Member Since 1996
Larisa P. Goncharenko
Research Scientist, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Larisa Goncharenko is an Assistant Director and a Research Scientist at MIT Haystack Observatory, a multidisciplinary radio and remote sensing center. Goncharenko's research interests include physics of thermosphere and ionosphere; whole atmosphere coupling studies; waves and tides in the upper atmosphere; and basic and applied space weather. L. Goncharenko is a member of the National Academies of Science Committee on Solar and Space Physics (2023+).
Professional Experience
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Research Scientist
1996 - Present
Education
University of Rostock
Doctorate
2024
Kharkiv Polytechnic Institute
Masters
1988
Honors & Awards
Union Fellow
Received December 2024
AGU Abstracts
Terrestrial Ionospheric Radio/Radar Remote Sensing: Using Single and Networked Systems for Geospace Science
DIAGNOSING HELIOSPHERIC AND TERRESTRIAL PLASMA WITH RADIO OBSERVATIONS II ORAL
spa-solar and heliospheric physics | 13 december 2024
Philip J. Erickson, Ryan Volz, John P. Swoboda, An...
The use of radio and radar remote sensing for ground-based terrestrial studies of Earths charged and neutral upper atmosphere extends back more than a...
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Combined Observational and Modeling Analysis of Three-Dimensional Ionospheric Electron Density Variations During the April 2024 Total Solar Eclipse
SOLAR ECLIPSE SCIENCE: WHAT WE LEARNED FROM THE GREAT AMERICAN ECLIPSES AND WHAT IS NEXT IV ORAL
spa-solar and heliospheric physics | 13 december 2024
Philip J. Erickson, Ercha Aa, Joseph Huba, Shunron...
Eclipse events represent a unique opportunity to test fundamental community understanding of coupled ionospheric and thermosphere physics. On April 8,...
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Longitudinal Variations in thermosphere winds and composition and ionospheric electron density during quiet conditions
COMPOSITION, WIND, AND TEMPERATURE VARIABILITY IN THE MESOSPHERE AND IONOSPHERE/THERMOSPHERE I ORAL
spa-aeronomy | 13 december 2024
Katelynn Greer, Larisa P. Goncharenko, V Lynn Harv...
We are in an era of unpreceded opportunities for using cross-platform observations to elucidate the complex dynamics of the thermosphere and ionospher...
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Volunteer Experience
2017 - 2018
Member
Space Physics and Aeronomy Fred L. Scarf Award Committee
2010 - 2012
Secretary
Space Physics and Aeronomy Executive Committee
2008 - 2009
Secretary
Space Physics and Aeronomy Executive Committee