Cluster observations of the high-latitude magnetopause and cusp: initial results from the CIS ion instruments

Authors :: J. M. Bosqued
T. D. Phan
I. Dandouras
C. P. Escoubet
H. Rème
A. Balogh
M. W. Dunlop
D. Alcaydé
E. Amata
M.-B. Bavassano-Cattaneo
R. Bruno
C. Carlson
A. M. DiLellis
L. Eliasson
V. Formisano
L. M. Kistler
B. Klecker
A. Korth
H. Kucharek
R. Lundin
M. McCarthy
J. P. McFadden
E. Möbius
G. K. Parks
J.-A. Sauvaud
Source :: Annales Geophysicae, Vol 19, Pp 1545-1566 (2001)
Publication Year :: 2001
Publisher :: Copernicus Publications, 2001.
Abstract: Launched on an elliptical high inclination orbit (apogee: 19.6 RE) since January 2001 the Cluster satellites have been conducting the first detailed three-dimensional studies of the high-latitude dayside magnetosphere, including the exterior cusp, neighbouring boundary layers and magnetopause regions. Cluster satellites carry the CIS ion spectrometers that provide high-precision, 3D distributions of low-energy (RE from the reconnection site.Key words. Magnetospheric physics (magnetopause, cusp, and boundary layers; magnetosheath) Space plasma physics (magnetic reconnection)

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