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Tom N. Woods
Senior Research Scientist, University of Colorado Boulder
Dr. Thomas Woods is a Senior Research Scientist at the Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics at the University of Colorado in Boulder. His research is focused primarily on the solar ultraviolet irradiance and its effects on Earth's atmosphere, climate change, and space weather. Dr. Woods is involved with several NASA and NOAA satellite programs and is an AGU Fellow. He is PI of the TIMED SEE, SDO EVE, and TSIS-1 satellite instruments and is PI of the MinXSS CubeSat missions.
Professional Experience
University of Colorado Boulder
Senior Research Scientist
2005 - Present
University of Colorado Boulder
LASP Associate Director
2005 - 2020
Education
Johns Hopkins University
Doctorate
1985
Rhodes College
Bachelors
1981
Honors & Awards
Eugene Parker Lecture
Received December 2016
Union Fellow
Received December 2014
Citation
For his fundamental contributions and enduring commitment to advancing the measurements and understanding of solar irradiance across the spectrum.
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Publications
Version 2 of the TSIS‐1 Hybrid Solar Reference Spectrum and Extension to the Full Spectrum

This work describes two achievements to a key data set. First, we present version 2 of the Total and Spectral Solar Irradiance Sensor‐1 Hybri...

March 03, 2023
AGU Abstracts
CubeSat Development and Test Methods for Successful Science Missions
THE EVOLUTION OF SMALLSAT SCIENCE MISSIONS IN THE CHANGING SPACE ENVIRONMENT POSTER
atmospheric sciences | 13 december 2023
Aimee W. Merkel, Amal Chandran, Thomas N. Woods, X...
The Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics (LASP) at the University of Colorado Boulder, launched their first cubesat, the Colorado Student Spac...
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Solaris: A Focused Solar Polar Mission
EXPLORING NEW FRONTIERS ON THE SUN WITH MULTIVIEWPOINT OBSERVATIONS I ELIGHTNING
spa-solar and heliospheric physics | 13 december 2023
Don Hassler, Sarah E. Gibson, Jeffrey S. Newmark, ...
Solaris is a transformative Solar Polar Discovery-class mission concept to address crucial outstanding questions that can only be answered from a pola...
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Underflight Calibration Launch of Rocket EVE and Preliminary Results of Analyzing the New DAXSS-2 X-ray Spectra (2023)
NEW INSIGHTS INTO CORONAL PHYSICS FROM EUV AND UV SPECTROSCOPY I POSTER
spa-solar and heliospheric physics | 13 december 2023
Bennet Schwab, Thomas N. Woods, Robert H. Sewell, ...
The most recent underflight calibration launch of the rocket Extreme ultraviolet Variability Experiment (rEVE) occurred on 3 May, 2023. This launch su...
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