Solar-Terrestrial Physics Division


[Picture of Peter Stauning]

Peter Stauning

Senior Research Scientist
Solar-Terrestrial Physics Division
Danish Meteorological Institute
Lyngbyvej 100
DK-2100 Copenhagen Ø
Phone: +45 39 15 74 73
FAX: +45 39 15 74 60
E-mail: pst@dmi.dk


Research Areas

Solar Wind - Magnetosphere - Ionosphere Interactions
The use of ground-based ionospheric measurements for studies of magnetospheric processes
Dynamics of the polar ionospheric convection patterns during changing IMF conditions
Ionospheric signatures of transient phenomena (ASEs, PMAFs, TCVs, ULF pulsations, etc.)
Radiation in Space
High-energy particle radiation from solar flares
High-energy charged particles trapped in the Earths magnetic field
Magnetospheric and Ionospheric Substorm Processes
Substorm generation mechanisms
Substorm onset and expansion processes
Substorm-related auroral emission and ionisation processes in the ionosphere
Wave Propagation in Plasmas
Ionospheric absorption of radio waves

Current Research Projects

The Ørsted Project
Project Scientist for the Ørsted satellite
PI for the "External Field" Research at DMI
PI for the Ørsted High-Energy Charged-Particle Detector Experiment
The Greenland Riometer Array
Responsible for the operation of DMI imaging and normal-beam riometer arrays
Scientific contact person for the use of data from DMI riometers
UARC Telescience
Member of the science team for the NSF-supported Upper Atmospheric Research Collaboratory (UARC) project 1992-98

Research Committees

European Incoherent Scatter (EISCAT) Radar Projekt
Member of the Scientific Advisory Committee (SAC) 1998-99
Committee on Space Research (COSPAR)
Chairman of the National Committee of COSPAR
International Association of Geomagnetism and Aeronomy (IAGA)
Co-chair of IAGA Working Group IID (Middle Atmosphere)

Scientific Publications List


DMI 10. december 2004. PSt