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Rob F. Pfaff Jr
Space Scientist, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
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Large-Amplitude Alfven Waves with Narrow “Spikes” in the High-Latitude Ionosphere
MAGNETOSPHERE-IONOSPHERE-THERMOSPHERE COUPLING DURING DISTURBED TIMES AND INTERHEMISPHERIC ASYMMETRIES I POSTER
spa-aeronomy | 13 december 2023
Hassan Akbari, Robert F. Pfaff, Harri E. Laakso
The high time resolution (16 sample/sec) vector electric field and magnetic field measurements gathered on NASAs Dynamics Explorer-2 satellite reveal ...
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Interhemispheric asymmetries in large-amplitude plasma convection in the high-latitude ionosphere
MAGNETOSPHERE-IONOSPHERE-THERMOSPHERE COUPLING DURING DISTURBED TIMES AND INTERHEMISPHERIC ASYMMETRIES II POSTER
spa-aeronomy | 13 december 2023
Harri E. Laakso, Robert F. Pfaff
We have recently reported about ~220 fast-flow (> 5 km/s) plasma convection (E x B) events in the high-latitude ionosphere measured with the vector...
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ENLoTIS: A Science Framework for Improving Understanding of the Lower Thermosphere/Ionosphere Through Systematic In Situ Exploration
ALMOST 100 YEARS OF THE <EM>E</EM> LAYER II ORAL
spa-aeronomy | 12 december 2023
Theodore E. Sarris, James H. Clemmons, Jean-Jacque...
Highlights from the report of the ESA-NASA Lower Thermosphere-Ionosphere Science (ENLoTIS) working group are presented and discussed. This report cont...
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Sounding Rocket Exploration of the E-region -- How In situ Observations Have Unveiled a Complex, Critically Important, and Fascinating Region of Geospace
ALMOST 100 YEARS OF THE <EM>E</EM> LAYER II ORAL
spa-aeronomy | 12 december 2023
Robert F. Pfaff
Since the earliest experiments in the late 1940s, instruments on sounding rocket platforms have carried out important scientific exploration of the E-...
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Observations of Ion Populations from the KiNET-X Sounding Rocket Mission
THE IMPORTANCE OF KINETIC ALFVÉN WAVES FOR MICROSCALE PHYSICS I ORAL
spa-magnetospheric physics | 11 december 2023
Magdalina L. Moses, Kristina A. Lynch, Peter A. De...
The Kinetic-scale energy & momentum transport experiment (KiNET-X) investigated kinetic-scale ionospheric plasma transport for a known input energ...
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Overview of the Plasma Wave Environment on the Endurance Sounding Rocket
SOUNDING ROCKET PLATFORMS FOR ENABLING EXPLORATION AND DISCOVERY: THE PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE OF SPACE RESEARCH II POSTER
spa-aeronomy | 11 december 2023
Aaron W. Breneman, Glyn Collinson, Robert F. Pfaff...
The Endurance sounding rocket was launched from Ny Alesund, Svalbard in May, 2022 into the sunlit polar cap to an altitude of 768 km with the goal of ...
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Correlated Electric and Magnetic Field data from the DE-2 Satellite Reveal Highly Structured Peaks, Shears, Flow Channels, and Alfven Waves that Characterize the High Latitude Ionosphere
THE CAUSES AND IMPACTS OF UNCERTAINTIES IN THE SOLAR WIND ON DRIVING PLANETARY MAGNETOSPHERES II POSTER
spa-magnetospheric physics | 11 december 2023
Robert F. Pfaff, Harri E. Laakso, Henry T. Freuden...
We present new analysis of high latitude ionospheric electrodynamics using the high-time resolution (16 s/sec) vector electric field and magnetic fiel...
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Alfven waves and electron energization in the Kinetic-Scale Energy and Momentum Transport Experiment (KiNET-X) sounding rocket mission
THE IMPORTANCE OF KINETIC ALFVÉN WAVES FOR MICROSCALE PHYSICS I ORAL
spa-magnetospheric physics | 11 december 2023
Peter A. Delamere, Nathan P. Barnes, Donald L. Ham...
Active plasma experiments can be used to a strongly perturb the space plasma environment. During the early phase of a chemical release, the injected p...
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