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Member Since 1990
Jim A. Klimchuk
Research Astrophysicist, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
http://science.gsfc.nasa.gov/sed/bio/james.a.klimchuk
Professional Experience
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
2012 - Present
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Research Astrophysicist
2008 - Present
Education
University of Colorado Boulder
Doctorate
1985
Honors & Awards
Eugene Parker Lecture
Received December 2021
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AGU Abstracts
Loss of Current Sheet Equilibrium as a Pathway to Reconnection Onset
MAGNETIC RECONNECTION: CONNECTING IDEAS FROM OBSERVATIONS, EXPERIMENTS, MODELS, AND THEORY III POSTER
spa-magnetospheric physics | 13 december 2024
James A. Klimchuk, N Dylan Kee, James E. Leake
Understanding why current sheets do not reconnect until substantial stress has built up in a magnetic field is fundamental to explaining a wide range ...
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Modeling of Condensations in Coronal Loops Produced by Impulsive Heating with Variable Frequencies and Locations
SOLAR AND HELIOSPHERIC PHYSICS: GENERAL CONTRIBUTIONS II ORAL
spa-solar and heliospheric physics | 11 december 2024
Therese A. Kucera, James A. Klimchuk, Manuel Luna
We will present the results of models of impulsively heated coronal loops using the 1D hydrodynamic Adaptively Refined Godunov Solver code. The impuls...
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Nanoflare Statistics in the Magnetically Driven Closed Corona
NEW INSIGHTS INTO CORONAL PHYSICS FROM EUV AND UV SPECTROSCOPY II POSTER
spa-solar and heliospheric physics | 11 december 2024
Shanwlee Sow Mondal, Craig Johnston, Lars K. Daldo...
The complex granular motion of the solar photosphere serves as the primary source of energy to maintain the high temperature of magnetically closed co...
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Volunteer Experience
2017 - 2019
Member
Union Fellows Committee
2015 - 2016
Immediate Past President
Space Physics and Aeronomy Executive Committee
2013 - 2014
President
Space Physics and Aeronomy Executive Committee