Guan Le

Geospace Physics Branch

Laboratory for Solar and Space Physics

EDUCATION:

      B.A. (Physics) 1984, University of Science and Technology of China
M.S. (Geophysics and Space Physics) 1989, University of California, Los Angeles
Ph.D. (Geophysics and Space Physics) 1991, University of California, Los Angeles

EXPERIENCE:                                             

Dr. Le has authored or co-authored over 80 peer reviewed scientific publications and technical papers. Her research interests include magnetospheric current systems; ULF waves in the region upstream of collisionless shocks, in the magnetosphere and on the ground; the Earth's magnetopause, polar cusp and boundary layers; solar wind-magnetosphere-ionosphere coupling; and plasma irregularities in equatorial ionosphere.  Her research activities primarily involved the analysis and interpretation of spacecraft data and ground-based magnetic field data as they relate to these research areas.  She has been involved in flight teams for six NASA missions. She is currently the science validation lead for Space Technology 5 (ST-5) mission, a science Co-Investigator for Communication/Navigation Outage Forecast Satellite (C/NOFS) mission, and a team member for MESSENGER mission and Magnetospheric MultiScale (MMS) missions. In addition, she serves as the co-editor of the American Geophysical Union/Space Physics and Aeronomy Section (AGU/SPA) Newsletter and chairs the AGU/SPA's Website Committee.

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:

Le, G., S.-H. Chen, Y. Zheng, C. T. Russell, J. A. Slavin, C.-S. Huang, S. M. Petrinec, T. E. Moore, J. Samson, H. J. Singer, and K. Yumoto, Coordinated Polar spacecraft, geosynchronous spacecraft, and ground-based observaitons of magnetopause processes and their coupling to the ionosphere, Annales Geophysicae, 22, 4329-4350, 2004.

Le, G., C. T. Russell, and K. Takahashi, Morphology of the ring current derived from in-situ magnetic field measurements, Annales Geophysicae, 22, 1267-1295, 2004.

Le, G., C.-S. Huang, R. F. Pfaff, S.-Y. Su, H.-C. Yeh, R. A. Heelis, F. J. Rich, and M. Hairston, Plasma density enhancements associated with equatorial spread F: ROCSAT-1 and DMSP observations, J. Geophys. Res., 108(A8), 1318, doi:10.1029/2002JA009592, 2003.

Le, G., G. Lu, R. J. Strangeway, and R. F. Pfaff Jr., Strong interplanetary magnetic field By -related plasma convection in the ionosphere and cusp field-aligned currents under northward interplanetary magnetic field conditions, J. Geophys. Res., 107(A12), 1477, doi:10.1029/2001JA007546, 2002.

Le, G., X. Blanco-Cano, C.T. Russell, X.-W. Zhou, F. Mozer, K.J. Trattner, S.A. Fuselier, and B.J. Anderson, Electromagnetic ion cyclotron waves in the high altitude cusp region: Polar observations, J. Geophys. Res., 106, 19,067 2001.

Le, G., J. Raeder, C. T. Russell, G. Lu, S. M. Petrinec, and F. S. Mozer, Polar cusp and vicinity under strongly northward IMF on April 11, 1997: Observations and MHD simulations, J. Geophys. Res., 106, 21,083, 2001.

Le., G., C. T. Russell, and S. M. Petrinec, Magnetosphere on May 11, 1999, the day the solar wind almost disappeared: I. Current systems, Geophys. Res. Lett., 27, 1827-1830, 2000.

Le., G., P. J. Chi, W. Goedecke, C. T. Russell, A. Szabo, S. M. Petrinec, V. Angelopoulos, G. D. Reeves, and F. K. Chun, Magnetosphere on May 11, 1999, the day the solar wind almost disappeared: II. Magnetic pulsations in space and on the ground, Geophys. Res. Lett., 27, 2165-2168, 2000.