Antti Aleksi Pulkkinen (he/him/his)
(Director)
| Email: | antti.a.pulkkinen@nasa.gov |
| Phone: | 301.286.0652 |
| Org Code: | 670 |
| Address: |
NASA/GSFC Mail Code 670 Greenbelt, MD 20771 |
| Employer: |
Positions/Employment
Associate Director
Institute for Astrophysics and Computational Sciences, The Catholic University of America - Washington, DC and Greenbelt, MD (NASA GSFC)
September 2011 - April 2013
Research Associate
The Catholic University of America - Washington, DC and NASA GSFC
September 2010 - September 2011
Associate Research Scientist
University of Maryland, Baltimore County - NASA GSFC
January 2009 - August 2010
Research Astrophysicist
NASA - GSFC
April 2013 - June 2017
Acting Deputy Director, Heliophysics Science Division
NASA, GSFC - Greenbelt, MD
June 2017 - August 2018
Deputy Director, Heliophysics Science Division
NASA - Greenbelt, MD
August 2018 - September 2020
Acting Director, Heliophysics Science Division
NASA, GSFC - Greenbelt, MD
September 2020 - June 2021
Director, Heliophysics Science Division
NASA, GSFC - Greenbelt, MD
June 2021 - Present
Publications
Refereed
2021. "Oceanic and Atmospheric Correlations to Cetacean Mass Stranding Events in Cape Cod Massachusetts, USA." Geophysical Research Letters [10.1029/2021gl093697] [Journal Article/Letter]
2021. "Recreating the Horizontal Magnetic Field at Colaba during the Carrington Event with Geospace Simulations." Space Weather 19 e2020JA028284 [10.1029/2020sw002585] [Journal Article/Letter]
2019. "Application Usability Levels: A Framework for Tracking Project Product Progress." J. Space Weather Space Clim. 9 A34 [https://doi.org/10.1051/swsc/2019030] [Journal Article/Letter]
2017. "Geomagnetically induced currents: Science, engineering, and applications readiness." Space Weather 15 (7): 828-856 [10.1002/2016sw001501] [Journal Article/Letter]
2016. "Prediction of shock arrival times from CME and flare data." Space Weather 14 (8): 544–562 [10.1002/2016sw001361] [Journal Article/Letter]
2015. "Ensemble Modeling of CMEs Using the WSA–ENLIL+Cone Model." Sol Phys 290 (6): 1775-1814 [10.1007/s11207-015-0692-1] [Journal Article/Letter]
2015. "Predicting the magnetic vectors within coronal mass ejections arriving at Earth: 1. Initial architecture." Space Weather 13 374 [Full Text] [10.1002/2015SW001171] [Journal Article/Letter]
2015. "Spatio-Temporal Scaling of Turbulent Photospheric Line-of-Sight Magnetic Field in Active Region NOAA 11158." SOLAR PHYSICS 290 335-350 [10.1007/s11207-014-0636-1] [Journal Article/Letter]
2014. "CalcDeltaB: An efficient postprocessing tool to calculate ground-level magnetic perturbations from global magnetosphere simulations." SPACE WEATHER-THE INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF RESEARCH AND APPLICATIONS 12 553-565 [10.1002/2014SW001083] [Journal Article/Letter]
2014. "Modeling extreme 'Carrington-type' space weather events using three-dimensional global MHD simulations." JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-SPACE PHYSICS 119 4456-4474 [10.1002/2013JA019661] [Journal Article/Letter]
2013. "Forecasting propagation and evolution of CMEs in an operational setting: What has been learned." Space Weather 11 (10): 557-574 [10.1002/swe.20096] [Journal Article/Letter]
2013. "The SCORE Scale: A Coronal Mass Ejection Typification System Based on Speed." Space Weather [10.1002/swe.20058] [Journal Article/Letter]
2013. "Ensemble forecasting of coronal mass ejections using the WSA-ENLIL with CONED Model." SPACE WEATHER-THE INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF RESEARCH AND APPLICATIONS 11 95-106 [10.1002/swe.20019] [Journal Article/Letter]
2013. "Community-wide validation of geospace model ground magnetic field perturbation predictions to support model transition to operations." SPACE WEATHER-THE INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF RESEARCH AND APPLICATIONS 11 369-385 [10.1002/swe.20056] [Journal Article/Letter]
2013. "On the performance of global magnetohydrodynamic models in the Earth's magnetosphere." Space Weather 11 313-326 [10.1002/swe.20055] [Journal Article/Letter]
2013. "A major solar eruptive event in July 2012: Defining extreme space weather scenarios." SPACE WEATHER-THE INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF RESEARCH AND APPLICATIONS 11 585-591 [10.1002/swe.20097] [Journal Article/Letter]
2013. "Simulation of the 23 July 2012 extreme space weather event: What if this extremely rare CME was Earth directed?." SPACE WEATHER-THE INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF RESEARCH AND APPLICATIONS 11 671-679 [Journal Article/Letter]
2013. "Tracking the momentum flux of a CME and quantifying its influence on geomagnetically induced currents at Earth." Space Weather 11 245-261 [10.1002/swe.20038] [Journal Article/Letter]
2011. "Numerical simulation of CMEs and SEPs in the inner heliosphere in August 2010." AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts 2017- [Journal Article/Letter]
2011. "Evaluating predictions of ICME arrival at Earth and Mars." Space Weather 9 [0-10.1029/2011SW000682] [Journal Article/Letter]
2011. "Geomagnetically induced currents - physics, applications and extreme events." AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts 1- [Journal Article/Letter]
2011. "Geospace Environment Modeling 2008-2009 Challenge: Ground magnetic field perturbations." SPACE WEATHER-THE INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF RESEARCH AND APPLICATIONS 9 [10.1029/2010SW000600] [Journal Article/Letter]
2011. "Modeling of coronal mass ejections that caused particularly large geomagnetic storms using ENLIL heliosphere cone model." SPACE WEATHER-THE INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF RESEARCH AND APPLICATIONS 9 [10.1029/2010SW000642] [Journal Article/Letter]
2010. "Automatic Determination of the Conic Coronal Mass Ejection Model Parameters." Solar Physics 261 115-126 [10.1007/s11207-009-9473-z] [Journal Article/Letter]
2010. "Modeling geomagnetically induced currents in Hokkaido, Japan." Advances in Space Research 46 1087-1093 [10.1016/j.asr.2010.05.024] [Journal Article/Letter]
2010. "CMEs at Earth and Mars." AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts A1810- [Journal Article/Letter]
2010. "Modeling and forecasting geomagnetically induced currents in Hokkaido, Japan." AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts A4- [Journal Article/Letter]
2010. "Dynamics of ring current and electric fields in the inner magnetosphere during disturbed periods: CRCM-BATS-R-US coupled model." Journal of Geophysical Research (Space Physics) 115 [5210-10.1029/2009JA014621] [Journal Article/Letter]
2010. "Modeling of Coronal Mass Ejections That Caused Particularly Large Geomagnetic Storms Using ENLIL Heliosphere Cone Model." AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts 1690- [Journal Article/Letter]
2010. "Dynamics of ring current and electric fields in the inner magnetosphere during disturbed periods: CRCM–BATS-R-US coupled model." J. Geophys. Res. 115 (A5): A05210 [10.1029/2009JA014621] [Journal Article/Letter]
2010. "Systematic evaluation of ground and geostationary magnetic field predictions generated by global magnetohydrodynamic models." J. Geophys. Res. 115 (A3): A03206 [10.1029/2009JA014537] [Journal Article/Letter]
2009. "A Preliminary Comparison Between SuperDARN Flow Vectors and Equivalent Ionospheric Currents From the GIMA, Greenland, MACCS, THEMIS, CARISMA, and CANMOS Ground Magnetometer Arrays." AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts A1703- [Journal Article/Letter]
2009. "Automatic determination of the conic coronal mass ejection model parameters." AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts A8- [Journal Article/Letter]
2009. "Validation of the coronal mass ejection predictions at the Earth orbit estimated by ENLIL heliosphere cone model." SPACE WEATHER-THE INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF RESEARCH AND APPLICATIONS 7 [10.1029/2008SW000448] [Journal Article/Letter]
2008. "Solar wind drivers of large geomagnetically induced currents during the solar cycle 23." Space Weather 6 [10002-10.1029/2007SW000374] [Journal Article/Letter]
2008. "Equivalent ionospheric currents from the GIMA, Greenland, MACCS, and THEMIS ground magnetometer arrays." AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts A1693- [Journal Article/Letter]
2007. "Determination of ground conductivity and system parameters for optimal modeling of geomagnetically induced current flow in technological systems." Earth, Planets, and Space 59 999-1006 [Full Text] [10.1186/BF03352040] [Journal Article/Letter]
2007. "Spatiotemporal Characteristics of the Ground Electromagnetic Field Fluctuations in the Auroral Region and Implications on the Predictability of Geomagnetically Induced Currents." Space Weather : Research Towards Applications in Europe 2nd European Space Weather Week (ESWW2) 344 [299-10.1007/1-4020-5446-7_26] [Journal Article/Letter]
2007. "Metrics analysis of the coupled Block Adaptive-Tree Solar Wind Roe-Type Upwind Scheme and Fok ring current model performance." SPACE WEATHER-THE INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF RESEARCH AND APPLICATIONS 5 (11): [10.1029/2007SW000321] [Journal Article/Letter]
2007. "First-principles modeling of geomagnetically induced electromagnetic fields and currents from upstream solar wind to the surface of the Earth." ANNALES GEOPHYSICAE 25 (4): 881-893 [Journal Article/Letter]
2006. "S-transform view of geomagnetically induced currents during geomagnetic superstorms." 36th COSPAR Scientific Assembly 36 2502- [Journal Article/Letter]
2006. "Estimation of geomagnetically induced current levels from different input data." 36th COSPAR Scientific Assembly 36 2500- [Journal Article/Letter]
2006. "S-transform analysis of geomagnetically induced currents during intense geomagnetic storms." AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts 5- [Journal Article/Letter]
2006. "Comparative study of the spatiotemporal scaling behavior of the ground geomagnetic field fluctuations and auroral UV emissions." 36th COSPAR Scientific Assembly 36 2509- [Journal Article/Letter]
2005. "Magnetospheric substorms are strongly modulated by interplanetary high-speed streams." Geophysical Research Letters 32 [16104-10.1029/2005GL023318] [Journal Article/Letter]
2005. "The role of 3-D geomagnetic induction in the determination of the ionospheric currents from the ground geomagnetic data." Annales Geophysicae 23 909-917 [10.5194/angeo-23-909-2005] [Journal Article/Letter]
2005. "Nonlinear Modeling of the High-Latitude Geomagnetic Field and dB/dt." AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts A317- [Journal Article/Letter]
2005. "The role of random fluctuations in the magnetosphere-ionosphere system: a dynamic stochastic model for AE-index variations." AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts A408- [Journal Article/Letter]
2004. "Ionospheric currents estimated simultaneously from CHAMP satellite and IMAGE ground-based magnetic field measurements: a statisticalstudy at auroral latitudes." Annales Geophysicae 22 417-430 [10.5194/angeo-22-417-2004] [Journal Article/Letter]
2004. "Fast computation of the geoelectric field using the method of elementary current systems and planar Earth models." Annales Geophysicae 22 101-113 [10.5194/angeo-22-101-2004] [Journal Article/Letter]
2004. "The role of 3D geomagnetic induction in the determination of the ionospheric currents from the ground geomagnetic data." 35th COSPAR Scientific Assembly 35 646- [Journal Article/Letter]
2004. "Indicator for the effects of geomagnetically induced currents on power transmission systems." 35th COSPAR Scientific Assembly 35 644- [Journal Article/Letter]
2004. "Auroras Now! - Auroral nowcasting service for Hotels in Finnish Lapland and its performance during winter 2003-2004." AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts 246- [Journal Article/Letter]
2004. "A dynamic model of the high-latitude geomagnetic field." AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts A6- [Journal Article/Letter]
2003. "Mesoscale and semiglobal scale view of the ionospheric electrodynamics of auroral torches." AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts A97- [Journal Article/Letter]
2003. "April 2000 geomagnetic storm: ionospheric drivers of large geomagnetically induced currents." Annales Geophysicae 21 709-717 [10.5194/angeo-21-709-2003] [Journal Article/Letter]
2003. "Separation of the geomagnetic variation field on the ground into external and internal parts using the spherical elementary current system method." Earth, Planets, and Space 55 117-129 [Full Text] [10.1186/BF03351739] [Journal Article/Letter]
2002. "April 2000 Geomagnetic Storm: Ionospheric Drivers of Large Geomagnetically Induced Currents." AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts A495- [Journal Article/Letter]
2001. "Time derivative of the horizontal geomagnetic field as an activity indicator." Annales Geophysicae 19 1107-1118 [10.5194/angeo-19-1107-2001] [Journal Article/Letter]
2001. "At substorm onset, 40% of AL comes from underground." Journal of Geophysical Research 106 13119-13134 [10.1029/2000JA900135] [Journal Article/Letter]
2001. "Breakdown caused by a geomagnetically induced current in the Finnish telesystem in 1958." Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics 63 1099-1103 [10.1016/S1364-6826(01)00021-9] [Journal Article/Letter]
2000. "On the Coordinated use of MIRACLE and Satellite Observations - a Case Study of a Space Weather Event." Cluster-II Workshop Multiscale / Multipoint Plasma Measurements 449 295- [Journal Article/Letter]
Non-Refereed
2015. "Solar Storm GIC Forecasting: Solar Shield Extension—Development of the End-User Forecasting System Requirements." Space Weather 13 (9): 531--532 [10.1002/2015SW001283] [Journal Article/Letter]
2013. "Community Coordinated Modeling Center: Paving the Way for Progress in Space Science Research to Operational Space Weather Forecasting." AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts 2235- [Journal Article/Letter]
2013. "'Where to Hide?': A Tele-Robotic Application for HEOMD's Earth-Moon L2 Mission." Lunar and Planetary Institute Science Conference Abstracts 44 2514 [Journal Article/Letter]
2011. "Enabling Space Weather research, analysis, and forecasting at the Community Coordinated Modeling Center." AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts 2- [Journal Article/Letter]
2011. "Community Coordinated Modeling Center tools for solar and space physics higher education." AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts 812- [Journal Article/Letter]
2011. "Real time modeling of coronal mass ejections using WSA/ENLIL cone model." AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts A1935- [Journal Article/Letter]
2011. "Community Coordinated Modeling Center (CCMC): Providing Access to Space Weather Models and Research Support Tools." AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts A1999- [Journal Article/Letter]
2010. "Analyses of the Recent Space Weather Events Using a Suite of Models and Observations." AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts 1866- [Journal Article/Letter]
2010. "Utilizing real-time and near real-time data in the iNtegrated Space Weather Analysis System." AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts 8- [Journal Article/Letter]
2010. "Space Weather Services at Goddard Space Flight Center." AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts A1746- [Journal Article/Letter]
2010. "Dst index in the 2008 GEM Modeling Challenge - Model performance for Moderate and Strong Magnetic Storms." AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts A1744- [Journal Article/Letter]
2010. "AFWA-CCMC partnership to advance USAF space weather forecasting capabilities." AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts A1747- [Journal Article/Letter]
2009. "Scientific Benefits of Space Science Models Archiving at Community Coordinated Modeling Center." AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts 8- [Journal Article/Letter]
2009. "AFWA-CCMC Partnership to Augment USAF Space Weather Forecasting Capabilities." AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts A3- [Journal Article/Letter]
2009. "Validation of the coronal mass ejection predictions at the Earth orbit estimated by ENLIL heliosphere cone model." Space Weather 7 [3004-10.1029/2008SW000448] [Journal Article/Letter]
2008. "Modeled cross-polar cap potential response after sudden IMF changes." AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts A1667- [Journal Article/Letter]
2008. "Inner magnetosphere--global MHD coupled code: initial results." AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts A1571- [Journal Article/Letter]
2008. "First-principles-based modeling of geomagnetically induced currents at mid- and low- latitudes." AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts 4- [Journal Article/Letter]
2007. "Heliophysical Modeling at the CCMC - Community Modeling Activities to Compliment the VHGO." AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts A264- [Journal Article/Letter]
2006. "First-principles modeling of geomagnetically induced currents from the upstream solar wind to the surface of the Earth." AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts A1358- [Journal Article/Letter]