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Yukitoshi Nishimura

Yukitoshi Nishimura

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Environmental Sciences

D-Index
52
Citations
9219
World Ranking
4516
National Ranking
1680

Overview

Yukitoshi Nishimura is affiliated with Boston University in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on the dynamics of the ionosphere and magnetosphere, contributing significantly to the fields of physics and astronomy as well as earth and planetary sciences.

Their work spans several specialized subfields, including:

  • Astronomy and Astrophysics
  • Geophysics
  • Molecular Biology
  • Aerospace Engineering
  • Atmospheric Science

Key research topics addressed by Nishimura cover wide-ranging areas:

  • Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics
  • Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics
  • Earthquake Detection and Analysis
  • Geomagnetism and Paleomagnetism Studies
  • GNSS positioning and interference
  • Astro and Planetary Science
  • Atmospheric Ozone and Climate

Frequent collaborators in Nishimura's research include:

  • V. Angelopoulos
  • L. R. Lyons
  • E. Donovan
  • Christine Gabrielse
  • Н. Нишитани

The primary venues for publication have been journals that focus on space physics and atmospheric science:

  • Journal of Geophysical Research Space Physics
  • Geophysical Research Letters
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences
  • Space Weather

Recent papers authored or coauthored by Nishimura illustrate their contributions to space and atmospheric science:

  • Diffuse and Pulsating Aurora, 2020, Space Science Reviews
  • Physical Processes of Meso-Scale, Dynamic Auroral Forms, 2020, Space Science Reviews
  • Global Propagation of Magnetospheric Pc5 ULF Waves Driven by Foreshock Transients, 2020, Journal of Geophysical Research Space Physics
  • First Simultaneous Lidar Observations of Thermosphere-Ionosphere Fe and Na (TIFe and TINa) Layers at McMurdo (77.84°S, 166.67°E), Antarctica With Concurrent Measurements of Aurora Activity, Enhanced Ionization Layers, and Converging Electric Field, 2020, Geophysical Research Letters
  • Extreme Magnetosphere-Ionosphere-Thermosphere Responses to the 5 April 2010 Supersubstorm, 2020, Journal of Geophysical Research Space Physics

Best Publications

  • The Space Physics Environment Data Analysis System (SPEDAS)

    V. Angelopoulos;P. Cruce;A. Drozdov;E. W. Grimes

  • Identifying the Driver of Pulsating Aurora

    Y. Nishimura;Y. Nishimura;J. Bortnik;W. Li;R. M. Thorne

  • Substorm triggering by new plasma intrusion: THEMIS all‐sky imager observations

    Y. Nishimura;Y. Nishimura;L. Lyons;S. Zou;S. Zou;V. Angelopoulos

  • Statistical properties of plasmaspheric hiss derived from Van Allen Probes data and their Effects on radiation belt electron dynamics

    W. Li;Q. Ma;R. M. Thorne;J. Bortnik

  • THEMIS analysis of observed equatorial electron distributions responsible for the chorus excitation

    W. Li;R. M. Thorne;Y. Nishimura;Y. Nishimura;J. Bortnik

  • New science in plain sight: Citizen scientists lead to the discovery of optical structure in the upper atmosphere

    Elizabeth A. MacDonald;Elizabeth A. MacDonald;Eric Donovan;Yukitoshi Nishimura;Yukitoshi Nishimura;Nathan A. Case

  • Global distributions of suprathermal electrons observed on THEMIS and potential mechanisms for access into the plasmasphere

    W. Li;R. M. Thorne;J. Bortnik;Y. Nishimura;Y. Nishimura

  • Modulation of whistler mode chorus waves: 1. Role of compressional Pc4–5 pulsations

    W. Li;R. M. Thorne;J. Bortnik;Y. Nishimura;Y. Nishimura

  • Typical properties of rising and falling tone chorus waves

    W. Li;R. M. Thorne;J. Bortnik;Y. Y. Shprits

  • Characteristics of the Poynting flux and wave normal vectors of whistler‐mode waves observed on THEMIS

    Wen Li;J. Bortnik;R. M. Thorne;C. M. Cully

  • Multievent study of the correlation between pulsating aurora and whistler mode chorus emissions

    Y. Nishimura;Y. Nishimura;J. Bortnik;W. Li;R. M. Thorne

  • Magnetospheric location of the equatorward prebreakup arc

    V. Sergeev;Y. Nishimura;Y. Nishimura;M. Kubyshkina;V. Angelopoulos

  • Modulation of whistler mode chorus waves: 2. Role of density variations

    W. Li;J. Bortnik;R. M. Thorne;Y. Nishimura;Y. Nishimura

  • Dipolarization fronts in the magnetotail plasma sheet

    A. Runov;V. Angelopoulos;M. Sitnov;V.A. Sergeev

  • Coupling of dipolarization front flow bursts to substorm expansion phase phenomena within the magnetosphere and ionosphere

    L. R. Lyons;Y. Nishimura;X. Xing;A. Runov

  • Structures of dayside whistler‐mode waves deduced from conjugate diffuse aurora

    Y. Nishimura;J. Bortnik;W. Li;R. M. Thorne

  • Relations between multiple auroral streamers, pre‐onset thin arc formation, and substorm auroral onset

    Y. Nishimura;Y. Nishimura;L. R. Lyons;V. Angelopoulos;T. Kikuchi

  • Diffuse and Pulsating Aurora

    Yukitoshi Nishimura;Marc R. Lessard;Yuto Katoh;Yoshizumi Miyoshi

  • Mechanism of substorm current wedge formation: THEMIS observations

    Z. H. Yao;Z. Y. Pu;S. Y. Fu;V. Angelopoulos

  • A Study of Intense Local dB/dt Variations During Two Geomagnetic Storms

    Chigomezyo M. Ngwira;Chigomezyo M. Ngwira;David Sibeck;Marcos V. D. Silveira;Marcos V. D. Silveira;Marina Georgiou;Marina Georgiou

  • The kinetic ballooning/interchange instability as a source of dipolarization fronts and auroral streamers

    P. L. Pritchett;F. V. Coroniti;Y. Nishimura

  • Reply to comment by Harald U. Frey on “Substorm triggering by new plasma intrusion: THEMIS all-sky imager observations”

    Y. Nishimura;Y. Nishimura;L. R. Lyons;S. Zou;V. Angelopoulos

Frequent Co-Authors

Vassilis Angelopoulos
Vassilis Angelopoulos University of California, Los Angeles
Eric Donovan
Eric Donovan University of Calgary
Jacob Bortnik
Jacob Bortnik University of California, Los Angeles
S. B. Mende
S. B. Mende University of California, Berkeley
Richard M. Thorne
Richard M. Thorne University of California, Los Angeles
Yoshizumi Miyoshi
Yoshizumi Miyoshi Nagoya University
Harald U. Frey
Harald U. Frey University of California, Berkeley
Atsushi Kumamoto
Atsushi Kumamoto Tohoku University
Yusuke Ebihara
Yusuke Ebihara Kyoto University
Howard J. Singer
Howard J. Singer National Weather Service

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