Publications 2011

Includes publications from earlier years not previously listed

Refereed publications

Agapitov, O., V. Krasnoselskikh, T. Dudok de Wit, Y. Khotyaintsev , J.S. Pickett, O. Santolík and G. Rolland, Multispacecraft observations of chorus emissions as a tool for the plasma density fluctuations’ remote sensing, J. Geophys. Res., 116, A09222, DOI: 10.1029/2011JA016540 , 2011.

Agapitov, O., V. Krasnoselskikh, Y.V. Khotyaintsev and G. Rolland, A statistical study of the propagation characteristics of whistler waves observed by Cluster, Geophys. Res. Lett. , 38, L20103, DOI: 10.1029/2011GL049597 , 2011.

Angelbratt, J., J. Mellqvist, D. Simpson, J.E. Jonson, T. Blumenstock, T. Borsdorff, P. Duchatelet, F. Forster, F. Hase, E. Mahieu, M. De Mazière, J. Notholt, A.K. Petersen, U. Raffalski , C. Servais, R. Sussmann, T. Warneke and C. Vigouroux, Carbon monoxide (CO) and ethane (C 2 H 6 ) trends from ground-based solar FTIR measurements at six European stations, comparison and sensitivity analysis with the EMEP model , Atmos. Chem. Phys ., 11, 9253-9269, DOI: 10.5194/acp-11-9253-2011 , 2011.

Angsmann, A., M. Fränz, E. Dubinin, J. Woch, S. Barabash, T.L. Zhang and U. Motschmann, Magnetic states of the ionosphere of Venus observed by Venus Express, Plan. Space Sci ., 59 (4), pp. 327-337, DOI: 10.1016/j.pss.2010.12.004 , 2011.

Arridge, C.S., N. Andre, C.L. Bertucci, P. Garnier , C.M. Jackman, Z. Nemeth, A.M. Rymer, N. Sergis, K. Szego, A.J. Coates and F.J. Crary, Upstream of Saturn and Titan., Space Sci. Rev ., 162 (1-4), pp. 25-83, DOI: 10.1007/s11214-011-9849-x , 2011.

Aunai, N., A. Retinò, G. Belmont, R. Smets, B. Lavraud and A. Vaivads , The proton pressure tensor as a new proxy of the proton decoupling region in collisionless magnetic reconnection, Ann. Geophys ., 29, 1571-1579, DOI: 10.5194/angeo-29-1571-2011 , 2011.

Barghouthi, I.A., S.H. Ghithan and H. Nilsson , A comparison study between observations and simulation results of Barghouthi model for O + and H + outflows in the polar wind, Ann. Geophys ., 29, 2061-2079, DOI: 10.5194/angeo-29-2061-2011 , 2011.

Bertucci, C., F. Duru, N.T.J. Edberg , M. Fraenz, C. Martinecz and O. Vaisberg, The induced magnetospheres of Mars, Venus and Titan, Spac. Sci. Rev ., 162, 113-171, DOI: 10.1007/s11214-011-9845-1 , 2011.

Bhardwaj, A., S. Barabash , M.B. Dhanya, M. Wieser, Y. Futaana, M. Holmström , R. Sridharan, P. Wurz, A. Schaufelberger and A. Kazushi, Studying the Lunar-Solar wind interaction with the SARA experiment aboard the Indian Lunar Mission Chandrayaan-1, AIP Conference Proceedings , 1216, 518-521, DOI: 10.1063/1.3395916 2010.

Bhardwaj, A., M. Wieser , M. B. Dhanya, S. Barabash, Y. Futaana, M. Holmström, R. Sridharan, P. Wurz, A. Schaufelberger and A. Kazushi. The sub-kev atom reflecting analyzer (SARA) experiment aboard Chandrayaan-1 mission: instrument and observations. Advances in Geosciences , 19:151-162, 2010.

Brinkfeldt, K., P. Enoksson, M. Wieser, S. Barabash and M. Emanuelsson , Microshutters for MEMS-based time-of-flight measurements in space, Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Micro Electro Mechanical Systems (MEMS) , 5734495, 597-600, DOI: 10.1109/MEMSYS.2011.5734495 , 2011.

Chen J., H. Lundstedt , Y. Deng, P. Wintoft and Y. Zhang, An analysis of the formation of interconnecting loops, Sol. Phys ., 273, 51-68, DOI: 10.1007/s11207-011-9857-8 , 2011.

Coates, A. J., J.-E. Wahlund, K. Ågren, N.J.T. Edberg, J. Cui, A. Wellbrock and K. Szego, Recent results from Titan’s ionosphere, Space. Sci. Rev ., 162, 85-111, DOI: 10.1007/s11214-011-9826-4 , 2011.

Coates, A.J., S.M.E. Tsang, A. Wellbrock, R.A. Frahm, J.D. Winningham , S. Barabash, R. Lundin , D.T. Young and F.J. Crary, Ionospheric photoelectrons: Comparing Venus, Earth, Mars and Titan, Plan. Space Sci ., 59, 1019-1027, DOI: 10.1016/j.pss.2010.07.016 , 2011.

Cully, C.M ., V. Angelopoulos, U. Auster, J. Bonnell and O. Le Contel, Observational evidence of the generation mechanism for rising-tone chorus, Geophys. Res. Lett ., L01106, DOI: 10.1029/2010GL045793 , 2011.

Dahlgren, H., B. Gustavsson, B.S. Lanchester, N. Ivchenko, U. Brändström , D.K. Whiter, T. Sergienko, I. Sandahl and G. Marklund, Energy and flux variations across thin auroral arcs, Ann. Geophys , 29, 1699-1712, DOI: 10.5194/angeo-29-1699-2011 , 2011.

Dalin, P ., N. Pertsev, A. Dubietis, M. Zalcik, A. Zadorozhny, M. Connors, I. Schofield, T. McEwan, I. McEachran, S. Frandsen, O. Hansen, H. Andersen, V. Sukhodoev, V. Perminov, R. Balciunas and V. Romejko, A comparison between ground-based observations of noctilucent clouds and Aura satellite data, J. Atmos. Sol. -Terr. Phys ., 73, 2097-2109, DOI: 10.1016/j.jastp.2011.01.020 , 2011.

Dieval, C ., The solar wind protons inside the induced magnetosphere of Mars , Licentiate thesis, Swedish Institute of Space Physics, Kiruna, Department of Computer Science, Electrical and Space Engineering Luleå University of Technology, ISBN: 978-91-7439-337-8, 2011.

Dubietis, A., P. Dalin , R. Balciunas, K. Cernis, N. Pertsev, V. Sukhodoev, V. Perminov, M. Zalcik, A. Zadorozhny, M. Connors, I. Schofield,T. McEwan, I. McEachran, S. Frandsen, O. Hansen, H. Andersen, J. Gronne, D. Melnikov, A. Manevich and V. Romejko, Noctilucent clouds: Modern ground-based photographic observations by a digital camera network, App. Optics , 50, F72-F7, DOI: 10.1364/AO.50.000F72 , 2011.

Dubinin, E., M. Fraenz, A. Fedorov, R. Lundin , N.J.T. Edberg, F. Duru and O. Vaisberg, Ion energization and escape on Mars and Venus, Space Sci. Rev ., 162, 173-211, DOI: 10.1007/s11214-011-9831-7 , 2011.

Echim, M., R. Maggiolo, J. De Keyser, T.L. Zhang, G. Voitcu, S. Barabash and R. Lundin , Comparative investigation of the terrestrial and Venusian magnetopause: Kinetic modeling and experimental observations by Cluster and Venus Express, Plan. Space Sci ., 59, 1028-1038, DOI: 10.1016/j.pss.2010.04.019 , 2011.

Edberg, N.J.T., H. Nilsson, Y. Futaana, G. Stenberg , M. Lester, S. W. H. Cowley, J. G. Luhmann, T. R. McEnulty, H. J. Opgenoorth , A. Fedorov, S. Barabash and T.L. Zhang, Atmospheric erosion of Venus during stormy space weather, J. Geophys. Res . 116, A09308, DOI: 10.1029/2011JA016749 , 2011.

Edberg, N.J.T., K. Ågren, J.-E. Wahlund, M. W. Morooka , D. J. Andrews, S. W. H. Cowley, A. Wellbrock, A. J. Coates, C. Bertucci and M. K. Dougherty, Structured ionospheric outflow during the Cassini T55-T59 Titan flybys, 59, 788-797, Plan. Space Sci. , DOI: 10.1016/j.pss.2011.03.007 , 2011.

Eliasson, L. and A. I. Eriksson , Spacecraft Charging in the Auroral Oval, in Spacecraft Charging , edited by Shu T Lai, Progress in Astronautics and Aeronautics, VA, 237, 125-141,DOI: 10.2514/5.9781600868375.0125.0141 , 2011.

Ekeberg. J ., Solitary waves and enhanced incoherent scatter ion lines , Doctoral thesis, IRF Scientific Reports; 301, Kiruna, Swedish Institute of Space Physics, ISBN 978-91-977255-7-6, 2011.

Enell C.-F., J. Hedin, J. Stegman, G. Witt, M. Friedrich, W. Singer, G. Baumgarten, B. Kaifler, U.-P. Hoppe, B. Gustavsson, U. Brändström , M. Khaplanov, A. Kero, T. Ulich and E. Turunen, The Hotel Payload 2 campaign: Overview of NO, O and electron density measurements in the upper mesosphere and lower thermosphere, J. Atmos. Sol.-Terr. Phys ., 73, 2228-2236, DOI: 10.1016/j.jastp.2011.01.001 , 2011.

Ezoe, Y., K. Ishikawa, T. Ohashi, N. Y. Yamasaki, K. Mitsuda, R. Fujimoto, Y. Miyoshi, N. Terada, Y. Uchiyama and Y. Futaana , Solar system planets observed with Suzaku, Adv. Space Res , 47., 3, 411-418, DOI: 10.1016/j.asr.2010.09.028 , 2011.

Farrugia, C. J., Li-Jen Chen, R. B. Torbert, D. J. Southwood, S. W. H. Cowley, A. Vrublevskis, C. Mouikis, A. Vaivads, M. André , P. Décréau, H. Vaith, C. J. Owen, D. J. Sibeck, E. Lucek and C. W. Smith, “Crater” flux transfer events: Highroad to the X line?, J. Geophys. Res ., 116, A02204, DOI: 10.1029/2010JA015495 , 2011.

Fatemi, S. M ., Modeling the Lunar plasma wake , Licentiate thesis, Swedish Institute of Space Physics, Kiruna, Department of Computer Science, Electrical and Space Engineering, Luleå University of Technology, ISBN 978-91-7439-358-3, 2011.

Fedorov, A., S. Barabash , J. A. Sauvaud, Y. Futaana , T. L. Zhang, R. Lundin and C. Ferrier, Measurements of the ion escape rates from Venus for solar minimum, J. Geophys. Res ., 116(A7), A07220, DOI: 10.1029/2011JA016427 , 2011.

Fu, H.S ., J.B. Cao, B. Yang and H.Y. Lu, Electron loss and acceleration during storm time: The contribution of wave-particle interaction, radial diffusion, and transport processes, J. Geophys. Res., 116, A10210, DOI: 10.1029/2011JA016672 , 2011.

Fu, H. S., Y.V. Khotyaintsev, M. André and A. Vaivads , Fermi and betatron acceleration of suprathermal electrons behind dipolarization fronts, Geophys. Res. Lett ., 38, L16104, DOI: 10.1029/2011GL048528 , 2011.

Futaana, Y ., J.Y. Chaufray, H. T. Smith, P. Garnier, H. Lichtenegger, M. Delva, H. Gröller and A. Mura, Exospheres and energetic neutral atoms of Mars, Venus and Titan, Space Sci. Rev .,162, 1-4, 213-266, DOI: 10.1007/s11214-011-9834-4 , 2011.

Gedalin, M., A. Spitkovsky, M. Medvedev, M. Balikhin, V. Krasnoselskikh, A. Vaivads and S. Perri, Relativistic filamentary equilibria, J. Plasma Phys ., 77, 193-202, DOI: 10.1017/S002237781000005X , 2011

Ghail, R.C., C Wilson, M. Galand, D Hall, C. Cochrane, P. Mason, J. Helbert, F. MontMessin, S. Limaye, M. Patel, N. Bowles, D. Stam, J.-E. Wahlund , F. Rocca, D. Waltham, T.A. Mather, J. Biggs, M. Genge, P. Paillou, K. Mitchell, L. Wilson and U.N. Singh, EnVision: taking the pulse of our twin planet , Exp. Astron ., DOI: 10.1007/s10686-011-9244-3 , 2011.

Gurnett, D. A., A. M. Persoon, J. B. Groene, W. S. Kurth, M. Morooka, J.E. Wahlund and J. D. Nichols, The rotation of the plasmapause-like boundary at high latitudes in Saturn’s magnetosphere and its relation to the eccentric rotation of the northern and southern auroral ovals, Geophys. Res. Lett., 38, L21203, DOI: 10.1029/2011GL049547 , 2011.

Hamrin, M., O. Marghitu, P. Norqvist, S. Buchert, M. André , B. Klecker, L.M. Kistler and I. Dandouras, Energy conversion regions as observed by Cluster in the plasma sheet, J. Geophys. Res., 116, A00K08, DOI: 10.1029/2010JA016383 , 2011.

Hara, T., K. Seki, Y. Futaana, M. Yamauchi , M. Yagi, Y. Matsumoto, M. Tokumaru, A.O. Fedorov and S. Barabash , Heavy-ion flux enhancement in the vicinity of the Martian ionosphere during CIR passage: Mars Express ASPERA-3 Observations, J. Geophys. Res ., 116, A02309, DOI: 10.1029/2010JA015778 , 2011.

Hoffmann, C.G., U. Raffalski , M. Palm, B. Funke, S.H.W. Golchert, G. Hochschild and J. Notholt, Observation of strato-mesospheric CO above Kiruna with ground-based microwave radiometry – retrieval and satellite comparison, Atmos. Meas. Tech ., 4, 2389-2408, DOI: 10.5194/amt-4-2389-2011 , 2011.

Holmström, M ., An Energy Conserving Parallel Hybrid Plasma Solver, Numerical modeling of space plasma flows (ASTRONUM-2010), ASP Conference Series , vol. 444, 211-216, 2011.

Imamura, T., T. Toda, A. Tomiki, D. Hirahara, T. Hayashiyama, N. Mochizuki, Z. Yamamoto, T. Abe, T. Iwata, H. Noda, Y. Futaana , H. Ando, B. Häusler, M. Pätzold, and A. Nabatov, Radio occultation experiment of the Venus atmosphere and ionosphere with the Venus orbiter Akatsuki, Earth, Plan. Space , 63, 493-501, DOI: 10.5047/eps.2011.03.009 , 2011.

Ishikawa. K., Y. Ezoe, T. Ohashi, N.Terada and Y. Futaana , X-ray observation of Mars at solar minimum with Suzaku, Publications of the Astronomical Society of Japan , 63, S705-S712, 2011.

Kawano, H., S. Ohtani, T. Uozumi, T. Tokunaga, A. Yoshikawa, K. Yumoto, E.A. Lucek, M. André , and the CPMN group, Pi 2 waves simultaneously observed by Cluster and CPMN ground-based magnetometers near the plasmapause, Ann. Geophys. , 29, 1663-1672, DOI: 10.5194/angeo-29-1663-2011 , 2011.

Khosrawi, F., J. Urban, M.C. Pitts, P. Voelger , P. Achtert, M. Kaphlanov, M.L. Santee, G.L. Manney, D. Murtagh and K.-H. Fricke, Denitrification and polar stratospheric cloud formation during the Arctic winter 2009/2010, Atmos. Chem. Phys . 11, 8471-8487, DOI: 10.5194/acp-11-8471-2011 , 2011.

Khotyaintsev, Yu.V., C.M. Cully, A. Vaivads, M. André and C. J. Owen, Plasma jet braking: Energy dissipation and non-adiabatic electrons, Phys. Rev. Lett ., 06, 165001, DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.106.165001 , 2011.

Kohlhepp, R., S. Barthlott, T. Blumenstock, F. Hase, I. Kaiser, U. Raffalski and R. Ruhnke, Trends of HCl, ClONO 2 , and HF column abundances from ground-based FTIR measurements in Kiruna (Sweden) in comparison with KASIMA model calculations , Atmos. Chem. Phys ., 11, 4669-4677, DOI: 10.5194/acp-11-4669-2011 , 2011.

Kronberg, E.A., R. Bucik, S. Haaland, B. Klecker, K. Keika, M.I. Desai, P.W. Daly, M. Yamauchi , R. Gomez-Herrero and A.T.Y. Lui, On the origin of the energetic ion events measured upstream of the Earth’s bow shock by STEREO, Cluster and Geotail, J. Geophys. Res . 116, A02210, DOI: 10.1029/2010JA015561 , 2011.

Lammer, H., K.G. Kislyakova , M. Holmström , M.L. Khodachenko and J.-M. Griessmeier, Hydrogen ENA- cloud observation and modeling as a tool to study star-exoplanet interaction, Astrophys. Space Sci ., 335, 9-23, DOI: 10.1007/s10509-011-0604-2 , 2011.

Lammer, H., V.Eybl, K.G. Kislyakova, J. Weingrill, M. Holmström , M.L. Khodachenko, Y.N. Kulikov, A. Reiners, M. Leitzinger, P. Odert, M. Xiang Gruss, B. Dorner, M. Gudel and A. Hanslmeier, UV transit observations of EUV-heated expanded thermospheres of Earth-like exoplanets around M-stars: Testing atmosphere evolution scenarios, Astrophys. Space Sci ., 335, 39-50, DOI: 10.1007/s10509-011-0646-5 , 2011.

Lue, C., Y. Futaana, S. Barabash, M. Wieser, M. Holmström , A. Bhardwaj, M.B. Dhanya and P. Wurz, Strong influence of lunar crustal fields on the solar wind flow , Geophys. Res. Lett. , 38, L03202, DOI: 10.1029/2010GL046215 , 2011.

Lundin, R ., Ion acceleration and outflow from Mars and Venus: An overview, Space Sci. Rev ., 162, 309-334, DOI: 10.1007/s11214-011-9811-y , 2011.

Lundin, R., S. Barabash, Y. Futaana , J.A. Sauvaud, A. Fedorov and H. Perez-de Tejada, Ion flow and momentum transfer in the Venus plasma environment, Icarus , 215(2), 751-758, DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2011.06.034 , 2011.

Lundin, R., S. Barabash , E. Dubinin, D. Winningham and M. Yamauchi , Low-altitude acceleration of ionospheric ions at Mars, Geophys. Res. Lett ., 38 (8), L08108, DOI: 10.1029/2011GL047064 , 2011.

Lundin, R., S. Barabash, M. Yamauchi, H. Nilsson and D. Brain, On the relation between plasma escape and the Martian crustal magnetic field, Geophys. Res. Lett ., 38, L02102, DOI: 10.1029/2010GL046019 , 2011.

Ma, Y.J., C.T. Russell, A.F. Nagy, G. Toth, M.K. Dougherty, A. Wellbrock, A.J. Coates, P. Garnier, J.-E. Wahlund, T.E Cravens, M.S. Richard and F.J. Crary, The importance of thermal electron heating in Titan’s ionosphere: Comparison with Cassini T34 flyby, J. Geophys. Res., 116, A10213, DOI: 10.1029/2011JA016657 , 2011.

Mann, I., A. Pellinen-Wannberg , E. Murad, O. Popova, N. Meyer-Vernet, M. Rosenberg, T. Mukai, A. Czechowski, S. Mukai, J. Safrankova and Z. Nemecek, Dusty plasma effects in near Earth space and interplanetary medium, Space Sci. Rev ., 161, 1-47, DOI: 10.1007/s11214-011-9762-3 , 2011.

Marklund, G.T., S. Sadeghi, T. Karlsson, P.-A. Lindqvist, H. Nilsson , C. Forsyth, A. Fazakerley, E.A. Lucek and J. Pickett, Altitude distribution of the auroral acceleration potential determined from Cluster satellite data at different heights, Phys. Rev. Lett ., 106, 055002, DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.106.055002 , 2011.

Marklund, G.T., S. Sadeghi, J.A. Cumnock, T. Karlsson, P.-A. Lindqvist, H. Nilsson , A. Masson, A. Fazakerley, E. Lucek, J. Pickett and Y. Zhang, Evolution in space and time of the quasi-static acceleration potential of inverted-V aurora and its interaction with Alfvénic boundary processes, J. Geophys. Res ., 116, A00K13, DOI: 10.1029/2011JA016537 , 2011.

Masunaga, K., Y. Futaana, M. Yamauchi, S. Barabash , T. L. Zhang, A. O. Fedorov, N. Terada and S. Okano, O + outflow channels around Venus controlled by directions of the interplanetary magnetic field: Observations of high energy o+ ions around the terminator, J. Geophys. Res ., 116, A09326, DOI: 10.1029/2011JA016705 , 2011.

Matoza, R.S., J. Vergoz, A. Le Pichon, L. Ceranna, D.N. Green, L.G. Evers, M. Ripepe, P. Campus, L. Liszka , T. Kvaerna, E. Kjartansson and A. Hoskuldsson, Long-range acoustic observations of the Eyjafjallajkull eruption, Iceland, April-May 2010, Geophys. Res. Lett ., 38, L06308, DOI: 10.1029/2011GL047019 , 2011.

Morooka, M. W., J.-E. Wahlund, A.I. Eriksson, W.M. Farrell, D.A. Gurnett, W.S. Kurth, A.M. Persoon, M. Shafiq , M. André and M.K.G. Holmberg , Dusty plasma in the vicinity of Enceladus, J. Geophys. Res., 116, A12221, DOI: 10.1029/2011JA017038 , 2011.

Motoba, T., K. Hosokawa, Y. Ogawa, N. Sato, A. Kadokura, S.C. Buchert and H. Rème, In situ evidence for interplanetary magnetic field induced tail twisting associated with relative displacement of conjugate auroral features, J. Geophys. Res ., 116, A04209, DOI: 10.1029/2010JA016206 , 2011.

Ni, B., R. Thorne, J. Liang, V. Angelopoulos, C. Cully , W. Li, X. Zhang, M. Hartinger and O. Le Contel, A. Roux, Global distribution of electrostatic electron cyclotron harmonic waves observed on THEMIS, Geophys. Res. Lett ., 38, L17105, DOI: 10.1029/2011GL048793 , 2011.

Nilsson, H. Heavy ion energization, transport, and loss in the Earth’s magnetosphere, The Dynamic Magnetosphere , 3, 315-327 , eds. W. Liu and M. Fujimoto, Springer, DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-0501-2_17 , 2011.

Nilsson, H., N.J.T. Edberg, G. Stenberg, S. Barabash, M. Holmström, Y. Futaana, R. Lundin , and A. Fedorov, Heavy ion escape from Mars, influence from solar wind conditions and crustal magnetic fields, Icarus, 215, 475-484, DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2011.08.003 , 2011.

Nishimura, Y., J. Bortnik, W. Li, R.M. Thorne, L. Chen, L.R. Lyons, V. Angelopoulos, S.B. Mende, J. Bonnell, O. Le Contel, C. Cully , R. Ergun and U. Auster, Multievent study of the correlation between pulsating aurora and whistler mode chorus emissions, J. Geophys. Res. , 116 , A11221, DOI: 10.1029/2011JA016876 , 2011.

Nishimura, Y., J. Bortnik, W. Li, R.M. Thorne, L.R. Lyons, V. Angelopoulos, S.B. Mende, J. Bonnell, O. Le Contel, C. Cully , R. Ergun and U. Auster, Estimation of magnetic field mapping accuracy using the pulsating aurora-chorus connection, Geophys. Res. Lett ., 38, L14110, DOI: 10.1029/2011GL048281 , 2011.

Nordblad, E ., Opening new radio windows and bending twisted beams , Doctoral thesis, Digital Comprehensive Summaries of Uppsala Dissertations from the Faculty of Science and Technology; Uppsala, 854. ISBN 978-91-554-8160-5. 2011.

Ogawa, Y., S.C. Buchert , I. Häggström, M.T. Rietveld, R. Fujii, S. Nozawa and H. Miyaoka, On the statistical relation between ion upflow and naturally enhanced ion-acoustic lines observed with the EISCAT Svalbard radar, J. Geophys. Res., 116, A03313, DOI: 10.1029/2010JA015827 , 2011.

Pérez-de-Tejada, H., R. Lundin, S. Barabash , J. Sauvaud, A. Coates, T.L. Zhang, D. Winningham, M. Reyes-Ruiz and H. Durand-Manterola, Plasma transition at the flanks of the Venus ionosheath: Evidence from the Venus Express data, J. Geophys. Res ., 116, A01103, DOI: 10.1029/2009JA015216 , 2011.

Perri, S., V. Carbone, E. Yordanova , R. Bruno and A. Balogh, Scaling law of the reduced magnetic helicity in fast streams, Planet. Space Sci ., 59, 575-579, DOI: 10.1016/j.pss2010.04.017 , 2011.

Pitkanen, T., A.T. Aikio, O. Amm, K. Kauristie, H. Nilsson and K.U. Kaila, EISCAT-Cluster observations of quiet-time near-Earth magnetotail fast flows and their signatures in the ionosphere, Ann. Geophys , 29, 299-319, DOI: 10.5194/angeo-29-299-2011 , 2011.

Richard, M.S., T.E. Cravens, I.P. Robertson, J.H. Waite, J.-E. Wahlund , F.J. Crary and A.J. Coates, Energetics of Titan’s ionosphere: Model comparisons with Cassini data, J. Geophys. Res. , 116, A09310, DOI: 10.1029/2011JA016603 , 2011.

Rothkaehl H., M. Morawski, W. Puccio , J.-E. Bergman and S.I. Klimov, Diagnostics of space plasma on board International Space Station – ISS, Contributions to Plasma Physics , 51, 158-164, DOI: 10.1002/ctpp.201000066 , 2011.

Roux, A., P. Robert, O. Le Contel, V. Angelopoulos, U. Auster, J. Bonnell, C. M. Cully , R.E. Ergun and J.P. McFadden, A mechanism for heating electrons in the magnetopause current layer and adjacent regions, Ann. Geophys ., 29, 2305-2316, DOI: 10.5194/angeo-29-2305-2011 , 2011.

Sadeghi, S., G.T. Marklund, T. Karlsson, P.-A. Lindqvist, H. Nilsson , O. Marghitu, A. Fazakerley and E.A. Lucek, Spatiotemporal features of the auroral acceleration region as observed by Cluster, J. Geophys. Res ., 116, A00K19, DOI: 10.1029/2011JA016505 , 2011

Sandahl, I., U. Brändström and T. Sergienko , Fine structure of aurora, International J. Remote Sensing , 32, 2947-2972, DOI: 10.1080/01431161.2010.541507 , 2011.

Schaufelberger, A., P. Wurz, S. Barabash, M. Wieser, Y. Futaana, M. Holmström , A. Bhardwaj, M. Dhanya, R. Sridharan and K. Asamura. Scattering function for energetic neutral hydrogen atoms off the lunar surface . Geophys. Res. Lett ., 38, L22202, DOI: 10.1029/2011GL049362 , 2011.

Schwartz, S. J., P. Hellinger, S. Bale, C. Owen, R. Nakamura, A. Vaivads , L. Sorriso-Valvo, W. Liu, R. Wimmer-Schweingruber, M. Fujimoto and I. Mann, Preface: Cross-scale coupling in plasmas, Planet. Space Sci ., 59, 447-448, DOI: 10.1016/j.pss.2011.02.006 , 2011.

Shafiq, M., J.-E. Wahlund, M.W. Morooka, W.S. Kurth and W.M. Farrell, Characteristics of the dust-plasma interaction near Enceladus south pole, Planet. Space Sci ., DOI: 10.1016/j.pss.2010.10.006 , 2011.

Shematovich, V.I., D.V. Bisikalo, C. Diéval, S. Barabash, G. Stenberg, H. Nilsson, Y. Futaana, M. Holmström and J.-C. Gérard, Protons and hydrogen atoms transport in the Martian upper atmosphere with an induced magnetic field, J. Geophys. Res ., DOI: 10.1029/2011JA017007 , 2011.

Sillanpää, I., D. T. Young, F. Crary, M. Thomsen, D. Reisenfeld, J.-E. Wahlund , C. Bertucci, E. Kallio, R. Jarvinen and P. Janhunen, Cassini plasma spectrometer and hybrid model study on Titan’s interaction: Effect of oxygen ions, J. Geophys. Res. , 116, A07223, DOI: 10.1029/2011JA016443 , 2011.

Slapak, R ., O ? heating in the high altitude cusp and mantle due to wave-particle interaction , Licentiate thesis, Swedish Institute of Space Physics, Kiruna, Department of Computer Science, Electrical and Space Engineering, Luleå University of Technology, ISBN:978-91-7439-322-4, 2011.

Slapak, R., H. Nilsson, M. Waara, M. André, G. Stenberg and I.A. Barghouthi, O + heating associated with strong wave activity in the high altitude cusp and mantle, Ann. Geophys., 29, 931-944, DOI: 10.5194/angeo-29-931-2011 , 2011.

Smirnova, M ., Long-term observations of polar mesosphere summer echoes using the ESRAD MST radar , Doctoral thesis, Swedish Institute of Space Physics, Kiruna, Department of Computer Science, Electrical and Space Engineering, Luleå University of Technology. ISBN: 978-91-7439-321-7, 2011.

Smirnova, M., E. Belova and S. Kirkwood , Polar mesosphere summer echo strength in relation to solar variability and geomagnetic activity during 1997-2009, Ann. Geophys ., 29, 563-572, DOI: 10.5194/angeo-29-563-2011 , 2011.

Stenberg, G., H. Nilsson, Y. Futaana, S. Barabash , A. Fedorov and D. Brain, Observational evidence of alpha-particle capture at Mars, Geophys. Res. Lett., 38 , L09101, DOI: 10.1029/2011GL047155 , 2011.

Strumik, M., K. Stasiewicz , C.Z. Cheng and B. Thidé , Evolution of large-scale magnetosonic structures to trains of solitary waves, J. Geophys. Res ., 116 (7), A07209, DOI: 10.1029/2011JA016565 , 2011.

Takeda, M., M. Yamauchi , M. Makino and T. Owada, Initial effect of the Fukushima accident on atmospheric electricity, Geophys. Res. Lett ., 38, L15811, DOI: 10.1029/2011GL048511 , 2011.

Tamburini, F., E. Mari, B. Thidé , C. Barbieri and F. Romanato, Experimental verification of photon angular momentum and vorticity with radio techniques, Appl. Phys. Lett ., 99, 204102, DOI: 10.1063/1.3659466 , 2011.

Tamburini, F. and B. Thidé , Storming Majorana’s tower with OAM states of light in a plasma, EPL , 96, 64005, DOI: 10.1209/0295-5075/96/64005 , 2011.

Tamburini, F., B. Thidé , G. Molina-Terriza and G. Anzolin, Twisting of light around rotating black holes, Nature Physics , 7, 195-197, DOI: 10.1038/nphys1907 , 2011.

Tanaka, Y.-M., T. Aso , B. Gustavsson, K. Tanabe, Y. Ogawa, A. Kadokura, H. Miyaoka, T. Sergienko, U. Brändström and I. Sandahl , Feasibility study on generalized-aurora computed tomography, Ann. Geophys ., 29, 551-562, DOI: 10.5194/angeo-29-551-2011 , 2011.

Tao, J.B., R.E. Ergun, L. Andersson, J.W. Bonnell, A. Roux, O. LeContel, V. Angelopoulos, J.P. McFadden, D.E. Larson, C.M. Cully , H.-U. Auster, K.-H. Glassmeier, W. Baumjohann, D.L. Newman and M.V. Goldman, A model of electromagnetic electron phase-space holes and its application , J. Geophys. Res ., 116, A11213, DOI: 10.10129/2010JA016054 , 2011.

Thidé B ., N.M. Elias II, F. Tamburini, S.M. Mohammadi and J.T. Mendonça. Applications of Electromagnetic OAM in Astrophysics and Space Physics Studies. In Juan P. Torres and Lluis Torner, editors, Twisted Photons: Applications of Light With Orbital Angular Momentum , 155i-178. Wiley-Vch Verlag, John Wiley and Sons, Weinheim, DE, ISBN: 978-3-527-40907-5, 2011.

Vaivads, A. , A. Retinò, Y.V. Khotyaintsev and M. André , Suprathermal electron acceleration during reconnection onset in the magnetotail, Ann. Geophys., 29, 1917-1925, DOI: 10.5194/angeo-29-1917-2011 , 2011.

Vaivads, A ., G. Andersson, S.D. Bale, C.M. Cully , J. De Keyser, M. Fujimoto, S. Grahn, S. Haaland, H. Ji, Y.V. Khotyaintsev , A. Lazarian, B. Lavraud, I.R. Mann, R. Nakamura, T.K.M. Nakamura,Y. Narita, A. Retinò, F. Sahraoui, A. Schekochihin, S.J. Schwartz, I. Shinohara and L. Sorriso-Valvo, EIDOSCOPE: particle acceleration at plasma boundaries, Exp. Astron ., DOI: 10.1007/s10686-011-9233-6 , 2011.

Waara, M ., High altitude ion heating observed by the Cluster Spacecraft , Doctoral thesis, IRF Scientific Reports; 302., Kiruna, Swedish Institute of Space Physics, ISBN 978-91-977255-8-3, 2011.

Waara, M., R. Slapak, H. Nilsson, G. Stenberg, M. André and I.A. Barghouthi, Statistical evidence for O + energization and outflow caused by wave-particle interaction in the high altitude cusp and mantle, Ann. Geophys. , 29, 945-954, DOI: 10.5194/angeo-29-945-2011 , 2011.

Wannberg G ., A. Westman and A. Pellinen-Wannberg , Meteor head echo polarization at 930 MHz studied with the EISCAT UHF HPLA radar, Ann. Geophys ., 29, 1197-1208, DOI: 10.5194/angeo-29-1197-2011 , 2011.

Wieser, M., S. Barabash, Y. Futaana, M. Holmström , A. Bhardwaj, R. Sridharan, M.B. Dhanya, P. Wurz, A. Schaufelberger and K. Asamura, Erratum to “Extremely high reflection of solar wind protons as neutral hydrogen atoms from regolith in space” Planet. Space Sci. 57 (2009) 2132-2134, Plan. Space Sci ., 59, 798-799, DOI: 10.1016/j.pss.2011.01.016 , 2011.

Wild, J.A., E.E. Woodfield, E. Donovan, R.C. Fear, A. Grocott, M. Lester, A.N. Fazakerley, E. Lucek,, Y. Khotyaintsev, M. André , A. Kadokura, K. Hosokawa, C. Carlson, J.P. McFadden, K.H. Glassmeier, V. Angelopoulos and G. Björnsson, Midnight sector observations of auroral omega bands J. Geophys. Res ., 116, A00I30, DOI: 10.1029/2010JA015874 , 2011.

Williams, A.O., N.J.T. Edberg , S.E. Milan, M. Lester, M. Fränz and J.A. Davies, Tracking corotating interaction regions from the Sun through to the orbit of Mars using ACE, MEX, VEX, and STEREO, J. Geophys. Res. , 116, A08103, DOI: 10.1029/2010JA015719 , 2011.

Wintoft, P ., The variability of solar EUV: A multiscale comparison between sunspot number, 10.7cm flux, LASP MgII index, and SOHO/SEM EUV flux, J. Atmos. Sol.-Terr. Phys ., 73, 1708-1714, DOI: 10.1016/j.jastp.2011.03.009 , 2011.

Yamauchi, M., Y. Futaana, A. Fedorov, R.A. Frahm, J.D. Winningham, E. Dubinin, R. Lundin, S. Barabash, M. Holmström, C. Mazelle, J.-A. Sauvaud, T.L. Zhang, W. Baumjohann, A.J. Coates and M. Fraenz, Comparison of accelerated ion populations observed upstream of the bow shocks at Venus and Mars, Ann. Geophys ., 29, 511-528, DOI: 10.5194/angeo-29-511-2011 , 2011.

Yearby, K.H., M.A. Balikhin, Yu. V. Khotyaintsev , S.N. Walker, V.V. Krasnoselskikh, H.St.C.K. Alleyne and O. Agapitov, Ducted propagation of chorus waves: Cluster observations, Ann. Geophys ., 29, 1629-1634, DOI: 10.5194/angeo-29-1629-2011 , 2011.

Yordanova, E., S. Perri and V. Carbone, Reduced magnetic helicity behavior in different plasma regions of the near-Earth space, J. Geophys. Res ., 116, A07230, DOI: 10.1029/2010JA015875 , 2011.

Zieger, B., A. Retinò, R. Nakamura, W. Baumjohann, A. Vaivads and Y. Khotyaintsev , Jet front driven mirror modes and shocklets in the near Earth flowbraking region, Geophys. Res. Lett ., 38, L22103, DOI: 10.1029/2011GL049746 , 2011.

Ågren, K ., D.J. Andrews, S.C. Buchert , A. J. Coates, S.W. Cowley, M.K. Dougerthy, N.J.T. Edberg , P. Garnier, G.R. Lewis, R. Modolo, H. Opgenoorth , G. Provan, L. Rosenqvist, D.L. Talboys, J.-E. Wahlund and A. Wellbrock, Detection of currents and associated electric fields in Titan’s ionosphere from Cassini data, J. Geophys. Res. , 116, A04313, DOI: 10.1029/2010JA016100 , 2011.

Other publications

Chilson, P.B., T.A Bonin, B.S. Zielke and S. Kirkwood ., The small multi-function autonomous research and teaching sonde (SMARTSONDE): relating in-situ measurements of atmospheric parameters to radar returns, Proceedings of the 20th ESA Symposium on European Rocket & Balloon Programmes and Related Research , ESA SP-700, 387 – 394, ADS: 2011ESASP.700..387C , 2011.

Dubinin, E., M. Fraenz, J. Woch, R. Lundin and S. Barabash , Large-amplitude coherent structures in plasma near Mars, 2011 30th URSI General Assembly and Scientific Symposium , URSIGASS 2011, 6051089, DOI: 10.1109/URSIGASS.2011.6051089 , 2011.

Holmström, M. , Written in the stars, Public Service Review: European Science & Technology , 10, 2011. Also published in Public Service Review: European Union , 21, 340-341, 2011.

Khosrawi, F., J. Urban, M.C. Pitts, P. Voelger , P. Achtert, M. Kaphlanov, D. Murtagh and K.-H. Fricke, Denitrification and polar stratospheric cloud formation during the Arctic winter 2009/2010, Atmos. Chem. Phys. Discuss. , 11, 11379-11415, DOI: 10.5194/acpd-11-11379-2011 , 2011.

Kirkwood, S, P. Dalin , K. Satheesan, I. Wolf, D. Mikhaylova and E. Belova , MARA : Moveable Atmospheric Radar for Antarctica, Swedish Polar Research Secretariat Yearbook for 2010 , 28-29, 2011

Kirkwood, S., M. Mihalikova, D. Mikhaylova, I. Wolf and P. Chilson, Independent calibration of radar reflectivities using radiosondes: application to ESRAD, Proceedings of the 20th ESA Symposium on European Rocket & Balloon Programmes and Related Research , ESA SP-700, 425 – 432 , ADS: 2011ESASP.700..425K , 2011.

Kohlhepp, R., S. Barthlott, T. Blumenstock, F. Hase, I. Kaiser, U. Raffalski and R. Ruhnke, Trends of HCl, ClONO2 and HF column abundances from ground-based FTIR measurements in Kiruna (Sweden) in comparison with KASIMA model calculations, Atmos. Chem. Phys. Discuss ., 11, 1489-1510, DOI: 10.5194/acpd-11-1489-2011 , 2011.

Lamy, H., C. Simon, B. Gustavsson, T. Sergienko, I. Sandahl and U. Brändström , Determination of precipitating electron fluxes from inversion of coordinated ALIS/EISCAT observations, 2011 30th URSI General Assembly and Scientific Symposium , URSIGASS 2011,6050890, DOI: 10.1109/URSIGASS.2011.6050890 , 2011.

McGregor, R ., Swedish Institute of Space Physics, http://www.nordicspace.net/

Mihalikova, M. and S. Kirkwood , Vertical mixing in the lower troposphere by mountain waves over Arctic Scandinavia, Atmos. Chem. Phys. Discuss. , 11 , 31475-31493, DOI: 10.5194/acpd-11-31475-2011 , 2011.

Mihalikova, M., S. Kirkwood and D. Mikhaylova , Temperature variations seen by high resolution radiosondes as signs of turbulence, comparison with ESRAD, Proceedings of the 20th ESA Symposium on European Rocket & Balloon Programmes and Related Research , ESA SP-700, 99-104 , ADS: 2011ESASP.700…99M , 2011.

Nilsson H., Research at the Swedish Institute of Space Physics, http://www.nordicspace.net/

Pellinen-Wannberg, A .,The Radio Physics of Meteors: High Resolution Radar Methods Offering New Insights, URSI Radio Science Bulletin , 339, 32-45, 2011. https://www.ursi.org/files/RSBissues/RSB_339_2011_12.pdf

Teodosiev D., E. Yordanova , P. Nenovski, T. Nikolova, D. Danov, G. Crowley, L. Baddeley and S. Buchert , Ion temperature distribution in the high-latitude region (eiscat uhf radar observations). What is the field-aligned currents influence? Comptes Rendus de L’Academie Bulgare des Sciences , 64, 729-736, 2011.

Wannberg, G., I. Wolf , W. Puccio , I. Häggström and A. Westman, The EISCAT-3D arbitrary waveform exciter and polyphase constant amplitude codes for EISCAT VHF and ESR D/E layer experiments , 2011 30th URSI General Assembly and Scientific Symposium , URSIGASS 2011,6050892, DOI: 10.1109/URSIGASS.2011.6050892 , 2011.

Student theses completed at IRF

Including some not listed in previous years

Alexandersson, I., Comet ion tail observations far from the nucleus , Master thesis, School of Engineering and Department of Physics and Astronomy, Uppsala University, UPTEC F11 025, 2011.

Chiaretta, M., Numerical modelling of Langmuir probe measurements for the Swarm spacecraft , Master thesis, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Uppsala University, 2011.

Gwosch, K., The electron density in Saturn’s magnetosphere around equinox . Master thesis, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Uppsala University, 2010.

Hånberg, C., Analytic modelling of Rosetta Langmuir probe measurements based on SPIS simulations , Master thesis, School of Engineering and Department of Physics and Astronomy, Uppsala University, UPTEC F11 020, 2011.

Lindén, H., Ångström Small Radio Telescope . Uppsala universitet, UPTEC F11 037, 2011.

Lindgren, S., Instrument characterization of the THEMIS EFI Instrument , Master thesis, School of Engineering and Department of Physics and Astronomy, Uppsala University, 2011.

Lue, C. Solar wind proton reflection from the Moon , Master thesis, Department of Computer Science, Electrical and Space Engineering, Luleå University of Technology, 2011.

Norgren, C., Lower hybrid wave properties in space , Master thesis, School of Engineering and Department of Physics and Astronomy, Uppsala University, UPTEC F11 057, 2011.

Reponen, J., Processing of the Cluster EFW internal burst data , Master thesis, Luleå University of Technology, 2011.

Shebanits, O., Determination of ion number density from Langmuir probe measurements in the ionosphere of Titan , Master thesis, School of Engineering and Department of Physics and Astronomy, Uppsala University, UPTEC F10 041, 2010.

Waldemarsson, F., Incoherent scattering in the ionosphere from twisted radar beams , Master thesis, Uppsala University, UPTEC F11 026, 2011.