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Thomas A. Potemra was affiliated with the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory in the United States during their career.

There is no publicly available record of recent papers authored by Thomas A. Potemra, nor documentation of frequent co-authors or publication venues associated with their work.

Information on the main fields of study, subfields, and main topics of research pursued by Thomas A. Potemra is not documented in the available data.

There are no records of book publications or awards attributed to Thomas A. Potemra.

Thomas A. Potemra is deceased.

Best Publications

  • The amplitude distribution of field‐aligned currents at northern high latitudes observed by Triad

    Takesi Iijima;Thomas A. Potemra

  • Field‐aligned currents in the dayside cusp observed by Triad

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  • The double oval UV auroral distribution. 1: Implications for the mapping of auroral arcs

    R. D. Elphinstone;J. S. Murphree;D. J. Hearn;L. L. Cogger

  • Large-scale Birkeland currents in the dayside polar region during strongly northward IMF: A new Birkeland current system

    T. Iijima;T. A. Potemra;L. J. Zanetti;P. F. Bythrow

  • Current disruptions in the near-Earth neutral sheet region

    A. T. Y. Lui;R. E. Lopez;B. J. Anderson;K. Takahashi

  • A statistical study of Pc 3–5 pulsations observed by the AMPTE/CCE Magnetic Fields Experiment, 1. Occurrence distributions

    B. J. Anderson;M. J. Engebretson;S. P. Rounds;L. J. Zanetti

  • The Magnetospheric Response to 8-Minute Period Strong-Amplitude Upstream Pressure Variations

    D. G. Sibeck;W. Baumjohann;R. C. Elphic;D. H. Fairfield

  • A case study of magnetotail current sheet disruption and diversion

    A. T. Y. Lui;R. E. Lopez;S. M. Krimigis;R. W. McEntire

  • Magnetic storm of September 4, 1984 - a synthesis of ring current spectra and energy densities measured with AMPTE/CCE

    S. M. Krimigis;G. Gloeckler;R. W. McEntire;T. A. Potemra

  • By -dependent convection patterns during northward interplanetary magnetic field

    T. A. Potemra;L. J. Zanetti;P. F. Bythrow;A. T. Y. Lui

  • The AMPTE CCE Magnetic Field Experiment

    T. A. Potemra;L. J. Zanetti;M. H. Acuna

  • IMF By dependence of region 1 Birkeland currents near noon

    R. E. Erlandson;L. J. Zanetti;T. A. Potemra;P. F. Bythrow

  • Seasonal dependence of large-scale Birkeland currents

    R. Fujii;T. Iijima;T. A. Potemra;M. Sugiura

  • Disruption of the magnetotail current sheet observed by AMPTE/CCE

    K. Takahashi;L. J. Zanetti;R. E. Lopez;R. W. McEntire

  • Ionospheric and Birkeland current distributions for northward interplanetary magnetic field: Inferred polar convection

    L. J. Zanetti;T. A. Potemra;T. Iijima;W. Baumjohann

  • Field-aligned currents in the south polar cusp and their relationship to the interplanetary magnetic field

    T. Iijima;R. Fujii;T. A. Potemra;N. A. Saflekos

  • Initial signatures of magnetic field and energetic particle fluxes at tail reconfiguration : explosive growth phase

    S. Ohtani;K. Takahashi;L. J. Zanetti;T. A. Potemra

  • Measurements of the ambient photoelectron spectrum from atmosphere explorer: II. AE-E measurements from 300 to 1000 km during solar minimum conditions

    J.S. Lee;J.P. Doering;T.A. Potemra;L.H. Brace

  • Chatanika/Triad observations of unstable ionization enhancements in the auroral F‐region

    James F. Vickrey;Charles L. Rino;Thomas A. Potemra

  • Large‐scale characteristics of magnetospheric equatorial currents

    T. Iijima;T. A. Potemra;L. J. Zanetti

  • Net field-aligned currents observed by Triad

    Masahisa Sugiura;Thomas A. Potemra

Frequent Co-Authors

L. J. Zanetti
L. J. Zanetti Johns Hopkins University
Brian J. Anderson
Brian J. Anderson Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory
R. W. McEntire
R. W. McEntire Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory
Kazue Takahashi
Kazue Takahashi Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory
Shinichi Ohtani
Shinichi Ohtani Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory
Mario H. Acuña
Mario H. Acuña Goddard Space Flight Center
Wolfgang Baumjohann
Wolfgang Baumjohann Austrian Academy of Sciences
Mark Engebretson
Mark Engebretson Augsburg College
J. S. Murphree
J. S. Murphree University of Calgary
Patrick T. Newell
Patrick T. Newell Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory

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