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Member Since 1990
Jim A. Klimchuk
Research Astrophysicist, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
http://science.gsfc.nasa.gov/sed/bio/james.a.klimchuk
Professional Experience
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
2012 - Present
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Research Astrophysicist
2008 - Present
Education
University of Colorado Boulder
Doctorate
1985
Honors & Awards
Eugene Parker Lecture
Received December 2021
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Publications
Solar Physics and Solar Wind
"A comprehensive view of our Sun at the start of a new era in solar and heliospheric physics...
April 12, 2021
The role of type II spicules in the upper solar atmosphere
We examine the suggestion that most of the hot plasma in the Sun's corona comes from type II spicule material that is heated as it is e...
December 05, 2012
AGU Abstracts
The Onset of Magnetic Reconnection in Thinning Current Sheets
FUNDAMENTAL PHYSICS OF THE SOLAR CORONA AND INNER HELIOSPHERE IV POSTER
spa-solar and heliospheric physics | 15 december 2023
James A. Klimchuk, James E. Leake, Lars K. Daldorf...
Many phenomena in the heliosphere and throughout the universe involve the explosive release of magnetic energy via fast reconnection at current sheets...
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Implication of line tied magnetic field on magnetic reconnection in the closed corona
FUNDAMENTAL PHYSICS OF THE SOLAR CORONA AND INNER HELIOSPHERE II ORAL
spa-solar and heliospheric physics | 13 december 2023
Lars K. Daldorff, James E. Leake, James A. Klimchu...
Magnetic reconnection plays an important role in the rapid release ofstored magnetic energy in the solar corona. This includes small eventslike nanofl...
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Self-Consistent Heating of the Magnetically Closed Corona: Generation of Nanoflares and Response of the Plasma
SOLAR CORONAL HEATING: THEORY, OBSERVATIONS, AND SIMULATIONS I ELIGHTNING
spa-solar and heliospheric physics | 12 december 2023
Craig Johnston, Lars K. Daldorff, James A. Klimchu...
The energy that heats the magnetically closed solar corona originates in the complex motions of the massive photosphere. Turbulent photospheric convec...
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Volunteer Experience
2017 - 2019
Member
Union Fellows Committee
2015 - 2016
Immediate Past President
Space Physics and Aeronomy Executive Committee
2013 - 2014
President
Space Physics and Aeronomy Executive Committee
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