Dr. Shing F. Fung
Space Physics Data Facility (Code 612.4)
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt MD 20771 USA
EDUCATION:
B.S.
(Hon), University of Arizona, Astronomy -1977.
M.S., University of
Maryland, Astronomy -1979.
Ph.D., University of Maryland,
Astronomy -1985
EXPERIENCE:
Dr. Fung has authored or co-authored over 60 peer reviewed scientific publications.
He has extensive experience in analyzing plasma, wave and field data from
spacecraft (e.g., the ISEE, DE, Voyager, Hawkeye, IMAGE) and performing
theoretical modeling of various terrestrial and planetary magnetospheric plasma
processes. He has studied the spectral characteristics and the energization of
particle precipitations in the auroral zones, wave-particle interaction
processes along the auroral magnetic field lines, the frequency-time structure
and the generation of the terrestrial VLF emissions, the detection and location
of the auroral parallel electric fields, finite geometry effects of
field-aligned currents, the auroral current-voltage relationship, and the
global electrodynamics of the ionosphere-magnetosphere system. In addition, Dr.
Fung has analyzed and modeled the terrestrial and planetary (Jupiter, Saturn,
Uranus, and Neptune) radio emissions observed by the DE, Voyager, and IMAGE
spacecraft; performed theoretical modeling of the generations and the emission
characteristics in terms of nonlinear wave-wave interactions and the electron
cyclotron maser instabilities; performed ray-tracing calculations to study the
effects of propagation of radiation in a plasma. In addition, Dr. Fung, a
member of the Radio Plasma Imager team on the IMAGE mission, is actively
participating in the development of radio imaging of the magnetosphere. In the
past few years, Dr. Fung has also been leading a research team at the NASA GSFC
to develop a new generation of trapped radiation models using semi-empirical
techniques. Dr. Fung is a current Vice Chair on the COSPAR Panel on Standard Radiation Belt (PSRB).
SELECTED PROFESSIONAL PUBLICATIONS:
Fung, S. F., Recent development in the NASA trapped radiation models, Radiation belts Models and Standards, Geophysical Monogr., 97, AGU, Washington, D. C., 79-91, 1996.
Fung, S. F., and L. C. Tan, Time correlation of low-altitude relativistic trapped electron fluxes with solar wind speeds, Geophys. Res. Lett., 25, 2361-2364, 1998.
Fung, S. F., et al, An investigation of the spatial variations of the energetic trapped electrons at low altitudes, Adv. Space Res., 21, 1661-1664, 1998.
Fung, S. F., and L. C. Tan, An alternate drift shell parameter for modeling trapped particles, Radiation Measurements, 30, 609-615, 1999.
Fung, S. F., et al., Investigations of irregularities in remote plasma regions by radio sounding: applications of the Radio Plasma Imager on IMAGE, Space Sciences Review special issue on the IMAGE mission, 91, 391-419, 2000.Fung, S.F., Survey of current situation in radiation belt modeling, Adv. Space Res., doi: 10.1016/S0273-1177(03)00078-4, 2004.
Fung, S. F., and J. L., Green, Modeling of field-aligned radio echoes in the plasmasphere, J. Geophys. Res., 110, A01210, doi:10.1029/2004JA010658, 2004.
Vassiliadis, D., S. F. Fung, and A. J. Klimas, Solar, interplanetary, and magnetospheric parameters for the radiation belt energetic electron flux, J. Geophys. Res., 110, A04201, doi:10.1029/2004JA010443, 2005.
Fung, S. F., et al, Development of A Magnetospheric State-Based Trapped Radiation Data Base, Adv. Space Research, in press, 2005.
Green, J. L., and S. F. Fung, Advances in inner magnetospheric passive and active wave research, AGU Monograph on Physics and Modeling of the Inner Magnetosphere, in press, 2005.