Jeffrey M. Forbes

Jeffrey M. Forbes
Department Chair
Glenn Murphy Professor
Aerospace Engineering Sciences
University of Colorado
Boulder, CO 80309-0429
Phone: (303) 492-4359
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

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)

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., F. G. Lemoine, S. L. Bruinsma, M. D. Smith, and 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., S. L. Bruinsma, Y. Miyoshi, and H. Fujiwara, A solar terminator wave in thermosphere neutral densities measured by the CHAMP satellite, Geophys. Res. Lett., 35, L14802, doi:10.1029/2008GL034075, 2008.

Moudden Y., J. M. Forbes, Topographic connections with density waves in Mars' aerobraking regime, J. Geophys. Res., 113, E11009, doi:10.1029/2008JE003107, 2008.

Forbes, J. M., and A. Konopliv, Oscillation of Venus' upper atmosphere, Geophys. Res. Lett., 34, L08202, doi:101029/2007GL029252, 2007.

Forbes, J.M., Bruinsma, S., Lemoine, F.G., Bowman, B.R., and A. Konopliv, Variability of the Satellite Drag Environments of Earth, Mars and Venus due to Rotation of the Sun, J. Spacecraft & Rockets, 44, 1160-1164, 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.

Forbes, J.M., J. Russell, S. Miyahara, X. Zhang, S. Palo, M. Mlynczak, Mertens, C.J., and M.E. Hagan, Troposphere-Thermosphere tidal coupling as Measured by the SABER Instrument on TIMED during July-September, 2002, J. Geophys. Res., 111, A10S06, doi:10.1029/2005JA011492, 2006.

Zhang, X. (PhD student), J.M. Forbes, J. Russell, S. Palo, M. Mlynczak, C.J. Mertens, and M.E. Hagan, A climatology of tidal temperatures from TIMED/SABER, J. Geophys. Res., 111, A10S08, doi:10.1029/2005JA011504, 2006.

Forbes, J. M., G. Lu, S. Bruinsma, S. Nerem, and X. Zhang, Thermosphere density variations due to the 15-24 April 2002 solar events from CHAMP/STAR accelerometer measurements, J. Geophys. Res., 110, A12S27, doi:10.1029/ 2004JA010856, 2005.

Sutton, E. K. (PhD student), J. M. Forbes, and R. S. Nerem, Global thermospheric neutral density and wind response to the severe 2003 geomagnetic storms from CHAMP accelerometer data, J. Geophys. Res., 110, A09S40, doi:10.1029/2004JA010985, 2005.

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