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Member Since 1978
Rob F. Pfaff Jr
Space Scientist, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Professional Experience
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Space Scientist
1985 - Present
Education
Cornell University
Doctorate
1985
Honors & Awards
Marcel Nicolet Lecture
Received 2022
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Publications
Fast Plasma Drifts in the High Latitude Ionosphere

We have identified over 200 fast plasma drift events (>5 km/s) in the high‐latitude ionosphere, as measured by the electric field dou...

July 20, 2023
AGU Abstracts
Large-Amplitude Alfven Waves with Narrow “Spikes” in the High-Latitude Ionosphere
MAGNETOSPHERE-IONOSPHERE-THERMOSPHERE COUPLING DURING DISTURBED TIMES AND INTERHEMISPHERIC ASYMMETRIES I POSTER
spa-aeronomy | 13 december 2023
Hassan Akbari, Robert F. Pfaff, Harri E. Laakso
The high time resolution (16 sample/sec) vector electric field and magnetic field measurements gathered on NASAs Dynamics Explorer-2 satellite reveal ...
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Interhemispheric asymmetries in large-amplitude plasma convection in the high-latitude ionosphere
MAGNETOSPHERE-IONOSPHERE-THERMOSPHERE COUPLING DURING DISTURBED TIMES AND INTERHEMISPHERIC ASYMMETRIES II POSTER
spa-aeronomy | 13 december 2023
Harri E. Laakso, Robert F. Pfaff
We have recently reported about ~220 fast-flow (> 5 km/s) plasma convection (E x B) events in the high-latitude ionosphere measured with the vector...
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ENLoTIS: A Science Framework for Improving Understanding of the Lower Thermosphere/Ionosphere Through Systematic In Situ Exploration
ALMOST 100 YEARS OF THE <EM>E</EM> LAYER II ORAL
spa-aeronomy | 12 december 2023
Theodore E. Sarris, James H. Clemmons, Jean-Jacque...
Highlights from the report of the ESA-NASA Lower Thermosphere-Ionosphere Science (ENLoTIS) working group are presented and discussed. This report cont...
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