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Jesper Gjerloev is affiliated with the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory in the United States. Their research primarily centers on physics and astronomy, earth and planetary sciences, and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Within these broader fields, their work extensively covers subfields such as astronomy and astrophysics, molecular biology, geophysics, electrical and electronic engineering, and atomic and molecular physics, and optics.

The scientist has focused on topics including ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics, geomagnetism and paleomagnetism studies, solar and space plasma dynamics, earthquake detection and analysis, astro and planetary science, atomic and subatomic physics research, and complex systems and time series analysis.

Jesper Gjerloev has published frequently in several venues, notably:

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

Among recent papers associated with Gjerloev's research are:

  • Is the Substorm Current Wedge an Ensemble of Wedgelets?: Revisit to Midlatitude Positive Bays, 2020, Journal of Geophysical Research Space Physics
  • A global climatological model of extreme geomagnetic field fluctuations, 2020, Journal of Space Weather and Space Climate
  • Distribution and Occurrence Frequency of dB/dt Spikes During Magnetic Storms 1980-2020, 2022, Space Weather
  • AE, DST, and Their SuperMAG Counterparts: The Effect of Improved Spatial Resolution in Geomagnetic Indices, 2020, Journal of Geophysical Research Space Physics
  • Solar Cycle and Solar Wind Dependence of the Occurrence of Large dB/dt Events at High Latitudes, 2023, Journal of Geophysical Research Space Physics

The scientist collaborates regularly with several researchers, including:

  • S. Ohtani
  • S. E. Milan
  • S. K. Vines
  • M. Friel
  • Audrey Schillings

Best Publications

  • The SuperMAG data processing technique

    J. W. Gjerloev;J. W. Gjerloev

  • Evaluation of SuperMAG auroral electrojet indices as indicators of substorms and auroral power

    P. T. Newell;J. W. Gjerloev

  • Geotail observations of magnetic flux ropes in the plasma sheet

    J. A. Slavin;R. P. Lepping;J. Gjerloev;D. H. Fairfield

  • Field‐aligned currents' scale analysis performed with the Swarm constellation

    Hermann Lühr;Jaeheung Park;Jesper W. Gjerloev;Jesper W. Gjerloev;Jan Rauberg

  • Substorm and magnetosphere characteristic scales inferred from the SuperMAG auroral electrojet indices

    P. T. Newell;J. W. Gjerloev

  • A Global Ground‐Based Magnetometer Initiative

    J. W. Gjerloev

  • SuperMAG‐based partial ring current indices

    P. T. Newell;J. W. Gjerloev

  • A new technique for determining Substorm Onsets and Phases from Indices of the Electrojet (SOPHIE)

    C. Forsyth;I. J. Rae;J. C. Coxon;M. P. Freeman

  • Extremely intense (SML l–2500 nT) substorms: isolated events that are externally triggered?

    B. T. Tsurutani;R. Hajra;E. Echer;J. W. Gjerloev;J. W. Gjerloev

  • First observations of the temporal/spatial variation of the sub‐auroral polarization stream from the SuperDARN Wallops HF radar

    Kjellmar Oksavik;R. A. Greenwald;J. M. Ruohoniemi;M. R. Hairston

  • Cluster electric current density measurements within a magnetic flux rope in the plasma sheet

    J. A. Slavin;R. P. Lepping;J. Gjerloev;M. L. Goldstein

  • Characteristics of the terrestrial field-aligned current system

    J. W. Gjerloev;J. W. Gjerloev;S. Ohtani;T. Iijima;B. Anderson

  • Observations of ionospheric convection from the Wallops SuperDARN radar at middle latitudes

    J. B. H. Baker;R. A. Greenwald;J. M. Ruohoniemi;K. Oksavik

  • Is the Substorm Current Wedge an Ensemble of Wedgelets?: Revisit to Midlatitude Positive Bays

    Shinichi Ohtani;Jesper W. Gjerloev;Jesper W. Gjerloev

  • A relation between the energy deposition by electron precipitation and geomagnetic indices during substorms

    N. Østgaard;N. Østgaard;R. R. Vondrak;J. W. Gjerloev

  • Magnetospheric current systems during stormtime sawtooth events

    T. I. Pulkkinen;T. I. Pulkkinen;N. Y. Ganushkina;E. I. Tanskanen;M. Kubyshkina

  • Geomagnetically Induced Currents Caused by Interplanetary Shocks With Different Impact Angles and Speeds

    D. M. Oliveira;D. M. Oliveira;D. Arel;J. Raeder;E. Zesta

  • Supersubstorms (SML < −2500 nT): Magnetic storm and solar cycle dependences

    Rajkumar Hajra;Rajkumar Hajra;Bruce T. Tsurutani;Ezequiel Echer;Walter D. Gonzalez

  • The large‐scale current system during auroral substorms

    J. W. Gjerloev;J. W. Gjerloev;R. A. Hoffman

  • Height-integrated conductivity in auroral substorms. 1. Data

    J. W. Gjerloev;R. A. Hoffman

  • A global climatological model of extreme geomagnetic field fluctuations

    Neil C. Rogers;James A. Wild;Emma F. Eastoe;Jesper W. Gjerloev

  • Currents in auroral substorms

    J. W. Gjerloev;R. A. Hoffman

Frequent Co-Authors

Shinichi Ohtani
Shinichi Ohtani Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory
Brian J. Anderson
Brian J. Anderson Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory
Stein Haaland
Stein Haaland University of Bergen
Mervyn P. Freeman
Mervyn P. Freeman British Antarctic Survey
Ian R. Mann
Ian R. Mann University of Alberta
James A. Slavin
James A. Slavin University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
J. M. Ruohoniemi
J. M. Ruohoniemi Virginia Tech
R. A. Hoffman
R. A. Hoffman Goddard Space Flight Center
Bruce T. Tsurutani
Bruce T. Tsurutani California Institute of Technology
Nikolai Østgaard
Nikolai Østgaard University of Bergen

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