A dataset provided by the European Space Agency

Name STAFF search coil magnetometer and spectrum analyzer
Mission Cluster
URL https://csa.esac.esa.int/csa-web/#search
DOI https://doi.org/10.5270/esa-yrzyijm
Abstract STAFF (Spatio Temporal Analysis of Field Fluctuations) is one of the five experiments of the Wave Experiment Consortium (WEC). The STAFF experiment comprises a boom-mounted three-axis search coil magnetometer, a preamplifier and an electronics box that houses the two complementary data-analysis packages: an on-board waveform unit (SC) to measure magnetic fluctuations in the frequency range 0.1 Hz - 180 Hz and a digital Spectrum Analyser to provide the characteristics of the electromagnetic fluctuations in the frequency range 8 Hz-4 kHz.
Description STAFF scientific datasets for Cluster 1 (similar for all other Cluster spacecraft)

Dataset ID Dataset content
C1_CP_STA_PSD Power Spectral Density (8 Hz - 4 kHz)
C1_CP_STA_PPP Polarization and Propagation Parameters (8 Hz - 4 kHz)
C1_CP_STA_CS_NBR Magnetic Field Spectra in GSE (up to 12.5 Hz)
C1_CP_STA_CS_HBR Magnetic Field Spectra in GSE (burst; up to 225 Hz)
C1_CP_STA_CWF_ISR2 Calibrated Magnetic Field Waveform (ISR2)
C1_CP_STA_CWF_GSE Calibrated Magnetic Field Waveform (GSE)
C1_CP_STA_SM Spectral Matrix (8 Hz - 4 kHz)
Publication Cornilleau-Wehrlin, N., et al., First results obtained by the Cluster STAFF experiment, Ann. Geophys., 21, 437-456, 2003; https://doi.org/10.5194/angeo-21-437-2003
Cornilleau-Wehrlin, N., et al., The Cluster Spatio-Temporal Analysis of Field Fluctuations (Staff) Experiment, Space Sci. Rev., 79, 107-136, 1997; https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1004979209565
Temporal Coverage 2001-02-01 - current
Mission Description Cluster is the first constellation of four scientific spacecraft to study the Earth-Sun connection in three dimensions. Cluster offers unique opportunities to investigate physical processes in near-Earth space. Those processes are essential to study and understand the effects of the Sun on the vast Earth’s environment that is a highly varying system both in time and space. The four Cluster spacecraft in a polar orbit are unique in their ability to obtain a three-dimensional picture of medium and large-scale plasma structures. The varying Cluster spacecraft formation from 3 km to a few tens of thousands kilometres along the orbit enables multi-point local measurements of different regions at different scales that cannot be done with any other space mission.

Escoubet, C.P., et al., The Cluster mission, Ann. Geophys., 19, 1197, 2001; https://doi.org/10.5194/angeo-19-1197-2001
Escoubet, C.P, et al., Cluster - Science and Mission Overview, Space Sci. Rev., 79, 11-32, 1997; https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1004923124586
Creator Contact Patrick Canu, Principal Investigator, Laboratoire de Physique des Plasmas, Ecole Polytechnique/Sorbonne Université/CNRS, patrick.canu@lpp.polytechnique.fr
Publisher And Registrant European Space Agency
Credit Guidelines When publishing any works related to this experiment, please cite the experiment DOI found herein and the Cluster mission DOI (where appropriate).
Rights Data hosted in the ESA Space Science Archives are distributed under the CC BY-NC 3.0 IGO license.