Dataset Paper

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

Table 2

Region names.

Region nameDescription

NN_LOBENorthern hemisphere tail lobe region
SS_LOBESouthern hemisphere tail lobe region
NN_BRNorthern hemisphere boundary region
SS_BRSouthern hemisphere boundary region
NN_OPSNorthern hemisphere outer plasma sheet
SS_OPSSouthern hemisphere outer plasma sheet
NN_IPSNorthern hemisphere inner plasma sheet
SS_IPSSouthern hemisphere inner plasma sheet
NS_NSRNorth-south crossing of the neutral sheet
SN_NSRSouth-north crossing of the neutral sheet
00_NSRNeutral sheet data point,
URUndefined region