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  • Geophysics
  • Earth's Magnetic Field
  • Satellite Geodesy

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  • Geomagnetic jerks are rapid changes in Earth's magnetic field.
  • The Swarm satellite mission provides crucial data for studying these phenomena.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To analyze core surface flow changes associated with a 2017 geomagnetic jerk.
  • To investigate the spatial and temporal characteristics of flow acceleration.

Main Methods:

  • Inversion of time series secular variation data from Swarm satellite.
  • Spatially and temporally regularized core surface flow reconstruction.
  • Analysis of flow acceleration components and their variations.

Main Results:

  • A significant change in azimuthal flow acceleration occurred during the 2017 geomagnetic jerk.
  • Azimuthal acceleration reversed sign across 160°W and at the jerk epoch.
  • Observed westward drift of acceleration features at approximately 900 km/year.
  • Evidence for low-latitude waves was obtained without prior assumptions on flow symmetry or filtering.

Conclusions:

  • The 2017 geomagnetic jerk significantly impacted core surface flow dynamics.
  • The study provides robust evidence for low-latitude wave phenomena in the core.