Dr. Zheng joined the Space Weather Laboratory as a research astrophysicist in February 2010. After finishing her Ph.D degree in physics from the University of New Hampshire in 2001, she came to Goddard as a postdoctoral researcher. In 2005, she took a position at APL and worked there as a scientist before returning to Goddard in 2010.
Dr. Zheng’s research experience includes ring current/radiation belt modeling, subauroral electric fields, space weather physics and modeling, ULF waves in the tail, ionospheric outflow, dayside magnetopause reconnection, field-aligned currents in the auroral zone, and multipoint data analysis of the broad magnetosphere and ionosphere system. Dr. Zheng has authored/co-authored over 30 peer reviewed journal publications. Dr. Zheng has served as principal investigator on NASA-Geospace and NSF grants, and as co-investigator on several other NASA/NSF grants. She has been a lead session convener for the Fall 2007, 2009 AGU meetings, 2012 AOGS and 2013 Meeting of Americas and guest editor for a JASTP special issue. She has served on NASA and NSF proposal selection panels. She has been the lead/main organizer of the 3rd (2011) and 4th (2012) annual NASA Space Weather and Robotic Mission Operations Workshop.
Dr. Zheng has been involved in providing/improving space weather services to NASA robotic missions, including planetary missions. One of her current interests is to expand her research domain by analyzing space weather events from a broader perspective -- starting with the originator, the Sun -- to understand the full chain of physical processes involved in initiation and propagation of space weather events and their effects throughout the interplanetary space, combining modeling results and observations.
She has been a strong proponent of the NASA Space Weather Research Center and has served as a mentor to many high school and college interns. In addition, she has been heavily involved in CCMC/SWRC educational initiatives. In 2012, she gave several NASA Hyperwall presentations concerning space weather at the AOGS meeting and attended several public outreach events.
Yihua Zheng
(RESEARCH AST, FIELDS AND PARTICLES)
| Email: | yihua.zheng@nasa.gov |
| Phone: | 301.286.0111 |
| Org Code: | 674 |
| Address: |
NASA/GSFC Mail Code 674 Greenbelt, MD 20771 |
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Missions & Projects
Brief Bio
Positions/Employment
Research Astrophysicist
NASA - GSFC
February 2010 - Present
Research Scientist
JHU/APL - Laurel, MD
February 2005 - January 2010
NRC Resident Research Associate
NRC - NASA/GSFC
August 2003 - February 2005
Postdoctoral Researcher
USRA/NASA/GSFC - Greenbelt,MD
September 2001 - July 2003
Education
Ph.D Physics, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH 2001
M.S. Physics, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH 1998
M.S. Physics, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China 1997
B.S. Physics, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China 1994
M.S. Physics, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH 1998
M.S. Physics, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China 1997
B.S. Physics, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China 1994
Selected Publications
Refereed
2013. "Forecasting propagation and evolution of CMEs in an operational setting: What has been learned." Space Weather 11 (10): 557-574 [10.1002/swe.20096] [Journal Article/Letter]
2013. "Non-linear whistler mode wave effects on magnetospheric energetic electrons." Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics 102 8-16 [10.1016/j.jastp.2013.03.018] [Journal Article/Letter]
2013. "The SCORE Scale: A Coronal Mass Ejection Typification System Based on Speed." Space Weather [10.1002/swe.20058] [Journal Article/Letter]
2013. "Improving CME Forecasting Capability: An Urgent Need." SPACE WEATHER-THE INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF RESEARCH AND APPLICATIONS 11 641-642 [10.1002/2013SW001004] [Journal Article/Letter]
2013. "Cassini Observations During the Saturn Auroral Campaign of Spring 2013 (Invited)." AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts A4- [Journal Article/Letter]
2013. "The magnetopause as an intermediary between interplanetary structures and the Earth's inner magnetosphere." AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts A2290- [Journal Article/Letter]
2012. "Large-scale observations of a subauroral polarizatioin by midlatitude SuperDARN radars: Instantaneous longitudinal velocity variations." Journal of Geophysical Research - Space Physics [10.1029/2011JA017232] [Journal Article/Letter]
2012. "Electron energy diffusion and advection due to non-linear electron-chorus wave interactions." Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics 80 152-160 [doi:10.1016/j.jastp.2012.01.011] [Journal Article/Letter]
2011. "On the Relationship Between High Speed Solar Wind Streams and Radiation Belt Electron Fluxes." AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts A7- [Journal Article/Letter]
2011. "Attempt to quantitize non-linear wave particle interactions using multi-pass test particle code." AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts 2038- [Journal Article/Letter]
2010. "Effects of plasma sheet properties on storm-time ring current." J. Geophys. Res. 115 (A8): A08220 [10.1029/2009JA014806] [Journal Article/Letter]
2009. "IBEX Backgrounds and Signal-to-Noise Ratio." Space Science Reviews 146 173-206 [10.1007/s11214-009-9515-8] [Journal Article/Letter]
2009. "Two Moderate Storms During Solar Minimum: Combine Modeling and Observations." AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts A1547- [Journal Article/Letter]
2009. "Toward an integrated view of inner magnetosphere and radiation belts." Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics 71 (16): [doi: 10.1016/j.jastp.2009.04.01] [Journal Article/Letter]
2008. "Evaluation of substorm models with Cluster observations of plasma flow reversal in the magnetotail." Advances in Space Research 41 1611-1618 [10.1016/j.asr.2007.05.047] [Journal Article/Letter]
2008. "A Study of Energetic Neutral Oxygen Emissions and its Implications." AGU Spring Meeting Abstracts A10- [Journal Article/Letter]
2008. "Probing Ring Current Properties From Multiple Satellite Data and Numerical Analyses." AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts A1563- [Journal Article/Letter]
2008. "On ionospheric trough conductance and subauroral polarization streams: Simulation results." Journal of Geophysical Research 113 (A04209): [doi:10.1029/2007JA012532] [Journal Article/Letter]
2008. "Viewing perspective in energetic neutral atom intensity." Journal of Geophysical Research 113 (A09217): [doi:10.1029/2008JA013070] [Journal Article/Letter]
2007. "Breakdown of the frozen-in condition in the Earth's magnetotail." Journal of Geophysical Research (Space Physics) 112 [4215-10.1029/2006JA012000] [Journal Article/Letter]
2007. "Ring current auroras." AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts - [Journal Article/Letter]
2007. "Effects of Ionospheric Trough on the Relationship Between the Ring Current and SAPS." AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts A5- [Journal Article/Letter]
2007. "Cluster Observations in the Inner Magnetosphere during the 18 April 2002 Sawtooth Event: Dipolarization and Injection at r = 4.6 Re." AGU Spring Meeting Abstracts 6- [Journal Article/Letter]
2006. "Cluster observation of plasma flow reversal in the magnetotail during a substorm." 36th COSPAR Scientific Assembly 36 817- [Journal Article/Letter]
2006. "Prelude to THEMIS Tail Conjunction Study." AGU Spring Meeting Abstracts A6- [Journal Article/Letter]
2006. "The Auroral Ionosphere as a Source of Magnetospheric Plasma." 36th COSPAR Scientific Assembly 36 1645- [Journal Article/Letter]
2006. "Controlling Factors of Region 2 Field-Aligned Current and its Relationship to the Ring Current: Model Results." AGU Spring Meeting Abstracts A3- [Journal Article/Letter]
2006. "Cluster Observations of Plasma Flow Reversal in the Magnetotail During a Substorm." AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts 363- [Journal Article/Letter]
2006. "Relationship between Region 2 field-aligned current and the ring current: Model results." Journal of Geophysical Research 111 (A11): A11S06 [10.1029/2006JA011603] [Journal Article/Letter]
2006. "Characteristics of 2-6 MeV electrons in the Slot region and inner radiation belt." Journal of Geophysical Research 111 (A10204): [doi:10.1029/2006JA011748] [Journal Article/Letter]
2006. "Coordinated observation of field-line resonance in the mid-magnetotail." Annales Geophysicae 24 707-723 [doi:10.5194/angeo-24-707-2006] [Journal Article/Letter]
2005. "How the Ring Current Couples to the Radiation Belts and the Ionosphere." AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts A3- [Journal Article/Letter]
2005. "Global Ring Current Ion Distributions Obtained by IMAGE/HENA DURING STORMS AND SUBSTORMS." AGU Spring Meeting Abstracts 3- [Journal Article/Letter]
2005. "Polar study of ionospheric ion outflow versus energy input." JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-SPACE PHYSICS 110 [10.1029/2004JA010995] [Journal Article/Letter]
2005. "Cluster observation of continuous reconnection at dayside magnetopause around cusp." Annales Geophysicae 23 (6): 2199-2215 [doi:10.5194/angeo-23-2199-2005] [Journal Article/Letter]
2005. "Polar study of ionospheric ion outflow versus its energy input." Journal of Geophysical Research 110 (A07210): [doi:10.1029/2004JA010955] [Journal Article/Letter]
2004. "Observing Redshifted HI in the 962-1213 MHz Aircraft Navigation Band." Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society 36 807- [Journal Article/Letter]
2004. "Coordinated polar spacecraft; geosynchronous spacecraft; and ground-based observations of magnetopause processes and their coupling to the ionosphere." ANNALES GEOPHYSICAE 22 4329-4350 [Journal Article/Letter]
2003. "Ground-based VLBI relativistic time delay model for Spacecrafts in Solar System." Acta Astronomica Sinica 44 28-36 [Journal Article/Letter]
2003. "Polar Study of Ion Outflow Versus its Energy Input." AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts 7- [Journal Article/Letter]
2003. "Multipoint measurements of field-aligned current density in the auroral zone." Journal of Geophysical Research 108 (A5): [doi:10.1029/2002JA009450] [Journal Article/Letter]
2003. "A Radiation Belt – Ring Current Forecasting Model." Space Weather 1 (3): 1013 [doi:10.1029/2003SW000007] [Journal Article/Letter]
2002. "Approaches and selection to space debris mitigation for small satellite." 34th COSPAR Scientific Assembly 34 - [Journal Article/Letter]
2002. "Auroral Precipitation and Quasi-Trapped electrons." AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts 3- [Journal Article/Letter]
2002. "Effects of Wave-Particle Interactions on Radiation Belt Development." AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts A506- [Journal Article/Letter]
2002. "Forecasting the Radiation Belt Environment: Model and Product." AGU Spring Meeting Abstracts A10- [Journal Article/Letter]
2001. "IPS Observations at Miyun Station, BAO." Astrophysics and Space Science 278 189-192 [10.1023/A:1013106829146] [Journal Article/Letter]
Non-Refereed
2010. "The Slope Imaging Multi-polarization Photon-counting Lidar: Development and performance results." Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS), 2010 IEEE International 653-656 [10.1109/IGARSS.2010.5650862] [Proceedings]