Sciences and Exploration Directorate

Douglas M Rabin

(RSCH AST, SOLAR & SOLAR TRSTRL STD)

Douglas M Rabin's Contact Card & Information.
Email: douglas.rabin@nasa.gov
Phone: 301.286.5682
Org Code: 670
Address:
NASA/GSFC
Mail Code 670
Greenbelt, MD 20771
Employer:
NASA

Missions & Projects

Brief Bio


Doug Rabin studies the structure and dynamics of the solar corona and enjoys pursuing that science through new instrumentation and mission development. He was principal investigator of the Extreme Ultraviolet Normal Incidence Spectrograph (EUNIS) sounding rocket investigation through three successful flights that probed the variability of the corona and transition region on timescales as short as 20 seconds. He is deputy project scientist for the TSIS (Total and Spectral Solar Irradiance Sensor) mission operating on the International Space Station since 2018, as well as the TSIS-2 mission in development.


Doug is currently focused on spectral imaging of the corona with ultrahigh spatial resolution (less than 100 km on the Sun). To that end, he is a co-investigator on NSF's VISORS (Virtual Super Optics Reconfigurable Swarm) mission slated for launch in 2025 and leads a team developing the Coronal Microscale Observatory mission concept.


Doug Rabin also serves as associate director for staff development in the Heliophysics Science Division and senior project scientist for the Heliophysics Science Support Office. He has served on numerous NASA and NSF committees and advisory groups and is a member of the American Astronomical Society, the American Geophysical Union, and the International Astronomical Union.

Selected Publications


Refereed

2011. "Electron Temperatures and Flow Speeds of the Low Solar Corona: MACS Results from the Total Solar Eclipse of 29 March 2006 in Libya." Solar Physics 270 (1): 235-251 [10.1007/s11207-011-9736-3] [Journal Article/Letter]

2009. "Electron-Temperature Maps of the Low Solar Corona: ISCORE Results from the Total Solar Eclipse of 29 March 2006 in Libya." Electron-Temperature Maps of the Low Solar Corona: ISCORE Results from the Total Solar Eclipse of 29 March 2006 in Libya 260 (2): 347-361 [Full Text] [10.1007/s11207-009-9457-z] [Journal Article/Letter]

2008. "Transition Region Velocity Oscillations Observed by EUNIS-06." The Astrophysical Journal 682 1363-1369 [10.1086/589231] [Journal Article/Letter]

2004. "Coronal Heating, Spicules, and SolarB." The Solar-B Mission and the Forefront of Solar Physics 325 283- [Journal Article/Letter]

1996. "Magnetic Roots of Enhanced High Coronal Loops." IAU Colloq. 153: Magnetodynamic Phenomena in the Solar Atmosphere - Prototypes of Stellar Magnetic Activity 429- [Journal Article/Letter]

1995. "Eclipse Measurements of the Distribution of CO Emission Above the Solar Limb." Infrared tools for solar astrophysics: What's next? 133- [Journal Article/Letter]

1994. "Infrared solar physics: proceedings of the 154th Symposium of the International Astronomical Union, held in Tucson, Arizona, U.S.A., March 2-6, 1992." Infrared Solar Physics 154 - [Journal Article/Letter]

1989. "Chromospheric explosions." Energetic Phenomena on the Sun 303-375 [Journal Article/Letter]

1986. "Chromospheric explosions." NASA Conference Publication 2439 4- [Journal Article/Letter]

1986. "Measurement and interpretation of magnetic shear in solar active regions." Advances in Space Research 6 7-16 [10.1016/0273-1177(86)90105-5] [Journal Article/Letter]

1985. "Graphic displays of vector magnetograph data." NASA Conference Publication 2374 454-466 [Journal Article/Letter]

1985. "Evidence for submergence of magnetic flux in a growing active region." NASA Conference Publication 2374 437- [Journal Article/Letter]

1985. "Evidence for submergencew of magnetic flux in a growing active region." Measurements of Solar Vector Magnetic Fields 437- [Journal Article/Letter]

Non-Refereed

2012. "Test Plan for a calibration demonstration system for the reflected solar instrument for the Climate Absolute Radiance and Refractivity Observatory." Proceeding of SPIE 8516 [10.1117/12.930337] [Proceedings]

2012. "Instrumentation and first results of the reflected solar demonstration system for the Climate Absolute Radiance and Refractivity Observatory." Proceeding of SPIE 8510 [10.1117/12.930950] [Proceedings]