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Overview

Yuri Shprits is affiliated with the University of Potsdam in Germany. Their primary field of study is Physics and Astronomy, with substantial contributions across related subfields including Astronomy and Astrophysics, Geophysics, Molecular Biology, Atmospheric Science, and Electrical and Electronic Engineering.

The research topics frequently addressed by Shprits include:

  • Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics
  • Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics
  • Earthquake Detection and Analysis
  • Geomagnetism and Paleomagnetism Studies
  • Astro and Planetary Science
  • Atmospheric Ozone and Climate
  • Radiation Therapy and Dosimetry

Shprits has published extensively in numerous scientific venues. The most common publication outlets are:

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

Their recent papers include:

  • "Gyroresonant wave-particle interactions with chorus waves during extreme depletions of plasma density in the Van Allen radiation belts" (2021), Science Advances
  • "Geomagnetic Activity Index Hpo" (2022), Geophysical Research Letters
  • "The ELFIN Mission" (2020), Space Science Reviews
  • "Local heating of radiation belt electrons to ultra-relativistic energies" (2020), Nature Communications
  • "Medium Energy Electron Flux in Earth's Outer Radiation Belt (MERLIN): A Machine Learning Model" (2020), Space Weather

Shprits' scientific collaborations involve frequent coauthors such as Dedong Wang, Alexander Drozdov, Artem Smirnov, Hayley Allison, and Irina Zhelavskaya.

In addition to journal articles, Shprits has contributed to book publications, including a recent work titled "Plasma Waves in Space Physics: Carrying On the Research Legacies of Peter Gary and Richard Thorne," published by Frontiers Media in 2023.

Best Publications

  • Wave acceleration of electrons in the Van Allen radiation belts

    Richard B. Horne;Richard M. Thorne;Yuri Y. Shprits;Nigel P. Meredith

  • Review of modeling of losses and sources of relativistic electrons in the outer radiation belt II: Local acceleration and loss

    Yuri Y. Shprits;Dmitriy A. Subbotin;Nigel P. Meredith;Scot R. Elkington

  • Explaining sudden losses of outer radiation belt electrons during geomagnetic storms

    Drew L. Turner;Yuri Shprits;Michael Hartinger;Vassilis Angelopoulos

  • Resonant scattering of plasma sheet electrons by whistler-mode chorus: Contribution to diffuse auroral precipitation

    Binbin Ni;Richard M. Thorne;Yuri Y. Shprits;Jacob Bortnik

  • Dynamic evolution of energetic outer zone electrons due to wave‐particle interactions during storms

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

  • Outward radial diffusion driven by losses at magnetopause

    Y. Y. Shprits;Y. Y. Shprits;R. M. Thorne;R. Friedel;G. D. Reeves

  • Timescale for MeV electron microburst loss during geomagnetic storms

    Richard M. Thorne;T.P. O'Brien;Y.Y. Shprits;Danny Summers

  • Effect of EMIC waves on relativistic and ultrarelativistic electron populations: Ground-based and Van Allen Probes observations

    M. Usanova;A. Drozdov;A. Drozdov;K. Orlova;K. Orlova;I. R. Mann

  • Review of modeling of losses and sources of relativistic electrons in the outer radiation belt I: Radial transport

    Yuri Y. Shprits;Scot R. Elkington;Nigel P. Meredith;Dmitriy A. Subbotin

  • Evolution of electron fluxes in the outer radiation belt computed with the VERB code

    Yuri Y. Shprits;Dmitri Subbotin;Binbin Ni

  • Observation of two distinct, rapid loss mechanisms during the 20 November 2003 radiation belt dropout event

    J. Bortnik;R. M. Thorne;T. P. O'Brien;J. C. Green

  • Resonant scattering of plasma sheet electrons leading to diffuse auroral precipitation: 2. Evaluation for whistler mode chorus waves

    Binbin Ni;Richard M. Thorne;Nigel P. Meredith;Richard B. Horne

  • Three-dimensional modeling of the radiation belts using the Versatile Electron Radiation Belt (VERB) code

    D. A. Subbotin;Y. Y. Shprits

  • Unusual stable trapping of the ultrarelativistic electrons in the Van Allen radiation belts

    Yuri Y. Shprits;Yuri Y. Shprits;Yuri Y. Shprits;Dmitriy Subbotin;Alexander Drozdov;Alexander Drozdov;Maria E. Usanova

  • Acceleration mechanism responsible for the formation of the new radiation belt during the 2003 Halloween solar storm

    Y. Y. Shprits;R. M. Thorne;R. B. Horne;S. A. Glauert

  • Circulation of Heavy Ions and Their Dynamical Effects in the Magnetosphere: Recent Observations and Models

    Elena A. Kronberg;Maha Ashour-Abdalla;Iannis Dandouras;Iannis Dandouras;Dominique C. Delcourt

  • Dependence of the quasi‐linear scattering rates on the wave normal distribution of chorus waves

    Yuri Y. Shprits;Binbin Ni

  • Wave-induced loss of ultra-relativistic electrons in the Van Allen radiation belts

    Yuri Y. Shprits;Alexander Y. Drozdov;Maria Spasojevic;Adam C. Kellerman

  • Time dependent radial diffusion modeling of relativistic electrons with realistic loss rates

    Y. Y. Shprits;R. M. Thorne

  • Parameterization of radiation belt electron loss timescales due to interactions with chorus waves

    Yuri Y. Shprits;Nigel P. Meredith;Richard M. Thorne

  • Rapid scattering of radiation belt electrons by storm-time EMIC waves

    A. Y. Ukhorskiy;Y. Y. Shprits;B. J. Anderson;K. Takahashi

Frequent Co-Authors

Richard B. Horne
Richard B. Horne British Antarctic Survey
Drew L. Turner
Drew L. Turner Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory
Richard M. Thorne
Richard M. Thorne University of California, Los Angeles
Daniel N. Baker
Daniel N. Baker University of Colorado Boulder
Geoffrey D. Reeves
Geoffrey D. Reeves Los Alamos National Laboratory
Harlan E. Spence
Harlan E. Spence University of New Hampshire
Michael Ghil
Michael Ghil École Normale Supérieure
Vassilis Angelopoulos
Vassilis Angelopoulos University of California, Los Angeles
Nigel P. Meredith
Nigel P. Meredith British Antarctic Survey
Andrei Runov
Andrei Runov University of California, Los Angeles

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