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Jonathan J. Makela
Professor, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Professional Experience
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
2012 - Present
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Professor
2001 - Present
Education
Cornell University
Doctorate
Honors & Awards
William B Hanson Lecture
Received December 2021
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Publications
Thermosphere UFKW Structures and Ionosphere Coupling as Observed by ICON

Two ∼2‐week Ultra‐Fast Kelvin Wave (UFKW) events centered on days 158(203) during 2021 are investigated using winds, temperatures...

April 18, 2024
AGU Abstracts
Assessing the impact on mid-latitude Joule heating estimates of differences in sub-auroral ion velocity observations and predictions from a global circulation model
MIDDLE-LATITUDE AND SUBAURORAL AERONOMY II POSTER
spa-aeronomy | 15 december 2023
Elliott K Day, Adrian Grocott, Maria-Theresia Wala...
An important part of understanding the influence of space weather on the neutral atmosphere is accurate modelling of Joule heating. One of the most co...
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Large-Scale Gravity Waves in ICON-MIGHTI Data
DYNAMICS OF THE THERMOSPHERE AND IONOSPHERE SYSTEM AT LOW AND MIDDLE LATITUDES DURING VARYING INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL CONDITIONS III POSTER
spa-aeronomy | 12 december 2023
Colin C. Triplett, Brian J. Harding, Yen-Jung J. W...
In a recent paper, large-scale (~ 3000 km horizontal wavelength) gravity waves were shown in the Ionospheric Connection Explorer (ICON) Michelson Inte...
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Mesospheric Gravity Waves and Neutral Wind Dynamics over the Western United States: Two Years of Observations from the MANGO Network
DYNAMICS OF THE THERMOSPHERE AND IONOSPHERE SYSTEM AT LOW AND MIDDLE LATITUDES DURING VARYING INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL CONDITIONS I ORAL
spa-aeronomy | 12 december 2023
Jonathan J. Makela, Cindy Yu, Asti Bhatt, Brian J....
The Midlatitude Allsky-imaging Network for GeoSpace Observations (MANGO) Distributed Array of Small Instruments (DASI) network, expanded in late 2021,...
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Volunteer Experience
2010 - 2014
Associate Editor
JGR Space Physics Section
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