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Solar and Space Physics: A Science for a Technological Society
APPENDIX F
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PANEL ON ATMOSPHERE-IONOSPHERE-MAGNETOSPHERE INTERACTIONS
JEFFREY M. FORBES, Chair, is a professor and the Glenn Murphy Endowed Chair of the Department of
Aerospace Engineering Sciences at the University of Colorado, Boulder. His research interests include
the upper-atmosphere environments of Earth, Mars, and other planets and the coupling of these environments to lower altitudes and to solar variability; geomagnetic storm effects on satellite drag variability; the
vertical propagation of tides and planetary waves in planetary atmospheres and their electrodynamic and
chemical effects; utilization of accelerometer, satellite drag, and satellite remote sensing data to elucidate
atmospheric variability; and testing, validating and developing upper-atmosphere models. He also conducts numerical simulations of the above phenomena. Dr. Forbes is also the principal investigator of the
Multidisciplinary University Research Initiative on Atmospheric Density Prediction of the Air Force Office
of Scientific Research and the chair of the Academic Affairs Committee for the AIAA. He is a fellow of
the AGU and an associate fellow of the AIAA and received the 2010 AIAA Robert M. Losey Atmospheric
Sciences Award. Dr. Forbes received his Ph.D. in applied physics from Harvard University. His previous
NRC service includes the Committee for the Study “Review of the Next Decadal Mars Architecture,” the
Committee on Solar-Terrestrial Research, and the Committee on Solar and Space Physics.
JAMES H. CLEMMONS, Vice Chair, is the principal director of the Space Science Applications Laboratory at the Aerospace Corporation. In his 13 years at Aerospace, Dr. Clemmons has led development of
approximately 20 scientific instruments, flown on sounding rockets and satellites, to investigate a variety
of phenomena in Earth’s magnetosphere as well as its ionosphere-thermosphere-mesosphere system. Before
joining Aerospace, he worked at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), the Swedish Institute for Space
Physics, and the Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics on related research. Dr. Clemmons is the
author of numerous publications, including studies of observations conducted with the Freja satellite and
other missions characterizing electric, magnetic, and plasma phenomena in the space environment. He is
a member of the AGU, APS, and the American Chemical Society. Dr. Clemmons has participated in several
NASA advisory groups and is the recipient of several awards by NASA and the Aerospace Corporation.
He was a Fulbright Scholar and a resident associate of the NRC. Dr. Clemmons received B.S. degrees in
physics and chemistry from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, and an M.S. and a Ph.D. in
physics from UC Berkeley.
ODILE de la BEAUJARDIERE is the principal investigator of the Communication/Navigation Outage Forecasting System at the Air Force Research Laboratory’s Space Vehicles Directorate. She previously worked
at SRI International. Dr. de la Beaujardiere was a member of the NSF Coupling, Energetics and Dynamics
of Atmospheric Regions (CEDAR) Science Steering Committee. She previously served as a member of the
NRC Committee on Solar-Terrestrial Research.
JOHN V. EVANS is a retired chief technical officer of COMSAT Corporation, a position he took after serving
as president and director of COMSAT Laboratories, the largest research center devoted entirely to satellite
communications research. Prior to joining COMSAT, Dr. Evans was assistant director of the MIT Lincoln
Laboratory. His current technical interest lies in satellite communications technology, including both
space and ground segments. Dr. Evans is the co-editor of Radar Astronomy and has published more than
100 papers on the topics of radar reflection and high-power radar studies of the upper atmosphere and
ionosphere. He is a member of the IAU, AGU, and AIAA. Dr. Evans is a fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers and a member of the NAE. In 1975, he was awarded the Appleton Prize by
the Council of the Royal Society of London for his contributions to ionospheric physics. Dr. Evans earned
Solar and Space Physics: A Science for a Technological Society
APPENDIX F
387
PANEL ON ATMOSPHERE-IONOSPHERE-MAGNETOSPHERE INTERACTIONS
JEFFREY M. FORBES, Chair, is a professor and the Glenn Murphy Endowed Chair of the Department of
Aerospace Engineering Sciences at the University of Colorado, Boulder. His research interests include
the upper-atmosphere environments of Earth, Mars, and other planets and the coupling of these environments to lower altitudes and to solar variability; geomagnetic storm effects on satellite drag variability; the
vertical propagation of tides and planetary waves in planetary atmospheres and their electrodynamic and
chemical effects; utilization of accelerometer, satellite drag, and satellite remote sensing data to elucidate
atmospheric variability; and testing, validating and developing upper-atmosphere models. He also conducts numerical simulations of the above phenomena. Dr. Forbes is also the principal investigator of the
Multidisciplinary University Research Initiative on Atmospheric Density Prediction of the Air Force Office
of Scientific Research and the chair of the Academic Affairs Committee for the AIAA. He is a fellow of
the AGU and an associate fellow of the AIAA and received the 2010 AIAA Robert M. Losey Atmospheric
Sciences Award. Dr. Forbes received his Ph.D. in applied physics from Harvard University. His previous
NRC service includes the Committee for the Study “Review of the Next Decadal Mars Architecture,” the
Committee on Solar-Terrestrial Research, and the Committee on Solar and Space Physics.
JAMES H. CLEMMONS, Vice Chair, is the principal director of the Space Science Applications Laboratory at the Aerospace Corporation. In his 13 years at Aerospace, Dr. Clemmons has led development of
approximately 20 scientific instruments, flown on sounding rockets and satellites, to investigate a variety
of phenomena in Earth’s magnetosphere as well as its ionosphere-thermosphere-mesosphere system. Before
joining Aerospace, he worked at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), the Swedish Institute for Space
Physics, and the Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics on related research. Dr. Clemmons is the
author of numerous publications, including studies of observations conducted with the Freja satellite and
other missions characterizing electric, magnetic, and plasma phenomena in the space environment. He is
a member of the AGU, APS, and the American Chemical Society. Dr. Clemmons has participated in several
NASA advisory groups and is the recipient of several awards by NASA and the Aerospace Corporation.
He was a Fulbright Scholar and a resident associate of the NRC. Dr. Clemmons received B.S. degrees in
physics and chemistry from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, and an M.S. and a Ph.D. in
physics from UC Berkeley.
ODILE de la BEAUJARDIERE is the principal investigator of the Communication/Navigation Outage Forecasting System at the Air Force Research Laboratory’s Space Vehicles Directorate. She previously worked
at SRI International. Dr. de la Beaujardiere was a member of the NSF Coupling, Energetics and Dynamics
of Atmospheric Regions (CEDAR) Science Steering Committee. She previously served as a member of the
NRC Committee on Solar-Terrestrial Research.
JOHN V. EVANS is a retired chief technical officer of COMSAT Corporation, a position he took after serving
as president and director of COMSAT Laboratories, the largest research center devoted entirely to satellite
communications research. Prior to joining COMSAT, Dr. Evans was assistant director of the MIT Lincoln
Laboratory. His current technical interest lies in satellite communications technology, including both
space and ground segments. Dr. Evans is the co-editor of Radar Astronomy and has published more than
100 papers on the topics of radar reflection and high-power radar studies of the upper atmosphere and
ionosphere. He is a member of the IAU, AGU, and AIAA. Dr. Evans is a fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers and a member of the NAE. In 1975, he was awarded the Appleton Prize by
the Council of the Royal Society of London for his contributions to ionospheric physics. Dr. Evans earned