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Overview

Nelson W. Spencer was affiliated with the Goddard Space Flight Center in the United States. Their research contributed primarily to the social sciences, focusing notably on law and its intersections with education and international studies.

Their main fields of study included:

  • Social Sciences

Within these broader categories, the subfields they covered consisted of:

  • Law
  • Archaeology
  • Political Science and International Relations
  • Paleontology
  • Education

Spencer's research topics spanned several areas, including:

  • Legal Education and Practice Innovations
  • Ancient Near East History
  • Archaeology and Ancient Environmental Studies
  • Ancient Mediterranean Archaeology and History
  • Higher Education and Employability
  • Artificial Intelligence in Law
  • Comparative and International Law Studies

Their recent publications reflected this diversity. Notable papers include:

  • 'A PATH LESS TRAVELLED'? A CASE STUDY OF CROSS-REGIONAL CONNECTIVITY IN THE THIRD MILLENNIUM BC FROM THE MADRA RIVER DELTA ON THE COASTLINE OF NORTH-WEST ANATOLIA, 2021, The Annual of the British School at Athens
  • The importance of 'acting yourself into new ways of thinking': preliminary findings on the impact of embedding workplace experiences in law degrees to positively impact student skills growth, degree results and employment outcomes before and during a global pandemic, 2023, Legal Studies
  • Nigel Spencer, director of fundraising for PDSA, responds, 2020, Veterinary Record
  • Index, 2024, Edward Elgar Publishing eBooks
  • Age Verification Laws, Firm Responses, and Porn Consumption, 2025, SSRN Electronic Journal

One book publication is associated with Spencer:

  • Managing Your Leadership Career in Law, 2024, Edward Elgar Publishing

Their frequent co-authors included:

  • Mike Mister
  • ANN B. HARRISON
  • Maria Röcklinger
  • Barbara Horejs

Their scholarly work appeared in diverse venues such as:

  • The Annual of the British School at Athens
  • Legal Studies
  • Veterinary Record
  • Edward Elgar Publishing eBooks
  • SSRN Electronic Journal

Best Publications

  • Revised global model of thermosphere winds using satellite and ground‐based observations

    A. E. Hedin;M. A. Biondi;R. G. Burnside;G. Hernandez

  • A global thermospheric model based on mass spectrometer and incoherent scatter data MSIS, 1. N2 density and temperature

    A. E. Hedin;J. E. Salah;J. V. Evans;C. A. Reber

  • A global thermospheric model based on mass spectrometer and incoherent scatter data MSIS, 2. Composition

    A. E. Hedin;C. A. Reber;G. P. Newton;N. W. Spencer

  • Some properties of upper atmosphere dynamics.

    H. G. Mayr;I. Harris;N. W. Spencer

  • Empirical model of global thermospheric temperature and composition based on data from the OGO-6 quadrupole mass spectrometer

    A. E. Hedin;H. G. Mayr;C. A. Reber;N. W. Spencer

  • The Galileo Probe Mass Spectrometer: Composition of Jupiter's Atmosphere

    Hasso B. Niemann;Sushil K. Atreya;George R. Carignan;Thomas M. Donahue

  • Mass spectrometric measurements of the neutral gas composition of the thermosphere and exosphere of Venus

    H. B. Niemann;W. T. Kasprzak;A. E. Hedin;D. M. Hunten

  • Empirical global model of upper thermosphere winds based on atmosphere and dynamics explorer satellite data

    A. E. Hedin;N. W. Spencer;T. L. Killeen

  • Electron and molecular nitrogen temperature and density in the thermosphere.

    N. W. Spencer;L. H. Brace;G. R. Carignan;D. R. Taeusch

  • Ion‐neutral coupling in the high‐latitude F region: Evaluation of ion heating terms from Dynamics Explorer 2

    Timothy L Killeen;P. B. Hays;G. R. Carignan;R. A. Heelis

  • The Dynamics Explorer Wind and Temperature Spectrometer

    N. W. Spencer;L. E. Wharton;H. B. Niemann;A. E. Hedin

  • Composition and structure of the martian atmosphere: preliminary results from viking 1.

    A. O. Nier;W. B. Hanson;A. Seiff;M. B. McELROY

  • The neutral‐atmosphere temperature instrument

    N. W. Spencer;H. B. Niemann;G. R. Carignan

  • Observations of the Dynamics of the Polar Thermosphere

    P. B. Hays;Timothy L Killeen;N. W. Spencer;L. E. Wharton

  • The midnight temperature maximum in the Earth's equatorial thermosphere

    N. W. Spencer;G. R. Carignan;H. G. Mayr;H. B. Niemann

  • Neutral winds in the polar thermosphere as measured from Dynamics Explorer

    Timothy L. Killeen;P. B. Hays;Nelson W. Spencer;L. E. Wharton

  • An equatorial temperature and wind anomaly (ETWA)

    R. Raghavarao;L. E. Wharton;N. W. Spencer;H. G. Mayr

  • Tides and the midnight temperature anomaly in the thermosphere

    H. G. Mayr;I. Harris;N. W. Spencer;A. E. Hedin

  • Thermosphere zonal winds - Vertical motions and temperature as measured from Dynamics Explorer

    N. W. Spencer;L. E. Wharton;G. R. Carignan;J. C. Maurer

  • Thermospheric gravity waves: Observations and interpretation using the transfer function model (TFM)

    H. G. Mayr;I. Harris;F. A. Herrero;N. W. Spencer

  • A theoretical and empirical study of the response of the high latitude thermosphere to the sense of the "Y" component of the interplanetary magnetic field

    D. Rees;T. J. Fuller-Rowell;R. Gordon;M. F. Smith

Frequent Co-Authors

Timothy L Killeen
Timothy L Killeen National Center for Atmospheric Research
Hans G. Mayr
Hans G. Mayr Goddard Space Flight Center
Paul B. Hays
Paul B. Hays University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Raymond G. Roble
Raymond G. Roble National Center for Atmospheric Research
Hasso B. Niemann
Hasso B. Niemann Goddard Space Flight Center
W. B. Hanson
W. B. Hanson The University of Texas at Dallas
Roderick A. Heelis
Roderick A. Heelis The University of Texas at Dallas
Donald M. Hunten
Donald M. Hunten University of Arizona
Tim Fuller-Rowell
Tim Fuller-Rowell University of Colorado Boulder
Alfred O. Nier
Alfred O. Nier University of Minnesota

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