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Wave field analysis by magnetic measurements at satellite arrays: generalized minimum variance analysis

Glassmeier, K. H.; Motschmann, U.; Southwood, D. J. +1 more

The main goal of the CLUSTER mission with four identical spacecraft is the spatial resolution of plasma structures. For the determination of the wave vectors of a wave field from four positions classical Fourier analysis is inappropriate. We develop a generalized minimum variance technique which gives a high wave vector resolution though the spati…

Analysis of non-planar structures with multipoint measurements

Balogh, A.; Dunlop, M. W.; Motschmann, U. +2 more

The advent of multi-spacecraft space missions like CLUSTER provides a new challenge for maximising the information return from data taken of complex magnetic field structures in the Earth's plasma environment using a spacecraft magnetometer. Most challenging are those structures which are not amenable to single spacecraft analysis techniques such …