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Jeffrey P. Thayer is affiliated with the University of Colorado Boulder in the United States. Their research spans multiple areas within Physics and Astronomy as well as Earth and Planetary Sciences. The scientist's work frequently addresses subfields such as Astronomy and Astrophysics, Oceanography, Instrumentation, Molecular Biology, and Environmental Engineering.

The primary topics covered by their publications include:

  • Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics
  • Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics
  • Geophysics and Gravity Measurements
  • Advanced Optical Sensing Technologies
  • Geomagnetism and Paleomagnetism Studies
  • Astro and Planetary Science
  • Remote Sensing and LiDAR Applications

Jeffrey P. Thayer's recent published papers include:

  • The Thermosphere Is a Drag: The 2022 Starlink Incident and the Threat of Geomagnetic Storms to Low Earth Orbit Space Operations (2023, Space Weather)
  • Flying Through Uncertainty (2020, Space Weather)
  • Plasma-neutral interactions in the lower thermosphere-ionosphere: The need for in situ measurements to address focused questions (2023, Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences)
  • Remaining Issues in Upper Atmosphere Satellite Drag (2021, Geophysical monograph)
  • Toward Accurate Physics-Based Specifications of Neutral Density Using GNSS-Enabled Small Satellites (2021, Space Weather)

The scientist often collaborates with other researchers. Frequent co-authors include:

  • E. K. Sutton
  • Zachary C. Waldron (8 collaborations)
  • Vishal Ray (6 collaborations)
  • Kevin W. Sacca (4 collaborations)
  • Katherine Garcia-Sage (4 collaborations)

Jeffrey P. Thayer's work is commonly published in venues such as:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research) with 6 publications
  • Space Weather with 5 publications
  • Journal of Geophysical Research Space Physics with 3 publications
  • Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences with 2 publications
  • arXiv (Cornell University) with 2 publications

Best Publications

  • Pyro‐cumulonimbus injection of smoke to the stratosphere: Observations and impact of a super blowup in northwestern Canada on 3–4 August 1998

    Michael Fromm;Richard Bevilacqua;René Servranckx;James Rosen

  • Global energy deposition during the January 1997 magnetic cloud event

    G. Lu;D. N. Baker;R. L. McPherron;Charlie J. Farrugia

  • Rotating solar coronal holes and periodic modulation of the upper atmosphere

    Jiuhou Lei;Jeffrey P. Thayer;Jeffrey M. Forbes;Eric K. Sutton

  • The convergence of magnetospheric energy flux in the polar atmosphere

    Jeffrey P. Thayer;Joshua Semeter

  • Thermospheric density oscillations due to periodic solar wind high- speed streams

    Jeffrey P. Thayer;Jiuhou Lei;Jeffrey M. Forbes;Eric K. Sutton

  • Height‐resolved Joule heating rates in the high‐latitude E region and the influence of neutral winds

    J. P. Thayer

  • Ionosphere response to solar wind high-speed streams

    Jiuhou Lei;Jeffrey P. Thayer;Jeffrey M. Forbes;Qian Wu

  • Recent anthropogenic increases in SO2 from Asia have minimal impact on stratospheric aerosol

    R. R. Neely;R. R. Neely;R. R. Neely;O. B. Toon;S. Solomon;J.-P. Vernier

  • Review of ozone and temperature lidar validations performed within the framework of the Network for the Detection of Stratospheric Change

    Philippe Keckhut;Stuart McDermid;Daan Swart;Thomas McGee

  • Interpretation and modeling of the high‐latitude electromagnetic energy flux

    J. P. Thayer;J. F. Vickrey;R. A. Heelis;J. B. Gary

  • Wind and temperature effects on thermosphere mass density response to the November 2004 geomagnetic storm

    Jiuhou Lei;Jeffrey P. Thayer;Alan G. Burns;Gang Lu

  • Global thermospheric density variations caused by high‐speed solar wind streams during the declining phase of solar cycle 23

    Jiuhou Lei;Jeffrey P. Thayer;Jeffrey M. Forbes;Eric K. Sutton

  • Periodic modulations in thermospheric composition by solar wind high speed streams

    G. Crowley;A. Reynolds;J. P. Thayer;J. Lei

  • Thermospheric neutral wind signatures dependent on the east-west component of the interplanetary magnetic field for Northern and Southern Hemispheres as measured from Dynamics Explorer-2

    J. P. Thayer;T. L. Killeen;F. G. Mccormac;C. R. Tschan

  • Ionized Plasma and Neutral Gas Coupling in the Sun’s Chromosphere and Earth’s Ionosphere/Thermosphere

    J. E. Leake;C. R. DeVore;J. P. Thayer;A. G. Burns

  • Ionospheric electrodynamics : A tutorial

    A. D. Richmond;J. P. Thayer

  • Impact of CIR Storms on Thermosphere Density Variability during the Solar Minimum of 2008

    Jiuhou Lei;Jeffrey P. Thayer;Wenbin Wang;Robert L. McPherron

  • Rayleigh lidar system for middle atmosphere research in the arctic

    Jeffrey P. Thayer;Norman B. Nielsen;Russell E. Warren;Craig J. Heinselman

  • Gravity-wave influences on Arctic mesospheric clouds as determined by a Rayleigh lidar at Sondrestrom, Greenland

    Jeffrey P. Thayer;Markus Rapp;Andrew J. Gerrard;Eggert Gudmundsson

  • Summary of field‐aligned Poynting flux observations from DE 2

    J. B. Gary;R. A. Heelis;J. P. Thayer

  • Correction to “Pyro‐cumulonimbus injection of smoke to the stratosphere: Observations and impact of a super blowup in northwestern Canada on 3–4 August 1998”

    Michael Fromm;Richard Bevilacqua;René Servranckx;James Rosen

Frequent Co-Authors

Jiuhou Lei
Jiuhou Lei University of Science and Technology of China
Wenbin Wang
Wenbin Wang National Center for Atmospheric Research
Alan Burns
Alan Burns National Center for Atmospheric Research
Matthew D. Shupe
Matthew D. Shupe University of Colorado Boulder
Jeffrey M. Forbes
Jeffrey M. Forbes University of Colorado Boulder
Timothy L Killeen
Timothy L Killeen National Center for Atmospheric Research
Gang Lu
Gang Lu National Center for Atmospheric Research
Xiankang Dou
Xiankang Dou University of Science and Technology of China
Qihou Zhou
Qihou Zhou Miami University
Robert L. McPherron
Robert L. McPherron University of California, Los Angeles

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