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Bela G. Fejer is affiliated with Utah State University in the United States and has contributed extensively to research in the fields of Physics and Astronomy as well as Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their work focuses particularly on ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics, solar and space plasma dynamics, earthquake detection and analysis, geomagnetism and paleomagnetism studies, and GNSS positioning and interference.

The scientist's research has been published primarily in the following venues:

  • Journal of Geophysical Research Space Physics
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences
  • Space Weather
  • Earth and Space Science

Bela G. Fejer's frequent coauthors include:

  • Sophia Laranja
  • L. Navarro
  • D. Chakrabarty
  • Jonas Sousasantos
  • F. S. Rodrigues

Their notable recent publications consist of the following:

  • "Prompt Penetration and Substorm Effects Over Jicamarca During the September 2017 Geomagnetic Storm," 2021, Journal of Geophysical Research Space Physics
  • "Multi-process driven unusually large equatorial perturbation electric fields during the April 2023 geomagnetic storm," 2024, Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences
  • "First Observations of Equatorial Ionospheric Electric Fields Driven by Storm-Time Rapidly Recurrent Magnetospheric Substorms," 2022, Journal of Geophysical Research Space Physics
  • "Storm-Time Coupling of Equatorial Nighttime F Region Neutral Winds and Plasma Drifts," 2020, Journal of Geophysical Research Space Physics
  • "Equatorial Ionospheric Electrodynamics," 2021, Geophysical monograph

The researcher's main areas of study can be divided into the following subfields:

  • Astronomy and Astrophysics
  • Geophysics
  • Molecular Biology
  • Aerospace Engineering

Best Publications

  • Effects of the vertical plasma drift velocity on the generation and evolution of equatorial spread F

    Bela G. Fejer;L. Scherliess;E. R. de Paula

  • Radar and satellite global equatorial F-region vertical drift model

    L. Scherliess;Bela G. Fejer

  • Average vertical and zonal F region plasma drifts over Jicamarca

    Bela G. Fejer;E. R. de Paula;S. Gonzalez;R. F. Woodman

  • Global dayside ionospheric uplift and enhancement associated with interplanetary electric fields

    Bruce Tsurutani;Anthony Mannucci;Byron Iijima;Mangalathayil Ali Abdu

  • An explanation for anomalous equatorial ionospheric electric fields associated with a northward turning of the interplanetary magnetic field

    M. C. Kelley;Bela G. Fejer;C. A. Gonzales

  • The prereversal enhancement of the zonal electric field in the equatorial ionosphere

    D. T. Farley;E. Bonelli;Bela G. Fejer;M. F. Larsen

  • Empirical models of storm time equatorial zonal electric fields

    Bela G. Fejer;Ludger Scherliess

  • Storm time dependence of equatorial disturbance dynamo zonal electric fields

    Ludger Scherliess;Bela G. Fejer

  • Penetrating of high-latitude-electric-field effects to low latitudes during SUNDIAL 1984

    R. W. Spiro;R. A. Wolf;B. G. Fejer

  • Quiet time equatorial F region vertical plasma drift model derived from ROCSAT‐1 observations

    Bela G. Fejer;John W. Jensen;Shin-Yi Su

  • Dependence of equatorial F region vertical drifts on season and solar cycle

    Bela G. Fejer;D. T. Farley;R. F. Woodman;C. A. Calderon

  • Time dependent response of equatorial ionospheric electric fields to magnetospheric disturbances

    Bela G. Fejer;Ludger Scherliess

  • Low latitude electrodynamic plasma drifts - A review

    Bela G. Fejer

  • The equatorial ionospheric electric fields. A review

    Bela G Fejer

  • Equatorial electric fields during magnetically disturbed conditions 2. Implications of simultaneous auroral and equatorial measurements

    C. A. Gonzales;M. C. Kelley;Bela G. Fejer;J. F. Vickrey

  • An empirical model of quiet-day ionospheric electric fields at middle and low latitudes

    A. D. Richmond;M. Blanc;B. A. Emery;R. H. Wand

  • Quiet variability of equatorial E × B drifts during a sudden stratospheric warming event

    J. L. Chau;B. G. Fejer;Larisa Petrovna Goncharenko

  • Equatorial and low latitude ionospheric effects during sudden stratospheric warming events

    Jorge L. Chau;Larisa P. Goncharenko;Bela G. Fejer;Han L. Li

  • Equatorial electric fields during magnetically disturbed conditions 1. The effect of the interplanetary magnetic field

    Bela G. Fejer;C. A. Gonzales;D. T. Farley;M. C. Kelley

  • Radar interferometry: A new technique for studying plasma turbulence in the ionosphere

    D. T. Farley;H. M. Ierkic;Bela G. Fejer

  • Penetration of high latitude electric fields effects tolow latitude during Sundial 1984

    R. W. Spiro;R. A. Wolf;Bela G. Fejer

Frequent Co-Authors

Donald T. Farley
Donald T. Farley Cornell University
M.A. Abdu
M.A. Abdu National Institute for Space Research
Ronald F. Woodman
Ronald F. Woodman Instituto Geofísico del Perú
Michael C. Kelley
Michael C. Kelley Cornell University
J. H. A. Sobral
J. H. A. Sobral National Institute for Space Research
E. R. de Paula
E. R. de Paula National Institute for Space Research
Erhan Kudeki
Erhan Kudeki University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Jorge L. Chau
Jorge L. Chau University of Rostock
John W. Meriwether
John W. Meriwether Clemson University
Ben B. Balsley
Ben B. Balsley University of Colorado Boulder

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