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Michael E. Purucker is affiliated with the Goddard Space Flight Center in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on the fields of physics and astronomy, highlighted by significant work in astronomy and astrophysics as well as geophysics. In addition, some of their work extends into biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, particularly within molecular biology subfields.

The scientist's work encompasses a range of topics centered on geomagnetism and paleomagnetism studies, astro and planetary science, and planetary science and exploration. Additional focus areas include ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics, solar and space plasma dynamics, geophysical and geoelectrical methods, and earthquake detection and analysis.

Michael E. Purucker has contributed to several scholarly journals and publication venues, with frequent appearances in:

  • Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences
  • Reviews in Mineralogy and Geochemistry
  • Journal of Geophysical Research Planets
  • Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Among recent papers authored or coauthored by Purucker are:

  • "Lunar Magnetic Field Models From Lunar Prospector and SELENE/Kaguya Along-Track Magnetic Field Gradients" (2020), published in Journal of Geophysical Research Planets
  • "Lunar Magnetism" (2023), published in Reviews in Mineralogy and Geochemistry
  • "Quantifying the global solar wind-magnetosphere interaction with the Solar-Terrestrial Observer for the Response of the Magnetosphere (STORM) mission concept" (2023), published in Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences
  • "On the determination and interpretation of the lithospheric induced magnetisation" (2023), published in Earth and Planetary Science Letters
  • "Next generation magnetic field measurements from low-earth orbit satellites enable enhanced space weather operations" (2022), published in Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences

Frequent collaborators include:

  • D. Ravat
  • Nils Olsen
  • M. A. Wieczorek
  • Benjamin P. Weiss
  • D. Breuer

Best Publications

  • Extending comprehensive models of the Earth's magnetic field with Ørsted and CHAMP data

    Terence J. Sabaka;Nils Olsen;Michael E. Purucker

  • Heat flux anomalies in Antarctica revealed by satellite magnetic data.

    Cathrine Fox Maule;Michael E. Purucker;Nils Olsen;Klaus Mosegaard

  • The global magnetic field of Mercury from MESSENGER orbital observations.

    Brian J. Anderson;Catherine L. Johnson;Catherine L. Johnson;Haje Korth;Michael E. Purucker

  • Crustal magnetic field of Mars

    B. Langlais;M. E. Purucker;M. Mandea

  • Mercury's magnetopause and bow shock from MESSENGER Magnetometer observations

    Reka M. Winslow;Brian J. Anderson;Catherine L. Johnson;Catherine L. Johnson;James A. Slavin

  • An altitude‐normalized magnetic map of Mars and its interpretation

    M. Purucker;D. Ravat;H. Frey;C. Voorhies

  • Low‐degree structure in Mercury's planetary magnetic field

    Brian J. Anderson;Catherine L. Johnson;Catherine L. Johnson;Haje Korth;Reka M. Winslow

  • Glauconitic peloids and chamositic ooids - favorable factors, constraints, and problems

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  • The structure of Mercury's magnetic field from MESSENGER's first flyby.

    Brian J. Anderson;Mario H. Acuña;Haje Korth;Michael E. Purucker

  • The Magnetic Field of the Earth’s Lithosphere

    Erwan Thébault;Michael Purucker;Kathryn A. Whaler;Benoit Langlais

  • Ørsted Initial Field Model

    Nils Olsen;R. Holme;G. Hulot;T. Sabaka

  • A New Model of the Crustal Magnetic Field of Mars Using MGS and MAVEN

    Benoit Langlais;Erwan Thébault;Aymeric Houliez;Michael E. Purucker

  • MESSENGER Observations of Mercury's Magnetic Field Structure

    Catherine L. Johnson;Catherine L. Johnson;Michael E. Purucker;Haje Korth;Brian J. Anderson

  • Early acquisition of characteristic magnetization in red beds of the Moenkopi Formation (Triassic), Gray Mountain, Arizona

    Michael E. Purucker;Donald P. Elston;Eugene M. Shoemaker

  • Mercury’s magnetospheric magnetic field after the first two MESSENGER flybys

    Igor I. Alexeev;Elena S. Belenkaya;James A. Slavin;Haje Korth

  • Detrital magnetization in red beds of the Moenkopi Formation (Triassic), Gray Mountain, Arizona

    Donald P. Elston;Michael E. Purucker

  • The Magnetic Field of Mercury

    Brian J. Anderson;Mario H. Acuña;Haje Korth;James A. Slavin

  • Global spherical harmonic models of the internal magnetic field of the Moon based on sequential and coestimation approaches

    Michael E. Purucker;Joseph B. Nicholas

  • Lunar swirls: Examining crustal magnetic anomalies and space weathering trends

    David T. Blewett;Ecaterina I. Coman;Ecaterina I. Coman;B. Ray Hawke;Jeffrey J. Gillis-Davis

  • On magnetic spectra of Earth and Mars

    C. V. Voorhies;T. J. Sabaka;M. Purucker

  • Scalar magnetic anomaly maps of Earth derived from POGO and Magsat data

    Jafar Arkani-Hamed;Robert A. Langel;Mike Purucker

  • A global model of the internal magnetic field of the Moon based on Lunar Prospector magnetometer observations

    Michael E. Purucker

Frequent Co-Authors

Sean C. Solomon
Sean C. Solomon Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
Brian J. Anderson
Brian J. Anderson Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory
Haje Korth
Haje Korth Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory
James A. Slavin
James A. Slavin University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Catherine L. Johnson
Catherine L. Johnson Planetary Science Institute
Terence J. Sabaka
Terence J. Sabaka Goddard Space Flight Center
Roger J. Phillips
Roger J. Phillips Washington University in St. Louis
Ralph L. McNutt
Ralph L. McNutt Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory
James W. Head
James W. Head Brown University
Nils Olsen
Nils Olsen Technical University of Denmark

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