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Ronald P. Lepping is affiliated with the Goddard Space Flight Center in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Physics and Astronomy, with particular focus on Astronomy and Astrophysics as well as related subfields such as Molecular Biology. The main topics of their work include Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics, Geomagnetism and Paleomagnetism Studies, and Ionosphere and Magnetosphere Dynamics.

The scientist has contributed to multiple publications, including notable papers such as:

  • Model Fitting of Wind Magnetic Clouds for the Period 2004-2006, 2020, Solar Physics
  • Magnetic Field Intensity Modification to Force Free Model of Magnetic Clouds: Website of Wind Examples From Launch to July of 2015, 2021, Frontiers in Physics

Collaborations have been a consistent part of their work, with frequent co-authors including:

  • Chin-Chun Wu
  • D. B. Berdichevsky
  • Á. Szabó

Their publications have appeared in venues such as Solar Physics and Frontiers in Physics, reflecting a focus on space plasma and magnetic phenomena related to solar activity and its interactions with Earth's magnetic environment.

Best Publications

  • The WIND magnetic field investigation

    R. P. Lepping;M. H. Acũna;L. F. Burlaga;W. M. Farrell

  • Magnetic field structure of interplanetary magnetic clouds at 1 AU

    R. P. Lepping;J. A. Jones;L. F. Burlaga

  • In situ detection of collisionless reconnection in the Earth's magnetotail

    M. Øieroset;T. D. Phan;M. Fujimoto;R. P. Lin

  • Interplanetary acceleration of coronal mass ejections

    N. Gopalswamy;A. Lara;R. P. Lepping;M. L. Kaiser

  • Plasma waves in the distant magnetotail

    D. A. Gurnett;L. A. Frank;R. P. Lepping

  • Magnetic Field Observations near Mercury: Preliminary Results from Mariner 10.

    N. F. Ness;K. W. Behannon;R. P. Lepping;Y. C. Whang

  • Solar wind control of density and temperature in the near-Earth plasma sheet: WIND/GEOTAIL collaboration

    T. Terasawa;M. Fujimoto;T. Mukai;I. Shinohara

  • Geotail observations of the Kelvin‐Helmholtz instability at the equatorial magnetotail boundary for parallel northward fields

    D. H. Fairfield;A. Otto;T. Mukai;S. Kokubun

  • Magnetic fields at uranus.

    Norman F. Ness;Mario H. Acuña;Kenneth W. Behannon;Leonard F. Burlaga

  • A magnetic reconnection X-line extending more than 390 Earth radii in the solar wind

    T. D. Phan;J. T. Gosling;M. S. Davis;R. M. Skoug

  • Geotail observations of magnetic flux ropes in the plasma sheet

    J. A. Slavin;R. P. Lepping;J. Gjerloev;D. H. Fairfield

  • A magnetic cloud containing prominence material: January 1997

    L. Burlaga;R. Fitzenreiter;R. Lepping;K. Ogilvie

  • The magnetic field of Mercury, 1

    N. F. Ness;K. W. Behannon;R. P. Lepping;Y. C. Whang

  • Bipolar electrostatic structures in the shock transition region: Evidence of electron phase space holes

    S. D. Bale;P. J. Kellogg;D. E. Larsen;R. P. Lin

  • Magnetic field studies at Jupiter by Voyager 1 - Preliminary results

    Norman F. Ness;Mario H. Acuna;Ronald P. Lepping;Leonard F. Burlaga

  • Crossing the Termination Shock into the Heliosheath: Magnetic Fields

    L. F. Burlaga;N. F. Ness;M. H. Acuña;R. P. Lepping

  • Magnetic field experiment for Voyagers 1 and 2

    K. W. Behannon;M. H. Acuna;L. F. Burlaga;R. P. Lepping

  • Magnetic fields at the solar wind termination shock

    L. F. Burlaga;N. F. Ness;M. H. Acuña;R. P. Lepping

  • On hot tenuous plasmas, fireballs, and boundary layers in the Earth's magnetotail

    L. A. Frank;K. L. Ackerson;R. P. Lepping

  • Tracing the topology of the October 18–20, 1995, magnetic cloud with ∼0.1–10² keV electrons

    D. E. Larson;R. P. Lin;J. M. McTiernan;J. P. McFadden

Frequent Co-Authors

Charles J. Farrugia
Charles J. Farrugia University of New Hampshire
Susumu Kokubun
Susumu Kokubun Nagoya University
R. P. Lin
R. P. Lin University of California, Berkeley
James A. Slavin
James A. Slavin University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Leonard F. Burlaga
Leonard F. Burlaga Goddard Space Flight Center
D. H. Fairfield
D. H. Fairfield Goddard Space Flight Center
L. A. Frank
L. A. Frank University of Iowa
Christopher T. Russell
Christopher T. Russell University of California, Los Angeles
Mario H. Acuña
Mario H. Acuña Goddard Space Flight Center
John T. Steinberg
John T. Steinberg Los Alamos National Laboratory

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