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David L. Hysell is affiliated with Cornell University in the United States and works primarily in the fields of Physics and Astronomy, Earth and Planetary Sciences, and Engineering. Their research focuses extensively on ionospheric and magnetospheric dynamics, solar and space plasma dynamics, GNSS positioning and interference, earthquake detection and analysis, geomagnetism and paleomagnetism studies, geophysics and gravity measurements, and magnetic confinement fusion research.

The scientist's major subfields of study include:

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

Frequent publication venues for David L. Hysell reflect a strong presence in space and geophysical sciences, including:

  • Journal of Geophysical Research Space Physics
  • Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences
  • Space Weather
  • Radio Science
  • IEEE Sensors Journal

Some recent research papers by David L. Hysell are:

  • Modeling Equatorial F-Region Ionospheric Instability Using a Regional Ionospheric Irregularity Model and WAM-IPE, 2022, Journal of Geophysical Research Space Physics
  • VHF Imaging Radar Observations and Theory of Banded Midlatitude Sporadic E Ionization Layers, 2021, Journal of Geophysical Research Space Physics

Other papers related to the broader research area, though authored by collaborators, include:

  • Deep-Learning-Based Occupant Counting by Ambient RF Sensing, 2020, IEEE Sensors Journal
  • Hybrid Plasma Simulations of Farley-Buneman Instabilities in the Auroral E-Region, 2021, Journal of Geophysical Research Space Physics
  • Indoor Object Sensing Using Radio-Frequency Identification With Inverse Methods, 2021, IEEE Sensors Journal

David L. Hysell collaborates frequently with several researchers, such as:

  • Enrique Rojas
  • M. F. Larsen
  • Marco Milla
  • Jorge L. Chau
  • A. Kirchman

Best Publications

  • Comparison of COSMIC ionospheric measurements with ground-based observations and model predictions : Preliminary results

    Jiuhou Lei;Stig Syndergaard;Alan G. Burns;Stanley C. Solomon

  • An overview and synthesis of plasma irregularities in equatorial spread F

    D.L. Hysell

  • The Ionospheric Connection Explorer Mission: Mission Goals and Design

    T. J. Immel;S. L. England;S. B. Mende;R. A. Heelis

  • Three‐dimensional simulation of the coupled Perkins and Es‐layer instabilities in the nighttime midlatitude ionosphere

    Tatsuhiro Yokoyama;David L. Hysell;Yuichi Otsuka;Mamoru Yamamoto

  • Collisional shear instability in the equatorial F region ionosphere

    D. L. Hysell;Erhan Kudeki

  • JULIA radar studies of equatorial spread F

    D. L. Hysell;J. D. Burcham

  • Long term studies of equatorial spread F using the JULIA radar at Jicamarca

    D.L. Hysell;J.D. Burcham

  • Seeding and layering of equatorial spread F by gravity waves

    D. L. Hysell;M. C. Kelley;W. E. Swartz;R. F. Woodman

  • Equatorial spread-F initiation: Post-sunset vortex, thermospheric winds, gravity waves

    Erhan Kudeki;Ahmed Akgiray;Marco Milla;Jorge L. Chau

  • Nonlinear Rayleigh-Taylor instabilities, atmospheric gravity waves and equatorial spread F

    Chao-Song Huang;M. C. Kelley;D. L. Hysell

  • Optimal aperture synthesis radar imaging

    D. L. Hysell;J. L. Chau

  • Common volume coherent and incoherent scatter radar observations of mid-latitude sporadic E-layers and QP echoes

    D. L. Hysell;M. F. Larsen;Q. H. Zhou

  • Radar imaging of equatorial F region irregularities with maximum entropy interferometry

    D. L. Hysell

  • Measurement of the latitudinal distributions of total electron content during equatorial spread F events

    C. E. Valladares;S. Basu;K. Groves;M. P. Hagan

  • Imaging radar observations and theory of type I and type II quasi‐periodic echoes

    D. L. Hysell;D. L. Hysell;M. Yamamoto;S. Fukao

  • The São Luís 30 MHz coherent scatter ionospheric radar: System description and initial results

    Eurico R. de Paula;David L. Hysell

  • The 30‐MHz radar interferometer studies of midlatitude E region irregularities

    D. L. Hysell;J. D. Burcham

  • Sporadic E layer observations over Arecibo using coherent and incoherent scatter radar: Assessing dynamic stability in the lower thermosphere

    D. L. Hysell;E. Nossa;M. F. Larsen;J. Munro

  • Imaging coherent backscatter radar observations of topside equatorial spread F

    D. L. Hysell;R. F. Woodman

  • Steepened structures in equatorial spread F: 1. New observations

    D. L. Hysell;M. C. Kelley;W. E. Swartz;R. F. Pfaff

Frequent Co-Authors

Jorge L. Chau
Jorge L. Chau University of Rostock
Michael C. Kelley
Michael C. Kelley Cornell University
Jøran Moen
Jøran Moen University of Oslo
Kjellmar Oksavik
Kjellmar Oksavik University of Bergen
Miguel F. Larsen
Miguel F. Larsen Clemson University
Erhan Kudeki
Erhan Kudeki University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Lasse Boy Novock Clausen
Lasse Boy Novock Clausen University of Oslo
Mamoru Yamamoto
Mamoru Yamamoto Kyoto University
Yuichi Otsuka
Yuichi Otsuka Nagoya University
Michael P. Sulzer
Michael P. Sulzer Arecibo Observatory

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