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Yoshifumi Futaana is affiliated with the Swedish Institute of Space Physics in Sweden. Their research primarily focuses on Physics and Astronomy, with a significant emphasis on Astronomy and Astrophysics. The scope of their work also extends to interdisciplinary areas such as Molecular Biology, Aerospace Engineering, Mechanics of Materials, and Nuclear and High Energy Physics.

The main topics explored in their research include:

  • Astro and Planetary Science
  • Planetary Science and Exploration
  • Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics
  • Ionosphere and Magnetosphere Dynamics
  • Space Science and Extraterrestrial Life
  • Geomagnetism and Paleomagnetism Studies
  • Space Exploration and Technology

Among their recent publications are:

  • Pre-flight Calibration and Near-Earth Commissioning Results of the Mercury Plasma Particle Experiment (MPPE) Onboard MMO (Mio), 2021, Space Science Reviews
  • Three-Dimensional Configuration of Induced Magnetic Fields Around Mars, 2022, Journal of Geophysical Research Planets
  • The Venusian Atmospheric Oxygen Ion Escape: Extrapolation to the Early Solar System, 2020, Journal of Geophysical Research Planets
  • An Active Plume Eruption on Europa During Galileo Flyby E26 as Indicated by Energetic Proton Depletions, 2020, Geophysical Research Letters
  • CME Magnetic Structure and IMF Preconditioning Affecting SEP Transport, 2021, Space Weather

Futaana has frequently collaborated with several co-authors including:

  • S. Barabash
  • H. Nilsson
  • Mats Holmström
  • Moa Persson
  • Robin Ramstad

The venues where their work has commonly appeared include:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Geophysical Research Letters
  • Journal of Geophysical Research Space Physics
  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Space Science Reviews

This extensive publication record reflects involvement across prominent journals and repositories relevant to space physics and planetary science.

Best Publications

  • Moon-related nonthermal ions observed by Nozomi: Species, sources, and generation mechanisms

    Yoshifumi Futaana;Shinobu Machida;Yoshifumi Saito;Ayako Matsuoka

  • The loss of ions from Venus through the plasma wake

    S. Barabash;A. Fedorov;J. J. Sauvaud;R. Lundin

  • First observation of a mini-magnetosphere above a lunar magnetic anomaly using energetic neutral atoms

    Martin Wieser;Stas Barabash;Yoshifumi Futaana;Mats Holmström

  • Extremely high reflection of solar wind protons as neutral hydrogen atoms from regolith in space

    Martin Wieser;Stas Barabash;Yoshifumi Futaana;Mats Holmström

  • Strong influence of lunar crustal fields on the solar wind flow

    Charles Lue;Charles Lue;Yoshifumi Futaana;Stas Barabash;Martin Wieser

  • Heavy ion escape from Mars, influence from solar wind conditions and crustal magnetic fields

    Hans Nilsson;Niklas J.T. Edberg;Gabriella Stenberg;Stas Barabash

  • Solar Wind Interaction and Impact on the Venus Atmosphere

    Yoshifumi Futaana;Gabriella Stenberg Wieser;Stas Barabash;Janet G. Luhmann

  • The Martian atmospheric ion escape rate dependence on solar wind and solar EUV conditions: 1. Seven years of Mars Express observations

    Robin Ramstad;Stas Barabash;Yoshifumi Futaana;Hans Nilsson

  • Mars Express and Venus Express multi-point observations of geoeffective solar flare events in December 2006

    Y. Futaana;S. Barabash;M. Yamauchi;S. McKenna-Lawlor

  • Pumping out the atmosphere of Mars through solar wind pressure pulses

    Niklas Edberg;Niklas Edberg;H. Nilsson;A. O. Williams;M. Lester

  • Mass composition of the escaping plasma at Mars

    E. Carlsson;E. Carlsson;A. Fedorov;S. Barabash;E. Budnik

  • Long‐term variation in the cloud‐tracked zonal velocities at the cloud top of Venus deduced from Venus Express VMC images

    Toru Kouyama;Takeshi Imamura;Masato Nakamura;Takehiko Satoh

  • Inner heliosphere MHD modeling system applicable to space weather forecasting for the other planets

    D. Shiota;R. Kataoka;Y. Miyoshi;T. Hara

  • Observations of aurorae by SPICAM ultraviolet spectrograph on board Mars Express: Simultaneous ASPERA‐3 and MARSIS measurements

    F. Leblanc;O. Witasse;J. Lilensten;R. A. Frahm

  • Initial performance of the radio occultation experiment in the Venus orbiter mission Akatsuki

    Takeshi Imamura;Hiroki Ando;Silvia Tellmann;Martin Pätzold

  • Location of the bow shock and ion composition boundaries at Venus - initial determinations from Venus Express ASPERA-4

    C. Martinecz;M. Fränz;J. Woch;N. Krupp

  • Measurements of the ion escape rates from Venus for solar minimum

    A. Fedorov;A. Fedorov;S. Barabash;J.-A. Sauvaud;J.-A. Sauvaud;Y. Futaana

  • The interaction between the Moon and the solar wind

    Mats Holmström;Shahab Fatemi;Yoshifumi Futaana;Hans Nilsson

  • Ion escape from Mars as a function of solar wind conditions: A statistical study

    Hans Nilsson;Ella Carlsson;David A. Brain;Masatoshi Yamauchi

  • Investigation of the solar wind-Moon interaction onboard Chandrayaan-1 mission with the SARA experiment

    Stas Barabash;Anil Bhardwaj;Martin Wieser;R. Sridharan

  • Atmospheric erosion of Venus during stormy space weather

    Niklas J. T. Edberg;H. Nilsson;Y. Futaana;G. Stenberg

  • Analysis of the mass composition of the escaping plasma at Mars

    Ella Carlsson;Stas Barabash;A. Fedorov;E. Budnik

Frequent Co-Authors

Stas Barabash
Stas Barabash Swedish Institute of Space Physics
Peter Wurz
Peter Wurz University of Bern
Mats Holmström
Mats Holmström Swedish Institute of Space Physics
S. Barabash
S. Barabash Swedish Institute of Space Physics
Rickard Lundin
Rickard Lundin Swedish Institute of Space Physics
R. A. Frahm
R. A. Frahm Southwest Research Institute
Esa Kallio
Esa Kallio Aalto University
Hans Nilsson
Hans Nilsson Swedish Institute of Space Physics
Tielong Zhang
Tielong Zhang Austrian Academy of Sciences
Hannu E. J. Koskinen
Hannu E. J. Koskinen University of Helsinki

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