Publications by IRF scientists 2009

(and publications from previous years not already listed)

Refereed publications

Abplanalp, D., P. Wurz, L. Huber, I. Leya, E. Kopp, U. Rohner, M. Wieser, L. Kalla, and S. Barabash, A neutral gas mass spectrometer to measure the chemical composition of the stratosphere, Adv. Space Res., 44, 7, 870-878, DOI: 10.1016/j.asr.2009.06.016, 2009.

Andersson, L., R. E. Ergun, J. Tao, A. Roux, O. Lecontel, V. Angelopoulos, J. Bonnell, J. P. McFadden, D. E. Larson, S. Eriksson, T. Johansson, C. M. Cully, et al., New features of electron phase space holes observed by the THEMIS mission, Phys. Rev. Lett., 102, 22, 225004, DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.102.225004, 2009.

Barabash, S., A. Bhardwaj, M. Wieser, R. Sridharan, T. Kurian, S. Varier, E. Vijayakumar, V. Abhirami, K. V. Raghavendra, S. V. Mohankumar, M. B. Dhanya, S. Thampi, K. Asamura, H. Andersson, Y. Futaana, M. Holmström, R. Lundin, J. Svensson, S. Karlsson, R. D. Piazza, and P. Wurz, Investigation of the solar wind-Moon interaction onboard Chandrayaan-1 mission with the SARA experiment, Curr. Sci., 96, 4, 526-532, 2009.

Belehaki, A., J. Watermann, J. Lilensten, A. Glover, M. Hapgood, M. Messerotti, R. Van Der Linden, and H. Lundstedt, Renewed support dawns in Europe: An action to develop space weather products and services, Space Weather, 7, 3, S03001, DOI: 10.1029/2008SW000451, 2009.

Belova, A., S. Kirkwood, and D. Murtagh, Planetary waves in ozone and temperature in the Northern Hemisphere winters of 2002/2003 and early 2005, Ann. Geophys., 27, 3, 1189-1206, 2009.

Benna, M., M. H. Acuna, B. J. Anderson, S. Barabash, S. A. Boardsen, G. Gloeckler, R. E. Gold, G. C. Ho, H. Korth, et al., Modeling the response of the induced magnetosphere of Venus to changing IMF direction using MESSENGER and Venus express observations, Geophys. Res. Lett., 36, 4, L04109, DOI: 10.1029/2008GL036718, 2009.

Bergman, J., and B. Eliasson, Erratum: “Linear wave dispersion laws in unmagnetized relativistic plasma: Analytical and numerical results” [Phys. Plasmas 8, 1482 (2001)], Phys. Plasmas, 16, 129902, doi:10.1063/1.3276104, 2009.

Boesswetter, A., U. Auster, I. Richter, M. Fränz, B. Langlais, S. McKenna-Lawlor, S. Simon, U. Motschmann, K. H. Glassmeier, N. J. T. Edberg, and R. Lundin : Rosetta swing-by at Mars – an analysis of the ROMAP measurements in comparison with results of 3-D multi-ion hybrid simulations and MEX/ASPERA-3 data, Ann. Geophys., 27, 6, 2383-2398, 2009.

Bortnik, J., W. Li, R. M. Thome, V. Angelopoulos, C. Cully, J. Bonnell, O. Le Contel, and A. Roux, An observation linking the origin of plasmaspheric hiss to discrete chorus emissions, Science, 324, 5928, 775-778, DOI: 10.1126/science.1171273, 2009.

Chanteur, G. M., E. Dubinin, R. Modolo, and M. Fraenz, Capture of solar wind alpha-particles by the Martian atmosphere, Geophys. Res. Lett., 36, L23105, doi:10.1029/ 2009GL040235, 2009.

Chen, L.-J., N. Bessho, B. Lefebvre, H. Vaith, A. Asnes, O. Santolik, A. Fazakerley, P. Puhl-Quinn, A. Bhattacharjee, Y. Khotyaintsev, P. Daly, and R. Torbert, Multispacecraft observations of the electron current sheet, neighboring magnetic islands, and electron acceleration during magnetotail reconnection, Phys. Plasmas, 16, 5, 056501, DOI: 10.1063/1.3112744, 2009.

Collinson, G. A., D. O. Kataria, A. J. Coates, S. M. E. Tsang, C. S. Arridge, G. R. Lewis, R. A. Frahm, J. D. Winningham, and S. Barabash, Electron optical study of the Venus Express ASPERA-4 Electron Spectrometer (ELS) top-hat electrostatic analyser, Meas. Sci. Technol., 20, 5, 055204, DOI: 10.1088/0957-0233/20/5/055204, 2009.

Coustenis, A., S. K. Atreya, T. Balint, R. H. Brown, M. K. Dougherty, F. Ferri, M. Fulchignoni, D. Gautier, R. A. Gowen, C. A. Griffith, L. I. Gurvits, R. Jaumann, Y. Langevin, M. R. Leese, J. I. Lunine, C. P. McKay, X. Moussas, I. Müller-Wodarg, F. Neubauer, T. C. Owen, F. Raulin, E. C. Sittler, F. Sohl, C. Sotin, G. Tobie, T. Tokano, E. P. Turtle, J.-E. Wahlund, et al., TandEM: Titan and Enceladus mission, Exp. Astron., 23, 3, 893-946, DOI: 10.1007/s10686-008-9103-z, 2009.

Cravens, T. E., I. P. Robertson, J. H. Waite Jr., R. V. Yelle, V. Vuitton, A. J. Coates, J.-E. Wahlund,K. Ågren, M. S. Richard, V. De La Haye, A. Wellbrock, and F. M. Neubauer, Model-data comparisons for Titan’s nightside ionosphere, Icaru s, 199, 1, 174-188, DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2008.09.005, 2009.

Cui, J., M. Galand, R. V. Yelle, V. Vuitton, J.-E. Wahlund, P. P. Lawas, I. C. F. Müller-Wodarg, T. E. Cravens, W. T. Kasprzak, and J. H. Waite Jr., Diurnal variations of Titan’s ionosphere, J. Geophys. Res., 114, 6, A06310, DOI: 10.1029/2009JA014228, 2009.

Daldorff, L. K., Numerical simulation as a tool for studying waves and radiation in space, Doctoral thesis, Acta Universitatis Upsaliensis, Digital Comprehensive Summaries of Uppsala Dissertations from the Faculty of Science and Technology 488, 42 pp., ISBN 978-91-554-7384-6, 2008.

Deng, X. H., M. Zhou, S. Y. Li, W. Baumjohann, M. André, N. Cornilleau, O. Santolik, D. I. Pontin, H. Reme, E. Lucek, A. N. Fazakerley, P. Decreau, P. Daly, R. Nakamura, R. X. Tang, Y. H. Hu, Y. Pang, J. Büchner, H. Zhao, A. Vaivads, et al., Dynamics and waves near multiple magnetic null points in reconnection diffusion region, J. Geophys. Res., 114, 7, A07216, DOI: 10.1029/2008JA013197, 2009.

Dubinin, E., M. Fraenz, J. Woch, S. Barabash, and R. Lundin, Long-lived auroral structures and atmospheric losses through auroral flux tubes on Mars, Geophys. Res. Lett., 36, 8, L08108, DOI: 10.1029/2009GL038209, 2009.

Dubinin, E., M. Fraenz, J. Woch, F. Duru, D. Gurnett, R. Modolo, S. Barabash, and R. Lundin,Ionospheric storms on Mars: Impact of the corotating interaction region, Geophys. Res. Lett., 36, 1, L01105, DOI: 10.1029/2008GL036559, 2009.

Edberg, N. J. T., D. A. Brain, M. Lester, S. W. H. Cowley, R. Modolo, M. Fränz, and S. Barabash,Plasma boundary variability at Mars as observed by Mars Global Surveyor and Mars Express, Ann. Geophys., 27, 9, 3537-3550, 2009.

Edberg, N. J. T., A. I. Eriksson, U. Auster, S. Barabash, A. Bößwetter, C. M. Carr, S. W. H. Cowley, E. Cupido, M. Fränz, K.-H. Glassmeier, R. Goldstein, M. Lester, R. Lundin, R. Modolo, H. Nilsson, I. Richter, M. Samara, and J. G. Trotignon, Simultaneous measurements of Martian plasma boundaries by Rosetta and Mars Express, Plan. Space Sci., 57, 8-9, 1085-1096, DOI: 10.1016/j.pss.2008.10.016, 2009.

Edberg, N. J. T., U. Auster, S. Barabash, A. Bößwetter, D. A. Brain, J. L. Burch, C. M. Carr, S. W. H. Cowley, E. Cupido, F. Duru, A. I. Eriksson, M. Fränz, K.-H. Glassmeier, R. Goldstein, M. Lester, R. Lundin, R. Modolo, H. Nilsson, I. Richter, M. Samara, and J. G. Trotignon, Rosetta and Mars Express observations of the influence of high solar wind pressure on the Martian plasma environment, Ann. Geophys., 27, 12, 4533-4545, 2009.

Engwall, E., Low-energy ion escape from the terrestrial polar regions, Doctoral thesis, Acta Universitatis Upsaliensis, Digital Comprehensive Summaries of Uppsala Dissertations from the Faculty of Science and Technology 640, 91 pp., ISBN 978-91-554-7512-3, 2009.

Engwall, E., A. I. Eriksson, C. M. Cully, M. André, P. A. Puhl-Quinn, H. Vaith, and R. Torbert, Survey of cold ionospheric outflows in the magnetotail, Ann. Geophys., 27, 8, 3185-3201, 2009.

Engwall, E., A. I. Eriksson, C. M. Cully, M. André, R. Torbert, and H. Vaith, Earth’s ionospheric outflow dominated by hidden cold plasma, Nature Geoscience, 2, 1, 24-27, DOI: 10.1038/ngeo387, 2009.

Ergun, R. E., L. Andersson, J. Tao, V. Angelopoulos, J. Bonnell, J. P. McFadden, D. E. Larson, S. Eriksson, T. Johansson, C. M. Cully, et al., Observations of double layers in earth’s plasma sheet, Phys. Rev. Lett., 102, 15, 155002, DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.102.155002, 2009.

Eriksson, S., H. Hasegawa, W.-L. Teh, B. U. O. Sonnerup, J. P. McFadden, K.-H. Glassmeier, O. Le Contel, V. Angelopoulos, C. M. Cully, D. E. Larson, R. E. Ergun, A. Roux, and C. W. Carlson, Magnetic island formation between large-scale flow vortices at an undulating postnoon magnetopause for northward interplanetary magnetic field, J. Geophys. Res., 114, A00C17, doi:10.1029/2008JA013505, 2009.

Farrell, W. M., W. S. Kurth, D. A. Gurnett, R. E. Johnson, M. L. Kaiser, J.-E. Wahlund, and J. H. Waite Jr., Electron density dropout near Enceladus in the context of water-vapor and water-ice, Geophys. Res. Lett., 36, 10, L10203, DOI: 10.1029/2008GL037108, 2009.

Fuselier, S. A., P. Bochsler, D. Chornay, G. Clark, G. B. Crew, G. Dunn, S. Ellis, T. Friedmann, H. O. Funsten, A. G. Ghielmetti, J. Googins, M. S. Granoff, J. W. Hamilton, J. Hanley, D. Heirtzler, E. Hertzberg, D. Isaac, B. King, U. Knauss, H. Kucharek, F. Kudirka, S. Livi, J. Lobell, S. Longworth, K. Mashburn, D. J. McComas, E. Möbius, A. S. Moore, T. E. Moore, R. J. Nemanich, J. Nolin, M. O’Neal, D. Piazza, L. Peterson, S. E. Pope, P. Rosmarynowski, L. A. Saul, J. R. Scherrer, J. A. Scheer, C. Schlemm, N. A. Schwadron, C. Tillier, S. Turco, J. Tyler, M. Vosbury, M. Wieser, P. Wurz, and S. Zaffke, The IBEX-lo sensor, Space Sci. Rev., 146, 1-4, 117-147, DOI: 10.1007/s11214-009-9495-8, 2009.

Garnier, P., J.-E. Wahlund, L. Rosenqvist, R. Modolo, K. Ågren, N. Sergis, P. Canu, M. André, D. A. Gurnett, W. S. Kurth, S. M. Krimigis, A. Coates, M. Dougherty, and J. H. Waite, Titan’s ionosphere in the magnetosheath: Cassini RPWS results during the T32 flyby, Ann. Geophys., 27, 11, 4257-4272, 2009.

Giang, T. T., M. Hamrin, M. Yamauchi, R. Lundin, H. Nilsson, Y. Ebihara, H. Rème, I. Dandouras, C. Vallat, M. B. Bavassano-Cattaneo, et al., Outflowing protons and heavy ions as a source for the sub-keV ring current, Ann. Geophys., 27, 2, 839-849, 2009.

Gunell, H., J. J. Walker, M. E. Koepke, T. Hurtig, N. Brenning, and H. Nilsson, Numerical experiments on plasmoids entering a transverse magnetic field, Phys. Plasmas, 16, 11, 112901, DOI: 10.1063/1.3267860, 2009.

Gustavsson, B., R. Newsome, T. B. Leyser, M. J. Kosch, L. Norin, M. McCarrick, T. Pedersen, and B. J. Watkins, First observations of X-mode suppression of O-mode HF enhancements at 6300 Å, Geophys. Res. Lett., 36, 20, L20102, DOI: 10.1029/2009GL039421, 2009.

Hall, J. O., Ya. N. Istomin, and T. B. Leyser, Electromagnetic coupling of localized upper hybrid oscillations in a system of density depletions, Phys. Plasmas, 16, 1, 012902, DOI: 10.1063/1.3068744, 2009.

Hall, J. O., G. Stenberg, A. I. Eriksson, and M. André, Formation of lower-hybrid solitary structures by modulational interaction between lower-hybrid and dispersive Alfvén waves, Ann. Geophys., 27, 3, 1027-1033, 2009.

Hamrin, M., P. Norqvist, O. Marghitu, S. Buchert, B. Klecker, L. M. Kistler, and I. Dandouras, Occurrence and location of concentrated load and generator regions observed by Cluster in the plasma sheet, Ann. Geophys., 27, 11, 4131-4146, 2009.

Hamrin, M., P. Norqvist, O. Marghitu, A. Vaivads, B. Klecker, L. M. Kistler, and I. Dandouras, Scale size and life time of energy conversion regions observed by Cluster in the plasma sheet, Ann. Geophys., 27, 11, 4147-4155, 2009.

Hasegawa, H., A. Retinó, A. Vaivads, Y. Khotyaintsev, M. André, T. K. M. Nakamura, W.-L. Teh, B. U. Ö. Sonnerup, S. J. Schwartz, Y. Seki, M. Fujimoto, Y. Saito, H. Réme, and P. Canu, Kelvin-Helmholtz waves at the Earth’s magnetopause: Multiscale development and associated reconnection, J. Geophys. Res., 114, 12, A12207, DOI: 10.1029/2009JA014042, 2009.

Hietala, H., T. V. Laitinen, K. Andréeová, R. Vainio, A. Vaivads, M. Palmroth, T. I. Pulkkinen, H. E. J. Koskinen, E. A. Lucek, and H. Rème, Supermagnetosonic jets behind a collisionless quasiparallel shock, Phys. Rev. Lett., 103, 24, 245001, DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.103.245001, 2009.

Imamura, T., T. Iwata, Z.-I. Yamamoto, N. Mochizuki, Y. Kono, K. Matsumoto, Q. Liu, H. Noda, H. Hanada, K.-I. Oyama, A. Nabatov, Y. Futaana, A. Saito, and H. Ando, Radio occultation observation of the lunar ionosphere, J. Geodetic Soc. Japan, 55, 2, 307-314, 2009.

Jacobsen, K. S., J.-E. Wahlund, and A. Pedersen, Cassini Langmuir probe measurements in the inner magnetosphere of Saturn, Plan. Space Sci., 57, 1, 48-52, DOI: 10.1016/j.pss.2008.10.012, 2009.

Jarvinen, R., E. Kallio, P. Janhunen, S. Barabash, T. L. Zhang, V. Pohjola, and I. Sillanpää, Oxygen ion escape from Venus in a global hybrid simulation: Role of the ionospheric O+ ions, Ann. Geophys., 27, 11, 4333-4348, 2009.

Johansson, T., J. W. Bonnell, C. Cully, E. Donovan, J. Raeder, S. Eriksson, L. Andersson, R. E. Ergun, V. Angelopoulos, J. McFadden, K.-H. Glassmeier, and I. Mann, Observation of an inner magnetosphere electric field associated with a BBF-like flow and PBIs, Ann. Geophys., 27, 4, 1489-1500, 2009.

Kiyani, K. H., S. C. Chapman, Y. V. Khotyaintsev, M. W. Dunlop, and F. Sahraoui, Global scale-invariant dissipation in collisionless plasma turbulence, Phys. Rev. Lett., 103, 7, 075006, DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.103.075006, 2009.

Kullen, A., S. Ohtani, and T. Karlsson, Geomagnetic signatures of auroral substorms preceded by pseudobreakups, J. Geophys. Res., 114, 4, A04201, DOI: 10.1029/2008JA013712, 2009.

Lammer, H., J. H. Bredehöft, A. Coustenis, M. L. Khodachenko, L. Kaltenegger, O. Grasset, D. Prieur, F. Raulin, P. Ehrenfreund, M. Yamauchi, J.-E. Wahlund, et al., What makes a planet habitable?, Astron. Astrophys. Rev., 17, 2, 181-249, DOI: 10.1007/s00159-009-0019-z, 2009.

Langlais, B., F. Leblanc, T. Fouchet, S. Barabash, D. Breuer, E. Chassefière, A. Coates, V. Dehant, F. Forget, H. Lammer, S. Lewis, M. Lopez-Valverde, M. Mandea, M. Menvielle, A. Pais, M. Paetzold, P. Read, C. Sotin, P. Tarits, S. Vennerström, G. Branduardi-Raymont, G. Cremonese, J. G. M. Merayo, T. Ott, H. Rème, J. G. Trotignon, and J.-E. Wahlund, Mars environment and magnetic orbiter model payload, Exp. Astron., 23, 3, 761-783, DOI: 10.1007/s10686-008-9101-1, 2009.

Leblanc, F., B. Langlais, T. Fouchet, S. Barabash, D. Breuer, E. Chassefière, A. Coates, V. Dehant, F. Forget, H. Lammer, et al., Mars environment and magnetic orbiter scientific and measurement objectives, Astrobiology, 9, 1, 71-89, DOI: 10.1089/ast.2007.0222, 2009.

Leyser, T. B., and A. Y. Wong, Powerful electromagnetic waves for active environmental research in geospace, Rev. Geophys., 47, 1, RG1001, DOI: 10.1029/2007RG000235, 2009.

Leyser, T. B., L. Norin, M. McCarrick, T. R. Pedersen, and B. Gustavsson, Radio pumping of ionospheric plasma with orbital angular momentum, Phys. Rev. Lett., 102, 6, 065004, DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.102.065004, 2009.

Leyser, T. B., and E. Nordblad, Self-focused radio frequency L wave pumping of localized upper hybrid oscillations in high-latitude ionospheric plasma, Geophys. Res. Lett., 36, L24105, doi:10.1029/ 2009GL041438, 2009.

Li, W., R. M. Thome, V. Angelopoulos, J. Bortnik, C. M. Cully, B. Ni, O. Lecontel, A. Roux, U. Auster, and W. Magnes, Global distribution of whistler-mode chorus waves observed on the THEMIS spacecraft, Geophys. Res. Lett., 36, 9, L09104, DOI: 10.1029/2009GL037595, 2009.

Lindstedt, T., Magnetic reconnection and separatrix regions, Licentiate thesis, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Uppsala University, 2009.

Lindstedt, T., Yu. V. Khotyaintsev, A. Vaivads, M. André, R. C. Fear, B. Lavraud, S. Haaland, and C. J. Owen, Separatrix regions of magnetic reconnection at the magnetopause, Ann. Geophys., 27, 10, 4039-4056, 2009.

Liu, W. L., X. Li, T. Sarris, C. Cully, R. Ergun, V. Angelopoulos, D. Larson, A. Keiling, K. H. Glassmeier, and H. U. Auster, Observation and modeling of the injection observed by THEMIS and LANL satellites during the 23 March 2007 substorm event, J. Geophys. Res., 114, A00C18, doi:10.1029/2008JA013498, 2009.

Lossow, S., M. Khaplanov, J. Gumbel, J. Stegman, G. Witt, P. Dalin, S. Kirkwood, F. J. Schmidlin, K. H. Fricke, and U. Blum, Middle atmospheric water vapour and dynamics in the vicinity of the polar vortex during the Hygrosonde-2 campaign, Atm. Chem. Phys., 9, 13, 4407-4417, 2009.

Lundin, R., S. Barabash, M. Holmström, H. Nilsson, M. Yamauchi, E. M. Dubinin, and M. Fraenz, Atmospheric origin of cold ion escape from Mars, Geophys. Res. Lett., 36, 17, L17202, DOI: 10.1029/2009GL039341, 2009.

Lundstedt, H., Solar magnetic activity: Topologically explored, Eur. Phys. J. Conferences, 1, 225-234, DOI:10.1140/epjconf/e2009-00923-x, 2009.

Lundstedt, H., Solar magnetic activity: Topology and prediction, Acta Geophys., 57, 1, 31-41, DOI: 10.2478/s11600-008-0062-6, 2009.

Lundstedt, H., The sunspot picture of the sun is outmoded, in Climate challenge – the safety’s off, 111-124, ISBN 978-91-540-6038-2, 2009. [Also published in Swedish: Solfläcksbilden av solen är föråldrad, i Osäkrat klimat – laddad utmaning, 105-117, ISBN 978-91-540-6036-8, 2009.]

Löfås, H., N. Ivchenko, B. Gustavsson, T. B. Leyser, and M. T. Rietveld, F-region electron heating by X-mode radiowaves in underdense conditions, Ann. Geophys., 27, 6, 2585-2592, 2009.

Ma, Y. J., C. T. Russell, A. F. Nagy, G. Toth, C. Bertucci, M. K. Dougherty, F. M. Neubauer, A. Wellbrock, A. J. Coates, P. Garnier, J.-E. Wahlund, T. E. Cravens, and F. J. Crary, Time-dependent global MHD simulations of Cassini T32 flyby: From magnetosphere to magnetosheath, J. Geophys. Res., 114, 3, A03204, DOI: 10.1029/2008JA013676, 2009.

Martinecz, C., A. Boesswetter, M. Fränz, E. Roussos, J. Woch, N. Krupp, E. Dubinin, U. Motschmann, S. Wiehle, S. Simon, S. Barabash, R. Lundin, T. L. Zhang, H. Lichtenegger, and Y. Kulikov, Plasma environment of Venus: Comparison of Venus Express ASPERA-4 measurements with 3-D hybrid simulations, J. Geophys. Res., 114, E00B30, doi:10.1029/ 2008JE003174, 2009.

Martinecz, C., A. Boesswetter, M. Fränz, E. Roussos, J. Woch, N. Krupp, E. Dubinin, U. Motschmann, S. Wiehle, S. Simon, S. Barabash, R. Lundin, T. L. Zhang, H. Lammer, H. Lichtenegger, and Y. Kulikov, Correction to “Plasma environment of Venus: Comparison of Venus Express ASPERA-4 measurements with 3-D hybrid simulations”, J. Geophys. Res., 114, E00B98, doi:10.1029/2009JE003377, 2009.

Mendonça, J. T., S. Ali, and B. Thidé, Plasmons with orbital angular momentum, Phys. Plasmas,16, 11, 112103, DOI: 10.1063/1.3261802, 2009.

Mendonça, J. T., B. Thidé, and H. Then, Stimulated Raman and Brillouin backscattering of collimated beams carrying orbital angular momentum, Phys. Rev. Lett., 102, 18, 185005, DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.102.185005, 2009.

Messerotti, M., F. Zuccarello, S. L. Guglielmino, V. Bothmer, J. Lilensten, G. Noci, M. Storini, and H. Lundstedt, Solar weather event modelling and prediction, Space Sci. Rev., 147, 2-3, 121-185, DOI: 10.1007/s11214-009-9574-x, 2009.

Milillo, A., A. Mura, S. Orsini, S. Massetti, P. C. son Brandt, T. Sotirelis, R. D’Amicis, S. Barabash,R. A. Frahm, E. Kallio, A. Galli, P. Wurz, M. Holmström, E. C. Roelof, J. D. Winningham, P. Cerulli-Irelli, S. Livi, R. Lundin, M. Maggi, and A. Morbidini, Statistical analysis of the observations of the MEX/ASPERA-3 NPI in the shadow, Plan. Space Sci., 57, 8-9, 1000-1007, DOI: 10.1016/j.pss.2008.09.016, 2009.

Morooka, M. W., R. Modolo, J.-E. Wahlund, M. André, A. I. Eriksson, A. M. Persoon, D. A. Gurnett, W. S. Kurth, A. J. Coates, G. R. Lewis, K. K. Khurana, and M. Dougherty, The electron density of Saturn’s magnetosphere, Ann. Geophys., 27, 7, 2971-2991, 2009.

Möstl, C., C. J. Farrugia, H. K. Biernat, S. A. Kiehas, R. Nakamura, V. V. Ivanova, and Y. Khotyaintsev, The structure of an earthward propagating magnetic flux rope early in its evolution: comparison of methods, Ann. Geophys., 27, 5, 2215-2224, 2009.

Nakamura, R., A. Retinò, W. Baumjohann, M. Volwerk, N. Erkaev, B. Klecker, E. A. Lucek, I. Dandouras, M. André, and Y. Khotyaintsev, Evolution of dipolarization in the near-Earth current sheet induced by Earthward rapid flux transport, Ann. Geophys., 27, 4, 1743-1754, 2009.

Norin, L., T. B. Leyser, E. Nordblad, B. Thidé, and M. McCarrick, Unprecedentedly strong and narrow electromagnetic emissions stimulated by high-frequency radio waves in the ionosphere, Phys. Rev. Lett., 102, 6, 065003, DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.102.065003, 2009.

Ogawa, Y., S. C. Buchert, R. Fujii, S. Nozawa, and A. P. Van Eyken, Characteristics of ion upflow and downflow observed with the European Incoherent Scatter Svalbard radar, J. Geophys. Res.,114, 5, A05305, DOI: 10.1029/2008JA013817, 2009.

Ogawa, Y., I. Häggström, S. C. Buchert, K. Oksavik, S. Nozawa, M. Hirahara, A. P. van Eyken, T. Aso, and R. Fujii, On the source of the polar wind in the polar topside ionosphere: First results from the EISCAT Svalbard radar, Geophys. Res. Lett., 36, L24103, doi:10.1029/2009GL041501, 2009.

Osepian, A., S. Kirkwood, and P. Dalin, The influence of ozone concentration on the lower ionosphere – modelling and measurements during the 29-30 October 2003 solar proton event, Ann. Geophys., 27, 2, 577-589, 2009.

Osepian, A., S. Kirkwood, P. Dalin, and V. Tereschenko, D-region electron density and effective recombination coefficients during twilight – experimental data and modelling during solar proton events, Ann. Geophys., 27, 10, 3713-3724, 2009.

Pérez-de-Tejada, H., R. Lundin, H. Durand-Manterola, and M. Reyes-Ruiz, Solar wind erosion of the polar regions of the Mars ionosphere, J. Geophys. Res., 114, A02106, doi:10.1029/2008JA013295, 2009.

Perri, S., E. Yordanova, V. Carbone, P. Veltri, L. Sorriso-Valvo, R. Bruno, and M. André, Magnetic turbulence in space plasmas: Scale-dependent effects of anisotropy, J. Geophys. Res., 114, 2, A02102, DOI: 10.1029/2008JAO13491, 2009.

Persoon, A. M., D. A. Gurnett, O. Santolik, W. S. Kurth, J. B. Faden, J. B. Groene, G. R. Lewis, A. J. Coates, R. J. Wilson, R. L. Tokar, J.-E. Wahlund, and M. Moncuquet, A diffusive equilibrium model for the plasma density in Saturn’s magnetosphere, J. Geophys. Res., 114, 4, A04211, DOI: 10.1029/2008JA013912, 2009.

Pope, S. A., M. A. Balikhin, T. L. Zhang, A. O. Fedorov, M. Gedalin, and S. Barabash, Giant vortices lead to ion escape from Venus and re-distribution of plasma in the ionosphere, Geophys. Res. Lett., 36, 7, L07202, DOI: 10.1029/2008GL036977, 2009.

Rao, T. N., J. Arvelius, and S. Kirkwood, Climatology of tropopause folds over a European Arctic station (Esrange), J. Geophys. Res., 114, 7, D00B03, DOI: 10.1029/2007JD009638, 2009.

Robertson, I. P., T. E. Cravens, J. H. Waite Jr., R. V. Yelle, V. Vuitton, A. J. Coates, J.-E. Wahlund,K. Ågren, K. Mandt, B. Magee, M. S. Richard, and E. Fattig, Structure of Titan’s ionosphere: Model comparisons with Cassini data, Plan. Space Sci., 57, 14-15, 1834-1846, DOI: 10.1016/j.pss.2009.07.011, 2009.

Rosenqvist, L., J.-E. Wahlund, K. Ågren, R. Modolo, H. J. Opgenoorth, D. Strobel, I. Müller-Wodarg, P. Garnier, and C. Bertucci, Titan ionospheric conductivities from Cassini measurements, Plan. Space Sci., 57, 14-15, 1828-1833, DOI: 10.1016/j.pss.2009.01.007, 2009.

Safargaleev, V. V., T. I. Sergienko, A. E. Kozlovsky, I. Sandahl, U. Brändström, and D. N. Shibaeva, Electric field enhancement in an auroral arc according to the simultaneous radar (EISCAT) and optical (ALIS) observations, Geomagnetism and Aeronomy, 49, 3, 353-367, DOI: 10.1134/S0016793209030098, 2009.

Sahraoui, F., M. L. Goldstein, P. Robert, and Yu. V. Khotyaintsev, Evidence of a cascade and dissipation of solar-wind turbulence at the electron gyroscale, Phys. Rev. Lett., 102, 23, 231102, DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.102.231102, 2009.

Schwartz, S. J., T. Horbury, C. Owen, W. Baumjohann, R. Nakamura, P. Canu, A. Roux, F. Sahraoui, P. Louarn, J.-A. Sauvaud, J.-L. Pinçon, A. Vaivads, et al., Cross-scale: Multi-scale coupling in space plasmas, Exp. Astron., 23, 3, 1001-1015, DOI: 10.1007/s10686-008-9085-x, 2009.

Slavin, J. A., M. H. Acuña, B. J. Anderson, S. Barabash, M. Benna, S. A. Boardsen, M. Fraenz, G. Gloeckler, R. E. Gold, G. C. Ho, et al., MESSENGER and Venus Express observations of the solar wind interaction with Venus, Geophys. Res. Lett., 36, 9, L09106, DOI: 10.1029/2009GL037876, 2009.

Spanswick, E., E. Donovan, W. Liu, J. Liang, J. B. Blake, G. Reeves, R. Friedel, B. Jackel, C. Cully,and A. Weatherwax, Global observations of substorm injection region evolution: 27 August 2001, Ann. Geophys., 27, 5, 2019-2025, 2009.

Stasiewicz, K., and C. Z. Cheng, Modelling of mirror mode structures as propagating slow magnetosonic solitons, Ann. Geophys., 27, 12, 4379-4389, 2009.

Szego, K., Z. Bebesi, Z. Dobe, M. Fränz, A. Fedorov, S. Barabash, A. J. Coates, and T. L. Zhang, O+ ion flow below the magnetic barrier at Venus post terminator, J. Geophys. Res., 114, E00B26, doi:10.1029/ 2008JE003170, 2009.

Titov, D. V., H. Svedhem, F. W. Taylor, S. Barabash, J.-L. Bertaux, P. Drossart, V. Formisano, B. Häusler, O. Korablev, W. J. Markiewicz, et al., Venus express: Highlights of the nominal mission, Sol. Syst. Res., 43, 3, 185-209, DOI: 10.1134/S0038094609030010, 2009.

Trines, R. M. G. M., R. Bingham, L. O. Silva, J. T. Mendonça, P. K. Shukla, C. D. Murphy, M. W. Dunlop, J. A. Davies, R. Bamford, A. Vaivads, and P. A. Norreys, Applications of the wave kinetic approach: From laser wakefields to drift wave turbulence, Phys. Plasmas, 16, 5, 055904, DOI: 10.1063/1.3125929, 2009.

Vaivads, A., A. Retinò, and M. André, Magnetic reconnection in space plasma, Plasma Phys. Control. Fusion, 51, 12, 124016, DOI: 10.1088/0741-3335/51/12/124016, 2009.

Virkkula, A., A. Asmi, K. Teinilä, A. Frey, M. Aurela, H. Timonen, T. Mäkelä, A. Samuli, R. Hillamo, P. P. Aalto, S. Kirkwood, and M. Kulmala, Review of aerosol research at the Finnish Antarctic research station Aboa and its surroundings in Queen Maud Land, Antarctica, Geophysica, 45, Nos. 1-2, 2009.

Volwerk, M., M. Delva, Y. Futaana, A. Retinò, Z., Vörös, T. L. Zhang, W. Baumjohann, and S. Barabash, Substorm activity in Venus’s magnetotail, Ann. Geophys., 27, 6, 2321-2330, 2009.

Vuitton, V., P. Lavvas, R. V. Yelle, M. Galand, A. Wellbrock, G. R. Lewis, A. J. Coates, and J.-E. Wahlund, Negative ion chemistry in Titan’s upper atmosphere, Plan. Space Sci., 57, 13, 1558-1572, DOI: 10.1016/j.pss.2009.04.004, 2009.

Wahlund, J.-E., M. André, A. I. E. Eriksson, M. Lundberg, M. W. Morooka, M. Shafiq, T. F. Averkamp, D. A. Gurnett, G. B. Hospodarsky, W. S. Kurth, et al., Detection of dusty plasma near the E-ring of Saturn, Plan. Space Sci., 57, 14-15, 1795-1806, DOI: 10.1016/j.pss.2009.03.011, 2009.

Wahlund, J.-E., M. Galand, I. Müller-Wodarg, J. Cui, R. V. Yelle, F. J. Crary, K. Mandt, B. Magee, J. H. Waite Jr., D. T. Young, A. J. Coates, P. Garnier, K. Ågren, M. André, A. I. Eriksson, et al., On the amount of heavy molecular ions in Titan’s ionosphere, Plan. Space Sci., 57, 14-15, 1857-1865, DOI: 10.1016/j.pss.2009.07.014, 2009.

Watermann, J., P. Wintoft, B. Sanahuja, E. Saiz, S. Poedts, M. Palmroth, A. Milillo, F.-A. Metallinou, C. Jacobs, N. Y. Ganushkina, et al., Models of solar wind structures and their interaction with the Earth’s space environment, Space Sci. Rev., 147, 3-4, 233-270, DOI: 10.1007/s11214-009-9494-9, 2009.

Wieser, M., P. Wurz, E. Moebius, S. A. Fuselier, E. Hertzberg, and D. J. McComas, The ion-optical prototype of the low energy neutral atom sensor of the Interstellar Boundary Explorer Mission (IBEX), Rev. Sci. Instr., 78, 124502, _DOI: 10.1063/1.2821235, 2007.

Wieser, M., S. Barabash, Y. Futaana, M. Holmström, A. Bhardwaj, R. Sridharan, M. B. Dhanya, P. Wurz, A. Schaufelberger, and K. Asamura, Extremely high reflection of solar wind protons as neutral hydrogen atoms from regolith in space, Plan. Space Sci., 57, 14-15, 2132-2134, DOI: 10.1016/j.pss.2009.09.012, 2009.

Wieser, M., L. Kalla, S. Barabash, T. Hedqvist, S. Kemi, O. Widell, D. Abplanalp, and P. Wurz, The Mars Environment Analogue Platform long duration balloon flight, Adv. Space Res., 44, 3, 308-312, DOI: 10.1016/j.asr.2009.03.014, 2009.

Wik, M., R. Pirjola, H. Lundstedt, A. Viljanen, P. Wintoft, and A. Pulkkinen, Space weather events in July 1982 and October 2003 and the effects of geomagnetically induced currents on Swedish technical systems, Ann. Geophys., 27, 4, 1775-1787, 2009.

Wurz, P., S. A. Fuselier, E. Möbius, H. O. Funsten, P. C. Brandt, F. Allegrini, A. G. Ghielmetti, R. Harper, E. Hertzberg, P. Janzen, H. Kucharek, D. J. McComas, E. E. Roelof, L. Saul, J. Scheer, M. Wieser, and Y. Zheng, IBEX backgrounds and signal-to-noise ratio, Space Sci. Rev., 146, 1-4, 173-206, DOI: 10.1007/s11214-009-9515-8, 2009.

Yamauchi, M., Y. Ebihara, I. Dandouras, and H. Rème, Dual source populations of substorm-associated ring current ions, Ann. Geophys., 27, 4, 1431-1438, 2009.

Yamauchi, M., I. Dandouras, P. W. Daly, G. Stenberg, H. U. Frey, P.-A. Lindqvist, Y. Ebihara, H. Nilsson, R. Lundin, H. Rème, M. André, E. A. Kronberg, A. Balogh, and M. Henderson, Magnetospheric solitary structure maintained by 3000 km/s ions as a cause of westward moving auroral bulge at 19 MLT, Ann. Geophys., 27, 7, 2947-2969, 2009.

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Other publications

Baumjohann, W., T. Horbury, S. Schwarts, P. Canu, P. Louarn, M. Fujimoto, R. Nakamura, C. Owen, A. Roux, and A. Vaivads, The cross-scale mission, AIP Conference Proceedings, 1144, 25-28, doi:10.1063/1.3169298, 2009.

Brandt, P. C., E. C. Roelof, R. Decker, P. Wurz, S. Barabash, D. Bazell, and T. Sotirelis, A residual source of energetic neutral atoms across the sky obtained by the neutral particle detector on board Venus Express, AIP Conference Proceedings, 1183, 102-112, DOI: 10.1063/1.3266764, 2009.

Carr, C., E. Cupido, C. G. Y. Lee, A. Balogh, T. Beek, J. L. Burch, C. N. Dunford, A. I. Eriksson, R. Gill, K. H. Glassmeier, R. Goldstein, D. Lagoutte, R. Lundin, K. Lundin, B. Lybekk, J. L. Michau, G. Musmann, H. Nilsson, C. Pollock, I. Richter, and J. G. Trotignon, RPC: The Rosetta Plasma Consortium, in Rosetta: ESA’s Mission to the Origin of the Solar System, eds. R. Schulz, C. Alexander, H. Boenhardt, and K.-H. Glassmeier, ISBN: 978-0-387-77517-3, 2009.

Eriksson, A. I., R. Gill, J.-E. Wahlund, M. André, A. Mälkki, B. Lybekk, A. Pedersen, J. A. Holtet, L. G. Blomberg, and N. J. T. Edberg, RPC-LAP: The Langmuir probe instrument of the Rosetta plasma consortium, in Rosetta: ESA’s Mission to the Origin of the Solar System, eds. R. Schulz, C. Alexander, H. Boenhardt, and K.-H. Glassmeier, ISBN: 978-0-387-77517-3, 2009.

Kazama, Y., S. Barabash, M. Wieser, K. Asamura, and P. Wurz, A LENA instrument onboard BepiColombo and Chandrayaan-1, AIP Conference Proceedings, 1144, 109-113, DOI: 10.1063/1.3169273, 2009.

Kirkwood, S., M. Mihalikova, T. N. Rao, K. Satheesan, Turbulence associated with mountain waves over Northern Scandinavia – a case study using the ESRAD VHF radar and the WRF mesoscale model,   Atmos. Chem. Phys. Discuss., 9, 5, 20775-20817, 2009.

Liszka, L., and R. Lundin, Prediction of Grand Minima, IRF Scientific Report 299, May 2009.

Lundin, R., S. Barabash, and the ASPERA-3 team: M. Holmström, H. Andersson, M. Yamauchi, H. Nilsson, A. Grigorev, D. Winningham, R. Frahm, J. R. Sharber, et al., ASPERA-3: Analyser of space plasmas and energetic neutral atoms, ESA SP-1291, 199-215, 2009.

Orsini, S., S. Livi, K. Torkar, S. Barabash, A. Milillo, P. Wurz, and A. M. Di Lellis: BepiColombo MPO SERENA: A novel instrument package to study neutral and ionized particle populations in the environment of Mercury, Proceedings of conference on Future Perspectives of Space Plasma and Particle Instrumentation and International Collaborations, Tokyo, Japan, 2006.

Orsini, S., S. Livi, K. Torkar, S. Barabash, A. Milillo, P. Wurz, A. M. Di Lellis, and E. Kallio, SERENA: A novel instrument package on board BepiColombo-MPO to study neutral and ionized particles in the Hermean environment, AIP Conference Proceedings, 1144, 76-90, DOI: 10.1063/1.3169309, 2009.

Pellinen-Wannberg, A., Små stjärnor som faller, Populär Astronomi, 2, 30-34, 2009.

Tavares, A. D., M. D. Tavares, J. Rendtel, P. Dalin, E. Friis-Christensen: Nuvens, suas relações com a quimica da atmosfera e os raios cósmicos, Publicação da Sociedade Brasileira de Geofisica,3, 17-20, 2009.

Wannberg, G., EISCAT_3D: Options for the active element, IRF Technical Report 051, Kiruna: Swedish Institute of Space Physics, February 2009.

Wannberg, G., and I. Wolf, EISCAT_3D: Active element interim report, IRF Technical Report 052, Kiruna: Swedish Institute of Space Physics, March 2009.

Wannberg, G., and I. Wolf, EISCAT_3D: Active element subsystem design document, IRF Technical Report 053, Kiruna: Swedish Institute of Space Physics, May 2009.

Wieser, M., S. Barabash, M. Emanuelsson, K. Brinkfeldt, and P. Enoksson, Micromechanical shutter based mass spectrometers, AIP Conference Proceedings, 1144, 114-118, DOI: 10.1063/1.3169274, 2009.


Diploma theses completed at IRF

Fatemi, M. S. S., Computing, visualizing and analyzing ion trajectories, Master thesis, Department of Space Science, Kiruna, Luleå University of Technology, 2009.

Garde, M. L., Ultra-high-energy cosmic neutrino radio detection with vector antennas, Master thesis, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Uppsala University, UPTEC F09 025, 2009.

Hultgren, K., Rosetta LAP operations at the target comet, Master thesis, Department of Space Science, Kiruna, Luleå University of Technology, 2009.

Lindberg, J., Angular momentum and conservation laws in classical electrodynamics, Master thesis, School of Engineering and Department of Physics and Astronomy, Uppsala University, UPTEC F09 017, 2009.

Nilsson, T., Modelling of Cassini Langmuir probe measurements, Master thesis, School of Engineering and Department of Physics and Astronomy, Uppsala University, UPTEC F09 064, 2009.

Sjögren, A., Modelling of Rosetta Langmuir probe measurements, Master thesis, School of Engineering and Department of Physics and Astronomy, Uppsala University, UPTEC F09 063, 2009.

Stude, J., Design and implementation of an ion beam profiling system, Master thesis, School of Information Science, Computer and Electrical Engineering, Halmstad University, Technical report, IDE0953, November 2009.

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