Home > People > Faculty > Cassandra G. Fesen

Education

• University of Michigan: Ph.D., Atmospheric Sciences, 1981
• University of Michigan: M.S., Atmospheric Sciences, 1978
• University of Michigan: M.S., Physics, 1977
• University of Hawaii: B.S., Physics 1973
• Villanova University: B.S., Astronomy 1973

Experience

• 2002 - present: Professor, Dartmouth College
• 1996 - 2001: Associate Professor, U. Texas at Dallas
• 1994 - 1996: Research Associate Professor, Department of Physics andAstronomy, Dartmouth College
• 1990 - 1994: Research Associate Professor, Thayer School of Engineering, Dartmouth College
• 1985 - 1989: Research Associate, Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics, U. of Colorado
• 1983 - 1985: Postdoctoral Fellow, National Center for Atmospheric Research,Boulder, CO
• 1981 - 1983: NAS/NRC Research Associate, NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD

Honors and Awards

• Editor's citation for excellence in refereeing, Geophysical Research Letters, 2000; J. Geophysical Research, 1993.
• Guest Investigator, NASA Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite, 1994-1996.
• Postdoctoral Fellow, Advanced Study Program, National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO, 1983-1985.
• NAS/NRC Research Associateship, NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, 1981-1983.
• Distinguished Achievement Award, U of Michigan, 1981.

Contact Information

• Office: 245 Wilder
• Telephone: (603) 646-2971
• E-mail: fesen@tides.dartmouth.edu

Research Interests

Ionospheric and thermospheric dynamics, including theoretical and numerical modeling studies of the circulation, thermal structure, composition, and electrodynamics of the Earth's upper atmosphere.

Selected Recent Publications

"Modeling the low latitude thermosphere and ionosphere", C G Fesen, D L Hysell, J W Meriwether, M Mendillo, B G Fejer, R G Roble, M A Biondi, and B Reinisch, J. Atmospheric and Solar Terrestrial Physics, 64, 1337-1349 (2002).

"Effects of large horizontal winds on the equatorial electrojet", D L Hysell, J L Chau, C G Fesen, J. Geophys. Res., 107, 1214-1225, 2002.

"Zonal neutral winds at equatorial and low latitudes", C. Martinis, J. Meriwether, R. Niciejewski, M. Biondi, C. Fesen, and M. Mendillo, J. Atmos. Solar Terr. Phys., 63, 1559-1569 (2001).

"Climatology of mid-latitude and low-latitude daytime F region disturbance neutral winds measured by WINDII", J T Emmert, B. G. Fejer, C. G. Fesen, G. G. Shepherd, and B. H. Solheim, J. Geophys. Res., 106, 24,701-24,712 (2001).

"Simulation of the pre-reversal enhancement in the low latitude vertical ion drifts", C G Fesen, G Crowley, R G Roble, A D Richmond, and B G Fejer, Geophys. Res. Lett, 27, 1851-1854 (2000).

"Intercomparison of physical models and observations of the ionosphere, D. N. Anderson, M. J. Buonsanto, M. Codrescu, D. Decker, C. G. Fesen, T. J. Fuller-Rowell, B. W. Reinisch, P. G. Richards, R. G. Roble, R. W. Schunk, and J. J. Sojka, J. Geophys. Res., 103, 2179-2192 (1998).

"Theoretical effects of tides and geomagnetic activity on the low latitude ionosphere", C. G. Fesen, J. Atmos. Terres. Phys., 59, 1521-1531 (1997).

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