Member Since 2008
Weichao Tu
Associate Professor, West Virginia University
Secretary, Space Physics and Aeronomy Executive Committee; Member, Space Physics and Aeronomy Fall Meeting Program Committee; Member, Fall Meeting Program Committee
Professional Experience
West Virginia University
Associate Professor
2020 - Present
West Virginia University
Associate Professor
2020 - Present
Education
University of Colorado Boulder
Doctorate
2011
Honors & Awards
Outstanding Reviewer Award - Space Weather
Received December 2022
Outstanding Student Presentation Award
Received January 2011
Presentation Title: Quantifying Radial Diffusion of Radiation Belt Electrons Based on Global MHD Simulation Validated by GOES and THEMIS Measurements
Event: 2011 Fall Meeting
Awarding Section: Space Physics and Aeronomy
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Publications
Radiation Belt Losses: The Long‐Standing Debate Part II
On 21 June 2022, during the annual Geospace Environment Modeling (GEM) workshop, a panel discussion titled “Radiation Belt Loss: The LongR...
February 05, 2025
On the Contribution of Latitude‐Dependent ULF Waves to the R...
November 14, 2024
Simulating Long‐Term Dynamics of Radiation Belt Electrons Us...
February 11, 2024
AGU Abstracts
Modeling Radiation Belt Electron Dropout During the 31 December 2016 Storm from Different Loss Mechanisms
NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES, PLASMAS, AND ENERGETIC PARTICLES AND THEIR INTERACTIONS WITHIN GEOSYNCHRONOUS ORBIT II ORAL
spa-magnetospheric physics | 13 december 2024
Jinbei Huang, Xingzhi Lyu, Weichao Tu, Richard Sel...
Magnetopause shadowing (MPS), electromagnetic ion cyclotron (EMIC) wave scattering, and field line curvature scattering (FLCS) are suggested as the lo...
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Comparative Data Analysis of the Dropouts Between Radiation Belt Electrons and Ring Current Protons
RING CURRENT PARTICLE SOURCES, LOSSES, AND ITS COUPLING WITH OTHER REGIONS II POSTER
spa-magnetospheric physics | 13 december 2024
Xingzhi Lyu, Weichao Tu, Malcolm Henderson
Recent observations from Van Allen probes have revealed the fast dropout of both MeV radiation belt (RB) electrons and 100s keV ring current (RC) prot...
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Inner Magnetospheric Machine Learning Electric Field Model Based on Van Allen Probes Data: Initial Progress Update
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AI) FOR SCIENTIFIC DISCOVERY IN SOLAR WIND AND EARTH INTERACTION III POSTER
spa-magnetospheric physics | 10 december 2024
Sam Califf, Hong Zhao, Xiangning Chu, Weichao Tu, ...
The electric field in the inner magnetosphere plays an important role in the dynamics of several coupled plasma populations. The plasmasphere is direc...
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Volunteer Experience
2025 - Present
Member
Space Physics and Aeronomy Fall Meeting Program Committee
2025 - Present
Member
Fall Meeting Program Committee
2025 - 2026
Secretary
Space Physics and Aeronomy Executive Committee
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