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Michael C. Kelley

Michael C. Kelley

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Earth Science

D-Index
91
Citations
28710
World Ranking
253
National Ranking
138

Physics

D-Index
91
Citations
29075
World Ranking
2181
National Ranking
1109

Research.com Recognitions

  • 1979 - Fellow of American Geophysical Union (AGU)

Overview

Michael C. Kelley was affiliated with Cornell University in the United States. Over the course of their career, they contributed to the scientific community primarily within the context of their institutional association.

In recognition of scholarly contributions, Michael C. Kelley was named a Fellow of the American Geophysical Union (AGU) in 1979.

There is no publicly listed information on recent papers, frequent co-authors, or publication venues tied to their work. Similarly, specific main fields of study, subfields, and main topics of research have not been documented in available sources.

The limited available data does not provide details on book publications or specific areas of research focus. The absence of such information suggests that any detailed assessment of their scientific output or thematic interests remains unrecorded in the accessible dataset.

Michael C. Kelley is deceased. The information reflected here maintains a factual and objective presentation derived solely from verifiable public data.

Best Publications

  • The Earth's Ionosphere : Plasma Physics and Electrodynamics

    Michael C. Kelley;Rodney A. Heelis

  • Observations of paired electrostatic shocks in the polar magnetosphere

    F. S. Mozer;C. W. Carlson;M. K. Hudson;R. B. Torbert

  • Gravity wave initiation of equatorial spread F: A case study

    M. C. Kelley;M. F. Larsen;C. LaHoz;J. P. McClure

  • An explanation for anomalous equatorial ionospheric electric fields associated with a northward turning of the interplanetary magnetic field

    M. C. Kelley;Bela G. Fejer;C. A. Gonzales

  • Polar cap electric field structures with a northward interplanetary magnetic field

    W. J. Burke;M. C. Kelley;R. C. Sagalyn;M. Smiddy

  • Long‐duration penetration of the interplanetary electric field to the low‐latitude ionosphere during the main phase of magnetic storms

    Chao-Song Huang;John C. Foster;Michael C. Kelley

  • Penetration of the solar wind electric field into the magnetosphere/ionosphere system

    Michael C. Kelley;Jonathan J. Makela;Jorge L. Chau;Michael J. Nicolls

  • Equatorial electric fields during magnetically disturbed conditions 2. Implications of simultaneous auroral and equatorial measurements

    C. A. Gonzales;M. C. Kelley;Bela G. Fejer;J. F. Vickrey

  • Simultaneous observations of energetic (keV) upstreaming and electrostatic hydrogen cyclotron waves

    P. M. Kintner;M. C. Kelley;R. D. Sharp;A. G. Ghielmetti

  • Two-dimensional spectral analysis of mesospheric airglow image data.

    F. J. Garcia;Michael J. Taylor;M. C. Kelley

  • Equatorial electric fields during magnetically disturbed conditions 1. The effect of the interplanetary magnetic field

    Bela G. Fejer;C. A. Gonzales;D. T. Farley;M. C. Kelley

  • On the origin and spatial extent of high-latitude F region irregularities

    Michael C. Kelley;James F. Vickrey;C. W. Carlson;R. Torbert

  • Electrostatic hydrogen cyclotron waves near one Earth radius altitude in the polar magnetosphere

    P. M. Kintner;M. C. Kelley;F. S. Mozer

  • The effect of cluster ions on anomalous VHF backscatter from the summer polar mesosphere

    Michael C. Kelley;Donald T. Farley;Jurgen Röttger

  • Evidence for a Rayleigh-Taylor type instability and upwelling of depleted density regions during equatorial spread F

    M. C. Kelley;G. Haerendel;H. Kappler;A. Valenzuela

  • Polar mesosphere summer radar echoes: Observations and current theories

    John Y. N. Cho;Michael C. Kelley

  • Investigations of thermospheric-ionospheric dynamics with 6300-Å images from the Arecibo Observatory

    Michael Mendillo;Jeffrey Baumgardner;Daniel Nottingham;Jules Aarons

  • Intense poleward‐directed electric fields near the ionospheric projection of the plasmapause

    M. Smiddy;M. C. Kelley;W. Burke;F. Rich

  • Turbulent upwelling of the mid‐latitude ionosphere: 2. Theoretical framework

    Michael C. Kelley;Shoichiro Fukao

  • Turbulent upwelling of the mid-latitude ionosphere: 1. Observational results by the MU radar

    Shoichiro Fukao;Michael C. Kelley;Tatsuya Shirakawa;Tomoyuki Takami

Frequent Co-Authors

Jonathan J. Makela
Jonathan J. Makela University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Wesley E. Swartz
Wesley E. Swartz Cornell University
Paul M. Kintner
Paul M. Kintner Cornell University
F. S. Mozer
F. S. Mozer University of California, Berkeley
Michael P. Sulzer
Michael P. Sulzer Arecibo Observatory
Miguel F. Larsen
Miguel F. Larsen Clemson University
Roy Torbert
Roy Torbert University of New Hampshire
Bela G. Fejer
Bela G. Fejer Utah State University
Chester S. Gardner
Chester S. Gardner University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Erhan Kudeki
Erhan Kudeki University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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