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Gerhard Haerendel

Gerhard Haerendel

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Environmental Sciences

D-Index
68
Citations
16631
World Ranking
1872
National Ranking
125

Research.com Recognitions

  • 1990 - Member of Academia Europaea
  • 1989 - Fellow of American Geophysical Union (AGU)

Overview

Gerhard Haerendel is affiliated with the Max Planck Society in Germany and has a significant body of work in the fields of Physics and Astronomy, particularly focusing on Astronomy and Astrophysics. Their research covers a range of subfields including Molecular Biology, Geophysics, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, and Oceanography, reflecting a diverse scientific scope.

Haerendel's main research topics involve:

  • Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics
  • Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics
  • Astro and Planetary Science
  • Geomagnetism and Paleomagnetism Studies
  • Earthquake Detection and Analysis
  • Plasma Diagnostics and Applications
  • Geophysics and Gravity Measurements

The researcher has published extensively, with a notable concentration in the Journal of Geophysical Research Space Physics, which has hosted four of their publications. Additional publications appear in Perspectives of Earth and Space Scientists, Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences, and Geophysical Monograph.

Recent papers authored by Haerendel include:

  • The Onset of a Substorm and the Mating Instability, 2021, Journal of Geophysical Research Space Physics
  • Auroral Arcs: The Fracture Theory Revisited, 2020, Journal of Geophysical Research Space Physics
  • How Energy Enters the Magnetosphere During a Substorm: A Perspective After 60 Years of Working in the Field, 2022, Perspectives of Earth and Space Scientists
  • My dealings with the aurora borealis, 2022, Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences
  • On the Formation of Auroral Spirals, 2024, Journal of Geophysical Research Space Physics

Collaborative research has involved several frequent co-authors, including H. U. Frey, Noora Partamies, G. Paschmann, J. M. Quinn, and R. B. Torbert.

In addition to journal articles, Haerendel has contributed to book literature with the publication titled My Life in Space Exploration (2022) by Springer International Publishing.

Recognition of Haerendel's work includes being named a Fellow of the American Geophysical Union (AGU) in 1989 and a Member of Academia Europaea in 1990.

Best Publications

  • The frontside boundary layer of the magnetosphere and the problem of reconnection

    G. Haerendel;G. Paschmann;N. Sckopke;H. Rosenbauer

  • Evidence for magnetic field reconnection at the Earth's magnetopause

    B. U. Ö. Sonnerup;G. Paschmann;I. Papamastorakis;N. Sckopke

  • Observing with the ISO Short-Wavelength Spectrometer.

    T deGraauw;LN Haser;DA Beintema;PR Roelfsema

  • Plasma acceleration at the earth's magnetopause - Evidence for reconnection

    G. Paschmann;I. Papamastorakis;N. Sckopke;G. Haerendel

  • Structure of the low‐latitude boundary layer

    N. Sckopke;G. Paschmann;G. Haerendel;B. U. Ö Sonnerup

  • Braking of high‐speed flows in the near‐Earth tail

    K. Shiokawa;W. Baumjohann;G. Haerendel

  • Plasma and magnetic field characteristics of magnetic flux transfer events

    G. Paschmann;G. Haerendel;I. Papamastorakis;N. Sckopke

  • High-speed ion flow, substorm current wedge, and multiple Pi 2 pulsations

    K. Shiokawa;W. Baumjohann;G. Haerendel;G. Paschmann

  • Plasma and Magnetic Field Characteristics of the Distant Polar Cusp near Local Noon: The Entry Layer

    G. Paschmann;G. Haerendel;N. Sckopke;H. Rosenbauer

  • Theory for modeling the equatorial evening ionosphere and the origin of the shear in the horizontal plasma flow

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  • Flow braking and the substorm current wedge

    J. Birn;M. Hesse;G. Haerendel;W. Baumjohann

  • Evidence for a Rayleigh-Taylor type instability and upwelling of depleted density regions during equatorial spread F

    M. C. Kelley;G. Haerendel;H. Kappler;A. Valenzuela

  • Plasma wave turbulence at the magnetopause - Observations from ISEE 1 and 2

    D. A. Gurnett;R. R. Anderson;B. T. Tsurutani;E. J. Smith

  • Extended magnetic reconnection at the Earth's magnetopause from detection of bi-directional jets

    T. D. Phan;L. M. Kistler;B. Klecker;G. Haerendel

  • MOTION OF ARTIFICIAL ION CLOUDS IN THE UPPER ATMOSPHERE.

    G. Haerendel;R. Lüst;E. Rieger

  • ISEE plasma observations near the subsolar magnetopause

    G. Paschmann;N. Sckopke;G. Haerendel;J. Papamastorakis

  • Observations and theory of the AMPTE magnetotail barium releases

    P. A. Bernhardt;R. A. Roussel-Dupre;M. B. Pongratz;G. Haerendel

  • Equatorial spread F: Recent observations and a new interpretation

    B. B. Balsley;Gerhard Haerendel;R. A. Greenwald

  • High-molecular-weight organic matter in the particles of comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko

    Nicolas Fray;Anaïs Bardyn;Hervé Cottin;Kathrin Altwegg

  • Cosima High Resolution Time-of-Flight Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometer for the Analysis of Cometary Dust Particles onboard Rosetta

    J Kissel;Kathrin Altwegg;B.C. Clark;L Colangeli

  • ASPI experiment : measurements of fields and waves on board the INTERBALL-1 spacecraft

    S. Klimov;S. Romanov;E. Amata;J. Blecki

  • Plasma Composition Experiment on ISEE-A

    E. G. Shelley;R. D. Sharp;R. G. Johnson;J. Geiss

  • Dynamics of the AMPTE artificial comet

    G. Haerendel;G. Paschmann;W. Baumjohann;C. W. Carlson

Frequent Co-Authors

Wolfgang Baumjohann
Wolfgang Baumjohann Austrian Academy of Sciences
G. Paschmann
G. Paschmann Max Planck Society
Harald U. Frey
Harald U. Frey University of California, Berkeley
Roy Torbert
Roy Torbert University of New Hampshire
Rickard Lundin
Rickard Lundin Swedish Institute of Space Physics
Göran Marklund
Göran Marklund Royal Institute of Technology
Karl-Heinz Glassmeier
Karl-Heinz Glassmeier Technische Universität Braunschweig
L. M. Kistler
L. M. Kistler University of New Hampshire
Rumi Nakamura
Rumi Nakamura Austrian Academy of Sciences
Christopher T. Russell
Christopher T. Russell University of California, Los Angeles

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