First multispacecraft ion measurements in and near the Earth's magnetosphere with the identical Cluster ion spectrometry (CIS) experiment

H Rème; C Aoustin; J. M Bosqued; I Dandouras; B Lavraud; J. A Sauvaud; A Barthe; J Bouyssou; Th Camus; O Coeur-Joly; A Cros; J Cuvilo; F Ducay; Y Garbarowitz; J. L Medale; E Penou; H Perrier; D Romefort; J Rouzaud; C Vallat; D Alcaydé; C Jacquey; C Mazelle; C D'Uston; E Möbius; L. M Kistler; K Crocker; M Granoff; C Mouikis; M Popecki; M Vosbury; B Klecker; D Hovestadt; H Kucharek; E Kuenneth; G Paschmann; M Scholer; N Sckopke; E Seidenschwang; C. W Carlson; D. W Curtis; C Ingraham; R. P Lin; J. P McFadden; G. K Parks; T Phan; V Formisano; E Amata; M. B Bavassano-Cattaneo; P Baldetti; R Bruno; G Chionchio; A Di Lellis; M. F Marcucci; G Pallocchia; A Korth; P. W Daly; B Graeve; H Rosenbauer; V Vasyliunas; M Mccarthy; M Wilber; L Eliasson; R Lundin; S Olsen; E. G Shelley; S Fuselier; A. G Ghielmetti; W Lennartsson; C. P Escoubet; Hans Balsiger; R Friedel; J.-B Cao; R. A Kovrazhkin; I Papamastorakis; R Pellat; J Scudder; B Sonnerup

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First multispacecraft ion measurements in and near the Earth's magnetosphere with the identical Cluster ion spectrometry (CIS) experiment

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First multispacecraft ion measurements in and near the Earth's magnetosphere with the identical Cluster ion spectrometry (CIS) experiment

H Rème, C Aoustin, J. M Bosqued, I Dandouras, B Lavraud, J. A Sauvaud, A Barthe, J Bouyssou, Th Camus, O Coeur-Joly, …

Annales geophysicae (1988), Vol.19(10/12), pp.1303-1354

2001

DOI: 10.5194/angeo-19-1303-2001

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On board the four Cluster spacecraft, the Cluster Ion Spectrometry (CIS) experiment measures the full, three-dimensional ion distribution of the major magnetospheric ions (H+, He+, He++, and O+) from the thermal energies to about 40 keV/e. The experiment consists of two different instruments: a COmposition and DIstribution Function analyser (CIS1/CODIF), giving the mass per charge composition with medium (22.5°) angular resolution, and a Hot Ion Analyser (CIS2/HIA), which does not offer mass resolution but has a better angular resolution (5.6°) that is adequate for ion beam and solar wind measurements. Each analyser has two different sensitivities in order to increase the dynamic range. First tests of the instruments (commissioning activities) were achieved from early September 2000 to mid January 2001, and the operation phase began on 1 February 2001. In this paper, first results of the CIS instruments are presented showing the high level performances and capabilities of the instruments. Good examples of data were obtained in the central plasma sheet, magnetopause crossings, magnetosheath, solar wind and cusp measurements. Observations in the auroral regions could also be obtained with the Cluster spacecraft at radial distances of 4–6 Earth radii. These results show the tremendous interest of multispacecraft measurements with identical instruments and open a new area in magnetospheric and solar wind-magnetosphere interaction physics.

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Title: Subtitle: First multispacecraft ion measurements in and near the Earth's magnetosphere with the identical Cluster ion spectrometry (CIS) experiment
Creators: H Rème - Centre d'étude spatiale des rayonnements
C Aoustin - Centre d'étude spatiale des rayonnements
J. M Bosqued - Centre d'étude spatiale des rayonnements
I Dandouras - Centre d'étude spatiale des rayonnements
B Lavraud - Centre d'étude spatiale des rayonnements
J. A Sauvaud - Centre d'étude spatiale des rayonnements
A Barthe - Centre d'étude spatiale des rayonnements
J Bouyssou - Centre d'étude spatiale des rayonnements
Th Camus - Centre d'étude spatiale des rayonnements
O Coeur-Joly - Centre d'étude spatiale des rayonnements
A Cros - Centre d'étude spatiale des rayonnements
J Cuvilo - Centre d'étude spatiale des rayonnements
F Ducay - Centre d'étude spatiale des rayonnements
Y Garbarowitz - Centre d'étude spatiale des rayonnements
J. L Medale - Centre d'étude spatiale des rayonnements
E Penou - Centre d'étude spatiale des rayonnements
H Perrier - Centre d'étude spatiale des rayonnements
D Romefort - Centre d'étude spatiale des rayonnements
J Rouzaud - Centre d'étude spatiale des rayonnements
C Vallat - Centre d'étude spatiale des rayonnements
D Alcaydé - Centre d'étude spatiale des rayonnements
C Jacquey - Centre d'étude spatiale des rayonnements
C Mazelle - Centre d'étude spatiale des rayonnements
C D'Uston - Centre d'étude spatiale des rayonnements
E Möbius - University of New Hampshire
L. M Kistler - University of New Hampshire
K Crocker - University of New Hampshire
M Granoff - University of New Hampshire
C Mouikis - University of New Hampshire
M Popecki - University of New Hampshire
M Vosbury - University of New Hampshire
B Klecker - Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics
D Hovestadt - Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics
H Kucharek - Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics
E Kuenneth - Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics
G Paschmann - Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics
M Scholer - Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics
N Sckopke - Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics
E Seidenschwang - Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics
C. W Carlson - Space Sciences Laboratory [Berkeley]
D. W Curtis - Space Sciences Laboratory [Berkeley]
C Ingraham - Space Sciences Laboratory [Berkeley]
R. P Lin - Space Sciences Laboratory [Berkeley]
J. P McFadden - Space Sciences Laboratory [Berkeley]
G. K Parks - Space Sciences Laboratory [Berkeley]
T Phan - Space Sciences Laboratory [Berkeley]
V Formisano - Istituto di Fisica dello Spazio Interplanetario
E Amata - Istituto di Fisica dello Spazio Interplanetario
M. B Bavassano-Cattaneo - Istituto di Fisica dello Spazio Interplanetario
P Baldetti - Istituto di Fisica dello Spazio Interplanetario
R Bruno - Istituto di Fisica dello Spazio Interplanetario
G Chionchio - Istituto di Fisica dello Spazio Interplanetario
A Di Lellis - Istituto di Fisica dello Spazio Interplanetario
M. F Marcucci - Istituto di Fisica dello Spazio Interplanetario
G Pallocchia - Istituto di Fisica dello Spazio Interplanetario
A Korth - MPAE
P. W Daly - MPAE
B Graeve - MPAE
H Rosenbauer - MPAE
V Vasyliunas - MPAE
M Mccarthy - U. W
M Wilber - U. W
L Eliasson - IRF
R Lundin - IRF
S Olsen - IRF
E. G Shelley - Lockheed Martin Advanced Technology Laboratories
S Fuselier - Lockheed Martin (United States)
A. G Ghielmetti - Lockheed Martin Advanced Technology Laboratories
W Lennartsson - Lockheed Martin Advanced Technology Laboratories
C. P Escoubet - European Space Research and Technology Centre
Hans Balsiger - University of Bern
R Friedel - Los Alamos National Laboratory
J.-B Cao - CCSAR
R. A Kovrazhkin - Space Research Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences
I Papamastorakis - University of Crete
R Pellat - Atomic Energy (Canada)
J Scudder - University of Iowa
B Sonnerup - Dartmouth College
Resource Type: Journal article
Publication Details: Annales geophysicae (1988), Vol.19(10/12), pp.1303-1354
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-19-1303-2001
ISSN: 0992-7689
eISSN: 1432-0576
Publisher: European Geosciences Union
Language: English
Date published: 2001
Academic Unit: Physics and Astronomy
Record Identifier: 9984199937802771

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