Since 2000 the Cluster mission has been investigating the small-scale
structures of the Earth´s plasma environment, such as those involved in the
interaction between the solar wind and the magnetospheric plasma, in global
magnetotail dynamics, in cross-tail currents, and in the formation and dynamics
of the neutral line and of plasmoids. This book contains presentations made at
the 15th Cluster workshop held in March 2008. It also presents several articles
about the Cluster Active Archive and its datasets, a few overview papers on the
Cluster mission, and articles reporting on scientific findings on the solar
wind, the magnetosheath, the magnetopause and the magnetotail. TOC:Preface.-
Part I PRODUCTS AND SERVICES OF THE CLUSTER ACTIVE ARCHIVE.- Cluster Active
Archive: Overview.- ASPOC data products in the Cluster Active Archive.- Cluster
Ion Spectrometry (CIS) Data in the Cluster Active Archive (CAA).- Digital Wave
Processor Products in the Cluster Active Archive.- EDI Data Products in the
Cluster Active Archive.- The EFW Data in the CAA.- FGM Data Products in the
CAA.- PEACE Data in the Cluster Active Archive.- RAPID Products at the Cluster
Active Archive.- STAFF Instrument Products Distributed Through the Cluster
Active Archive.- Cluster Wideband Data Products in the Cluster Active Archive.-
The WHISPER Relaxation Sounder and the CLUSTER Active Archive.- ESOC Data
Products in the CAA.- Part II TOOLS FOR THE CAA DATA ANALYSIS.- QSAS, QM
Science Analysis Software.- Flexible Tools for Accessing the Cluster Archives.-
AMDA, Automated Multi-Dataset Analysis: A web-based service provided by the
CDPP.- Cluster CAA Module for PaPCo.- Part III MEASUREMENT TECHNIQUES AND
CALIBRATION ROUTINES.- Electron density estimation in the magnetotail: a multi-
instrument approach.- Cluster-PEACE In-Flight Calibration Status .- Generation
and Validation of Ion Energy Spectra Based on Cluster RAPID and CIS
Measurements.- Part IV MAGNETOSPHERIC MISSIONS.- The Cluster Mission: Space
Plasma in Three Dimensions.- Double Star: Mission, Instruments and Joint
Observations.- Part V OBSERVATIONS OF SOLAR WIND AND MAGNETOSHEATH.- Effect of
Shock Normal Orientation Fluctuations on Field-Aligned Beam Distributions.-
Wave Number Spectra in the Solar Wind, the Foreshock, and the Magnetosheath.-
Cluster Hot Flow Anomaly Observations During Solar Cycle Minimum.- On the
Growth of Mirror Mode Waves in the Magnetosheath Based on Cluster
Observations.- PART VI OBSERVATIONS OF MAGNETOPAUSE AND CUSP.- Mixed Azimuthal
Scales of Flux Transfer Events.- Perspectives Gained From a Combination of
Polar, Cluster and ISEE Energetic Particle Measurements in the Dayside Cusp.-
Energetic Particles in the Cusp: A Cluster/RAPID View.- PART VII OBSERVATIONS
OF MAGNETOSPHERIC TAIL.- Plasma Flow Reversals in the Magnetotail and Their
Implications on Substorm Models.- Spatial and Temporal Structures in the
Vicinity of the Earth´s Tail Magnetic Separatrix Cluster observations.- Cluster
observations of energy conversion regions in the plasma sheet.- Acceleration of
>40 keV electrons in near-Earth magnetotail reconnection events.- Evolution
and Energization of Energetic Electrons in the Inner Magnetosphere.
