Publications by IRF scientists 2011

(and publications from earlier years not previously listed)

Refereed publications

Agapitov, O., V. Krasnoselskikh, T. Dudok de Wit, Y. Khotyaintsev , J.S. Pickett, O. Santolík and G. Rolland, Multispacecraft observations of chorus emissions as a tool for the plasma density fluctuations’ remote sensing, J. Geophys. Res., 116, A09222, DOI:10.1029/2011JA016540, 2011.

Agapitov, O., V. Krasnoselskikh, Y.V. Khotyaintsev and G. Rolland, A statistical study of the propagation characteristics of whistler waves observed by Cluster, Geophys. Res. Lett. , 38, L20103, DOI:10.1029/2011GL049597, 2011.

Angelbratt, J., J. Mellqvist, D. Simpson, J.E. Jonson, T. Blumenstock, T. Borsdorff, P. Duchatelet, F. Forster, F. Hase, E. Mahieu, M. De Mazière, J. Notholt, A.K. Petersen, U. Raffalski , C. Servais, R. Sussmann, T. Warneke   and C. Vigouroux, Carbon monoxide (CO) and ethane (C 2 H 6 ) trends from ground-based solar FTIR measurements at six European stations, comparison and sensitivity analysis with the EMEP model , Atmos. Chem. Phys ., 11, 9253-9269, DOI:10.5194/acp-11-9253-2011, 2011.

Angsmann, A., M. Fränz, E. Dubinin, J. Woch, S. Barabash, T.L. Zhang and U. Motschmann, Magnetic states of the ionosphere of Venus observed by Venus Express, Plan. Space Sci ., 59 (4), pp. 327-337, DOI: 10.1016/j.pss.2010.12.004, 2011.

Arridge, C.S., N. Andre, C.L. Bertucci, P. Garnier , C.M. Jackman, Z. Nemeth, A.M. Rymer, N. Sergis, K. Szego, A.J. Coates and F.J. Crary, Upstream of Saturn and Titan., Space Sci. Rev ., 162 (1-4), pp. 25-83, DOI: 10.1007/s11214-011-9849-x, 2011.

Aunai, N., A. Retinò, G. Belmont, R. Smets, B. Lavraud and A. Vaivads , The proton pressure tensor as a new proxy of the proton decoupling region in collisionless magnetic reconnection, Ann. Geophys ., 29, 1571-1579, DOI:10.5194/angeo-29-1571-2011,  2011.

Barghouthi, I.A., S.H. Ghithan and H. Nilsson , A comparison study between observations and simulation results of Barghouthi model for O + and H + outflows in the polar wind, Ann. Geophys ., 29, 2061-2079, DOI: 10.5194/angeo-29-2061-2011, 2011.

Bertucci, C., F. Duru, N.T.J. Edberg , M. Fraenz, C. Martinecz and O. Vaisberg, The induced magnetospheres of Mars, Venus and Titan, Spac. Sci. Rev ., 162, 113-171, DOI: 10.1007/s11214-011-9845-1, 2011.

Bhardwaj, A., S. Barabash , M.B. Dhanya, M. Wieser, Y. Futaana, M. Holmström , R. Sridharan, P. Wurz, A. Schaufelberger and A. Kazushi, Studying the Lunar-Solar wind interaction with the SARA experiment aboard the Indian Lunar Mission Chandrayaan-1, AIP Conference Proceedings , 1216, 518-521, 2010.

Bhardwaj, A., M. Wieser , M. B. Dhanya, S. Barabash, Y. Futaana, M. Holmström, R. Sridharan, P. Wurz, A. Schaufelberger and A. Kazushi. The sub-kev atom reflecting analyzer (SARA) experiment aboard Chandrayaan-1 mission: instrument and observations. Advances in Geosciences , 19:151-162, 2010.

Brinkfeldt, K., P. Enoksson, M. Wieser, S. Barabash and M. Emanuelsson , Microshutters for MEMS-based time-of-flight measurements in space, Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Micro Electro Mechanical Systems (MEMS) , 5734495, 597-600, DOI: 10.1109/MEMSYS.2011.5734495, 2011.

Chen J., H.   Lundstedt , Y. Deng, P. Wintoft and Y. Zhang, An analysis of the formation of interconnecting loops, Sol. Phys ., 273, 51-68, DOI: 10.1007/s11207-011-9857-8, 2011.

Coates, A. J., J.-E. Wahlund, K. Ågren, N.J.T. Edberg, J. Cui, A. Wellbrock and K. Szego, Recent results from Titan’s ionosphere, Space. Sci. Rev ., 162, 85-111, DOI: 10.1007/s11214-011-9826-4, 2011.

Coates, A.J., S.M.E. Tsang, A. Wellbrock, R.A. Frahm, J.D. Winningham , S. Barabash, R. Lundin , D.T. Young and F.J. Crary, Ionospheric photoelectrons: Comparing Venus, Earth, Mars and Titan, Plan. Space Sci ., 59, 1019-1027, DOI: 10.1016/j.pss.2010.07.016, 2011.

Cully, C.M ., V. Angelopoulos, U. Auster, J. Bonnell and O. Le Contel, Observational evidence of the generation mechanism for rising-tone chorus, Geophys. Res. Lett ., L01106, DOI:10.1029/2010GL045793, 2011.

Dahlgren, H., B. Gustavsson, B.S. Lanchester, N. Ivchenko, U. Brändström , D.K. Whiter, T. Sergienko, I. Sandahl and G. Marklund, Energy and flux variations across thin auroral arcs, Ann. Geophys , 29, 1699-1712, DOI: 10.5194/angeo-29-1699-2011, 2011.

Dalin, P ., N. Pertsev, A. Dubietis, M. Zalcik, A. Zadorozhny, M. Connors, I. Schofield, T. McEwan, I. McEachran, S. Frandsen, O. Hansen, H. Andersen, V. Sukhodoev, V. Perminov, R. Balciunas and V. Romejko, A comparison between ground-based observations of noctilucent clouds and Aura satellite data, J. Atmos. Sol. -Terr. Phys ., 73, 2097-2109, DOI: 10.1016/j.jastp.2011.01.020, 2011.

Dieval, C ., The solar wind protons inside the induced magnetosphere of Mars , Licentiate thesis, Swedish Institute of Space Physics, Kiruna, Department of Computer Science, Electrical and Space Engineering Luleå University of Technology, ISBN: 978-91-7439-337-8, 2011.

Dubietis, A., P. Dalin , R. Balciunas, K. Cernis, N. Pertsev, V. Sukhodoev, V. Perminov, M. Zalcik, A. Zadorozhny, M. Connors, I. Schofield,T. McEwan, I. McEachran, S. Frandsen, O. Hansen, H. Andersen, J. Gronne, D. Melnikov, A. Manevich and V. Romejko, Noctilucent clouds: Modern ground-based photographic observations by a digital camera network, App. Optics , 50,   F72-F7, DOI: 10.1364/AO.50.000F72, 2011.

Dubinin, E., M. Fraenz, A. Fedorov, R. Lundin , N.J.T. Edberg, F. Duru and O. Vaisberg, Ion energization and escape on Mars and Venus, Space Sci. Rev., 162, 173-211, DOI:10.1007/s11214-011-9831-7, 2011.

Echim, M., R. Maggiolo, J. De Keyser, T.L. Zhang, G. Voitcu, S. Barabash and R. Lundin , Comparative investigation of the terrestrial and Venusian magnetopause: Kinetic modeling and experimental observations by Cluster and Venus Express, Plan. Space Sci ., 59, 1028-1038, DOI: 10.1016/j.pss.2010.04.019, 2011.

Edberg, N.J.T., H. Nilsson, Y. Futaana, G. Stenberg , M. Lester, S. W. H. Cowley, J. G. Luhmann, T. R. McEnulty, H. J. Opgenoorth , A. Fedorov, S. Barabash and T.L. Zhang, Atmospheric erosion of Venus during stormy space weather, J. Geophys. Res . 116, A09308, DOI:10.1029/2011JA016749, 2011.

Edberg, N.J.T., K. Ågren, J.-E. Wahlund, M. W. Morooka , D. J. Andrews, S. W. H. Cowley, A. Wellbrock, A. J. Coates, C. Bertucci and M. K. Dougherty, Structured ionospheric outflow during the Cassini T55-T59 Titan flybys, 59, 788-797, Plan. Space Sci. , DOI:10.1016/j.pss.2011.03.007, 2011.

Eliasson, L. and A. I. Eriksson , Spacecraft Charging in the Auroral Oval, in Spacecraft Charging , edited by Shu T Lai, Progress in Astronautics and Aeronautics, VA, 237, 125-141, 2011.

Ekeberg. J ., Solitary waves and enhanced incoherent scatter ion lines , Doctoral thesis, IRF Scientific Reports; 301, Kiruna, Swedish Institute of Space Physics, ISBN 978-91-977255-7-6, 2011.

Enell C.-F., J. Hedin, J. Stegman, G. Witt, M. Friedrich, W. Singer, G. Baumgarten, B. Kaifler, U.-P. Hoppe, B. Gustavsson, U. Brändström , M. Khaplanov, A. Kero, T. Ulich and E. Turunen, The Hotel Payload 2 campaign: Overview of NO, O and electron density measurements in the upper mesosphere and lower thermosphere, J. Atmos. Sol.-Terr.   Phys ., 73, 2228-2236, DOI: 10.1016/j.jastp.2011.01.001, 2011.

Ezoe, Y., K. Ishikawa, T. Ohashi, N. Y. Yamasaki, K. Mitsuda, R. Fujimoto, Y. Miyoshi, N. Terada, Y. Uchiyama and Y. Futaana , Solar system planets observed with Suzaku, Adv. Space Res , 47., 3, 411-418, DOI: 10.1016/j.asr.2010.09.028, 2011.

Farrugia, C. J., Li-Jen Chen, R. B. Torbert, D. J. Southwood, S. W. H. Cowley, A. Vrublevskis, C. Mouikis, A. Vaivads, M. André , P. Décréau, H. Vaith, C. J. Owen, D. J. Sibeck, E. Lucek and C. W. Smith, “Crater” flux transfer events: Highroad to the X line?, J. Geophys. Res ., 116, A02204, DOI:10.1029/2010JA015495, 2011.

Fatemi, S. M ., Modeling the Lunar plasma wake , Licentiate thesis, Swedish Institute of Space Physics, Kiruna, Department of Computer Science, Electrical and Space Engineering, Luleå University of Technology, ISBN 978-91-7439-358-3, 2011.

Fedorov, A., S. Barabash , J. A. Sauvaud, Y. Futaana , T. L. Zhang, R. Lundin and C. Ferrier, Measurements of the ion escape rates from Venus for solar minimum, J. Geophys. Res ., 116(A7), A07220, DOI:10.1029/2011JA016427, 2011.

Fu, H.S ., J.B. Cao, B. Yang and H.Y. Lu, Electron loss and acceleration during storm time: The contribution of wave-particle interaction, radial diffusion, and transport processes, J. Geophys. Res., 116, A10210, DOI: 10.1029/2011JA016672, 2011.

Fu, H. S., Y.V. Khotyaintsev, M. André and A. Vaivads , Fermi and betatron acceleration of suprathermal electrons behind dipolarization fronts, Geophys. Res. Lett ., 38, L16104, DOI:10.1029/2011GL048528, 2011.

Futaana, Y ., J.Y. Chaufray, H. T. Smith, P. Garnier, H. Lichtenegger, M. Delva, H. Gröller and A. Mura, Exospheres and energetic neutral atoms of Mars, Venus and Titan, Space Sci. Rev .,162, 1-4, 213-266, DOI:10.1007/s11214-011-9834-4, 2011.

Gedalin, M., A. Spitkovsky, M. Medvedev, M. Balikhin, V. Krasnoselskikh, A. Vaivads and S. Perri, Relativistic filamentary equilibria, J. Plasma Phys ., 77, 193-202, DOI:10.1017/S002237781000005X, 2011

Ghail, R.C., C Wilson, M. Galand, D Hall, C. Cochrane, P. Mason, J. Helbert, F. MontMessin, S. Limaye, M. Patel, N. Bowles, D. Stam, J.-E. Wahlund , F. Rocca, D. Waltham, T.A. Mather, J. Biggs, M. Genge, P. Paillou, K. Mitchell, L. Wilson and U.N. Singh, EnVision: taking the pulse of our twin planet , Exp. Astron ., DOI: 10.1007/s10686-011-9244-3, 2011.

Gurnett, D. A., A. M. Persoon, J. B. Groene, W. S. Kurth, M. Morooka, J.E. Wahlund and J. D. Nichols, The rotation of the plasmapause-like boundary at high latitudes in Saturn’s magnetosphere and its relation to the eccentric rotation of the northern and southern auroral ovals, Geophys. Res. Lett., 38, L21203, DOI:10.1029/2011GL049547, 2011.

Hamrin, M., O. Marghitu, P. Norqvist, S. Buchert, M. André , B. Klecker, L.M. Kistler and I. Dandouras, Energy conversion regions as observed by Cluster in the plasma sheet, J. Geophys. Res., 116, A00K08, DOI:10.1029/2010JA016383, 2011.

Hara, T., K. Seki, Y. Futaana, M. Yamauchi , M. Yagi, Y. Matsumoto, M. Tokumaru, A.O. Fedorov and S. Barabash , Heavy-ion flux enhancement in the vicinity of the Martian ionosphere during CIR passage: Mars Express ASPERA-3 Observations, J. Geophys. Res ., 116, A02309, DOI:10.1029/2010JA015778, 2011.

Hoffmann, C.G., U. Raffalski , M. Palm, B. Funke, S.H.W. Golchert, G. Hochschild and J. Notholt, Observation of strato-mesospheric CO above Kiruna with ground-based microwave radiometry – retrieval and satellite comparison, Atmos. Meas. Tech ., 4, 2389-2408, DOI:10.5194/amt-4-2389-2011, 2011.

Holmström, M ., An Energy Conserving Parallel Hybrid Plasma Solver, Numerical modeling of space plasma flows (ASTRONUM-2010), ASP Conference Series , vol. 444, 211-216, 2011.

Imamura, T., T. Toda, A. Tomiki, D. Hirahara, T. Hayashiyama, N. Mochizuki, Z. Yamamoto, T. Abe, T. Iwata, H. Noda, Y. Futaana , H. Ando, B. Häusler, M. Pätzold, and A. Nabatov, Radio occultation experiment of the Venus atmosphere and ionosphere with the Venus orbiter Akatsuki, Earth, Plan. Space , 63, 493-501, DOI: 10.5047/eps.2011.03.009, 2011.

Ishikawa. K., Y. Ezoe, T. Ohashi, N.Terada and Y. Futaana , X-ray observation of Mars at solar minimum with Suzaku, Publications of the Astronomical Society of Japan , 63, S705-S712, 2011.

Kawano, H., S. Ohtani, T. Uozumi, T. Tokunaga, A. Yoshikawa, K. Yumoto,  E.A. Lucek, M. André , and the CPMN group, Pi 2 waves simultaneously observed by Cluster and CPMN ground-based magnetometers near the plasmapause, Ann. Geophys. , 29, 1663-1672, DOI:10.5194/angeo-29-1663-2011, 2011.

Khosrawi, F., J. Urban, M.C. Pitts, P. Voelger , P. Achtert, M. Kaphlanov, M.L. Santee, G.L. Manney, D. Murtagh and K.-H. Fricke, Denitrification and polar stratospheric cloud formation during the Arctic winter 2009/2010, Atmos. Chem. Phys . 11, 8471-8487, DOI: 10.5194/acp-11-8471-2011, 2011.

Khotyaintsev, Yu.V., C.M. Cully, A. Vaivads, M. André and C. J. Owen, Plasma jet braking: Energy dissipation and non-adiabatic electrons, Phys. Rev. Lett ., 06, 165001, DOI: 1 0.1103/PhysRevLett.106.165001, 2011.

Kohlhepp, R., S. Barthlott, T. Blumenstock, F. Hase, I. Kaiser, U. Raffalski and R. Ruhnke, Trends of HCl, ClONO 2 , and HF column abundances from ground-based FTIR measurements in Kiruna (Sweden) in comparison with KASIMA model calculations , Atmos. Chem. Phys ., 11, 4669-4677, DOI: 10.5194/acp-11-4669-2011, 2011.

Kronberg, E.A., R. Bucik, S. Haaland, B. Klecker, K. Keika, M.I. Desai, P.W. Daly, M. Yamauchi , R. Gomez-Herrero and A.T.Y. Lui, On the origin of the energetic ion events measured upstream of the Earth’s bow shock by STEREO, Cluster and Geotail, J. Geophys. Res . 116, A02210, DOI: 10.1029/2010JA015561, 2011.

Lammer, H., K.G. Kislyakova , M. Holmström , M.L. Khodachenko and J.-M. Griessmeier, Hydrogen ENA- cloud observation and modeling as a tool to study star-exoplanet interaction, Astrophys. Space Sci ., 335, 9-23, DOI: 10.1007/s10509-011-0604-2, 2011.

Lammer, H., V.Eybl, K.G. Kislyakova, J. Weingrill, M. Holmström , M.L. Khodachenko, Y.N. Kulikov, A. Reiners, M. Leitzinger, P. Odert, M. Xiang Gruss, B. Dorner, M. Gudel and A. Hanslmeier, UV transit observations of EUV-heated expanded thermospheres of Earth-like exoplanets around M-stars: Testing atmosphere evolution scenarios, Astrophys. Space Sci ., 335, 39-50, DOI: 10.1007/s10509-011-0646-5, 2011.

Lue, C., Y. Futaana, S. Barabash, M. Wieser, M. Holmström , A. Bhardwaj, M.B. Dhanya and P. Wurz, Strong influence of lunar crustal fields on the solar wind flow , Geophys. Res. Lett. , 38, L03202, DOI:10.1029/2010GL046215, 2011.

Lundin, R ., Ion acceleration and outflow from Mars and Venus: An overview, Space Sci. Rev ., 162, 309-334, DOI: 10.1007/s11214-011-9811-y, 2011.

Lundin, R., S. Barabash, Y. Futaana , J.A. Sauvaud, A. Fedorov and H. Perez-de Tejada, Ion flow and momentum transfer in the Venus plasma environment, Icarus , 215(2), 751-758, DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2011.06.034, 2011.

Lundin, R., S. Barabash , E. Dubinin, D. Winningham and M. Yamauchi , Low-altitude acceleration of ionospheric ions at Mars, Geophys. Res. Lett ., 38 (8), L08108, DOI: 10.1029/2011GL047064, 2011.

Lundin, R., S. Barabash, M. Yamauchi, H. Nilsson and D. Brain, On the relation between plasma escape and the Martian crustal magnetic field, Geophys. Res. Lett ., 38, L02102, DOI: 10.1029/2010GL046019, 2011.

Ma, Y.J., C.T. Russell, A.F. Nagy, G. Toth, M.K. Dougherty, A. Wellbrock, A.J. Coates, P. Garnier, J.-E. Wahlund, T.E Cravens, M.S. Richard and F.J. Crary, The importance of thermal electron heating in Titan’s ionosphere: Comparison with Cassini T34 flyby, J. Geophys. Res., 116, A10213, DOI:10.1029/2011JA016657, 2011.

Mann, I., A. Pellinen-Wannberg , E. Murad, O. Popova, N. Meyer-Vernet, M. Rosenberg, T. Mukai, A. Czechowski, S. Mukai, J. Safrankova and Z. Nemecek,   Dusty plasma effects in near Earth space and interplanetary medium, Space Sci. Rev ., 161, 1-47, DOI: 10.1007/s11214-011-9762-3, 2011.

Marklund, G.T., S. Sadeghi, T. Karlsson, P.-A. Lindqvist, H. Nilsson , C. Forsyth, A. Fazakerley, E.A. Lucek and J. Pickett, Altitude distribution of the auroral acceleration potential determined from Cluster satellite data at different heights, Phys. Rev. Lett ., 106, 055002, DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.106.055002, 2011.

Marklund, G.T., S. Sadeghi, J.A. Cumnock, T. Karlsson, P.-A. Lindqvist, H. Nilsson , A. Masson, A. Fazakerley, E. Lucek, J. Pickett and Y. Zhang, Evolution in space and time of the quasi-static acceleration potential of inverted-V aurora and its interaction with Alfvénic boundary processes, J. Geophys. Res ., 116, A00K13, DOI: 10.1029/2011JA016537, 2011.

Masunaga, K., Y. Futaana, M. Yamauchi, S. Barabash , T. L. Zhang, A. O. Fedorov, N. Terada and S. Okano, O + outflow channels around Venus controlled by directions of the interplanetary magnetic field: Observations of high energy o+ ions around the terminator, J. Geophys. Res ., 116, A09326, doi:10.1029/2011JA016705, 2011.

Matoza, R.S., J. Vergoz, A. Le Pichon, L. Ceranna, D.N. Green, L.G. Evers, M. Ripepe, P. Campus, L. Liszka , T. Kvaerna, E. Kjartansson and A. Hoskuldsson, Long-range acoustic observations of the Eyjafjallajkull eruption, Iceland, April-May 2010, Geophys. Res. Lett ., 38, L06308, DOI: 10.1029/2011GL047019, 2011.

Morooka, M. W., J.-E. Wahlund, A.I. Eriksson, W.M. Farrell, D.A. Gurnett, W.S. Kurth, A.M. Persoon, M. Shafiq , M. André and M.K.G. Holmberg , Dusty plasma in the vicinity of Enceladus, J. Geophys. Res., 116, A12221, DOI:10.1029/2011JA017038, 2011.

Motoba, T., K. Hosokawa, Y. Ogawa, N. Sato, A. Kadokura, S.C. Buchert and H. Rème, In situ evidence for interplanetary magnetic field induced tail twisting associated with relative displacement of conjugate auroral features, J. Geophys. Res ., 116, A04209, DOI:10.1029/2010JA016206, 2011.

Ni, B., R. Thorne, J. Liang, V. Angelopoulos, C. Cully , W. Li, X. Zhang, M. Hartinger and O. Le Contel, A. Roux, Global distribution of electrostatic electron cyclotron harmonic waves observed on THEMIS, Geophys. Res. Lett ., 38, L17105, DOI:10.1029/2011GL048793, 2011.

Nilsson, H. Heavy ion energization, transport, and loss in the Earth’s magnetosphere, The Dynamic Magnetosphere , 3, 315-327 , eds. W. Liu and M. Fujimoto, Springer, DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-0501-2_17 , 2011.

Nilsson, H., N.J.T. Edberg, G. Stenberg, S. Barabash, M. Holmström, Y. Futaana, R. Lundin , and A. Fedorov, Heavy ion escape from Mars, influence from solar wind conditions and crustal magnetic fields, Icarus, 215, 475-484, DOI:10.1016/j.icarus.2011.08.003, 2011.

Nishimura, Y., J. Bortnik, W. Li, R.M. Thorne, L. Chen, L.R. Lyons, V. Angelopoulos, S.B. Mende, J. Bonnell, O. Le Contel, C. Cully , R. Ergun and U. Auster, Multievent study of the correlation between pulsating aurora and whistler mode chorus emissions, J. Geophys. Res. , 116 , A11221, DOI:10.1029/2011JA016876, 2011.

Nishimura, Y., J. Bortnik, W. Li, R.M. Thorne, L.R. Lyons, V. Angelopoulos, S.B. Mende, J. Bonnell, O. Le Contel, C. Cully , R. Ergun and U. Auster, Estimation of magnetic field mapping accuracy using the pulsating aurora-chorus connection, Geophys. Res. Lett ., 38, L14110, DOI:10.1029/2011GL048281, 2011.

Nordblad, E ., Opening new radio windows and bending twisted beams , Doctoral thesis, Digital Comprehensive Summaries of Uppsala Dissertations from the Faculty of Science and Technology; Uppsala, 854. ISBN 978-91-554-8160-5. 2011.

Ogawa, Y., S.C. Buchert , I. Häggström, M.T. Rietveld, R. Fujii, S. Nozawa and H. Miyaoka, On the statistical relation between ion upflow and naturally enhanced ion-acoustic lines observed with the EISCAT Svalbard radar, J. Geophys. Res., 116, A03313, DOI:10.1029/2010JA015827, 2011.

Pérez-de-Tejada, H., R. Lundin, S. Barabash , J. Sauvaud, A. Coates, T.L. Zhang, D. Winningham, M. Reyes-Ruiz and H. Durand-Manterola, Plasma transition at the flanks of the Venus ionosheath: Evidence from the Venus Express data, J. Geophys. Res ., 116,   A01103, DOI: 10.1029/2009JA015216, 2011.

Perri, S., V. Carbone, E. Yordanova , R. Bruno and A. Balogh, Scaling law of the reduced magnetic helicity in fast streams, Planet. Space Sci ., 59, 575-579, DOI:10.1016/j.pss2010.04.017, 2011.

Pitkanen, T., A.T. Aikio, O. Amm, K. Kauristie, H. Nilsson and K.U. Kaila, EISCAT-Cluster observations of quiet-time near-Earth magnetotail fast flows and their signatures in the ionosphere, Ann. Geophys , 29, 299-319, DOI: 10.5194/angeo-29-299-2011, 2011.

Richard, M.S., T.E. Cravens, I.P. Robertson, J.H. Waite, J.-E. Wahlund , F.J. Crary and A.J. Coates, Energetics of Titan’s ionosphere: Model comparisons with Cassini data, J. Geophys. Res. , 116, A09310, DOI:10.1029/2011JA016603, 2011.

Rothkaehl H., M. Morawski, W. Puccio , J.-E. Bergman and S.I. Klimov, Diagnostics of space plasma on board International Space Station – ISS, Contributions to Plasma Physics , 51, 158-164, DOI: 10.1002/ctpp.201000066, 2011.

Roux, A., P. Robert, O. Le Contel, V. Angelopoulos, U. Auster, J. Bonnell, C. M. Cully , R.E. Ergun and J.P. McFadden, A mechanism for heating electrons in the magnetopause current layer and adjacent regions, Ann. Geophys ., 29, 2305-2316, DOI:10.5194/angeo-29-2305-2011, 2011.

Sadeghi, S., G.T. Marklund, T. Karlsson, P.-A. Lindqvist, H. Nilsson , O. Marghitu, A. Fazakerley and E.A. Lucek, Spatiotemporal features of the auroral acceleration region as observed by Cluster, J. Geophys. Res ., 116, A00K19, DOI: 10.1029/2011JA016505, 2011

Sandahl, I., U. Brändström and T. Sergienko , Fine structure of aurora, International J. Remote Sensing , 32, 2947-2972, DOI: 10.1080/01431161.2010.541507, 2011.

Schaufelberger, A., P. Wurz, S. Barabash, M. Wieser, Y. Futaana, M. Holmström , A. Bhardwaj, M. Dhanya, R. Sridharan and K. Asamura. Scattering function for energetic neutral hydrogen atoms off the lunar surface . Geophys. Res. Lett ., 38, L22202, DOI: 10.1029/2011GL049362, 2011.

Schwartz, S. J., P. Hellinger, S. Bale, C. Owen, R. Nakamura, A. Vaivads , L. Sorriso-Valvo, W. Liu, R. Wimmer-Schweingruber, M. Fujimoto and I. Mann, Preface: Cross-scale coupling in plasmas, Planet. Space Sci ., 59, 447-448, DOI:10.1016/j.pss.2011.02.006, 2011.

Shafiq, M., J.-E. Wahlund, M.W. Morooka, W.S. Kurth and W.M. Farrell, Characteristics of the dust-plasma interaction near Enceladus south pole, Planet. Space Sci ., DOI:10.1016/j.pss.2010.10.006, 2011.

Shematovich, V.I., D.V. Bisikalo, C. Diéval, S. Barabash, G. Stenberg, H. Nilsson, Y. Futaana, M. Holmström and J.-C. Gérard, Protons and hydrogen atoms transport in the Martian upper atmosphere with an induced magnetic field, J. Geophys. Res ., DOI:10.1029/2011JA017007, 2011.

Sillanpää, I., D. T. Young, F. Crary, M. Thomsen, D. Reisenfeld, J.-E. Wahlund , C. Bertucci, E. Kallio, R. Jarvinen and P. Janhunen, Cassini plasma spectrometer and hybrid model study on Titan’s interaction: Effect of oxygen ions, J. Geophys. Res. , 116, A07223, DOIi:10.1029/2011JA016443, 2011.

Slapak, R ., O ? heating in the high altitude cusp and mantle due to wave-particle interaction , Licentiate thesis, Swedish Institute of Space Physics, Kiruna, Department of Computer Science, Electrical and Space Engineering, Luleå University of Technology, ISBN:978-91-7439-322-4, 2011.

Slapak, R., H. Nilsson, M. Waara, M. André, G. Stenberg and I.A. Barghouthi, O + heating associated with strong wave activity in the high altitude cusp and mantle, Ann. Geophys., 29, 931-944, doi:10.5194/angeo-29-931-2011, 2011.

Smirnova, M ., Long-term observations of polar mesosphere summer echoes using the ESRAD MST radar , Doctoral thesis, Swedish Institute of Space Physics, Kiruna, Department of Computer Science, Electrical and Space Engineering, Luleå University of Technology. ISBN: 978-91-7439-321-7, 2011.

Smirnova, M., E. Belova and S. Kirkwood , Polar mesosphere summer echo strength in relation to solar variability and geomagnetic activity during 1997-2009,   Ann. Geophys ., 29,   563-572, DOI: 10.5194/angeo-29-563-2011, 2011.

Stenberg, G., H. Nilsson, Y. Futaana, S. Barabash , A. Fedorov and D. Brain, Observational evidence of alpha-particle capture at Mars, Geophys. Res. Lett., 38 , L09101, DOI:10.1029/2011GL047155, 2011.

Strumik, M., K. Stasiewicz , C.Z. Cheng and B. Thidé , Evolution of large-scale magnetosonic structures to trains of solitary waves, J. Geophys. Res ., 116 (7), A07209, DOI: 10.1029/2011JA016565, 2011.

Takeda, M., M. Yamauchi , M. Makino and T. Owada, Initial effect of the Fukushima accident on atmospheric electricity, Geophys. Res. Lett ., 38,   L15811, DOI: 10.1029/2011GL048511, 2011.

Tamburini, F., E. Mari, B. Thidé , C. Barbieri and F. Romanato, Experimental verification of photon angular momentum and vorticity with radio techniques, Appl. Phys. Lett ., 99, 204102, DOI: 10.1063/1.3659466, 2011.

Tamburini, F. and B. Thidé , Storming Majorana’s tower with OAM states of light in a plasma, EPL , 96, 64005, DOI: 10.1209/0295-5075/96/64005, 2011.

Tamburini, F., B. Thidé , G. Molina-Terriza and G. Anzolin, Twisting of light around rotating black holes, Nature Physics , 7, 195-197, DOI: 10.1038/nphys1907, 2011.

Tanaka, Y.-M., T. Aso , B. Gustavsson, K. Tanabe, Y. Ogawa, A. Kadokura, H. Miyaoka, T. Sergienko, U. Brändström and I. Sandahl , Feasibility study on generalized-aurora computed tomography, Ann. Geophys ., 29, 551-562, DOI: 10.5194/angeo-29-551-2011, 2011.

Tao, J.B., R.E. Ergun, L. Andersson, J.W. Bonnell, A. Roux, O. LeContel, V. Angelopoulos, J.P. McFadden, D.E. Larson, C.M. Cully , H.-U. Auster, K.-H. Glassmeier, W. Baumjohann, D.L. Newman and M.V. Goldman, A model of electromagnetic electron phase-space holes and its application , J. Geophys. Res ., 116, A11213, DOI:10.10129/2010JA016054, 2011.

Thidé B ., N.M. Elias II, F. Tamburini, S.M. Mohammadi and J.T. Mendonça. Applications of Electromagnetic OAM in Astrophysics and Space Physics Studies. In Juan P. Torres and Lluis Torner, editors, Twisted Photons: Applications of Light With Orbital Angular Momentum , 155i-178. Wiley-Vch Verlag, John Wiley and Sons, Weinheim, DE, ISBN: 978-3-527-40907-5, 2011.

Vaivads, A. , A. Retinò, Y.V. Khotyaintsev and   M. André , Suprathermal electron acceleration during reconnection onset in the magnetotail, Ann. Geophys., 29, 1917-1925, DOI:10.5194/angeo-29-1917-2011, 2011.

Vaivads, A ., G. Andersson, S.D. Bale, C.M. Cully , J. De Keyser, M. Fujimoto, S. Grahn, S. Haaland, H. Ji, Y.V. Khotyaintsev , A. Lazarian, B. Lavraud, I.R. Mann, R. Nakamura, T.K.M. Nakamura,Y. Narita,   A. Retinò, F. Sahraoui, A. Schekochihin, S.J. Schwartz, I. Shinohara and L. Sorriso-Valvo, EIDOSCOPE: particle acceleration at plasma boundaries, Exp. Astron ., DOI 10.1007/s10686-011-9233-6, 2011.

Waara, M ., High altitude ion heating observed by the Cluster Spacecraft , Doctoral thesis, IRF Scientific Reports; 302., Kiruna, Swedish Institute of Space Physics, ISBN 978-91-977255-8-3, 2011.

Waara, M., R. Slapak, H. Nilsson, G. Stenberg, M. André and I.A. Barghouthi, Statistical evidence for O + energization and outflow caused by wave-particle interaction in the high altitude cusp and mantle, Ann. Geophys. , 29, 945-954, DOI:10.5194/angeo-29-945-2011, 2011.

Wannberg G ., A. Westman and A. Pellinen-Wannberg , Meteor head echo polarization at 930 MHz studied with the EISCAT UHF HPLA radar, Ann. Geophys ., 29,   1197-1208, DOI: 10.5194/angeo-29-1197-2011, 2011.

Wieser, M., S. Barabash, Y. Futaana, M. Holmström , A. Bhardwaj, R. Sridharan, M.B. Dhanya, P. Wurz, A. Schaufelberger and K. Asamura, Erratum to “Extremely high reflection of solar wind protons as neutral hydrogen atoms from regolith in space” Planet. Space Sci. 57 (2009) 2132-2134,  Plan. Space Sci ., 59, 798-799, DOI:10.1016/j.pss.2011.01.016, 2011.

Wild, J.A., E.E. Woodfield, E. Donovan, R.C. Fear, A. Grocott, M. Lester, A.N. Fazakerley, E. Lucek,, Y. Khotyaintsev, M. André , A. Kadokura, K. Hosokawa, C. Carlson, J.P. McFadden, K.H. Glassmeier, V. Angelopoulos and G. Björnsson, Midnight sector observations of auroral omega bands J. Geophys. Res ., 116, A00I30, DOI:10.1029/2010JA015874, 2011.

Williams, A.O., N.J.T. Edberg , S.E. Milan, M. Lester, M. Fränz and J.A. Davies, Tracking corotating interaction regions from the Sun through to the orbit of Mars using ACE, MEX, VEX, and STEREO, J. Geophys. Res. , 116, A08103, DOI:10.1029/2010JA015719, 2011.

Wintoft, P ., The variability of solar EUV: A multiscale comparison between sunspot number, 10.7cm flux, LASP MgII index, and SOHO/SEM EUV flux, J. Atmos. Sol.-Terr. Phys ., 73, 1708-1714, DOI: 10.1016/j.jastp.2011.03.009, 2011.

Yamauchi, M., Y. Futaana, A. Fedorov, R.A. Frahm, J.D. Winningham, E. Dubinin, R. Lundin, S. Barabash, M. Holmström, C. Mazelle, J.-A. Sauvaud, T.L. Zhang, W. Baumjohann, A.J.   Coates and M. Fraenz, Comparison of accelerated ion populations observed upstream of the bow shocks at Venus and Mars,  Ann. Geophys ., 29, 511-528, DOI:10.5194/angeo-29-511-2011, 2011.

Yearby, K.H., M.A. Balikhin, Yu. V. Khotyaintsev , S.N. Walker, V.V. Krasnoselskikh, H.St.C.K. Alleyne and O. Agapitov, Ducted propagation of chorus waves: Cluster observations, Ann. Geophys ., 29, 1629-1634, DOI:10.5194/angeo-29-1629-2011, 2011.

Yordanova, E., S. Perri and V. Carbone, Reduced magnetic helicity behavior in different plasma regions of the near-Earth space, J. Geophys. Res ., 116, A07230, DOI:10.1029/2010JA015875, 2011.

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Ågren, K ., D.J. Andrews, S.C. Buchert , A. J. Coates, S.W. Cowley, M.K. Dougerthy, N.J.T. Edberg , P. Garnier, G.R. Lewis, R. Modolo, H. Opgenoorth , G. Provan, L. Rosenqvist, D.L. Talboys, J.-E. Wahlund and A. Wellbrock, Detection of currents and associated electric fields in Titan’s ionosphere from Cassini data, J. Geophys. Res. , 116, A04313, DOI:10.1029/2010JA016100, 2011.


Other publications

Chilson, P.B., T.A Bonin, B.S. Zielke and S. Kirkwood ., The small multi-function autonomous research and teaching sonde (SMARTSONDE): relating in-situ measurements of atmospheric parameters to radar returns, Proceedings of the 20th ESA Symposium on European Rocket & Balloon Programmes and Related Research , ESA SP-700, 387 – 394, 2011.

Dubinin, E., M. Fraenz, J. Woch, R. Lundin and S. Barabash , Large-amplitude coherent structures in plasma near Mars, 2011 30th URSI General Assembly and Scientific Symposium , URSIGASS 2011, 6051089, DOI: 10.1109/URSIGASS.2011.6051089, 2011.

Holmström, M. , Written in the stars, Public Service Review: European Science & Technology , 10, 2011. Also published in Public Service Review: European Union , 21, 340-341, 2011.

Khosrawi, F., J. Urban, M.C. Pitts, P. Voelger , P. Achtert, M. Kaphlanov, D. Murtagh and K.-H. Fricke, Denitrification and polar stratospheric cloud formation during the Arctic winter 2009/2010, Atmos.   Chem. Phys. Discuss. , 11, 11379-11415, DOI: 10.5194/acpd-11-11379-2011, 2011.

Kirkwood, S, P. Dalin , K. Satheesan,  I. Wolf, D. Mikhaylova and E. Belova , MARA : Moveable Atmospheric Radar for Antarctica, Swedish Polar Research Secretariat Yearbook for 2010 ,   28-29, 2011

Kirkwood, S., M. Mihalikova, D. Mikhaylova, I. Wolf and P. Chilson, Independent calibration of radar reflectivities using radiosondes: application to ESRAD, Proceedings of the 20th ESA Symposium on European Rocket & Balloon Programmes and Related Research , ESA SP-700, 425 – 432 , 2011.

Kohlhepp, R., S. Barthlott, T. Blumenstock, F. Hase, I. Kaiser, U. Raffalski and R. Ruhnke, Trends of HCl, ClONO2 and HF column abundances from ground-based FTIR measurements in Kiruna (Sweden) in comparison with KASIMA model calculations, Atmos. Chem. Phys. Discuss ., 11, 1489-1510, DOI: 10.5194/acpd-11-1489-2011, 2011.

Lamy, H., C. Simon, B. Gustavsson, T. Sergienko, I. Sandahl and U. Brändström , Determination of precipitating electron fluxes from inversion of coordinated ALIS/EISCAT observations, 2011 30th URSI General Assembly and Scientific Symposium , URSIGASS 2011,6050890, DOI: 10.1109/URSIGASS.2011.6050890, 2011.

McGregor, R ., Swedish Institute of Space Physics, http://www.nordicspace.net/

Mihalikova, M. and S. Kirkwood , Vertical mixing in the lower troposphere by mountain waves over Arctic Scandinavia, Atmos. Chem. Phys. Discuss. , 11 , 31475-31493, DOI:10.5194/acpd-11-31475-2011, 2011.

Mihalikova, M., S. Kirkwood and D. Mikhaylova , Temperature variations seen by high resolution radiosondes as signs of turbulence, comparison with ESRAD, Proceedings of the 20th ESA Symposium on European Rocket & Balloon Programmes and Related Research , ESA SP-700, 99-104 , 2011.

Nilsson H., Research at the Swedish Institute of Space Physics, http://www.nordicspace.net/

Pellinen-Wannberg, A .,The Radio Physics of Meteors: High Resolution Radar Methods Offering New Insights, URSI Radio Science Bulletin , 339, 32-45, 2011.

Teodosiev D., E. Yordanova , P. Nenovski, T. Nikolova, D. Danov, G. Crowley, L. Baddeley and S. Buchert , Ion temperature distribution in the high-latitude region (eiscat uhf radar observations). What is the field-aligned currents influence? Comptes Rendus de L’Academie Bulgare des Sciences , 64, 729-736, 2011.

Wannberg, G., I. Wolf , W. Puccio , I. Häggström and A. Westman, The EISCAT-3D arbitrary waveform exciter and polyphase constant amplitude codes for EISCAT VHF and ESR D/E layer experiments , 2011 30th URSI General Assembly and Scientific Symposium , URSIGASS 2011,6050892, DOI: 10.1109/URSIGASS.2011.6050892, 2011.


Student theses completed at IRF

(including some not listed in previous years)

Alexandersson, I., Comet ion tail observations far from the nucleus, Master thesis, School of Engineering and Department of Physics and Astronomy, Uppsala University, UPTEC F11 025, 2011.

Chiaretta, M., Numerical modelling of Langmuir probe measurements for the Swarm spacecraft, Master thesis, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Uppsala University, 2011.

Gwosch, K., The electron density in Saturn’s magnetosphere around equinox. Master thesis, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Uppsala University, 2010.

Hånberg, C., Analytic modelling of Rosetta Langmuir probe measurements based on SPIS simulations, Master thesis, School of Engineering and Department of Physics and Astronomy, Uppsala University, UPTEC F11 020, 2011.

Lindén, H., Ångström Small Radio Telescope. Uppsala universitet, UPTEC F11 037, 2011.

Lindgren, S., Instrument characterization of the THEMIS EFI Instrument, Master thesis, School of Engineering and Department of Physics and Astronomy, Uppsala University, 2011.

Lue, C. Solar wind proton reflection from the Moon, Master thesis, Department of Computer Science, Electrical and Space Engineering, Luleå University of Technology, 2011.

Norgren, C., Lower hybrid wave properties in space, Master thesis, School of Engineering and Department of Physics and Astronomy, Uppsala University, UPTEC F11 057, 2011.

Reponen, J., Processing of the Cluster EFW internal burst data, Master thesis, Luleå University of Technology, 2011.

Shebanits, O., Determination of ion number density from Langmuir probe measurements in the ionosphere of Titan, Master thesis, School of Engineering and Department of Physics and Astronomy, Uppsala University, UPTEC F10 041, 2010.

Waldemarsson, F., Incoherent scattering in the ionosphere from twisted radar beams, Master thesis, Uppsala University, UPTEC F11 026, 2011.

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