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Overview

Brian J. Anderson is affiliated with the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory in the United States. The primary areas of research focus on Earth and Planetary Sciences and Physics and Astronomy, with an emphasis on subfields such as Astronomy and Astrophysics, Geophysics, Environmental Chemistry, Oceanography, and Molecular Biology.

They have contributed significantly to research topics including:

  • Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics
  • Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena
  • Geophysics and Gravity Measurements
  • Earthquake Detection and Analysis
  • Seismic Waves and Analysis
  • Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics
  • Geomagnetism and Paleomagnetism Studies

Brian J. Anderson's recent publications include:

  • Solar flare effects in the Earth's magnetosphere, 2021, Nature Physics
  • The Role of Diffuse Electron Precipitation in the Formation of Subauroral Polarization Streams, 2021, Journal of Geophysical Research Space Physics
  • Magnetospheric Flux Throughput in the Dungey Cycle: Identification of Convection State During 2010, 2021, Journal of Geophysical Research Space Physics
  • On the magnetic characteristics of magnetic holes in the solar wind between Mercury and Venus, 2020, Annales Geophysicae
  • Conductance Model for Extreme Events: Impact of Auroral Conductance on Space Weather Forecasts, 2020, Space Weather

Frequent publication venues for their work include:

  • OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information)
  • Journal of Geophysical Research Space Physics
  • Space Weather
  • Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences
  • Annales Geophysicae

The scientist has collaborated extensively with several frequent co-authors:

  • Joshua Adkins
  • Mary Lipton
  • Anil Shukla
  • David Koppenaal
  • Keqi Tang

Brian J. Anderson has been recognized as a Fellow of the American Geophysical Union (AGU) as of 2020.

Best Publications

  • The Magnetospheric Multiscale Magnetometers

    C. T. Russell;B. J. Anderson;W. Baumjohann;K. R. Bromund

  • The FIELDS Instrument Suite on MMS: Scientific Objectives, Measurements, and Data Products

    R. B. Torbert;R. B. Torbert;C. T. Russell;W. Magnes;R. E. Ergun

  • A statistical study of Pc 1–2 magnetic pulsations in the equatorial magnetosphere: 1. Equatorial occurrence distributions

    B. J. Anderson;R. E. Erlandson;L. J. Zanetti

  • Current disruptions in the near-Earth neutral sheet region

    A. T. Y. Lui;R. E. Lopez;B. J. Anderson;K. Takahashi

  • A statistical study of Pc 3–5 pulsations observed by the AMPTE/CCE Magnetic Fields Experiment, 1. Occurrence distributions

    B. J. Anderson;M. J. Engebretson;S. P. Rounds;L. J. Zanetti

  • Electromagnetic ion cyclotron waves stimulated by modest magnetospheric compressions

    B. J. Anderson;D. C. Hamilton

  • The global magnetic field of Mercury from MESSENGER orbital observations.

    Brian J. Anderson;Catherine L. Johnson;Catherine L. Johnson;Haje Korth;Michael E. Purucker

  • Sensing global Birkeland currents with iridium® engineering magnetometer data

    Brian J. Anderson;Kazue Takahashi;Bruce A. Toth

  • The magnetometer instrument on MESSENGER

    Brian J. Anderson;Mario H. Acuña;David A. Lohr;John Scheifele

  • Estimation of global field aligned currents using the iridium® System magnetometer data

    C. L. Waters;B. J. Anderson;K. Liou

  • Magnetic spectral signatures in the Earth's magnetosheath and plasma depletion layer

    Brian J. Anderson;Stephen A. Fuselier;S. Peter Gary;Richard E. Denton

  • MESSENGER Observations of Magnetic Reconnection in Mercury’s Magnetosphere

    James A. Slavin;Mario H. Acuña;Brian J. Anderson;Daniel N. Baker

  • A statistical study of Pc 1–2 magnetic pulsations in the equatorial magnetosphere: 2. Wave properties

    B. J. Anderson;R. E. Erlandson;L. J. Zanetti

  • Magnetic pulsations from 0.1 to 4.0 Hz and associated plasma properties in the Earth's subsolar magnetosheath and plasma depletion layer

    B. J. Anderson;S. A. Fuselier

  • Geomagnetically induced currents: Science, engineering, and applications readiness

    Antti Pulkkinen;E. Bernabeu;A. Thomson;A. Viljanen

  • Mercury's magnetopause and bow shock from MESSENGER Magnetometer observations

    Reka M. Winslow;Brian J. Anderson;Catherine L. Johnson;Catherine L. Johnson;James A. Slavin

  • Ion anisotropy instabilities in the magnetosheath

    S. Peter Gary;Stephen A. Fuselier;Brian J. Anderson

  • Evidence for water ice near Mercury's north pole from MESSENGER Neutron Spectrometer measurements.

    David J. Lawrence;William C. Feldman;John O. Goldsten;Sylvestre Maurice

  • Low‐degree structure in Mercury's planetary magnetic field

    Brian J. Anderson;Catherine L. Johnson;Catherine L. Johnson;Haje Korth;Reka M. Winslow

  • The proton cyclotron instability and the anisotropy/β inverse correlation

    S. Peter Gary;Michael E. McKean;Dan Winske;Brian J. Anderson

Frequent Co-Authors

James A. Slavin
James A. Slavin University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Sean C. Solomon
Sean C. Solomon Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
Haje Korth
Haje Korth Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory
Ralph L. McNutt
Ralph L. McNutt Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory
Stamatios M. Krimigis
Stamatios M. Krimigis Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory
Roy Torbert
Roy Torbert University of New Hampshire
Catherine L. Johnson
Catherine L. Johnson Planetary Science Institute
Daniel N. Baker
Daniel N. Baker University of Colorado Boulder
Rumi Nakamura
Rumi Nakamura Austrian Academy of Sciences
James L. Burch
James L. Burch Southwest Research Institute

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