Annales Geophysicae (Sep 2001)
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,
- H. Balsiger,
- R. Friedel,
- J.-B. Cao,
- R. A. Kovrazhkin,
- I. Papamastorakis,
- R. Pellat,
- J. Scudder,
- B. Sonnerup
Affiliations
- H. Rème
- CESR, BP 4346, 31028 Toulouse Cedex 4, France
- C. Aoustin
- CESR, BP 4346, 31028 Toulouse Cedex 4, France
- J. M. Bosqued
- CESR, BP 4346, 31028 Toulouse Cedex 4, France
- I. Dandouras
- CESR, BP 4346, 31028 Toulouse Cedex 4, France
- B. Lavraud
- CESR, BP 4346, 31028 Toulouse Cedex 4, France
- J. A. Sauvaud
- CESR, BP 4346, 31028 Toulouse Cedex 4, France
- A. Barthe
- CESR, BP 4346, 31028 Toulouse Cedex 4, France
- J. Bouyssou
- CESR, BP 4346, 31028 Toulouse Cedex 4, France
- Th. Camus
- CESR, BP 4346, 31028 Toulouse Cedex 4, France
- O. Coeur-Joly
- CESR, BP 4346, 31028 Toulouse Cedex 4, France
- A. Cros
- CESR, BP 4346, 31028 Toulouse Cedex 4, France
- J. Cuvilo
- CESR, BP 4346, 31028 Toulouse Cedex 4, France
- F. Ducay
- CESR, BP 4346, 31028 Toulouse Cedex 4, France
- Y. Garbarowitz
- CESR, BP 4346, 31028 Toulouse Cedex 4, France
- J. L. Medale
- CESR, BP 4346, 31028 Toulouse Cedex 4, France
- E. Penou
- CESR, BP 4346, 31028 Toulouse Cedex 4, France
- H. Perrier
- CESR, BP 4346, 31028 Toulouse Cedex 4, France
- D. Romefort
- CESR, BP 4346, 31028 Toulouse Cedex 4, France
- J. Rouzaud
- CESR, BP 4346, 31028 Toulouse Cedex 4, France
- C. Vallat
- CESR, BP 4346, 31028 Toulouse Cedex 4, France
- D. Alcaydé
- CESR, BP 4346, 31028 Toulouse Cedex 4, France
- C. Jacquey
- CESR, BP 4346, 31028 Toulouse Cedex 4, France
- C. Mazelle
- CESR, BP 4346, 31028 Toulouse Cedex 4, France
- C. d’Uston
- CESR, BP 4346, 31028 Toulouse Cedex 4, France
- E. Möbius
- UNH, Durham, USA
- L. M. Kistler
- UNH, Durham, USA
- K. Crocker
- UNH, Durham, USA
- M. Granoff
- UNH, Durham, USA
- C. Mouikis
- UNH, Durham, USA
- M. Popecki
- UNH, Durham, USA
- M. Vosbury
- UNH, Durham, USA
- B. Klecker
- MPE, Garching, Germany
- D. Hovestadt
- MPE, Garching, Germany
- H. Kucharek
- MPE, Garching, Germany
- E. Kuenneth
- MPE, Garching, Germany
- G. Paschmann
- MPE, Garching, Germany
- M. Scholer
- MPE, Garching, Germany
- N. Sckopke
- MPE, Garching, Germany
- E. Seidenschwang
- MPE, Garching, Germany
- C. W. Carlson
- SSL, Berkeley, USA
- D. W. Curtis
- SSL, Berkeley, USA
- C. Ingraham
- SSL, Berkeley, USA
- R. P. Lin
- SSL, Berkeley, USA
- J. P. McFadden
- SSL, Berkeley, USA
- G. K. Parks
- SSL, Berkeley, USA
- T. Phan
- SSL, Berkeley, USA
- V. Formisano
- IFSI, Roma, Italy
- E. Amata
- IFSI, Roma, Italy
- M. B. Bavassano-Cattaneo
- IFSI, Roma, Italy
- P. Baldetti
- IFSI, Roma, Italy
- R. Bruno
- IFSI, Roma, Italy
- G. Chionchio
- IFSI, Roma, Italy
- A. Di Lellis
- IFSI, Roma, Italy
- M. F. Marcucci
- IFSI, Roma, Italy
- G. Pallocchia
- IFSI, Roma, Italy
- A. Korth
- MPAE, Lindau, Germany
- P. W. Daly
- MPAE, Lindau, Germany
- B. Graeve
- MPAE, Lindau, Germany
- H. Rosenbauer
- MPAE, Lindau, Germany
- V. Vasyliunas
- MPAE, Lindau, Germany
- M. McCarthy
- U. W., Seattle, USA
- M. Wilber
- U. W., Seattle, USA
- L. Eliasson
- IRF, Kiruna, Sweden
- R. Lundin
- IRF, Kiruna, Sweden
- S. Olsen
- IRF, Kiruna, Sweden
- E. G. Shelley
- Lockheed, Palo Alto, USA
- S. Fuselier
- Lockheed, Palo Alto, USA
- A. G. Ghielmetti
- Lockheed, Palo Alto, USA
- W. Lennartsson
- Lockheed, Palo Alto, USA
- C. P. Escoubet
- ESA/ESTEC, Noordwijk, the Netherlands
- H. Balsiger
- Bern University, Bern, Switzerland
- R. Friedel
- Los Alamos National Laboratory NM, USA
- J.-B. Cao
- CCSAR, Beijing, China
- R. A. Kovrazhkin
- IKI, Moscow, Russia
- I. Papamastorakis
- University of Crete, Greece
- R. Pellat
- Commissariat `a l’Energie Atomique, Paris, France
- J. Scudder
- University of Iowa, USA
- B. Sonnerup
- Dartmouth College, NH, USA
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.5194/angeo-19-1303-2001
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 19
pp. 1303 – 1354
Abstract
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.Key words. Magnetospheric physics (magnetopause, cusp and boundary layers; magnetopheric configuration and dynamics; solar wind - magnetosphere interactions)
