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Rod A. Heelis

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Rod A. Heelis

Distinguished Chair, University of Texas at Dallas

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Characteristics of Equatorial Plasma Bubbles Observed by ICON: Local Time, Apex Altitude, and Solar Activity Dependences

JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH: SPACE PHYSICS

Low and Mid Latitude Ionospheric and Thermospheric Storm Dynamics During the September 2011 Geomagnetic Storm

JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH: SPACE PHYSICS

Plasma Density Enhancements in the Polar Cap Regions in Both Hemispheres Observed by DMSP Satellites

JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH: SPACE PHYSICS

Variations in Topside Ion Temperature at Different Solar Activity Levels

JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH: SPACE PHYSICS

On the Extraordinary L‐Band Scintillation Event Observed in the American Sector During the 23–24 March 2023 Geomagnetic Storm

Characteristics of the Plasma density enhancements in the polar region observed by DMSP in the two hemispheres

EXPLORING INTERHEMISPHERIC ASYMMETRIES IN THE ATMOSPHERE-IONOSPHERE-MAGNETOSPHERE SYSTEM: CHARACTERISTICS, MECHANISMS, AND IMPACTS I POSTER

spa-aeronomy | 12 december 2024

Reviewing ELFIN Lifetime Coverage and Introducing its Follow-on Mission

REMOTE SENSING MAGNETOSPHERIC DYNAMICS FROM LOW-ALTITUDE AND GROUND-BASED PLATFORMS II ORAL

spa-magnetospheric physics | 09 december 2024

Thermosphere UFKW Structures and Ionosphere Coupling as Observed by ICON

GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS

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2006 - 2009

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JGR Space Physics Section

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William B Hanson Lecture

Received December 2020

Lecture Title Space Science the Hanson Way

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Received January 2006

Marcel Nicolet Lecture

Received May 2006