# Polar Cap Patches Scaling Properties: Insights from Swarm Data
## 4 Discussion and Conclusions
The results presented in this paper rely on AE geomagnetic index calculated and made available by the Kyoto WDC for Geomagnetism from data collected at magnetic observatories. We thank the involved national institutes, the INTERMAGNET network, and ISGI ([[https://isgi.unistra.fr/](https://isgi.unistra.fr/)]([https://isgi.unistra.fr/](https://isgi.unistra.fr/))). G.L. acknowledges the PhD course in Astronomy, Astrophysics and Space Science of the University of Rome \"Sapienza\", University of Rome \"Tor Vergata\", and Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Italy. The authors declare no conflict of interest. The funders had no role in the design of the study; in the collection, analyses, or interpretation of data; in the writing of the manuscript; or in the decision to publish the results. The following abbreviations are used in this manuscript: \begin{tabular}{l l} AE & Auroral Electrojet \\ CDF & Cumulative Distribution Function \\ CHAMP & Challenging Minisatellite Payload \\ DSFA & Detrended Structure Function Analysis \\ ESA & European Space Agency \\ EUV & Extreme Ultra Violet \\ GLONASS & Globalnaya Navigazionnaya Sputnikovaya Sistema \\ GNSS & Global Navigation Satellite System \\ GPS & Global Positioning System \\ ICI-2 & Investigation of Cusp Irregularities-2 \\ INTERMAGNET & International Real-time Magnetic Observatory Network \\ ISGI & International Service of Geomagnetic Indices \\ LoL & Loss of Lock \\ MHD & Magnetohydrodynamics \\ MLT & Magnetic Local Time \\ \end{tabular}   
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