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Bob L. McPherron
Professor, University of California Los Angeles
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Application of the Midlatitude Positive Bay Index (MPB) to Substorm Research
UNDERSTANDING GEOMAGNETICALLY INDUCED CURRENTS AND THEIR IMPACT ON TECHNOLOGY II ORAL
spa-magnetospheric physics | 14 december 2023
Xiangning Chu, Robert L. McPherron
The statistical properties of the Substorm Current Wedge (SCW) are investigated using the MPB index and SCW inversion technique.We derive the MPB inde...
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A Path to Research in Space Physics
PERSPECTIVES OF EARTH AND SPACE SCIENTISTS
11 july 2023
Robert L. McPherron
Success in research depends on multiple factors, many outside the control of an individual. I was born during the Great Depression, began school du...
Substorm Triggering by the Solar Wind
JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH: SPACE PHYSICS
07 june 2023
Robert L. McPherron
The coupling function monitors solar wind driving of geomagnetic activity. Magnetic indices, including the polar cap (PC) index, the auroral lower ...
Effects of the Ionospheric Conductance on the Dynamics of the Magnetotail
JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH: SPACE PHYSICS
19 january 2023
Mostafa El-Alaoui, Robert L. McPherron, Raymond J....
We have carried out a series of numerical experiments designed to evaluate the sensitivity of global magnetohydrodynamic simulations to changes in ...
The Effects of the Ionospheric Conductance on Magnetotail Dynamics
MAGNETOSPHERE-IONOSPHERE-THERMOSPHERE COUPLING DURING DISTURBED TIMES VI ORAL
spa-aeronomy | 14 december 2022
Raymond J. Walker, Mostafa El-Alaoui, Robert L. Mc...
We have carried out a series of numerical experiments designed to evaluate the sensitivity of global magnetohydrodynamic simulations to changes in ion...
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The Effects of Ionospheric Conductivity on the Magnetotail Magnetic Field and Flows During Substorms
MULTISCALE PLASMA CONVECTION: MECHANISMS, STRUCTURES, AND EFFECTS IN THE MAGNETOSPHERE-IONOSPHERE-THERMOSPHERE (MIT) SYSTEM II ORAL
spa-magnetospheric physics | 13 december 2021
Raymond J. Walker, Mostafa El-Alaoui, Robert L. Mc...
We have investigated the influence of ionospheric conductivity on the configuration of the magnetotail by examining the effects of five conductance mo...
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Characteristics of Substorm‐Onset‐Related and Nonsubstorm Earthward Fast Flows and Associated Magnetic Flux Transport: THEMIS Observations
JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH: SPACE PHYSICS
08 march 2021
Jinxing Li, Xiangning Chu, Jacob Bortnik, James M....
Substorms are closely associated with fast flows; however, many fast flows are not associated with substorm onsets and only lead to a localized, tr...
Magnetotail Flux Accumulation Leads to Substorm Current Wedge Formation: A Case Study
JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH: SPACE PHYSICS
20 january 2021
Xiangning Chu, Robert L. McPherron, Tung-Shin Hsu,...
Reconnection‐generated earthward flows, magnetic field dipolarizations, and auroral expansions are related to substorm current wedge (SCW) de...