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Michael H. Denton is affiliated with the Space Science Institute in the United States. Their research spans the broad field of Physics and Astronomy, with a particular focus on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Aerospace Engineering, Atmospheric Science, Geophysics, and Molecular Biology. The scientist's work covers diverse areas that intersect space and atmospheric sciences.

The main topics of their research include:

  • Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics
  • Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics
  • Atmospheric Ozone and Climate
  • Earthquake Detection and Analysis
  • Geomagnetism and Paleomagnetism Studies
  • Spacecraft and Cryogenic Technologies
  • Space Satellite Systems and Control

Michael H. Denton has contributed to numerous scientific publications. Notable recent papers include:

  • "Persistent EMIC Wave Activity Across the Nightside Inner Magnetosphere" (2020), published in Geophysical Research Letters
  • "Scattering by whistler-mode waves during a quiet period perturbed by substorm activity" (2020), published in Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics
  • "How whistler mode hiss waves and the plasmasphere drive the quiet decay of radiation belts electrons following a geomagnetic storm" (2020), published in Journal of Physics Conference Series
  • "Improved Boundary Conditions for Coupled Geospace Models: An Application in Modeling Spacecraft Surface Charging Environment" (2022), published in Space Weather
  • "On-orbit calibration of geostationary electron and proton flux observations for augmentation of an existing empirical radiation model" (2020), published in Journal of Space Weather and Space Climate

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Michael H. Denton include:

  • M. G. Henderson
  • Yiqun Yu
  • Shengjun Su
  • Jinbin Cao
  • V. K. Jordanova

The scientist's work has been published multiple times in venues such as Space Weather, Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), Geophysical Research Letters, Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics, and Journal of Space Weather and Space Climate.

Best Publications

  • Differences between CME‐driven storms and CIR‐driven storms

    Joseph E. Borovsky;Michael H. Denton;Michael H. Denton

  • Geomagnetic storms driven by ICME- and CIR-dominated solar wind

    Michael H. Denton;Michael H. Denton;Joseph E. Borovsky;R. M. Skoug;M. F. Thomsen

  • Bulk plasma properties at geosynchronous orbit.

    Michael H. Denton;M. F. Thomsen;H. Korth;S. Lynch

  • A statistical look at plasmaspheric drainage plumes

    Joseph E. Borovsky;Michael H. Denton

  • Energetic electron precipitation during high-speed solar wind stream driven storms

    Nigel P. Meredith;Richard B. Horne;Mai Mai Lam;Michael H. Denton

  • Effect of plasmaspheric drainage plumes on solar-wind/magnetosphere coupling

    Joseph E. Borovsky;Michael H. Denton;Michael H. Denton

  • Solar wind turbulence and shear: A superposed-epoch analysis of corotating interaction regions at 1 AU

    Joseph E. Borovsky;Michael H. Denton

  • Relativistic‐electron dropouts and recovery: A superposed epoch study of the magnetosphere and the solar wind

    Joseph E. Borovsky;Michael H. Denton

  • Magnetospheric and auroral activity during the 18 April 2002 sawtooth event

    M. G. Henderson;G. D. Reeves;R. Skoug;M .F. Thomsen

  • Magnetosphere preconditioning under northward IMF: Evidence from the study of coronal mass ejection and corotating interaction region geoeffectiveness

    B. Lavraud;M. F. Thomsen;Jospeh E. Borovsky;Michael H. Denton

  • Rapid MeV electron precipitation as observed by SAMPEX/HILT during high‐speed stream‐driven storms

    Lauren Blum;Lauren Blum;Xinlin Li;Mick Denton

  • Magnetic field at geosynchronous orbit during high-speed stream-driven storms: Connections to the solar wind, the plasma sheet, and the outer electron radiation belt

    Joseph E. Borovsky;Michael H. Denton

  • Reproducing the observed energy-dependent structure of Earth's electron radiation belts during storm recovery with an event-specific diffusion model

    J.-F. Ripoll;G. D. Reeves;G. S. Cunningham;V. Loridan

  • Substorms during the 10–11 August 2000 sawtooth event

    M. G. Henderson;R. Skoug;E. Donovan;M. F. Thomsen

  • Estimating the effects of ionospheric plasma on solar wind/magnetosphere coupling via mass loading of dayside reconnection: Ion-plasma-sheet oxygen, plasmaspheric drainage plumes, and the plasma cloak

    Joseph E. Borovsky;Joseph E. Borovsky;Joseph E. Borovsky;Michael H. Denton;Michael H. Denton;Richard E. Denton;Vania K. Jordanova

  • Superposed epoch analysis of high‐speed‐stream effects at geosynchronous orbit: Hot plasma, cold plasma, and the solar wind

    Michael H. Denton;Joseph E. Borovsky

  • Magnetosphere response to high-speed solar wind streams: A comparison of weak and strong driving and the importance of extended periods of fast solar wind

    Michael Denton;Michael Denton;J.E. Borovsky;J.E. Borovsky

  • Particle precipitation during ICME-driven and CIR-driven geomagnetic storms

    N. Longden;Michael H. Denton;Farideh Honary

  • Effects of whistler mode hiss waves in March 2013

    J.-F. Ripoll;O. Santolík;O. Santolík;G. D. Reeves;W. S. Kurth

  • NO EVIDENCE FOR HEATING OF THE SOLAR WIND AT STRONG CURRENT SHEETS

    Joseph E. Borovsky;Joseph E. Borovsky;Michael H. Denton;Michael H. Denton

  • The superdense plasma sheet in the magnetosphere during high-speed-stream-driven storms: Plasma transport timescales

    Michael H. Denton;Joseph E. Borovsky

  • Electron loss rates from the outer radiation belt caused by the filling of the outer plasmasphere: the calm before the storm

    Joseph E. Borovsky;Michael H. Denton

Frequent Co-Authors

Michael G. Henderson
Michael G. Henderson Los Alamos National Laboratory
Michelle F. Thomsen
Michelle F. Thomsen Planetary Science Institute
Vania K. Jordanova
Vania K. Jordanova Los Alamos National Laboratory
Richard B. Horne
Richard B. Horne British Antarctic Survey
Geoffrey D. Reeves
Geoffrey D. Reeves Los Alamos National Laboratory
William S. Kurth
William S. Kurth University of Iowa
Drew L. Turner
Drew L. Turner Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory
Yuri Shprits
Yuri Shprits University of Potsdam
Joachim Birn
Joachim Birn Los Alamos National Laboratory
Michael W. Liemohn
Michael W. Liemohn University of Michigan–Ann Arbor

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