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ECLAT Cluster Spacecraft Magnetotail Plasma Region Identifications (2001-2009)

Nakamura, R.; Volwerk, M.; Milan, S. E. +1 more

The European Space Agency's four-spacecraft Cluster mission has been observing the Earth's dynamical magnetotail region since early 2001. The magnetotail, and in particular the hot trapped plasma sheet, is a critical region in the coupled Sun-Earth system. Changes in the solar wind have direct influence on the properties and dynamical processes oc…