Member Since 1978
Rob F. Pfaff Jr
Space Scientist, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Professional Experience
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Space Scientist
1985 - Present
Education
Cornell University
Doctorate
1985
Honors & Awards
Outstanding Reviewer Award - Geophysical Research Letters
Received December 2023
Marcel Nicolet Lecture
Received December 2022
Publications
Fast Plasma Drifts in the High Latitude Ionosphere
We have identified over 200 fast plasma drift events (>5 km/s) in the high‐latitude ionosphere, as measured by the electric field dou...
July 20, 2023
Rocket Measurements of Electron Energy Spectra From Earth's ...
August 31, 2022
AGU Abstracts
Thermospheric Density and Wind Response to Auroral Activity Observed by the Dissipation Sounding Rocket Mission
AGU 2024
spa-aeronomy | 13 december 2024
Diana Swanson, James H. Clemmons, Lance Davis, Meh...
The comingled ionosphere/thermosphere (IT) acts as the transition region between Earths atmosphere and space. Auroral precipitation flowing from the m...
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Combining Time-Dependent Electron Transport Calculations with Rocket Measurements to Study Small-Scale Dynamic Precipitation
AGU 2024
spa-aeronomy | 13 december 2024
Etienne Gavazzi, Andres Spicher, Björn Gustavsson,...
Dynamic, small-scale auroras are commonly associated with Alfven waves. The waves travel along magnetic field lines and accelerate electrons downward ...
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Measurements from the Dissipation Auroral Sounding Rocket Mission: Estimates of the Interactions between Precipitating Electrons and the Thermosphere
AGU 2024
spa-aeronomy | 13 december 2024
Lance Davis, James H. Clemmons, Diana Swanson, Meh...
Electron precipitation into the upper atmosphere strongly affects the ionization rate in the thermosphere-ionosphere region, thereby heavily influenci...
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