Instrument: CIS : Cluster Ion Spectrometry Experiment
	Instrument Category: Solar/Space Observing Instruments Instrument Class: Particle Detectors

Associated Platforms CLUSTER-II Related Data Sets View all records related to this instrument Description The CIS (Cluster Ion Spectrometry) experiment is a comprehensive ionic plasma spectrometry package onboard the four Cluster spacecraft, capable of obtaining full three-dimensional ion distributions with good time resolution (one spacecraft spin) and with mass-per-charge composition determination. The CIS package consists of two different instruments, a Hot Ion Analyser (HIA) and a time-of-flight ion Composition Distribution Function (CODIF), plus a sophisticated dual-processor based instrument control and data processing system (DPS), which permits extensive onboard data-processing. The CIS experiment is prepared by an international consortium, under the principal responsibility of Centre d'Etude Spatiale des Rayonnements (CESR). Online Resources http://sci.esa.int/science-e/www/object/index.cfm?fobjectid=33024&fbodylongid=1114 http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/database/MasterCatalog?sc=2000-041B&ex=2 Instrument Logistics Data Rate: 5.5 kbps Instrument Start Date: 2000-07-16 Instrument Owner: Centre d'Etudes Spatiale des Rayonments, France