Atsuhiro Nishida

Commendation

For pioneering work and outstanding achievements in the field of magnetospheric physics, and internationally recognized contributions to the development of both space science and the field of Earth and planetary science as a whole.

A list of five major papers

• Nishida, A., Geomagnetic Diagnosis of the Magnetosphere, Springer Verlag, 1978.
• Nishida, A., Formation of the plasmapause, or magnetospheric plasma knee, by the combined action of magnetospheric convection and plasma escape from the tail, J. Geophys. Res., 71, 5669, 1966.
• Nishida, A., Coherence of geomagnetic DP 2 fluctuations with interplanetary magnetic variations, J. Geophys. Res., 73, 5549, 1968.
• Nishida, A., Outward diffusion of energetic particles from the Jovian radiation belt, J. Geophys. Res., 81, 1771, 1976.
• Nishida, A., The Earth’s dynamic magnetotail, Space Sci. Rev., 91, 507-577, 2000.

Nominator

Toshifumi Mukai (Professor Emeritus, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency),
Masato Nakamura (Professor Emeritus, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency)