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  • 2015 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

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Timothy L Killeen is affiliated with the National Center for Atmospheric Research in the United States. Their work is situated within the domain of atmospheric sciences and related disciplines.

They have been recognized as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), an award received in 2015.

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

  • The Fabry-Perot Interferometer on Dynamics Explorer

    P. B. Hays;T. L. Killeen;B. C. Kennedy

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

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

  • Geomagnetic storm effects in the low‐ to middle‐latitude upper thermosphere

    A. G. Burns;T. L. Killeen;W. Deng;G. R. Carignan

  • TIMED Doppler Interferometer: Overview and recent results

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

  • Diurnal nonmigrating tides from TIMED Doppler Interferometer wind data: Monthly climatologies and seasonal variations

    J. Oberheide;Q. Wu;Timothy L Killeen;M. E. Hagan

  • 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

  • Ionospheric storm effects at subauroral latitudes: A case study

    G. W. Prölss;L. H. Brace;H. G. Mayr;G. R. Carignan

  • An analysis of the high‐latitude thermospheric wind pattern calculated by a thermospheric general circulation model: 1. Momentum forcing

    T. L. Killeen;R. G. Roble

  • Thermosphere dynamics: Contributions from the first 5 years of the Dynamics Explorer Program

    Timothy L Killeen;R. G. Roble

  • Observations of the Dynamics of the Polar Thermosphere

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

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

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

  • Escape of suprathermal O(+) ions in the polar cap

    J. H. Waite;T. Nagai;J. F. E. Johnson;C. R. Chappell

  • A theoretical study of thermospheric composition perturbations during an impulsive geomagnetic storm

    A. G. Burns;T. L. Killeen;R. G. Roble

  • Global distribution and interannual variations of mesospheric and lower thermospheric neutral wind diurnal tide: 1. Migrating tide

    Q. Wu;Q. Wu;D. A. Ortland;T. L. Killeen;R. G. Roble

  • Upper thermosphere winds and temperatures in the geomagnetic polar cap: Solar cycle, geomagnetic activity, and interplanetary magnetic field dependencies

    T. L. Killeen;Y.-I. Won;R. J. Niciejewski;A. G. Burns

  • Large enhancements in the O/N2 ratio in the evening sector of the winter hemisphere during geomagnetic storms

    A. G. Burns;T. L. Killeen;G. R. Carignan;R. G. Roble

  • 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

  • Initial results from the coupled magnetosphere–ionosphere–thermosphere model: thermosphere–ionosphere responses

    W. Wang;M. Wiltberger;A. G. Burns;S. C. Solomon

  • Behavior of the F2 peak ionosphere over the South Pacific at dusk during quiet summer conditions from COSMIC data

    A. G. Burns;Z. Zeng;Z. Zeng;W. Wang;J. Lei;J. Lei

  • The high latitude circulation and temperature structure of the thermosphere near solstice

    Raymond Gerald Roble;R. E. Dickinson;E. C. Ridley;B. A. Emery

Frequent Co-Authors

Raymond G. Roble
Raymond G. Roble National Center for Atmospheric Research
Stanley C. Solomon
Stanley C. Solomon National Center for Atmospheric Research
Qian Wu
Qian Wu National Center for Atmospheric Research
Alan Burns
Alan Burns National Center for Atmospheric Research
Wenbin Wang
Wenbin Wang National Center for Atmospheric Research
Paul B. Hays
Paul B. Hays University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Nelson W. Spencer
Nelson W. Spencer Goddard Space Flight Center
Wilbert R. Skinner
Wilbert R. Skinner Michigan Aerospace Corporation
Michael Wiltberger
Michael Wiltberger National Center for Atmospheric Research
Roderick A. Heelis
Roderick A. Heelis The University of Texas at Dallas

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