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Curriculum Vita
Education:
B.Sc. (Hons); M.Sc. (Hons); Ph.D.
Research Interests:
Cosmic Radiation, Plasma Physics, Sun-Earth Connections, and Nuclear Electronics.
Positions Held:
1954-62: Research Fellow, Physical Research Laboratory (PRL), Ahmedabad, India;
1962-63: Technical Assistance Expert, Nuclear Electronics, UNESCO, Paris, France;
1963-64: Distinguished Research Associate, Southwest Center for Advanced Studies, Richardson, TX;
1965-68: Scientific Director: Laboratorio de Physica Cosmica, Universidad Mayor de San
Andres, La Paz, Bolivia, South America. Supported by funds from the International Atomic
Energy Agency (IAEA), Vienna, Austria (1965-1967) and Pan American Union (PAU),
Washington, DC (1967-1968);
1967 (Summer): Invited Guest Lecturer, Summer School of Environmental and Planetary Sciences, the University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL, co-sponsored by NASA;
1968-todate: Professor, Department of Physics & Astronomy, the University of New Mexico
(UNM), Albuquerque, NM;
1987-88: Visiting Senior Scientist: sponsored by JPL, Pasadena, CA. I served in the Astrophysics and Space Physics Divisions at NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC;
2003 (Summer): Visiting Professor, Solar-Terrestrial Environmental Laboratory, Nagoya
University, Honohara 3-13, Toyokawa, Aichi, Japan, sponsored by the Ministry of Education.
Memberships in the Professional Societies, Institutes, Commissions & Unions:
Fellow: American Physical Society (APS) 1994;
Life Senior Member: Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE) 1983;
International Astronomical Union (IAU) and it's Commissions on Solar Activity (10), Space & High Energy Astrophysics (44) and The Interplanetary Plasma & the Heliosphere (49);
American Astronomical Society (AAS) and its Divisions of Solar Physics;
American Geophysical Union (AGU) and its Space Physics and Aeronomy Section;
Advisor for Theses & Dissertations at UNM.
1969, "Cosmic Ray Anisotropy in Interplanetary Space."Jacqueline H. Ericksen, Ph.D.;
1969, "A Study of the Sidereal Diurnal Variation of Cosmic Rays Underground." Albert
Brunsting, M.S.;
1973, "Pitch Angle Diffusion of Relativistic Electrons in the Plasmasphere." George
A.Kuck, Ph.D.;
1977, "Analysis of the Microscopic Structure of the Sheath Between A Uniform Plasma
and Confining Electromagnetic Fields in High-β Devices." Leo J. Rahal, Ph.D.;
1980, "Barometric Coefficient for the Dallas Neutron Monitor." J. Douglas Beason,
M.S.;
1986, "The Diurnal Variation in Cosmic Ray Intensity." James F. Riker, Ph.D.;
1989, "An Experimental Study of the Microwave Transmission Through a Decaying
Plasma." Kyle J. Hendricks, Ph.D.;
1990, "The Diurnal Anisotropy of Cosmic Rays During the Descending Phase of the Solar
Activity Cycle 21." Ismail S. Sabbah, Ph.D.;
1994, "The Solar Semidiurnal and Tridiurnal Anisotropies of Cosmic Ray Modulation."
Michael M. Fikani, Ph.D.
Selected Referred Articles
Repetitive patterns in the recovery phase of cosmic ray eleven -year modulation. J. Geophys. Res.,
99, 11561, 1994.
Cosmic ray transverse gradient for a Hale cycle. J. Geophys. Res., 99, 23515, 1994.
Present status of the recovery phase of cosmic ray eleven -year modulation. J. Geophys. Res., 101,
4879, 1996. Coauthor: Margaret D. Wilson.
Cosmic ray solar semidiurnal anisotropy. 1. Treatment of Experimental Data. J. Geophys. Res.,
101, 11075, 1996. Coauthor: M.M. Fikani.
Cosmic ray solar semidiurnal anisotropy. 2. Heliospheric Relationships of Anisotropy Parameters.
J. Geophys. Res., 101, 11087, 1996. Coauthor: M.M. Fikani.
Measurements of transverse cosmic ray particle density gradients at high rigidities in the
Ulysses era. J. Geophys. Res., 101, 13549, 1996.
Transverse cosmic ray gradients in the heliosphere and the Solar Diurnal Anisotropy. J.
Geophys. Res., 102, 17433, 1997. Coauthor: L.I. Dorman.
Galactic cosmic ray intensity variations at a high latitude sea level site 1937-1994. J. Geophys.
Res., 102, 24229, 1997.
The predicted size of cycle 23 based on the inferred three- cycle quasi-periodicity of the planetary
index Ap, J. Geophys. Res., 103, 12103, 1998.
The development of solar cycle 23 (Reply to Wilson and Hathaway's Comment), J. Geophys. Res.,
104, 2559, 1999.
Galactic cosmic ray transport in the heliosphere: Diffusive anisotropy 1965-1994, Adv. Space
Res., 23, 475, 1999. Solicited Contributed Paper, 32nd COSPAR Scientific Assembly, Nagoya,
Japan. Coauthors: S.S. Xue and M.M. Fikani.
Galactic cosmic ray diurnal modulation, interplanetary magnetic field intensity and the planetary
index Ap, Geophys. Res. Lett., 27, 617, 2000. (Highlighted Paper)
Solar Cycle 23 Prediction Update, Adv. Space Res., 26, 187, 2000.
Ap time variations and interplanetary magnetic field intensity, J. Geophys. Res., 105, 27481, 2000.
On galactic cosmic ray flux decrease near solar minima and imf intensity, Geophys. Res. Lett., 27,
1603, 2000.
Reply to comment by Y.I. Stozhkov & P.E. Pokrevsky: "On galactic cosmic ray flux decrease near
solar minima and imf intensity, by H.S. Ahluwalia," Geophys. Res. Lett., 28, 949, 2001.
A meandering path to solar activity forecast for cycle 23, Solar Wind Ten, Proc. Tenth Solar Wind
Conf. Conf. Proc. 679. Eds. M. Velli, R. Bruno, and F. Malra, p. 176, 2003.
Solar wind modulation of galactic cosmic rays, Geophys. Res. Lett., 30(3), 1133,
doi:10.1029/2002GL016017, 2003.
Gnevyshev Gap, Forbush Decreases, ICMEs and Solar Wind Electric Field: Relationships, Adv.
Space Res., 35, 2119, 2005. Coauthor: Y. Kamide
Cycle 20 solar wind modulation of galactic cosmic rays: Understanding the challenge, J.
Geophys. Res., 110, A10106, doi:10.1029/2005JA011106, 2005.
Cosmic ray detector response to transient solar modulation: Forbush decreases, J. Geophys. Res., 112, A08105, doi:10.1029/2006 JA0111958, 2007. Coauthor: M. M. Fikani.
B.Sc. (Hons); M.Sc. (Hons); Ph.D.
Cosmic Radiation, Plasma Physics, Sun-Earth Connections, and Nuclear Electronics.
1954-62: Research Fellow, Physical Research Laboratory (PRL), Ahmedabad, India;
1962-63: Technical Assistance Expert, Nuclear Electronics, UNESCO, Paris, France;
1963-64: Distinguished Research Associate, Southwest Center for Advanced Studies, Richardson, TX;
1965-68: Scientific Director: Laboratorio de Physica Cosmica, Universidad Mayor de San Andres, La Paz, Bolivia, South America. Supported by funds from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Vienna, Austria (1965-1967) and Pan American Union (PAU), Washington, DC (1967-1968);
1967 (Summer): Invited Guest Lecturer, Summer School of Environmental and Planetary Sciences, the University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL, co-sponsored by NASA;
1968-todate: Professor, Department of Physics & Astronomy, the University of New Mexico (UNM), Albuquerque, NM;
1987-88: Visiting Senior Scientist: sponsored by JPL, Pasadena, CA. I served in the Astrophysics and Space Physics Divisions at NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC;
2003 (Summer): Visiting Professor, Solar-Terrestrial Environmental Laboratory, Nagoya University, Honohara 3-13, Toyokawa, Aichi, Japan, sponsored by the Ministry of Education.
Fellow: American Physical Society (APS) 1994;
Life Senior Member: Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE) 1983;
International Astronomical Union (IAU) and it's Commissions on Solar Activity (10), Space & High Energy Astrophysics (44) and The Interplanetary Plasma & the Heliosphere (49);
American Astronomical Society (AAS) and its Divisions of Solar Physics;
American Geophysical Union (AGU) and its Space Physics and Aeronomy Section;
Advisor for Theses & Dissertations at UNM.
1969, "Cosmic Ray Anisotropy in Interplanetary Space."Jacqueline H. Ericksen, Ph.D.;
1969, "A Study of the Sidereal Diurnal Variation of Cosmic Rays Underground." Albert Brunsting, M.S.;
1973, "Pitch Angle Diffusion of Relativistic Electrons in the Plasmasphere." George A.Kuck, Ph.D.;
1977, "Analysis of the Microscopic Structure of the Sheath Between A Uniform Plasma and Confining Electromagnetic Fields in High-β Devices." Leo J. Rahal, Ph.D.;
1980, "Barometric Coefficient for the Dallas Neutron Monitor." J. Douglas Beason, M.S.;
1986, "The Diurnal Variation in Cosmic Ray Intensity." James F. Riker, Ph.D.;
1989, "An Experimental Study of the Microwave Transmission Through a Decaying Plasma." Kyle J. Hendricks, Ph.D.;
1990, "The Diurnal Anisotropy of Cosmic Rays During the Descending Phase of the Solar Activity Cycle 21." Ismail S. Sabbah, Ph.D.;
1994, "The Solar Semidiurnal and Tridiurnal Anisotropies of Cosmic Ray Modulation." Michael M. Fikani, Ph.D.
Selected Referred Articles
Repetitive patterns in the recovery phase of cosmic ray eleven -year modulation. J. Geophys. Res., 99, 11561, 1994.
Cosmic ray transverse gradient for a Hale cycle. J. Geophys. Res., 99, 23515, 1994.
Present status of the recovery phase of cosmic ray eleven -year modulation. J. Geophys. Res., 101, 4879, 1996. Coauthor: Margaret D. Wilson.
Cosmic ray solar semidiurnal anisotropy. 1. Treatment of Experimental Data. J. Geophys. Res., 101, 11075, 1996. Coauthor: M.M. Fikani.
Cosmic ray solar semidiurnal anisotropy. 2. Heliospheric Relationships of Anisotropy Parameters. J. Geophys. Res., 101, 11087, 1996. Coauthor: M.M. Fikani.
Measurements of transverse cosmic ray particle density gradients at high rigidities in the Ulysses era. J. Geophys. Res., 101, 13549, 1996.
Transverse cosmic ray gradients in the heliosphere and the Solar Diurnal Anisotropy. J. Geophys. Res., 102, 17433, 1997. Coauthor: L.I. Dorman.
Galactic cosmic ray intensity variations at a high latitude sea level site 1937-1994. J. Geophys. Res., 102, 24229, 1997.
The predicted size of cycle 23 based on the inferred three- cycle quasi-periodicity of the planetary index Ap, J. Geophys. Res., 103, 12103, 1998.
The development of solar cycle 23 (Reply to Wilson and Hathaway's Comment), J. Geophys. Res., 104, 2559, 1999.
Galactic cosmic ray transport in the heliosphere: Diffusive anisotropy 1965-1994, Adv. Space Res., 23, 475, 1999. Solicited Contributed Paper, 32nd COSPAR Scientific Assembly, Nagoya, Japan. Coauthors: S.S. Xue and M.M. Fikani.
Galactic cosmic ray diurnal modulation, interplanetary magnetic field intensity and the planetary index Ap, Geophys. Res. Lett., 27, 617, 2000. (Highlighted Paper)
Solar Cycle 23 Prediction Update, Adv. Space Res., 26, 187, 2000.
Ap time variations and interplanetary magnetic field intensity, J. Geophys. Res., 105, 27481, 2000.
On galactic cosmic ray flux decrease near solar minima and imf intensity, Geophys. Res. Lett., 27, 1603, 2000.
Reply to comment by Y.I. Stozhkov & P.E. Pokrevsky: "On galactic cosmic ray flux decrease near solar minima and imf intensity, by H.S. Ahluwalia," Geophys. Res. Lett., 28, 949, 2001.
A meandering path to solar activity forecast for cycle 23, Solar Wind Ten, Proc. Tenth Solar Wind Conf. Conf. Proc. 679. Eds. M. Velli, R. Bruno, and F. Malra, p. 176, 2003.
Solar wind modulation of galactic cosmic rays, Geophys. Res. Lett., 30(3), 1133, doi:10.1029/2002GL016017, 2003.
Gnevyshev Gap, Forbush Decreases, ICMEs and Solar Wind Electric Field: Relationships, Adv. Space Res., 35, 2119, 2005. Coauthor: Y. Kamide
Cycle 20 solar wind modulation of galactic cosmic rays: Understanding the challenge, J. Geophys. Res., 110, A10106, doi:10.1029/2005JA011106, 2005.
Cosmic ray detector response to transient solar modulation: Forbush decreases, J. Geophys. Res., 112, A08105, doi:10.1029/2006 JA0111958, 2007. Coauthor: M. M. Fikani.