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M. T. Rietveld is a researcher affiliated with the University of Tromsø - The Arctic University of Norway. Their work spans multiple areas within the fields of Physics and Astronomy and Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a focus on topics related to the ionosphere and magnetosphere, seismic wave analysis, and space plasma dynamics.

The scientist's main fields of study include:

  • Physics and Astronomy
  • Earth and Planetary Sciences

More specifically, their subfields of expertise cover:

  • Astronomy and Astrophysics
  • Geophysics
  • Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
  • Molecular Biology
  • Aerospace Engineering

Among the principal research topics explored by Rietveld are:

  • Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics
  • Earthquake Detection and Analysis
  • Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics
  • Seismic Waves and Analysis
  • Geomagnetism and Paleomagnetism Studies
  • GNSS positioning and interference
  • Dust and Plasma Wave Phenomena

They have contributed academic work published in key journals including:

  • Geophysical Research Letters
  • Annales Geophysicae
  • Nature Communications
  • Radiophysics and Quantum Electronics
  • Journal of Geophysical Research Space Physics

Recent research papers authored or co-authored by Rietveld demonstrate a range of investigations in ionospheric physics and plasma phenomena, such as:

  • "Controlled beat-wave Brillouin scattering in the ionosphere," 2021, Nature Communications
  • "Electron Temperature Inversion by Stimulated Brillouin Scattering During Electron Gyroharmonic Heating at EISCAT," 2020, Geophysical Research Letters
  • "Ducting of incoherent scatter radar waves by field-aligned irregularities," 2020, Annales Geophysicae
  • "A New Technique for Investigating Dust Charging in the PMSE Source Region," 2020, Geophysical Research Letters
  • "Excitation of Langmuir and Ion-Acoustic Turbulence in the High-Latitude Ionosphere by a High-Power HF Radio Wave Simultaneously Below and Above the F2-Layer Maximum," 2020, Radiophysics and Quantum Electronics

Collaboration is a notable aspect of their scholarly activity, frequently working with co-authors such as:

  • A. Senior
  • I. Häggström
  • N. F. Blagoveshchenskaya
  • T. B. Leyser
  • B. Gustavsson

Best Publications

  • Introduction to ionospheric heating at Tromsø—I. Experimental overview

    M. T. Rietveld;H. Kohl;H. Kopka;P. Stubbe

  • Ionospheric electron heating, optical emissions, and striations induced by powerful HF radio waves at high latitudes: Aspect angle dependence

    M. T. Rietveld;Mike J. Kosch;N. F. Blagoveshchenskaya;V. A. Kornienko

  • Ionospheric modification experiments in northern Scandinavia

    P. Stubbe;H. Kopka;H. Lauche;M. T. Rietveld

  • ELF and VLF wave generation by modulated HF heating of the current carrying lower ionosphere

    P. Stubbe;H. Kopka;M. T. Rietveld;R. L. Dowden

  • Langmuir turbulence and ionospheric modification

    P. Stubbe;H. Kohl;M. T. Rietveld

  • Naturally enhanced ion acoustic waves in the auroral ionosphere observed with the EISCAT 933‐MHz radar

    M. T. Rietveld;P. N. Collis;J.-P. St.-Maurice

  • First artificially induced modulation of PMSE using the EISCAT Heating Facility

    Phillip B. Chilson;Evgenia Belova;Michael T. Rietveld;Sheila Kirkwood

  • First tomographic estimate of volume distribution of HF-pump enhanced airglow emission

    B. Gustavsson;T. Sergienko;M. T. Rietveld;Farideh Honary

  • IONOSPHERIC MODIFICATION EXPERIMENTS WITH THE TROMSO HEATING FACILITY

    P. Stubbe;H. Kopka;M. T. Rietveld;A. Frey

  • D-region characteristics deduced from pulsed ionospheric heating under auroral electrojet conditions

    M. T. Rietveld;H. Kopka;P. Stubbe

  • Polar mesosphere summer echoes observed with the EISCAT 933-MHz radar and the CUPRI 46.9-MHz radar, their similarity to 224-MHz radar echoes and their relation to turbulence and electron density profiles

    J. Röttger;M. T. Rietveld;C. La Hoz;T. Hall

  • Past, Present and Future of Active Radio Frequency Experiments in Space

    A. V. Streltsov;A. V. Streltsov;Jean-Jacques Berthelier;A. A. Chernyshov;V. L. Frolov;V. L. Frolov

  • High‐latitude HF‐induced airglow displaced equatorwards of the pump beam

    M. J. Kosch;M. T. Rietveld;T. Hagfors;T. B. Leyser

  • New capabilities of the upgraded EISCAT high-power HF facility

    Michael T Rietveld;Andrew Senior;Jussi Markkanen;Assar Westman

  • Measurements of HF‐enhanced plasma and ion lines at EISCAT with high‐altitude resolution

    M. T. Rietveld;B. Isham;H. Kohl;C. La Hoz

  • Eiscat radar observations of enhanced incoherent scatter spectra; Their relation to red aurora and field‐aligned currents

    P. N. Collis;L. Häggström;K. Kaila;M. T. Rietveld

  • Artificial small‐scale field‐aligned irregularities in the high latitude F region of the ionosphere induced by an X‐mode HF heater wave

    N. F. Blagoveshchenskaya;T. D. Borisova;T. K. Yeoman;M. T. Rietveld

  • Unambiguous evidence of HF pump‐enhanced airglow at auroral latitudes

    B. U. E. Brändström;T. B. Leyser;Å Steen;M. T. Rietveld

  • On the frequency dependence of ELF/VLF waves produced by modulated ionospheric heating

    M. T. Rietveld;P. Stubbe;H. Kopka

  • First observations of the PMSE overshoot effect and its use for investigating the conditions in the summer mesosphere

    O. Havnes;C. La Hoz;L. I. Næsheim;M. T. Rietveld

  • Polar mesosphere summer echoes observed with the EISCAT 933-MHz radar and the CUPRI 46.9-MHz radar

    J. Röttger;M. T. Rietveld;C. La Hoz;T. Hall

Frequent Co-Authors

Michael Kosch
Michael Kosch Lancaster University
Tim K. Yeoman
Tim K. Yeoman University of Leicester
Peter Stubbe
Peter Stubbe Max Planck Society
H. Kopka
H. Kopka Max Planck Society
Erling Nielsen
Erling Nielsen Max Planck Society
Werner Singer
Werner Singer University of Rostock
Kjellmar Oksavik
Kjellmar Oksavik University of Bergen
Stephan Buchert
Stephan Buchert Swedish Institute of Space Physics
Wlodek Kofman
Wlodek Kofman Grenoble Alpes University
Michael C. Kelley
Michael C. Kelley Cornell University

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