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Overview

Angelos Vourlidas is affiliated with the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on the fields of physics and astronomy with a substantial emphasis on subfields including astronomy and astrophysics, artificial intelligence, molecular biology, electrical and electronic engineering, and oceanography.

The research topics addressed by Vourlidas include solar and space plasma dynamics, ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics, astro and planetary science, stellar, planetary, and galactic studies, solar radiation and photovoltaics, geomagnetism and paleomagnetism studies, as well as geophysics and gravity measurements.

Vourlidas has contributed to numerous publications, with frequent venues including:

  • The Astrophysical Journal
  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Astronomy and Astrophysics
  • Solar Physics
  • Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences

Their recent papers include:

  • Decoding the Pre-Eruptive Magnetic Field Configurations of Coronal Mass Ejections, 2020, Space Science Reviews
  • Parker Solar Probe: Four Years of Discoveries at Solar Cycle Minimum, 2023, Space Science Reviews
  • Critical Science Plan for the Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope (DKIST), 2021, Solar Physics
  • Radio Observations of Coronal Mass Ejections: Space Weather Aspects, 2020, Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences
  • Understanding the origins of the heliosphere: integrating observations and measurements from Parker Solar Probe, Solar Orbiter, and other space- and ground-based observatories, 2020, Astronomy and Astrophysics

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Vourlidas include:

  • G. Stenborg
  • R. A. Howard
  • N. E. Raouafi
  • Paulett C. Liewer
  • C. M. S. Cohen

Best Publications

  • Sun Earth Connection Coronal and Heliospheric Investigation (SECCHI)

    R. A. Howard;J. D. Moses;A. Vourlidas;J. S. Newmark

  • The SOHO/LASCO CME Catalog

    N. Gopalswamy;S. Yashiro;G. Michalek;G. Stenborg

  • Forward Modeling of Coronal Mass Ejections Using STEREO/SECCHI Data

    A. Thernisien;A. Vourlidas;R. A. Howard

  • MODELING OF FLUX ROPE CORONAL MASS EJECTIONS

    A. F. R. Thernisien;R. A. Howard;A. Vourlidas

  • Global Energetics of Thirty-Eight Large Solar Eruptive Events

    A. G. Emslie;B. R. Dennis;A. Y. Shih;P. C. Chamberlin

  • Solar Phenomena Associated with "EIT Waves"

    D. A. Biesecker;D. C. Myers;B. J. Thompson;D. M. Hammer

  • How Many CMEs Have Flux Ropes? Deciphering the Signatures of Shocks, Flux Ropes, and Prominences in Coronagraph Observations of CMEs

    A. Vourlidas;B. J. Lynch;R. A. Howard;Y. Li

  • Direct Evidence for a Fast CME Driven by the Prior Formation and Subsequent Destabilization of a Magnetic Flux Rope

    S. Patsourakos;A. Vourlidas;G. Stenborg

  • Large-Angle Spectrometric Coronagraph Measurements of the Energetics of Coronal Mass Ejections

    A. Vourlidas;P. Subramanian;K. P. Dere;R. A. Howard

  • Energy partition in two solar flare/CME events

    A. G. Emslie;A. G. Emslie;H. Kucharek;B. R. Dennis;N. Gopalswamy

  • A Study of the Kinematic Evolution of Coronal Mass Ejections

    J. Zhang;K. P. Dere;R. A. Howard;A. Vourlidas

  • Direct Detection of a CME-Associated Shock in LASCO White Light Images

    A. Vourlidas;S. T. Wu;A. H. Wang;P. Subramanian

  • Coronal mass ejections and other extreme characteristics of the 2003 October–November solar eruptions

    N. Gopalswamy;S. Yashiro;S. Yashiro;Y. Liu;G. Michalek;G. Michalek;G. Michalek

  • STEREO/SECCHI Stereoscopic Observations Constraining the Initiation of Polar Coronal Jets

    S. Patsourakos;S. Patsourakos;E. Pariat;E. Pariat;E. Pariat;A. Vourlidas;S. K. Antiochos

  • DIRECT EVIDENCE FOR A FAST CORONAL MASS EJECTION DRIVEN BY THE PRIOR FORMATION AND SUBSEQUENT DESTABILIZATION OF A MAGNETIC FLUX ROPE

    S. Patsourakos;A. Vourlidas;G. Stenborg

  • Direct Detection of a Coronal Mass Ejection-Associated Shock in Large Angle and Spectrometric Coronagraph Experiment White-Light Images

    A. Vourlidas;S. T. Wu;A. H. Wang;P. Subramanian

  • RECONSTRUCTING CORONAL MASS EJECTIONS WITH COORDINATED IMAGING AND IN SITU OBSERVATIONS: GLOBAL STRUCTURE, KINEMATICS, AND IMPLICATIONS FOR SPACE WEATHER FORECASTING

    Ying Liu;Arnaud Thernisien;Janet G. Luhmann;Angelos Vourlidas

  • The Coronal Mass Ejection of 1998 April 20: Direct Imaging at Radio Wavelengths

    T. S. Bastian;M. Pick;A. Kerdraon;D. Maia

  • "EXTREME ULTRAVIOLET WAVES" ARE WAVES: FIRST QUADRATURE OBSERVATIONS OF AN EXTREME ULTRAVIOLET WAVE FROM STEREO

    Spiros Patsourakos;Angelos Vourlidas

  • The Proper Treatment of Coronal Mass Ejection Brightness: A New Methodology and Implications for Observations

    Angelos Vourlidas;Russell A. Howard

Frequent Co-Authors

Russell A. Howard
Russell A. Howard United States Naval Research Laboratory
R. A. Mewaldt
R. A. Mewaldt California Institute of Technology
Stuart D. Bale
Stuart D. Bale University of California, Berkeley
Janet G. Luhmann
Janet G. Luhmann University of California, Berkeley
John C. Raymond
John C. Raymond Harvard University
Nat Gopalswamy
Nat Gopalswamy Goddard Space Flight Center
Säm Krucker
Säm Krucker University of California, Berkeley
Tamas I. Gombosi
Tamas I. Gombosi University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Jon A. Linker
Jon A. Linker Science Applications International Corporation (United States)
Marco Velli
Marco Velli University of California, Los Angeles

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