UNSPECIFIED (1997) The digital wave-processing experiment on Cluster. SPACE SCIENCE REVIEWS, 79 (1-2). pp. 209-231. ISSN 0038-6308

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Abstract

The wide variety of geophysical plasmas that will be investigated by the Cluster mission contain waves with a frequency range from DC to over 100 kHz with both magnetic and electric components. The characteristic duration of these waves extends from a few milliseconds to minutes and a dynamic range of over 90 dB is desired. All of these factors make it essential that the on-board control system for the Wave-Experiment Consortium (WEC) instruments be flexible so as to make effective use of the limited spacecraft resources of power and telemetry-information bandwidth. The Digital Wave Processing Experiment, (DWP), will be flown on Cluster satellites as a component of the WEC. DWP will coordinate WEC measurements as well as perform particle correlations in order to permit the direct study of wave/particle interactions. The DWP instrument employs a novel architecture based on the use of transputers with parallel processing and re-allocatable tasks to provide a high-reliability system. Members of the DWP team are also providing sophisticated electrical ground support equipment, for use during development and testing by the WEC. This is described further in Pedersen et al. (this issue).

Item Type:	Journal Article
Subjects:	Q Science > QB Astronomy
Journal or Publication Title:	SPACE SCIENCE REVIEWS
Publisher:	KLUWER ACADEMIC PUBL
ISSN:	0038-6308
Date:	January 1997
Volume:	79
Number:	1-2
Number of Pages:	23
Page Range:	pp. 209-231
Publication Status:	Published
URI:	http://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/id/eprint/17934

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