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Finland
2026

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Earth Science

D-Index
52
Citations
8084
World Ranking
3113
National Ranking
2

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Earth Science in Finland Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Earth Science in Finland Leader Award

Overview

Esa Kallio is affiliated with Aalto University in Finland and has an extensive research background primarily in Physics and Astronomy. Their work mainly focuses on Astronomy and Astrophysics, alongside interdisciplinary contributions to Aerospace Engineering, Atmospheric Science, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, and Biomaterials.

Their research covers various scientific topics, with notable emphasis on:

  • Astro and Planetary Science
  • Planetary Science and Exploration
  • Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics
  • Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics
  • Atmospheric Ozone and Climate
  • Spacecraft Design and Technology
  • Space Satellite Systems and Control

Kallio's recent publications include the following:

  • "Investigating Mercury's Environment with the Two-Spacecraft BepiColombo Mission" (2020), published in Space Science Reviews
  • "Dayside Transient Phenomena and Their Impact on the Magnetosphere and Ionosphere" (2022), published in Space Science Reviews
  • An untitled 2020 publication featured in Aberystwyth Research portal (Aberystwyth University)
  • "SERENA: Particle Instrument Suite for Determining the Sun-Mercury Interaction from BepiColombo" (2021), published in Space Science Reviews
  • "Ultra-low Frequency Foreshock Waves and Ion Dynamics at Mars" (2022), published in Journal of Geophysical Research Space Physics

Their work appears frequently in established scientific venues, predominantly in:

  • Space Science Reviews
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Journal of Geophysical Research Space Physics
  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Geophysical Research Letters

Collaborations form a significant component of Kallio's research activities. Frequent co-authors include:

  • R. Järvinen
  • Antti Kestilä
  • Olli Knuuttila
  • Anna Milillo
  • P. Wurz

Best Publications

  • The plasma Environment of Mars

    AF Nagy;D Winterhalter;K Sauer;TE Cravens

  • The Analyser of Space Plasmas and Energetic Atoms (ASPERA-4) for the Venus Express mission

    S. Barabash;R. Lundin;H. Andersson;K. Brinkfeldt

  • Solar Wind-Induced Atmospheric Erosion at Mars: First Results from ASPERA-3 on Mars Express

    R. Lundin;S. Barabash;H. Andersson;M. Holmström

  • The loss of ions from Venus through the plasma wake

    S. Barabash;A. Fedorov;J. J. Sauvaud;R. Lundin

  • RPC-ICA: The ion composition analyzer of the Rosetta Plasma Consortium

    H. Nilsson;R. Lundin;K. Lundin;S. Barabash

  • Charge exchange near Mars: The solar wind absorption and energetic neutral atom production

    Esa Kallio;JG Luhmann;S Barabash

  • Birth of a comet magnetosphere: A spring of water ions

    Hans Nilsson;Hans Nilsson;Gabriella Stenberg Wieser;Etienne Behar;Etienne Behar;Cyril Simon Wedlund

  • A comparison of global models for the solar wind interaction with Mars

    D. Brain;S. Barabash;A. Boesswetter;S. Bougher

  • Carbon dioxide photoelectron energy peaks at Mars

    R. A. Frahm;J. D. Winningham;J. R. Sharber;J. R. Scherrer

  • Modeling and Simulating Flowing Plasmas and Related Phenomena

    S. A. Ledvina;Yibo Ma;Esa Kallio

  • Plasma Acceleration Above Martian Magnetic Anomalies

    R. Lundin;D. Winningham;S. Barabash;R. Frahm

  • Modelling the solar wind interaction with Mercury by a quasi-neutral hybrid model

    E. Kallio;P. Janhunen

  • Mars Express and Venus Express multi-point observations of geoeffective solar flare events in December 2006

    Y. Futaana;S. Barabash;M. Yamauchi;S. McKenna-Lawlor

  • Mass composition of the escaping plasma at Mars

    E. Carlsson;E. Carlsson;A. Fedorov;S. Barabash;E. Budnik

  • Solar wind and magnetospheric ion impact on Mercury's surface

    Esa Kallio;P. Janhunen

  • TandEM: Titan and Enceladus mission

    Athena Coustenis;Sushil K. Atreya;T. Balint;R.H. Brown

  • Atmospheric effects of precipitating energetic hydrogen atoms on the Martian atmosphere

    Esa Kallio;Stas Barabash

  • Ion escape from Mars in a quasi-neutral hybrid model

    Esa Kallio;Pekka Janhunen

  • Investigating Mercury’s Environment with the Two-Spacecraft BepiColombo Mission

    A. Milillo;M. Fujimoto;G. Murakami;J. Benkhoff

  • Mars ionosphere: A review of experimental results and modeling studies

    Syed Aftab Haider;Kushal Kumar Mahajan;Esa Jukka Kallio

  • Surface-Exosphere-Magnetosphere System Of Mercury

    A. Milillo;P. Wurz;S. Orsini;Dominique Delcourt

  • Evolution of the ion environment of comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko - Observations between 3.6 and 2.0 AU

    H Nilsson;H Nilsson;G Stenberg Wieser;E Behar;E Behar;C. Simon Wedlund

Frequent Co-Authors

Peter Wurz
Peter Wurz University of Bern
Mats Holmström
Mats Holmström Swedish Institute of Space Physics
Rickard Lundin
Rickard Lundin Swedish Institute of Space Physics
Hannu E. J. Koskinen
Hannu E. J. Koskinen University of Helsinki
Stas Barabash
Stas Barabash Swedish Institute of Space Physics
S. Barabash
S. Barabash Swedish Institute of Space Physics
Andrew J. Coates
Andrew J. Coates University College London
Janet G. Luhmann
Janet G. Luhmann University of California, Berkeley
R. A. Frahm
R. A. Frahm Southwest Research Institute
Yoshifumi Futaana
Yoshifumi Futaana Swedish Institute of Space Physics

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