Ph.D THESES

The following is a list of Ph.D Theses by the VLF Group members, sorted by year of publication.

Gibby, Andrew

Title - Saturation Effects in VLF Triggered Emissions [PDF 24.4 MB]
[PDF 24.4 MB; for 2-sided printing]
Advisor - U. S. Inan
Date - May, 2008

Chevalier, Timothy

Title - Near-Field Characteristics of Electric Dipole Antennas in the Inner Magnetosphere [PDF 1.4 MB]
[PDF 1.4 MB; for 2-sided printing]
Advisor - U. S. Inan
Date - October, 2007

Payne, Joseph

Title - Spatial Structure of Very Low Frequency Modulated Ionospheric Currents [PDF 17 MB]
Advisor - U. S. Inan
Date - August, 2007

Moore, Robert

Title - ELF/VLF Wave Generation by Modulated HF Heating of the Auroral Electrojet [PDF 2.7 MB]
[PDF 2.7 MB; for 2-sided printing]
[PDF 2.7 MB; 1-sided, RGB version
Advisor - U. S. Inan
Date - March, 2007

Peter, William

Title - Quantitative Measurement of Lightning-Induced Electron Precipitation using VLF Remote Sensing [PDF 4.5 MB]
Advisor - U. S. Inan
Date - February, 2007

Chevalier, Michael

Title - Advances in the Perfectly Matched Layer Absorbing Boundary Condition and a Technique for Efficiently Modeling Long Path Propagation with Applications to Finite-Difference Grid Techniques [PDF 1.5 MB]
Advisor - U. S. Inan
Date - December, 2006

Platino, Manuel

Title - Aspects of ELF/VLF Chorus Generation Mechanism: Source Location and Motion [PDF 12 MB]
Advisor - U. S. Inan
Date - October, 2006

Wood, Troy

Title - Geo-Location of Individual Lightning Discharges Using Impulsive VLF Electromagnetic Waveforms [PDF 7.8 MB]
Advisor - U. S. Inan
Date - December, 2004

Bortnik, Jacob

Title - Precipitation of Radiation Belt Electrons by Lightning-Generated Magnetospherically Reflecting Whistler Waves [PDF 8.8 MB]
Advisor - U. S. Inan
Date - May, 2004

Spasojevic, Maria

Title - Global Dynamics of the Earth's Plasmasphere [PDF 3 MB]
Abstract
Advisor - U. S. Inan
Date - October, 2003

Gerken, Elizabeth

Title - Telescopic Imaging of Streamer and Diffuse Glow Dynamics in Sprites [PDF 5.16 MB]
Advisor - U. S. Inan
Date - July, 2003

Veronis, Georgios

Title - Design of Efficient Plasma Display Panel Cells Using a Multifluid Kinetic Model of Electrical Microdischarges [PDF 2.82 MB]
Advisor - U. S. Inan
Date - June, 2002

Barrington-Leigh, Christopher

Title - Fast Photometric Imaging of High Altitude Optical Flashes Above Thunderstorms [PDF 4.3 MB for printing]
[PDF 4.9 MB; hyper-linked - not for printing]
[HTML]
Advisor - U. S. Inan
Date - October, 2000
Abstract

Johnson, Michael

Title - VLF Imaging of Lightning-Induced Ionospheric Disturbances [PDF 4.3 MB]
Advisor - U. S. Inan
Date - September, 2000

Lehtinen, Nikolai

Title - Relativistic Runaway Electrons Above Thunderstorms [PDF, 1.3 MB]
Advisor - U. S. Inan
Date - March 2000

Dermikol, Mehmet K.

Title - VLF Remote Sensing of the Ambient and Modified Lower Ionosphere [PDF 4.0 MB]
Advisor - U. S. Inan
Date - September 1999

Heinselman, Craig J.

Title - Auroral Effects on Meteoric Metals in the Upper Atmosphere [PDF 13.3 MB]
Advisor - U. S. Inan
Date - June 1999

Lauben, David Scott

Title - Precipitation of Radiation Belt Electrons by Obliquely-Propagating Lightning-Generated Whistler Waves [B&W PDF 4.2 MB]
[Color PDF 29 MB]
Advisor - U. S. Inan
Date - October 1998

Reising, Steven

Title - Remote Sensing of the Electrodynamic Coupling Between Thunderstorm Systems and the Mesosphere/Lower Ionosphere [PDF 3.5 MB]
Advisor - U. S. Inan
Date - June 1998

Cummer, Steven A.

Title - Lightning and Ionospheric Remote Sensing Using VLF/ELF Radio Atmospherics [PDF 1.6 MB]
Advisor - U. S. Inan
Date - August 1997

Pasko, Victor P.

Title - Dynamic Coupling of Quasi-Electrostatic Thundercloud Fields to the Mesosphere and Lower Ionosphere [PDF 2.9 MB]
Advisor - U. S. Inan
Date - July 1996

Shafer, David C.

Title - Spread-Spectrum VLF Remote Sensing of the Ionosphere [PDF 4.8 MB]
[HTML]
Advisor - U. S. Inan
Date - July 1994

Rodriguez, Juan V.

Title - Modification of the Earth's Ionosphere by Very-Low-Frequency Transmitters [PDF 6.7 MB]
Advisor - U. S. Inan
Date - June 1994

Mielke, Thomas A.

Title - Aspects of the Magnetospheric Amplification Phenomenon in Ducted Whistler-mode Waves [PDF 2.4 MB]
Advisor - R. A. Helliwell
Date - Dec 1993

Taranenko, Yuri N.

Title - Interaction with the Lower Ionosphere of Electromagnetic Pulses from Lightning: Heating, Attachment, Ionization, and Optical Emissions [PDF 3.8 MB]
Advisor - U. S. Inan
Date - Sep 1993

Draganov, Alexandr B.

Title - The Origin and k-Spectrum of Magnetospheric Hiss [PDF 4.3 MB]
Advisor - U. S. Inan
Date - Sep 1993

Ristic-Djurovic, Jasna L.

Title - Gyroresonant Scattering of Radiation Belt Electrons by Oblique Whistler Waves [PDF 3.8 MB]
Advisor - U. S. Inan
Date - May 1993

Burgess, William C.

Title - Lightning-Induced Coupling of the Radiation Belts to Geomagnetically Conjugate Ionospheric Regions [PDF 5.5 MB]
Advisor - U. S. Inan
Date - Mar 1993

Poulsen, William L.

Title - Modeling of Very Low Frequency Wave Propagation and Scattering within the Earth-Ionosphere Waveguide in the Presence of Lower Ionospheric Disturbances [PDF 5.1 MB]
Advisor - U. S. Inan
Date - Nov 1991

Wolf, Thomas G.

Title - Remote Sensing of Ionospheric Effects Associated with Lightning Using Very Low Frequency Radio Signals [PDF 5.5 MB]
Advisor - U. S. Inan
Date - Jan 1990

Sa', Luiz A. D.

Title - Spectral Structure and Generation Mechanism of Ducted VLF Whistler Mode Sideband Waves [PDF 3.3 MB]
Advisor - R. A. Helliwell
Date - Dec 1989

Ngo, Hoc D.

Title - Electrostatic Waves Stimulated by VLF Whistler Mode Waves Scattering from Magnetic-field-aligned Plasma Density Irregularities
Advisor - R. A. Helliwell
Date - Dec 1989

Paschal, Evans W.

Title - Phase Measurements of Very Low Frequency Signals from the Magnetosphere
Advisor - R. A. Helliwell
Date - Jan 1988

Gail, William Baugh

Title - Gyroresonant Wave-Particle Interactions in a Dynamic Magnetosphere [PDF 5.9 MB]
Advisor - R. A. Helliwell
Date - June 1987

Carlson, Curtis R.

Title - Simulation and Modeling of Whistler Mode Wave Growth through Cyclotron Resonance with Energetic Electrons in the Magnetosphere [PDF 12.1 MB]
Advisor - R. A. Helliwell
Date - June 1987

Sonwalkar Vikas S.

Title - New Signal Analysis Techniques and Their Applications in Space Physics
Advisor - R. A. Helliwell
Date - June 1986

Fortnam, Bruce R.

Title - An Automatic System for Global Monitoring of ELF and VLF Radio Noise Phenomena
Advisor - R. A. Helliwell
Date - June 1985

Chang, Hung-chun

Title - Cyclotron Resonant Scattering of Energetic Electrons by Electromagnetic Waves in the Magnetosphere
Advisor - R. A. Helliwell
Date - Sep 1983

Tkalcevic, Slobodan

Title - Nonlinear Longitudinal Resonance Interaction of Energetic Charged Particles and VLF Waves in the Magnetosphere
Advisor - R. A. Helliwell
Date - May 1982

Doolittle, J. H.

Title - Modification of the Ionosphere by VLF Wave-Induced Electron Precipitation
Advisor - R. A. Helliwell
Date - Jan 1982

Chang, Donald C. D.

Title - VLF Wave-Wave Interaction Experiments in the Magnetosphere
Advisor - R. A. Helliwell
Date - May 1978

Dingle, Bruce Kenneth

Title - Burst Precipitation of Energetic Electrons from the Magnetosphere
Advisor - R. A. Helliwell
Date - Dec 1977

Seely, Nathan T. III

Title - Whistler Propagation in a Distorted Quiet-time Model Magnetosphere
Advisor - R. A. Helliwell
Date - Aug 1977

Inan, Umran S.

Title - Non-linear Gyroresonant Interactions of Energetic Particles and Coherent VLF Waves in the Magnetosphere
Advisor - R. A. Helliwell
Date - Aug 1977

Raghuram, Rajagopalan

Title - Supperssion Effects Associated with VLF Transmitter Signals Injected into the Magnetosphere
Advisor - R. A. Helliwell
Date - Mar 1977

Leavitt, Mark K.

Title - A Frequency-Tracking Direction Finder for Whistlers and Other Very Low Frequency Signals
Advisor - R. A. Helliwell
Date - Dec 1975

Crystal, Thomas L.

Title - Nonlinear Currents Stimulated by Monochromatic Whistler-Mode (WM) Waves in the Magnetosphere
Advisor - R. A. Helliwell
Date - May 1975

Stiles, Gardiner S.

Title - Digital Spectra of Artificially Stimulated VLF Emissions
Advisor - R. A. Helliwell
Date - Dec 1974

Ho, Diem

Title - Quasi-Periodic (QP) VLF Emissions in the Magnetosphere
Advisor - R. A. Helliwell
Date - Dec 1974

Dejnakarintra, Mongkol

Title - A Theoretical Study of Electrical Coupling Between the Troposphere, Ionosphere, and Magnetosphere
Advisor - R. A. Helliwell
Date - Dec 1974

Siren, Jan C.

Title - Fast Hisslers: A Form of Magnetospheric Radio Emissions
Advisor - R. A. Helliwell
Date - Aug 1974

Burtis, William J.

Title - Magnetospheric Chorus
Advisor - R. A. Helliwell
Date - Aug 1974

Dunckel, Nicholas

Title - Low-Frequency Radio Emissions from the Earth and Sun
Advisor - R. A. Helliwell
Date - May 1974

Bernard, L. C.

Title - Amplitude Variations of Whistler-mode Signals Caused by their Interaction with Energetic Electrons of the Magnetosphere
Advisor - R. A. Helliwell
Date - Dec 1973

Dantas, Nelson H.

Title - OGO-4 Satellite Observations of Whistler-mode Propagation Effects Associated with Caustics in the Magnetosphere
Advisor - R. A. Helliwell
Date - Oct 1972

Cousins, Michael D.

Title - Direction Finding on Whistlers and Related VLF Signals
Advisor - R. A. Helliwell
Date - May 1972

Edgar, Bruce C.

Title - The Structure of the Magnetosphere as deduced from Magnetospherically Reflected Whistlers
Advisor - R. A. Helliwell
Date - March 1972

Muzzio, Jose Luiz

Title - ELF Propagation in the Plasmasphere Based on Satellite Observations of Discrete and Continuous Forms
Advisor - R. A. Helliwell
Date - 1972

Park, C. G.

Title - A Whistler Study of the Interchange of Ionization Between the Ionosphere and the Protonosphere
Advisor - R. A. Helliwell
Date - Aug 1970

Wang, T. N. C.

Title - VLF Input Impedance Characteristics of an Electric Antenna in a Magnetoplasma
Advisor - R. A. Helliwell
Date - May 1970

Walter, Fernando

Title - Nonducted VLF Propagation in the Magnetosphere
Advisor - R. A. Helliwell
Date - Oct 1969

Scarabucci, Rege R.

Title - Interpretation of VLF Signals Observed on the OGO-4 Satellite
Advisor - R. A. Helliwell
Date - Oct 1969

Heyborne, Robert L.

Title - Observations of Whistler-mode Signals in the OGO Satellites from VLF Ground Station Transmitters
Advisor - R. A. Helliwell
Date - Nov 1966

Angerami, J. J.

Title - A Whistler Study of the Distribution of Thermal Electrons in the Magnetosphere
Advisor - R. A. Helliwell
Date - May 1966

Hall, Harry

Title - A New Model for Impulsive Phenomena: Application to Atmospheric-noise Communication Channels Interpretation of Impedance Probe Measurements in the Ionosphere
Advisor - R. A. Helliwell
Date - 1966

Grard, R. J. L.

Title - Interpretation of Impedance Probe Measurements in the Ionosphere
Advisor - R. A. Helliwell
Date - Dec 1965

Guthart, Harold

Title - Whistlers in a Thermal Magnetosphere
Advisor - R. A. Helliwell
Date - Oct 1964

Brice, Neil M.

Title - Discrete VLF Emissions from the Upper Atmosphere
Advisor - R. A. Helliwell
Date - Aug 1964

Bell, T. F.

Title - Wave Particle Gyroresonance Interactions in the Earth's Outer Ionosphere
Advisor - R. A. Helliwell
Date - May 1964

Carpenter, D. L.

Title - The Magnetosphere during Magnetic Storms; A Whistler Analysis
Advisor - R. A. Helliwell
Date - Jun 1962

Crary, J. H.

Title - The Effect of the Earth-Ionosphere Waveguide on Whistlers
Advisor - R. A. Helliwell
Date - Jul 1961

Smith, R. L.

Title - The Use of Nose Whistlers in the Study of the Outer Ionosphere
Advisor - R. A. Helliwell
Date - Jul 1960