Jeffrey M. Forbes

Jeffrey M. Forbes
Glenn Murphy Professor
Aerospace Engineering Sciences
University of Colorado
Boulder, CO 80309-0429
Phone: 303-735-0551
forbes@colorado.edu

 

Focus Area

Remote Sensing, Earth, & Space Sciences

Education

Ph.D., Applied Physics, Harvard University, 1975
M.S., Electrical Engineering, University of Illinois, 1970
B.S., Electrical Engineering, University of Rhode Island, 1968

Professional Experience

2008-2012, Chair, Aerospace Engineering Sciences, University of Colorado
1993-Present, Professor, Aerospace Engineering Sciences, University of Colorado
1992-1993, Visiting Scientist, High Altitude Observatory, National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder
1987-1994, Professor, Electrical, Computer, and Systems Engineering, Boston University

Awards (selected)

Fellow, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (2012)
AIAA Robert M. Losey Atmospheric Sciences Award (2009)
Fellow, American Geophysical Union (2008)
Glenn Murphy Endowed Chair, Department of Aerospace Engineering Sciences, University of Colorado at Boulder (2005-present)
Nicolet Lecturer, Meeting of the American Geophysical Union (2004)
Air Force Meritorious Service Medal (1991)
Distinguished Visiting Scholar, Department of Physics, University of Adelaide, South Australia (1986)
Air Force Commendation Medal (1974)

Research Interests

Professor Forbes' research interests include the upper atmosphere environments of Earth, Mars, and other planets; coupling of these environments to lower altitudes and to solar variability; geomagnetic storm effects on satellite drag variability; the vertical propagation of tides and planetary waves in planetary atmospheres, and their electrodynamic and chemical effects; utilization of accelerometer, satellite drag, and satellite remote sensing data to elucidate atmospheric variability, and to test, validate and develop upper atmosphere models. He also conducts numerical simulations of the above phenomena.

Publications (selected)

Forbes, J. M., X. Zhang, S. Bruinsma, and J. Oberheide, Sun-synchronous thermal tides in exosphere temperature from CHAMP and GRACE accelerometer measurements, J. Geophys. Res., 116, A11309, doi:10.1029/2011JA016855, 2011.

Miyoshi, Y., Forbes, J.M., and Y. Moudden, A new perspective on gravity waves in the Martian atmosphere: sources and features, J. Geophys. Res., 116, E09009, doi:10.1029/2011JE0038002011.

Moudden, Y., and J. M. Forbes, Simulated planetary wave-tide interactions in the atmosphere of Mars, J. Geophys. Res., Vol. 116, No. E1, E01004 http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2010JE003698, 2011.

Moudden, Y., and J. M. Forbes, First detection of wave interactions in the middle atmosphere of Mars, Geophys. Res . Lett., 38, L04202, doi:10.1029/2010GL045592, 2011.

Pedatella, N.M., J. M. Forbes, and A. D. Richmond, Seasonal and longitudinal variations of the solar quiet (Sq) current system during solar minimum determined by CHAMP satellite magnetic field observations, J. Geophys. Res., 116, A04317, doi:10.1029/2010JA016289, 2011.

Pedatella, N.M. and J.M. Forbes, Electrodynamic Response of the Ionosphere to High-Speed Solar-Wind Streams, J. Geophys. Res., 116, A12310, doi:10.1029/2011JA017050, 2011.

Bruinsma, S. L., and J. M. Forbes, Anomalous behavior of the thermosphere during solar minimum observed by CHAMP and GRACE, J. Geophys. Res., 115, A11323, doi:10.1029/2010JA015605, 2010.

Moudden, Y., and J. M. Forbes, A new interpretation of Mars aerobraking variability: Planetary wave-tide interactions, J. Geophys. Res., 115, E09005, doi:10.1029/2009JE003542, 2010.

Pedatella, N. M., and J. M. Forbes, Evidence for stratosphere sudden warming-ionosphere coupling due to vertically propagating tides, Geophys. Res. Lett., 37, L11104, doi:10.1029/2010GL043560, 2010.

Forbes, J. M., S. L. Bruinsma, X. Zhang, and J. Oberheide, Surface-exosphere coupling due to thermal tides, Geophys. Res. Lett., 36, L15812, doi:10.1029/2009GL038748, 2009.

Forbes J. M., Y. Moudden, Solar terminator wave in a Mars general circulation model, Geophys. Res. Lett., 36, L17201, doi:10.1029/2009GL039528, 2009.

Forbes J. M., F. G. Lemoine, S. L. Bruinsma, M. D. Smith, X. Zhang, Solar flux variability of Mars' exosphere densities and temperatures, Geophys. Res. Lett., 35, L01201, doi:10.1029/2007GL031904, 2008.

Forbes, J. M., X. Zhang, S. Palo, J. Russell, C. J. Mertens, and M. Mlynczak,Tidal variability in the ionospheric dynamo region, J. Geophys. Res., 113, A02310, doi:10.1029/2007JA012737, 2008.

Forbes, J.M., Dynamics of the Thermosphere, invited review for 125th anniversary issue, J. Meteorol. Soc. Japan, 85B, 193-213, 2007.

Forbes, J.M., Bruinsma, S., and F.G. Lemoine, Solar rotation effects in the thermospheres of Mars and Earth, Science, 312, 1366-1368, 2006.

Forbes, J.M., and S. Miyahara, Solar Semidiurnal Tide in the Dusty Mars Atmosphere, J. Atmos. Sci., 63 (7), 1798-1817, 2006. See highlight of this article in Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 87 (9), 1180-1181, 2006.

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