Boston University Jan 2010 - Dec 2013
Adjunct Professor of Astronomy
University of New Hampshire Jan 2010 - Dec 2013
Director, Institute For the Study of Earth, Oceans, and Space and Professor of Physics
Boston University Apr 1994 - Dec 2009
Professor
Physical Sciences Inc. 1996 - 2005
Consultant
The Aerospace Corporation Jan 1993 - Apr 1994
Senior Member of the Technical Staff
Education:
University of California, Los Angeles 1983 - 1989
Doctorates, Doctor of Philosophy, Physics
Boston University 1979 - 1983
Bachelors, Bachelor of Arts, Astronomy, Physics
Skills:
Physics Astronomy Science Research Scientific Computing Earth Science Astrophysics Fortran Numerical Analysis Mathematical Modeling Latex Simulations Higher Education Scientific Writing Remote Sensing Experimentation Matlab University Teaching Spectroscopy Theory Computational Physics Image Processing Signal Processing Mathematica Monte Carlo Simulation Space Physics Leadership Science Education Ecology Geophysics Environmental Awareness Climate Change Characterization Planetary Astronomy Geosciences Field Work Policy Data Acquisition Modeling Spatial Analysis Radiation Belt Physics Lunar Science Magnetospheric Physics Fundraising Strategic Planning Auroral Physics Cosmic Ray Physics Heliospheric Physics Energetic Particle Physics Magnetic Reconnection and Particle Acceleration
Co-authors of the new research include Qianli Ma, a graduate student who works in Thorne's lab; Wen Li, Binbin Ni and Jacob Bortnik, researchers in Thorne's lab; and members of the science teams on the Van Allen Probes, including Harlan Spence of the University of New Hampshire (principal investigat
Date: Dec 18, 2013
Category: Sci/Tech
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Scientists unraveling mysteries of Earth's Van Allen radiation belts
Co-author Harlan Spence, director of the UNH Institute for the Study of Earth, Oceans, and Space, principal scientist for the ECT, said that the acceleration they first reported operates on the scale size of an electron's gyromotion-it is a really local process, maybe only a few hundred meters in si
Date: Dec 05, 2013
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NASA spacecraft probe mysteries of Earth's radiation belts
"Now we're seeing this large-scale, global motion involving ultra low-frequency waves pulsing through Earth's magnetosphere and operating across vast distances up to hundreds of thousands of kilometers," said Harlan Spence, director of the UNH Institute for the Study of Earth, Oceans, and Space and
Date: Dec 04, 2013
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Mysteries of Earth's radiation belts uncovered by NASA twin spacecraft
"The acceleration we first reported operates on the scale size of an electron's gyromotionit is a really local process, maybe only a few hundred meters in size," notes Harlan Spence, director of the UNH Institute for the Study of Earth, Oceans, and Space, principal scientist for the ECT, and coauth
Date: Dec 04, 2013
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NASA launches twin satellites to study Van Allen radiation belts
"We need eight (instruments) because we're measuring across this huge energy range," said Harlan Spence, a principal investigator from the University of New Hampshire. "From particles that are very, very low energy -- in our units we talk about going down to one electron volt, very low energy -- to
"We've got a whole series of things going off, and they take different times to arrive, so they're all piling on top of each other," Harlan Spence, an astrophysicist at the University of New Hampshire, told SPACE.com. "It complicates the forecasting and predicting because there are always inherent u
Date: Mar 07, 2012
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'Space hurricane' from the sun sweeping over our planet
"For parts of Europe already, and further points to the east, we should expect to see strong magnetic storm conditions," astrophysicist Harlan Spence, the director of the University of New Hampshire's Institute for the Study of Earth, Oceans, and Space, told Space.com. "There's a very good chance to
Date: Jan 24, 2012
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'Dramatic' solar flare could disrupt Earth communications
"Certainly over the (two-year) lifetime of the mission this is the most significant event," said Harlan Spence, principal investigator for the cosmic ray telescope for the effects of radiation, or CRaTER.