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Harlan Spence

Director, Institute for the Study of Earth, Oceans,and Space
Institute for the Study of Earth, Oceans, and Space
Professor of Physics
Phone: (603) 862-0322
Office: Earth, Oceans, & Space, Morse Hall Rm 305, Durham, NH 03824
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Courses Taught

  • PHYS 999: Doctoral Research

Education

  • Ph.D., Geophysics & Space Physics, University of California
  • M.S., Geophysics & Space Physics, University of California
  • B.A., Astronomy, Boston University
  • B.A., Physics, Boston University

Selected Publications

  • Zeitlin, C., Johnson, A. S., Schwadron, N. A., Spence, H. E., Wilson, J., Case, A. W., . . . Mazur, J. E. (2025). Comparison of Solar Energetic Particle Flux Measurements by CRaTER and GOES. Space Weather, 23(4). doi:10.1029/2025sw004367

  • Sugimura, R., Shiokawa, K., Miyoshi, Y., Smith, C., Spence, H., & Reeves, G. (2025). Statistical Analysis of Van Allen Probes‐B Observations of Stable Auroral Red Arc Intervals in the Overlap Region Between the Plasmasphere and the Ring Current. Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics, 130(3). doi:10.1029/2024ja032893

  • Rahmanifard, F., MacLeod, M. L., de Wet, W. C., Jordan, A. P., Wilson, J. K., Spence, H. E., & Schwadron, N. A. (2024). Proceeding toward the maximum of solar cycle 25 with a radiation environment similar to the previous cycle. Advances in Space Research, 74(11), 6183-6193. doi:10.1016/j.asr.2024.06.044

  • Pitzel, J. C., Cully, C. M., Ripoll, J. -F., Loridan, V., Huang, C. -L., Spence, H. E., . . . Murphy, K. R. (2024). Derivations of the Total Radiation Belt Electron Content.. J Geophys Res Space Phys, 129(12), e2024JA032940. doi:10.1029/2024JA032940

  • Lozinski, A. R., Horne, R. B., Glauert, S. A., Kellerman, A. C., Bortnik, J., Claudpierre, S. G., . . . Spence, H. E. (2024). Modeling Field Line Curvature Scattering Loss of 1–10 MeV Protons During Geomagnetic Storms. Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics, 129(4). doi:10.1029/2023ja032377

  • Thorne, R. M., Li, W., Ni, B., Ma, Q., Bortnik, J., Chen, L., . . . Kanekal, S. G. (2013). Rapid local acceleration of relativistic radiation-belt electrons by magnetospheric chorus. NATURE, 504(7480), 411-+. doi:10.1038/nature12889

  • Blake, J. B., Carranza, P. A., Claudepierre, S. G., Clemmons, J. H., Jr, C. W. R., Dotan, Y., . . . Zakrzewski, M. P. (2013). The Magnetic Electron Ion Spectrometer (MagEIS) Instruments Aboard the Radiation Belt Storm Probes (RBSP) Spacecraft. SPACE SCIENCE REVIEWS, 179(1-4), 383-421. doi:10.1007/s11214-013-9991-8

  • Spence, H. E., Reeves, G. D., Baker, D. N., Blake, J. B., Bolton, M., Bourdarie, S., . . . Thorne, R. M. (2013). Science Goals and Overview of the Radiation Belt Storm Probes (RBSP) Energetic Particle, Composition, and Thermal Plasma (ECT) Suite on NASA's Van Allen Probes Mission. SPACE SCIENCE REVIEWS, 179(1-4), 311-336. doi:10.1007/s11214-013-0007-5

  • Funsten, H. O., Skoug, R. M., Guthrie, A. A., MacDonald, E. A., Baldonado, J. R., Harper, R. W., . . . Chen, J. (2013). Helium, Oxygen, Proton, and Electron (HOPE) Mass Spectrometer for the Radiation Belt Storm Probes Mission. SPACE SCIENCE REVIEWS, 179(1-4), 423-484. doi:10.1007/s11214-013-9968-7

  • Reeves, G. D., Spence, H. E., Henderson, M. G., Morley, S. K., Friedel, R. H. W., Funsten, H. O., . . . Niehof, J. T. (2013). Electron Acceleration in the Heart of the Van Allen Radiation Belts. SCIENCE, 341(6149), 991-994. doi:10.1126/science.1237743

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