products in support of Swarm science” (Closed on: 2021-03-01)
  • Swarm DISC ITT 4.4: “Swarm for Space Weather” (Closed on: 2022-05-02)

For the fifth call issued in May 2021 a total of 9 ideas were submitted. Work on the further development of selected ideas is ongoing and has so far resulted in the following Invitation to Tender: