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  • 2009 - Fellow of American Geophysical Union (AGU)

Overview

Bruce T. Tsurutani is affiliated with the California Institute of Technology in the United States and has contributed extensively to fields related to physics and astronomy as well as earth and planetary sciences. Their research spans multiple interconnected disciplines including astronomy and astrophysics, geophysics, molecular biology, aerospace engineering, and atmospheric science.

The main research topics covered by their work include:

  • Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics
  • Solar and space plasma dynamics
  • Earthquake detection and analysis
  • Geomagnetism and paleomagnetism studies
  • Astro and planetary science
  • Seismic waves and analysis
  • Atmospheric ozone and climate

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Tsurutani are:

  • Rajkumar Hajra
  • G. S. Lakhina
  • Quanming Lu
  • Xinliang Gao
  • Huayue Chen

Many of their publications have appeared repeatedly in certain scientific venues, among them:

  • Journal of Geophysical Research Space Physics
  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Geophysical Research Letters
  • Space Weather
  • The Astrophysical Journal

Some recent papers by Bruce T. Tsurutani include:

  • The physics of space weather/solar-terrestrial physics (STP): what we know now and what the current and future challenges are, 2020, Nonlinear processes in geophysics
  • The Complex Space Weather Events of 2017 September, 2020, The Astrophysical Journal
  • The Interplanetary and Magnetospheric causes of Geomagnetically Induced Currents (GICs) > 10 A in the Mäntsälä Finland Pipeline: 1999 through 2019, 2021, Journal of Space Weather and Space Climate
  • In Situ Observations of Whistler-Mode Chorus Waves Guided by Density Ducts, 2021, Journal of Geophysical Research Space Physics
  • Statistical Evidence for EMIC Wave Excitation Driven by Substorm Injection and Enhanced Solar Wind Pressure in the Earth's Magnetosphere: Two Different EMIC Wave Sources, 2020, Geophysical Research Letters

The researcher was awarded the Fellow of American Geophysical Union (AGU) in 2009, a recognition widely given in the geosciences community.

Best Publications

  • What is a geomagnetic storm

    W. D. Gonzalez;J. A. Joselyn;Y. Kamide;H. W. Kroehl

  • Interplanetary origin of geomagnetic storms

    Walter D. Gonzalez;Bruce T. Tsurutani;Alicia L. Clúa de Gonzalez

  • Corotating solar wind streams and recurrent geomagnetic activity: A review

    Bruce T. Tsurutani;Bruce T. Tsurutani;Walter D. Gonzalez;Alicia L. C. Gonzalez;Fernando L. Guarnieri

  • Postmidnight chorus: A substorm phenomenon

    Bruce T. Tsurutani;Edward J. Smith

  • Origin of interplanetary southward magnetic fields responsible for major magnetic storms near solar maximum (1978–1979)

    Bruce T. Tsurutani;Walter D. Gonzalez;Frances Tang;Syun I. Akasofu

  • Criteria of interplanetary parameters causing intense magnetic storms (Dst < −100 nT)

    Walter D. Gonzalez;Bruce T. Tsurutani

  • Dayside global ionospheric response to the major interplanetary events of October 29–30, 2003 “Halloween Storms”

    A. J. Mannucci;B. T. Tsurutani;B. A. Iijima;A. Komjathy

  • The extreme magnetic storm of 1–2 September 1859

    B. T. Tsurutani;W. D. Gonzalez;G. S. Lakhina;S. Alex

  • Interplanetary origin of geomagnetic activity in the declining phase of the solar cycle

    Bruce T. Tsurutani;Walter D. Gonzalez;Alicia L. C. Gonzalez;Frances Tang

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

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

  • The Cassini Magnetic Field Investigation

    M. K. Dougherty;S. Kellock;D. J. Southwood;A. Balogh

  • The Interplanetary Causes of Magnetic Storms: A Review

    Bruce T. Tsurutani;Walter D. Gonzalez

  • A far ultraviolet imager for the International Solar-Terrestrial Physics Mission

    M. R. Torr;D. G. Torr;M. Zukic;R. B. Johnson

  • The cause of high-intensity long-duration continuous AE activity (HILDCAAs): Interplanetary Alfvén wave trains

    Bruce T. Tsurutani;Walter D. Gonzalez

  • The magnetic field investigation on the Ulysses mission - Instrumentation and preliminary scientific results

    A. Balogh;T. J. Beek;R. J. Forsyth;P. C. Hedgecock

  • Two types of magnetospheric ELF chorus and their substorm dependences

    Bruce T. Tsurutani;Edward J. Smith

  • Current understanding of magnetic storms: storm-substorm relationships

    Y. Kamide;W. Baumjohann;I. A. Daglis;W. D. Gonzalez

  • Lion roars and nonoscillatory drift mirror waves in the magnetosheath

    B. T. Tsurutani;E. J. Smith;R. R. Anderson;K. W. Ogilvie

  • Observations of the interplanetary sector structure up to heliographic latitudes of 16°: Pioneer 11

    Edward J. Smith;Bruce T. Tsurutani;Ronald L. Rosenberg

  • The heliospheric magnetic field over the South polar region of the sun.

    A. Balogh;D. J. Southwood;R. J. Forsyth;T. S. Horbury

Frequent Co-Authors

Edward J. Smith
Edward J. Smith California Institute of Technology
Walter D. Gonzalez
Walter D. Gonzalez National Institute for Space Research
Anthony J. Mannucci
Anthony J. Mannucci California Institute of Technology
Karl-Heinz Glassmeier
Karl-Heinz Glassmeier Technische Universität Braunschweig
André Balogh
André Balogh Imperial College London
D. A. Gurnett
D. A. Gurnett University of Iowa
Richard M. Thorne
Richard M. Thorne University of California, Los Angeles
James A. Slavin
James A. Slavin University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
S. J. Bame
S. J. Bame Los Alamos National Laboratory
Janet U. Kozyra
Janet U. Kozyra University of Michigan–Ann Arbor

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