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71
Citations
20144
World Ranking
906
National Ranking
430

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2001 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 1977 - Fellow of American Geophysical Union (AGU)

Overview

S.-I. Akasofu was affiliated with the University of Alaska Fairbanks in the United States. Over the course of their career, they contributed to the field of scientific research until their passing.

The scientist was recognized as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2001. They also received the distinction of Fellow of the American Geophysical Union (AGU) in 1977.

Though specific research topics, publications, coauthors, and venues are not detailed in the available data, their association with these prestigious fellowships indicates involvement in the fields of advancement in science and geophysics.

Best Publications

  • Origin of interplanetary southward magnetic fields responsible for major magnetic storms near solar maximum (1978–1979)

    Bruce T. Tsurutani;Walter D. Gonzalez;Frances Tang;Syun I. Akasofu

  • Magnetospheric substorms-definition and signatures

    G. Rostoker;S.-I. Akasofu;J. Foster;R.A. Greenwald

  • Measurements of magnetotail plasma flow made with Vela 4B

    E. W. Hones;J. R. Asbridge;S. J. Bame;M. D. Montgomery

  • An ISEE 3 study of average and substorm conditions in the distant magnetotail

    J. A. Slavin;E. J. Smith;D. G. Sibeck;D. N. Baker

  • Solar wind-magnetosphere coupling during intense magnetic storms (1978-1979)

    Walter D. Gonzalez;Bruce T. Tsurutani;Alicia L. C. Gonzalez;Edward J. Smith

  • The latitudinal morphology of 10‐eV to 10‐keV electron fluxes during magnetically quiet and disturbed times in the 2100–0300 MLT sector

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  • Magnetotail and boundary layer plasmas at a geocentric distance of ∼18 RE : Vela 5 and 6 observations

    S.-I. Akasofu;E. W. Hones;S. J. Bame;J. R. Asbridge

  • Interplanetary energy flux associated with magnetospheric substorms

    S.-I. Akasofu

  • Improvements to the HAF solar wind model for space weather predictions

    C. D. Fry;W. Sun;C. S. Deehr;M. Dryer

  • A study of auroral displays photographed from the DMSP-2 satellite and from the Alaska meridian chain of stations

    S. I. Akasofu

  • The Joule heat production rate and the particle energy injection rate as a function of the geomagnetic indices AE and AL

    B.-H. Ahn;S.-I. Akasofu;Y. Kamide

  • Scaling relations governing magnetospheric energy transfer

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  • Auroral substorms and the interplanetary magnetic field

    S.-I. Akasofu;P. D. Perreault;F. Yasuhara;C.-I. Meng

  • Atmospheric CO2 balance: The role of Arctic sea ice

    Igor Semiletov;Igor Semiletov;Alexander Makshtas;Syun-Ichi Akasofu;Edgar L Andreas

  • On the asymmetric development of magnetic storm fields in low and middle latitudes

    S.-I Akasofu;S. Chapman

  • Simultaneous observations of particle precipitations and auroral emissions by the Isis 2 satellite in the 19–24 MLT sector

    A. T. Y. Lui;D. Venkatesan;C. D. Anger;S. I. Akasofu

  • The polar electrojet.

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  • Simulation of three-dimensional solar wind disturbances and resulting geomagnetic storms

    K. Hakamada;S. I. Akasofu

  • The nonlinear response of AE to the IMF BS driver: A spectral break at 5 hours

    Bruce T. Tsurutani;Masahisa Sugiura;Toshihiko Iyemori;Bruce E. Goldstein

  • The solar wind-magnetosphere energy coupling and magnetospheric disturbances

    S.-I. Akasofu

  • The roles of direct input of energy from the solar wind and unloading of stored magnetotail energy in driving magnetospheric substorms

    G. Rostoker;S. I. Akasofu;W. Baumjohann;Y. Kamide;Y. Kamide

  • Propagation mechanism of daytime Pc 3-4 pulsations observed at synchronous orbit and multiple ground-based stations

    Kiyohumi Yumoto;Takao Saito;Syun-Ichi Akasofu;Bruce T. Tsurutani

  • Forecasting solar wind structures and shock arrival times using an ensemble of models

    C. D. Fry;M. Dryer;M. Dryer;Z. Smith;W. Sun

Frequent Co-Authors

Yohsuke Kamide
Yohsuke Kamide Nagoya University
L. A. Frank
L. A. Frank University of Iowa
Toshiki Tajima
Toshiki Tajima University of California, Irvine
Gordon Rostoker
Gordon Rostoker University of Alberta
Bruce T. Tsurutani
Bruce T. Tsurutani California Institute of Technology
Walter D. Gonzalez
Walter D. Gonzalez National Institute for Space Research
Arthur D. Richmond
Arthur D. Richmond National Center for Atmospheric Research
Edward J. Smith
Edward J. Smith California Institute of Technology
C.-I. Meng
C.-I. Meng Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory
Wolfgang Baumjohann
Wolfgang Baumjohann Austrian Academy of Sciences

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