Publications of W. Dean Pesnell ordered by citations
A list of publications authored or co-authored by W. Dean Pesnell, derived from the SAO/NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS) and ordered by the numbers of citations. Publications above the horizontal line count towards the h-index.
Orcid ID: 0000-0002-8306-2500
Number of papers: 78
No. of citations: 4743
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| The Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO)
Pesnell, W. Dean, Thompson, B. J. & Chamberlin, P. C., 2012, Solar Physics, 275, 3
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| 160
| Predictions of Solar Cycle 24
Pesnell, William Dean, 2008, Solar Physics, 252, 209
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| 159
| SABER observations of mesospheric temperatures and comparisons with falling sphere measurements taken during the 2002 summer MaCWAVE campaign
Mertens, Christopher J., Schmidlin, Francis J., Goldberg, Richard A., Remsberg, Ellis E., Pesnell, W. Dean, Russell, James M., Mlynczak, Martin G., López-Puertas, Manuel, Wintersteiner, Peter P., Picard, Richard H., Winick, Jeremy R. & Gordley, Larry L., 2004, Geophysical Research Letters, 31, L03105
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| 125
| Solar Cycle Predictions (Invited Review)
Pesnell, W. Dean, 2012, Solar Physics, 281, 507
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| 94
| Nonradial instability strips based on carbon and oxygen partial ionization in hot, evolved stars.
Starrfield, S., Cox, A. N., Kidman, R. B. & Pesnell, W. D., 1984, ApJ, 281, 800
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| 90
| An Early Solar Dynamo Prediction: Cycle 23 ∼ Cycle 22
Schatten, Kenneth H. & Pesnell, W. Dean, 1993, Geophysical Research Letters, 20, 2275
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| 78
| Observable quantities of nonradial pulsations in the presence of slowrotation.
Pesnell, W. D., 1985, ApJ, 292, 238
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| 74
| Automated detection of EUV Polar Coronal Holes during Solar Cycle 23
Kirk, M. S., Pesnell, W. D., Young, C. A. & Hess Webber, S. A., 2009, Solar Physics, 257, 99
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| 68
| Momentum transfer collision frequency of O+-O
Pesnell, W. D., Omidvar, Kazem & Hoegy, Walter R., 1993, Geophysical Research Letters, 20, 1343
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| 65
| The discovery of nonradial instability strips for hot,evolved stars.
Starrfield, S. G., Cox, A. N., Hodson, S. W. & Pesnell, W. D., 1983, ApJ, 268, L27
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| 64
| Meteoric magnesium ions in the Martian atmosphere
Pesnell, William Dean & Grebowsky, Joseph, 2000, Journal of Geophysical Research, 105, 1695
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| 63
| Nonradial, Nonadiabatic Stellar Pulsations
Pesnell, W. Dean, 1990, ApJ, 363, 227
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| 58
| SABER temperature observations in the summer polar mesosphere and lower thermosphere: Importance of accounting for the CO2 ν2 quanta V-V exchange
Kutepov, Alexander A., Feofilov, Artem G., Marshall, Benjamin T., Gordley, Larry L., Pesnell, W. Dean, Goldberg, Richard A. & Russell, James M., 2006, Geophysical Research Letters, 33, L21809
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| 57
| On the Possibility of Detecting Weak Magnetic Fields in Variable White Dwarfs
Jones, Philip W., Pesnell, W. Dean, Hansen, Carl J. & Kawaler, Steven D., 1989, ApJ, 336, 403
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| 50
| An analysis of nonradial pulsations of the central star of the planetary nebula K1-16.
Starrfield, S., Cox, A. N., Kidman, R. B. & Pensnell, W. D., 1985, ApJ, 293, L23
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| 48
| Using Polar Coronal Hole Area Measurements to Determine the Solar Polar Magnetic Field Reversal in Solar Cycle 24
Karna, N., Hess Webber, S. A. & Pesnell, W. D., 2014, Solar Physics, 289, 3381
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| 47
| Recalibration of the Sunspot-Number: Status Report
Clette, F., Lefèvre, L., Chatzistergos, T., Hayakawa, H., Carrasco, V. M. S., Arlt, R., Cliver, E. W., Dudok de Wit, T., Friedli, T. K., Karachik, N., Kopp, G., Lockwood, M., Mathieu, S., Muñoz-Jaramillo, A., Owens, M., Pesnell, D., Pevtsov, A., Svalgaard, L., Usoskin, I. G., van Driel-Gesztelyi, L. & Vaquero, J. M., 2023, Solar Physics, 298, 44
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| 44
| Pulsations of White Dwarf Stars with Thick Hydrogen or Helium Surface Layers
Cox, Arthur N., Starrfield, Sumner G., Kidman, Russell B. & Pesnell, W. Dean, 1987, ApJ, 317, 303
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| 37
| Do meteor showers significantly perturb the ionosphere?
Grebowsky, J. M., Goldberg, R. A. & Pesnell, W. D., 1998, Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics, 60, 607
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| 37
| Lessons learned from predictions of Solar Cycle 24
Pesnell, W. Dean, 2020, Journal of Space Weather and Space Climate, 10, 60
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| 35
| Meteoric Ions in the Ionosphere of Jupiter
Kim, Y. H., Pesnell, W. Dean, Grebowsky, J. M. & Fox, J. L., 2001, Icarus, 150, 261
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| 31
| Destruction of Sun-Grazing Comet C/2011 N3 (SOHO) Within the Low Solar Corona
Schrijver, C. J., Brown, J. C., Battams, K., Saint-Hilaire, P., Liu, W., Hudson, H. & Pesnell, W. D., 2012, Science, 335, 324
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| 31
| A New Driving Mechanism for Stellar Pulsations
Pesnell, W. Dean, 1987, ApJ, 314, 598
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| 28
| CO2(ν2)-O quenching rate coefficient derived from coincidental SABER/TIMED and Fort Collins lidar observations of the mesosphere and lower thermosphere
Feofilov, A. G., Kutepov, A. A., She, C. -Y., Smith, A. K., Pesnell, W. D. & Goldberg, R. A., 2012, Atmospheric Chemistry & Physics, 12, 9013
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| 27
| The Extreme-ultraviolet Emission from Sun-grazing Comets
Bryans, P. & Pesnell, W. D., 2012, ApJ, 760, 18
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| 26
| Predicting Solar Cycle 24 Using a Geomagnetic Precursor Pair
Pesnell, W. Dean, 2014, Solar Physics, 289, 2317
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| 20
| The Connection Between Nonradial Pulsations and Stellar Winds in Massive Stars
Abbott, D. C., Garmany, C. D., Hansen, C. J., Henrichs, H. F. & Pesnell, W. D., 1986, Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, 98, 29
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| 17
| Accuracy of O+-O collision cross-section deduced from ionosphere-thermosphere observations
Reddy, C. A., Hoegy, W. R., Pesnell, W. D., Mayr, H. G. & Hines, C. O., 1994, Geophysical Research Letters, 21, 2429
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| 17
| Effects of Version 2 of the International Sunspot Number on Naïve Predictions of Solar Cycle 25
Pesnell, W. Dean, 2018, Space Weather, 16, 1997
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| 15
| A search of UARS data for ozone depletions caused by the highly relativistic electron precipitation events of May 1992
Pesnell, W. Dean, Goldberg, Richard A., Jackman, Charles H., Chenette, D. L. & Gaines, E. E., 1999, Journal of Geophysical Research, 104, 165
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| 15
| Appearances and Statistics of Coronal Cavities During the Ascending Phase of Solar Cycle 24
Karna, N., Pesnell, W. D. & Zhang, J., 2015, ApJ, 810, 123
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| 13
| Analysis of Supergranule Sizes and Velocities Using Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO)/ Helioseismic Magnetic Imager (HMI) and Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO)/ Michelson Doppler Imager (MDI) Dopplergrams
Williams, Peter E., Pesnell, W. Dean, Beck, John G. & Lee, Shannon, 2014, Solar Physics, 289, 11
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| 13
| Meteoric Material-An Important Component of Planetary Atmospheres
Grebowsky, Joseph M., Moses, Julianne I. & Pesnell, W. Dean, 2002, Geophysical Monograph Series, 130, 235
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| 13
| Study of the 3D Geometric Structure and Temperature of a Coronal Cavity Using the Limb Synoptic Map Method
Karna, N., Zhang, J., Pesnell, W. Dean & Hess Webber, S. A., 2015, ApJ, 810, 124
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| 12
| How active was solar cycle 22?
Hoegy, W. R., Pesnell, W. D., Woods, T. N. & Rottman, G. J., 1993, Geophysical Research Letters, 20, 1335
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| 10
| The Structure of the Thermal Modes in Pulsating Stars
Pesnell, W. D. & Buchler, J. R., 1986, ApJ, 303, 740
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| 9
| Watching meteors on Triton
Pesnell, W. Dean, Grebowsky, J. M. & Weisman, Andrew L., 2004, Icarus, 169, 482
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| 9
| Comparisons of Supergranule Characteristics During the Solar Minima of Cycles 22/23 and 23/24
Williams, Peter E. & Pesnell, W. Dean, 2011, Solar Physics, 270, 125
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| 8
| Variation of mesospheric ozone during the highly relativistic electron event in May 1992 as measured by the High Resolution Doppler Imager instrument on UARS
Pesnell, W. Dean, Goldberg, Richard A., Jackman, Charles H., Chenette, D. L. & Gaines, E. E., 2000, Journal of Geophysical Research, 105, 22943
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| 8
| Weight functions in adiabatic stellar pulsations. I - Radially symmetric motion
Pesnell, W. Dean, 1987, Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, 99, 975
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| 8
| Seasonal variations of magnesium atoms in the mesosphere-thermosphere
Correira, J., Aikin, A. C., Grebowsky, J. M., Pesnell, W. D. & Burrows, J. P., 2008, Geophysical Research Letters, 35, L06103
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| 8
| Rotational mode splitting about an inclined axis
Aizenman, M. L., Hansen, C. J., Pesnell, W. D. & Cox, J. P., 1984, ApJ, 286, L43
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| 8
| The Time-dependent Chemistry of Cometary Debris in the Solar Corona
Pesnell, W. D. & Bryans, P., 2014, ApJ, 785, 50
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| 8
| The Formation and Maintenance of the Dominant Southern Polar Crown Cavity of Cycle 24
Karna, N., Zhang, J. & Pesnell, W. D., 2017, ApJ, 835, 135
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| 6
| Pioneer Venus Orbiter Measurements of Solar EUV Flux During Solar Cycles 21 and 22
Mahajan, K. K., Upadhyay, Hari Om, Sethi, N. K., Hoegy, W. R., Pesnell, W. D. & Brace, L. H., 1998, Solar Physics, 177, 203
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| 6
| Inter-hemispheric coupling during northern polar summer periods of 2002-2010 using TIMED/SABER measurements
Goldberg, R. A., Feofilov, A. G., Pesnell, W. D. & Kutepov, A. A., 2013, Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics, 104, 277
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| 5
| Brunt-Vaeisaelae Frequency and Semiconvection
Pesnell, W. D., 1986, ApJ, 301, 204
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| 4
| Properties of Supergranulation During the Solar Minima of Cycles 22/23 and 23/24
Williams, Peter E. & Pesnell, W. Dean, 2011, GONG-SoHO 24: A New Era of Seismology of the Sun and Solar-Like Stars, Journal of Physics Conference Series, 271, p. 012082
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| 4
| The flight of Newton's cannonball
Pesnell, W. Dean, 2018, American Journal of Physics, 86, 338
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| 4
| Thermal response of stellar envelopes during nonradial pulsations
Pesnell, W. D., 1984, ApJ, 285, 778
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| 4
| Orbits through polytropes
Gjerløv, Amalia & Pesnell, W. Dean, 2019, American Journal of Physics, 87, 452
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| 3
| Properties of Eoetvoes Spheres
Pesnell, W. Dean, 1989, ApJ, 344, 851
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| 3
| Two New Methods for Counting and Tracking the Evolution of Polar Faculae
Hovis-Afflerbach, B. & Pesnell, W. Dean, 2022, Solar Physics, 297, 48
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| 2
| On one-zone models of stellar pulsation
Pesnell, W. D., 1985, ApJ, 299, 161
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| 2
| Some Thoughts on the Rapidly Oscillating AP Stars
Pesnell, W. Dean, 1989, ApJ, 339, 1038
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| 2
| Fluxes of relativistic electrons in low-Earth orbit during the decline of solar cycle 22
Pesnell, W. D., 2001, IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science, 48, 2016
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| 2
| Growth and decay of relativistic electrons during a magnetic storm as seen in low-Earth orbit
Pesnell, W. Dean, Goldberg, Richard A., Chenette, D. L., Gaines, E. E. & Schulz, M., 2001, Journal of Geophysical Research, 106, 30039
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| 2
| A Note on the Opacity of the Sun's Atmosphere
Bhatia, Anand. K. & Pesnell, William. D., 2020, Atoms, 8, 37
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| 2
| A Study of Equatorial Coronal Holes during the Maximum Phase of Four Solar Cycles
Karna, Mahendra Lal, Karna, Nishu, Saar, Steven H., Pesnell, W. Dean & DeLuca, Edward E., 2020, ApJ, 901, 124
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| 1
| Time-Series Analysis of Supergranule Characteristics at Solar Minimum
Williams, Peter E. & Pesnell, W. Dean, 2014, Solar Physics, 289, 1101
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| 1
| Spherical oscillation patterns: The movie
Pesnell, W. Dean, 1985, American Journal of Physics, 53, 579
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| 1
| High-speed correction factor to the O(+)-O resonance charge exchange collision frequency
Omidvar, K. & Pesnell, W. D., 1995, Annales Geophysicae, 13, 253
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| 1
| Dynamical interactions between the middle atmosphere and thermosphere
Mayr, H. G., Harris, I. & Pesnell, W. D., 1992, Advances in Space Research, 12, 335
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| 1
| Characteristics of Ephemeral Coronal Holes
Inglis, A. R., O'Connor, R. E., Pesnell, W. D., Kirk, M. S. & Karna, N., 2019, ApJ, 880, 98
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| 1
| Uptake coefficient of charged aerosols—implications for atmospheric chemistry
Aikin, Arthur C. & Pesnell, W. Dean, 1998, Geophysical Research Letters, 25, 1309
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| 1
| An Interesting Correlation Between the Peak Slope and Peak Value of a Sunspot Cycle
Pesnell, W. Dean, 2024, Solar Physics, 299, 14
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| 1
| Temporal evolution of the vertical content of metallic ion and neutral species
Aikin, A. C., Grebowsky, J. M., Burrows, J. P., Correira, J. & Pesnell, W. D., 2005, Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics, 67, 1238
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| 0
| Stability analysis of slow spherical motion for a gravitating fluid
Livio, M., Buchler, J. R. & Pesnell, W. D., 1981, ApJ, 243, 617
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| 0
| Turning Noise Into Data: Characterization of the Van Allen Radiation Belt Using SDO Spikes Data
Kasapis, Spiridon, Thompson, Barbara J., Rodriguez, Juan V., Attie, Raphael, Cucho-Padin, Gonzalo, da Silva, Daniel, Jin, Meng & Pesnell, William D., 2023, Space Weather, 21, e2022SW003310
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| 0
| Chromospheric Lines as Diagnostics of Stellar Oscillations
Paulson, Diane B., Pesnell, W. Dean, Deming, L. Drake, Snow, Martin, Metcalfe, Travis S., Woods, Tom & Hesman, Brigette, 2008, Precision Spectroscopy in Astrophysics (Editors: Santos, Nuno C., Pasquini, Luca, Correia, Alexandre C. M. & Romaniello, Martino), p. 311
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| 0
| Evolution of relativistic electrons during a magnetic storm as seen in low-earth orbit
Pesnell, W. Dean, Goldberg, Richard A., Chenette, D. L., Schulz, M. & Gaines, E. E., 2003, Advances in Space Research, 31, 1059
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| 0
| A comparison of solar EUV flux from langmuir probe photoelectron measurements on the pioneer venus orbiter with other solar activity indicators
Mahajan, K. K., Hoegy, W. R., Pesnell, W. D., Brace, L. H. & Sethi, N. K., 1997, Advances in Space Research, 20, 187
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| 0
| A Time-Distance Helioseismology Method for Quasi-Linear Geometries
Hess Webber, Shea A. & Pesnell, W. Dean, 2019, Solar Physics, 294, 151
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| 0
| Helionauts: A Cross-Organization Heliophysics Forum
Attie, Raphael, Kirk, Michael, Bard, Christopher, Thompson, Barbara, da Silva, Daniel, Narock, Ayris, Mason, Emily, Pesnell, Dean, Zarro, Dominic, Addison, Kevin & Thomas, Brian, 2023, Data, Analysis and Software in Heliophysics (DASH) 2023, p. 46
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| 0
| Comparing the Sun Watcher Using Active Pixel System Detector and Image Processing Instrument to the Atmosphere Imaging Assembly Instrument Through Measurements of Polar Coronal Holes
Kirk, Michael S. F., Pesnell, W. Dean, Arge, C. Nickolos, West, Matthew J. & Attié, Raphael, 2022, Solar Physics, 297, 42
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| 0
| Critique of the iterative theory of stellar pulsations
Buchler, J. R. & Pesnell, W. D., 1984, ApJ, 283, 316
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| 0
| Turning Noise into Data: Characterization of the Van Allen Radiation Belt Using SDO Spikes Data
Kasapis, Spiridon, Thompson, Barbara J., Rodriguez, Juan V., Attie, Raphael, Cucho-Padin, Gonzalo, da Silva, Daniel E., Jin, Meng & Pesnell, William D., 2022, essoar.10512640
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| 0
| The Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) Education and Outreach (E/PO) Program: Changing Perceptions One Program at a Time
Drobnes, E., Littleton, A., Pesnell, W. D., Beck, K., Buhr, S., Durscher, R., Hill, S., McCaffrey, M., McKenzie, D. E., Myers, D., Scherrer, D., Wawro, M. & Wolt, A., 2012, Solar Physics, 275, 391
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