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Kalevi Mursula

Kalevi Mursula

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Environmental Sciences

D-Index
57
Citations
11814
World Ranking
3453
National Ranking
57

Overview

Kalevi Mursula is affiliated with the University of Oulu in Finland and has a substantial research footprint in Physics and Astronomy, alongside Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their scholarly contributions span a range of interdisciplinary subjects, with a focus on solar-terrestrial interactions and atmospheric phenomena.

The scientist's main research topics include:

  • Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics
  • Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics
  • Atmospheric Ozone and Climate
  • Geomagnetism and Paleomagnetism Studies
  • Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies
  • Climate variability and models
  • Astro and Planetary Science

Mursula has published extensively in several frequent venues such as:

  • Astronomy and Astrophysics
  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Journal of Geophysical Research Space Physics
  • Geophysical Research Letters
  • Journal of Space Weather and Space Climate

Some notable recent papers include:

  • "The Solar and Geomagnetic Storms in 2024 May: A Flash Data Report," 2025, The Astrophysical Journal
  • "Seven Decades of Neutron Monitors (1951-2019): Overview and Evaluation of Data Sources," 2021, Journal of Geophysical Research Space Physics
  • "Dependence of Sudden Stratospheric Warmings on Internal and External Drivers," 2020, Geophysical Research Letters
  • "Influence of Enhanced Planetary Wave Activity on the Polar Vortex Enhancement Related to Energetic Electron Precipitation," 2020, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres
  • "Explicit IMF By-Dependence in Geomagnetic Activity: Quantifying Ionospheric Electrodynamics," 2021, Journal of Geophysical Research Space Physics

Mursula frequently collaborates with other researchers, including:

  • Timo Asikainen
  • Alexei Pevtsov
  • Antti Salminen
  • Ismo Tähtinen
  • Ilpo Virtanen

Their subfield expertise covers:

  • Astronomy and Astrophysics
  • Atmospheric Science
  • Global and Planetary Change
  • Molecular Biology
  • Geophysics

Kalevi Mursula's research addresses complex interactions between solar activity and Earth's atmospheric and geomagnetic environments, contributing to the understanding of ionospheric electrodynamics and climate variability through multidisciplinary approaches.

Best Publications

  • Cassini plasma spectrometer investigation

    D. T. Young;J. J. Berthelier;M. Blanc;J. L. Burch

  • Heliospheric modulation of cosmic rays: Monthly reconstruction for 1951–2004

    Ilya G. Usoskin;Katja Alanko-Huotari;Gennady A. Kovaltsov;Kalevi Mursula

  • The double oval UV auroral distribution. 1: Implications for the mapping of auroral arcs

    R. D. Elphinstone;J. S. Murphree;D. J. Hearn;L. L. Cogger

  • First results of electric field and density observations by Cluster EFW based on initial months of operation

    Georg Gustafsson;M. Andre;T. Carozzi;A. I. Eriksson

  • Composition and dynamics of plasma in Saturn's magnetosphere.

    D. T. Young;Jean-Jacques Berthelier;M. Blanc;J. L. Burch

  • Millennium-scale sunspot number reconstruction: evidence for an unusually active sun since the 1940s.

    Ilya G. Usoskin;Sami K. Solanki;Manfred Schüssler;Kalevi Mursula

  • Testing the isotropic boundary algorithm method to evaluate the magnetic field configuration in the tail

    V. A. Sergeev;M. Malkov;K. Mursula

  • The 13.5‐day periodicity in the Sun, solar wind, and geomagnetic activity: The last three solar cycles

    Kalevi Mursula;Bertalan Zieger

  • Current sheet thickness in the near-earth plasma sheet during substorm growth phase

    V. A. Sergeev;P. Tanskanen;K. Mursula;A. Korth

  • Long-Term Solar Cycle Evolution: Review of Recent Developments

    I.G. Usoskin;K. Mursula

  • A physical reconstruction of cosmic ray intensity since 1610

    Ilya G. Usoskin;Kalevi Mursula;Sami K. Solanki;Manfred Schüssler

  • First results from the RAPID imaging energetic particle spectrometer on board Cluster

    B. Wilken;P. W. Daly;U. Mall;K. Aarsnes

  • The Maunder minimum (1645–1715) was indeed a grand minimum: A reassessment of multiple datasets

    Ilya G. Usoskin;Rainer Arlt;Eleanna Asvestari;Ed Hawkins

  • Sunspot positions and sizes for 1825–1867 from the observations by Samuel Heinrich Schwabe

    R. Arlt;R. Leussu;N. Giese;N. Giese;K. Mursula

  • RAPID: The imaging energetic particle spectrometer on CLUSTER

    B. Wilken;W. I. Axford;I. Daglis;P. Daly

  • Reconstruction of solar activity for the last millennium using 10 Be data

    I. G. Usoskin;K. Mursula;S. K. Solanki;M. Schüssler

  • Correlative study of solar activity and cosmic ray intensity

    I. G. Usoskin;H. Kananen;K. Mursula;P. Tanskanen

  • Observations in the vicinity of substorm onset: Implications for the substorm process

    R. D. Elphinstone;D. J. Hearn;L. L. Cogger;J. S. Murphree

  • PERSISTENT 22-YEAR CYCLE IN SUNSPOT ACTIVITY: EVIDENCE FOR A RELIC SOLAR MAGNETIC FIELD

    K. Mursula;I. G. Usoskin;G. A. Kovaltsov

  • MID-TERM QUASI-PERIODICITIES IN GEOMAGNETIC ACTIVITY DURING THE LAST 15 SOLAR CYCLES: CONNECTION TO SOLAR DYNAMO STRENGTH To the memory of Karolen I. Paularena (1957-2001)

    K. Mursula;B. Zieger;J.H. Vilppola

  • Reconstruction of solar activity for the last millennium using $^{10}$Be data

    I.G. Usoskin;K. Mursula;S. Solanki;M. Schuessler

Frequent Co-Authors

Ilya Usoskin
Ilya Usoskin University of Oulu
Sami K. Solanki
Sami K. Solanki Max Planck Society
J. B. Blake
J. B. Blake The Aerospace Corporation
V. A. Sergeev
V. A. Sergeev Saint Petersburg State University
Göran Marklund
Göran Marklund Royal Institute of Technology
Daniel N. Baker
Daniel N. Baker University of Colorado Boulder
A. Korth
A. Korth Max Planck Society
Thomas A. Potemra
Thomas A. Potemra Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory
Mike Lockwood
Mike Lockwood University of Reading
Theodore A. Fritz
Theodore A. Fritz Boston University

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