Iwane Kimura

Commendation
for numerous contributions to the Japan Geoscience Union; and outstanding contributions to the physics of the upper atmosphere, in particular to the understanding of the characteristics of plasma weave transmission.
A list of five major papers
- I. Kimura, Effects of Ions on Whistler Mode Ray Tracing, Radio Sci., (New Ser.), no.3, 269-283, 1966
- I. Kimura, T. Tomimoto, K. Hiraishi, Measurements of Wave Normal Direction of Whistler Mode Signals in Ionosphere by Means of Rocket-Doppler Technique, Planetary and Space Sci., Vol. 21, 671-682, 1973
- I. Kimura, H. Matsumoto, T. Mukai, K. Hashimoto, T. F. Bell, U. S. Inan, R. A. Helliwell, and J. P. Katsufrakis, EXOS-B/Siple Station VLF Wave-Particle Interaction Experiments: 1. General Description and Wave-Particle Correlation, J. Geophys. Res., Vol. 88(A1), pp.282-294, 1983
- I. Kimura, P. Stubbe, M. T. Rietveld, R. Barr, K. Ishida, Y. Kasahara, S. Yagitani, and I. Nagano, Collaborative Experiments by Akebono Satellite, Tromso, Ionospheric Heater, and European Incoherent Scatter Radar, Radio Sci., Vol. 29, 23-37, 1994
- I. Kimura, K. Tsunehara, A. Hikuma, Y.Z. Su, Y. Kasahara, and H. Oya, Global Electron Density Distribution in the Plasmasphere Deduced from Akebono Wave Data and IRI Model, J. Atmosph. Terr. Phys., vol.59, no.13, pp.1569-1586, 1997
Nominator
Yoshiharu Omura