Nishida Prize

Yusuke Ebihara

・Commendation

Understanding of magnetospheric dynamics based on large-scale simulations

・A list of five major papers

Ebihara, Y. and M. Ejiri, Simulation study on the fundamental property of storm-time ring currents, J. Geophys. Res., 105, 15843–15859, 2000.

Ebihara, Y. and T. Tanaka, Fundamental properties of substorm-time energetic electrons in the inner magnetosphere, J. Geophys. Res., 118, 1589–1603, 2013.

Ebihara, Y., and T. Tanaka, Substorm simulation: Insight into the mechanisms of initial brightening, J. Geophys. Res., 120, 7270–7288, 2015.

Ebihara, Y., and T. Tanaka, Substorm simulation: Formation of westward traveling surge, J. Geophys. Res., 120, 10466–10484, 2015.

Ebihara, Y., and T. Tanaka, Substorm simulation: Quiet and N-S arcs preceding auroral breakup, J. Geophys. Res., 121, 1201–1218, 2016.

・Nominator

self-recommendation