The Cluster Electric Field and Waves (EFW) data available from the Cluster Active Archive include: (1) The instantaneous spin-plane components of the electric field vectors with time resolution down to 0.1 millisecond, in four frequency ranges from DC to upper limits of 10 Hz, 180 Hz, 4 KHz, or 32 KHz; (2) The AC electric field components from 10 Hz to 8 KHz, within the dynamic range of ~3 mV/Km to 10 V/Km; and (3) plasma density fluctuations within the range of 1-100/cm and in three frequency ranges from 0 Hz to upper limits of 10 Hz, 180 Hz, or 4 KHz. Level 1 is the raw data for reference puprose only and is not accessible on CAA. Both Level 2 (at 0.2 second and full resolution of 0.04 second) and Level 3 (4-second resolution) data include spacecraft potential; 3D Electric Field in Inverted Spin Reference 2 system (ISR2); 3D Electric Field in GSE; plasma (ExB) drift velocity in ISR2; and plasma (ExB) drift velocity in GSE. In addition, Level 2 products include data in burst mode of time resolutions up to 36,000 samples/s: spacecraft potential, 2D electric field data in ISR2 and 3D magnetic field data in ISR2. The three components from the search coil instrument (WHISPER) are also available in EFW with a bandwidth of 4 KHz.
For more details, see "The Cluster Active Archive: Studying the Earth's Space Plasma Environment", edited by Dr. Harri Laakso, Matthew G. T. T. Taylor, C. Philippe Escoubet.
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The Cluster Electric Field and Waves (EFW) data available from the Cluster Active Archive include: (1) The instantaneous spin-plane components of the electric field vectors with time resolution down to 0.1 millisecond, in four frequency ranges from DC to upper limits of 10 Hz, 180 Hz, 4 KHz, or 32 KHz; (2) The AC electric field components from 10 Hz to 8 KHz, within the dynamic range of ~3 mV/Km to 10 V/Km; and (3) plasma density fluctuations within the range of 1-100/cm and in three frequency ranges from 0 Hz to upper limits of 10 Hz, 180 Hz, or 4 KHz. Level 1 is the raw data for reference puprose only and is not accessible on CAA. Both Level 2 (at 0.2 second and full resolution of 0.04 second) and Level 3 (4-second resolution) data include spacecraft potential; 3D Electric Field in Inverted Spin Reference 2 system (ISR2); 3D Electric Field in GSE; plasma (ExB) drift velocity in ISR2; and plasma (ExB) drift velocity in GSE. In addition, Level 2 products include data in burst mode of time resolutions up to 36,000 samples/s: spacecraft potential, 2D electric field data in ISR2 and 3D magnetic field data in ISR2. The three components from the search coil instrument (WHISPER) are also available in EFW with a bandwidth of 4 KHz.
For more details, see "The Cluster Active Archive: Studying the Earth's Space Plasma Environment", edited by Dr. Harri Laakso, Matthew G. T. T. Taylor, C. Philippe Escoubet.
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1. | PrincipalInvestigator | spase://SMWG/Person/Georg.Gustafsson | |||
2. | ProjectScientist | spase://SMWG/Person/Melvyn.L.Goldstein |
This site provides information concerning the Cluster II Samba Electric Field and Waves (EFW) instrument.
CAA Instrument User Guides, Calibration Reports and ICDS.
Cluster II Samba Electric Field and Waves (EFW) data; open access but registration is required.