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951

Overview

L. A. Frank was affiliated with the University of Iowa in the United States. Their research work was focused primarily within the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, as well as Environmental Science.

The scientist contributed to studies in the subfields of Molecular Biology and Ecology. Their research topics covered areas including Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies, Bacteriophages and microbial interactions, and Molecular Biology Techniques and Applications.

One of their recent papers was titled Field+Genomics Workshop: an initiative to build Nanopore sequencing capacity in field-based host-pathogen research, published in 2025 in the venue Biodiversity Informatics.

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Best Publications

  • The plasma sheet boundary layer

    T. E. Eastman;L. A. Frank;W. K. Peterson;W. Lennartsson

  • Observations of charged particle precipitation into the auroral zone

    L. A. Frank;K. L. Ackerson

  • Energy spectra of plasma sheet ions and electrons from ∼50 eV/e to ∼1 MeV during plasma temperature transitions

    S. P. Christon;D. G. Mitchell;D. J. Williams;L. A. Frank

  • On the extraterrestrial ring current during geomagnetic storms

    L. A. Frank

  • Spectral characteristics of plasma sheet ion and electron populations during undisturbed geomagnetic conditions

    S. P. Christon;D. J. Williams;D. G. Mitchell;L. A. Frank

  • Upstream hydromagnetic waves and their association with backstreaming ion populations: ISEE 1 and 2 observations

    M. M. Hoppe;C. T. Russell;L. A. Frank;T. E. Eastman

  • Plasma in the Earth's polar magnetosphere

    L. A. Frank

  • Plasma waves in the distant magnetotail

    D. A. Gurnett;L. A. Frank;R. P. Lepping

  • Radiation Around the Earth to a Radial Distance of 107,400 km.

    James A. Van Allen;Louis A. Frank

  • Observations pertaining to the dynamics of the plasma sheet

    R.J. DeCoster;L.A. Frank

  • Geocoronal imaging with Dynamics Explorer

    R. L. Rairden;L. A. Frank;J. D. Craven

  • An extended study of the low‐latitude boundary layer on the dawn and dusk flanks of the magnetosphere

    D. G. Mitchell;F. Kutchko;D. J. Williams;T. E. Eastman

  • Current carriers in the near-earth cross-tail current sheet during substorm growth phase

    D. G. Mitchell;D. J. Williams;C. Y. Huang;L. A. Frank

  • A region of intense plasma wave turbulence on auroral field lines

    D. A. Gurnett;L. A. Frank

  • Effects of the March 1989 solar activity

    Joe Allen;Herb Sauer;Lou Frank;Patricia Reiff

  • Polar views of the Earth's aurora with Dynamics Explorer

    L. A. Frank;J. D. Craven;J. L. Burch;J. D. Winningham

  • The theta aurora

    L. A. Frank;J. D. Craven;D. A. Gurnett;S. D. Shawhan

  • A proposed production model of rapid subauroral ion drifts and their relationship to substorm evolution

    P. C. Anderson;W. B. Hanson;R. A. Heelis;J. D. Craven

  • VLF HISS AND RELATED PLASMA OBSERVATIONS IN THE POLAR MAGNETOSPHERE.

    D. A. Gurnett;L. A. Frank

  • Observed relationships between electric fields and auroral particle precipitation

    D. A. Gurnett;L. A. Frank

Frequent Co-Authors

John D. Craven
John D. Craven University of Alaska Fairbanks
Susumu Kokubun
Susumu Kokubun Nagoya University
Ronald P. Lepping
Ronald P. Lepping Goddard Space Flight Center
Christopher T. Russell
Christopher T. Russell University of California, Los Angeles
Daniel N. Baker
Daniel N. Baker University of Colorado Boulder
James A. Slavin
James A. Slavin University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
William S. Kurth
William S. Kurth University of Iowa
W. K. Peterson
W. K. Peterson University of Colorado Boulder
Howard J. Singer
Howard J. Singer National Weather Service
Roger R. Anderson
Roger R. Anderson University of Iowa

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