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Steven J Franke is a researcher affiliated with the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in the United States. Their work is situated primarily within the domain of Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a specific focus on Atmospheric Science as a subfield. Their research contributions extend into several related areas including Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, Ecology, and Geophysics.

The scientist's main research topics include Cryospheric studies and observations, Climate change and permafrost, Geology and Paleoclimatology Research, Winter Sports Injuries and Performance, Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics, Landslides and related hazards, and Polar Research and Ecology.

Frequent collaboration with other researchers is a feature of their work. Their notable co-authors include Daniela Jansen, Olaf Eisen, John Paden, Daniel Steinhage, and Veit Helm. These partnerships have produced a significant body of research distributed across multiple prominent venues.

Publications by Steven J Franke have appeared repeatedly in several scientific journals and conferences. The most frequent publication venues are:

  • The Cryosphere
  • Annals of Glaciology
  • Geophysical Research Letters
  • Journal of Glaciology
  • Nature Communications

A selection of recent papers authored or co-authored by Steven J Franke includes:

  • Upstream flow effects revealed in the EastGRIP ice core using Monte Carlo inversion of a two-dimensional ice-flow model, 2021, The Cryosphere
  • Bed topography and subglacial landforms in the onset region of the Northeast Greenland Ice Stream, 2020, Annals of Glaciology
  • A stratigraphy-based method for reconstructing ice core orientation, 2020, Annals of Glaciology
  • Complex Basal Conditions and Their Influence on Ice Flow at the Onset of the Northeast Greenland Ice Stream, 2020, Journal of Geophysical Research Earth Surface
  • Airborne ultra-wideband radar sounding over the shear margins and along flow lines at the onset region of the Northeast Greenland Ice Stream, 2022, Earth System Science Data

Best Publications

  • Empirical wind model for the upper, middle and lower atmosphere

    A.E. Hedin;E.L. Fleming;A.H. Manson;F.J. Schmidlin

  • Ionospheric imaging using computerized tomography

    Jeffrey R. Austen;Steven J. Franke;C. H. Liu

  • Application of computerized tomography to the investigation of ionospheric structures

    T. D. Raymund;J. R. Austen;S. J. Franke;C. H. Liu

  • Seasonal and quasi-biennial variations in the migrating diurnal tide observed by Thermosphere, Ionosphere, Mesosphere, Energetics and Dynamics (TIMED)

    Jiyao Xu;A. K. Smith;H.‐L. Liu;W. Yuan

  • Gravity wave models for the horizontal wave number spectra of atmospheric velocity and density fluctuations

    Chester S. Gardner;Chris A. Hostetler;Steven J. Franke

  • Wave breaking signatures in OH airglow and sodium densities and temperatures: 1. Airglow imaging, Na lidar, and MF radar observations

    J. H. Hecht;R. L. Walterscheid;D. C. Fritts;J. R. Isler

  • Validation of mesosphere and lower thermosphere winds from the high resolution Doppler imager on UARS

    M. D. Burrage;W. R. Skinner;D. A. Gell;P. B. Hays

  • An investigation of motions of the equatorial anomaly crest

    K. C. Yeh;S. J. Franke;E. S. Andreeva;V. E. Kunitsyn

  • Climatology and modeling of quasi-monochromatic atmospheric gravity waves observed over Urbana Illinois

    J. H. Hecht;R. L. Walterscheid;Michael P. Hickey Ph.D.;S. J. Franke

  • Seasonal variations of the semi-diurnal and diurnal tides in the MLT: multi-year MF radar observations from 2 to 70°N, and the GSWM tidal model

    Alan Manson;Chris Meek;Maura Hagan;Chris Hall

  • Observations of the 5-day wave in the mesosphere and lower thermosphere

    Dennis M. Riggin;Han Li Liu;Ruth S. Lieberman;Raymond G. Roble

  • Ionospheric tomography: its limitations and reconstruction methods

    T.D. Raymond;S.J. Franke;K.C. Yeh

  • Comparison of meteor radar and Na Doppler lidar measurements of winds in the mesopause region above Maui, Hawaii

    S. J. Franke;X. Chu;A. Z. Liu;W. K. Hocking

  • Two‐day wave coupling of the low‐latitude atmosphere‐ionosphere system

    D. V. Pancheva;P. J. Mukhtarov;M. G. Shepherd;N. J. Mitchell

  • Characteristics of short‐period wavelike features near 87 km altitude from airglow and lidar observations over Maui

    James H. Hecht;A. Z. Liu;Richard L. Walterscheid;Steven J Franke

  • Some features of the equatorial anomaly revealed by ionospheric tomography

    E. S. Andreeva;Steven J Franke;K. C. Yeh;V. E. Kunitsyn

  • Global study of northern hemisphere quasi-2-day wave events in recent summers near 90 km altitude

    C. E. Meek;A. H. Manson;Steven J Franke;W. Singer

  • TIMED Doppler interferometer (TIDI) observations of migrating diurnal and semidiurnal tides

    Qian Wu;Qian Wu;T.L. Killeen;D.A. Ortland;S.C. Solomon

  • The 6.5‐day wave in the mesosphere and lower thermosphere: Evidence for baroclinic/barotropic instability

    R. S. Lieberman;D. M. Riggin;S. J. Franke;A. H. Manson

  • Na Doppler/temperature lidar: Initial mesopause region observations and comparison with the Urbana medium frequency radar

    Richard E. Bills;Chester S. Gardner;Steven J. Franke

Frequent Co-Authors

Robert A. Vincent
Robert A. Vincent University of Adelaide
A. H. Manson
A. H. Manson University of Saskatchewan
C. E. Meek
C. E. Meek University of Saskatchewan
Alan Z. Liu
Alan Z. Liu Embry–Riddle Aeronautical University
Erhan Kudeki
Erhan Kudeki University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Michael J. Taylor
Michael J. Taylor Utah State University
Douglas L. Jones
Douglas L. Jones University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
John MacDougall
John MacDougall University of Western Ontario
Toshitaka Tsuda
Toshitaka Tsuda Kyoto University
Wayne K. Hocking
Wayne K. Hocking University of Western Ontario

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