Jeffrey M. Forbes |
Professor of Aerospace Engineering Sciences
LtCol, United States Air Force Reserves, Ret.
Glenn Murphy Endowed Chair
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Research Interests |
| Professor Forbes' research interests include the upper atmosphere environments of Earth,
Mars, and other planets; coupling of these environments to lower altitudes and to solar
variability; geomagnetic storm effects on satellite drag variability; the vertical propagation
of tides and planetary waves in planetary atmospheres, and their electrodynamic and
chemical effects; utilization of accelerometer, satellite drag, and satellite remote sensing data to elucidate atmospheric variability, and to test, validate and develop upper atmosphere models. He also conducts numerical simulations of the above phenomena. |
Current Major Activities |
Academic Affairs Committee, American Institute of Aeronautics & Astronautics (AIAA)
AIAA/ABET Evaluator for Programs leading to the Bachelor of Science in Aerospace Engineering
AIAA/ASEE Evaluator for Programs leading to the Bachelor of Science in Engineering Physics, Engineering Science and General Engineering.
Vice Chancellor's Advisory Committee (VCAC), University of Colorado
| Recent Awards and Honors |
Fellow, American Geophysical Union, 2008
| Associate Fellow, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, 2006
Glenn Murphy Endowed Chair, Department of Aerospace Engineering Sciences and College of Engineering and Applied Science, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, 2005-present.
| Recent Publications |
Forbes, J. M., and A. Konopliv, Oscillation of Venus' Upper Atmosphere, Geophys. Res. Lett., 34, l08202, doi:101029/2007gl029252, 2007.
Forbes, J. M., X. Zhang, S. Palo, J. Russell, C. J. Mertens, and M. Mlynczak (2008),Tidal variability in the ionospheric dynamo region, J. Geophys. Res., 113, A02310, doi:10.1029/2007JA012737.
Forbes, J.M., Dynamics of the Thermosphere, invited review for 125th anniversary issue, J. Meteorol. Soc. Japan, 85B, 193-213, 2007.
Forbes, J.M., and S. Miyahara, Solar Semidiurnal Tide in the Dusty Mars Atmosphere, J. Atmos. Sci., 63 (7), 1798-1817, 2006. See highlight of this article in Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 87 (9), 1180-1181, 2006.
X. Zhang, J.M. Forbes, J. Russell, S. Palo, M. Mlynczak, C.J. Mertens, and M.E. Hagan,
A climatology of tidal temperatures from TIMED/SABER, J. Geophys. Res., J. Geophys. Res., 111, A10S08, doi:10.1029/2005JA011504, 2006.
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Recent Presentations |
Kelvin Waves as Observed by the SABER Instrument on the TIMED Spacecraft
(invited) (with X. Zhang, S. Miyahara, S.E. Palo, J. Russell, C.J. Mertens and M. Mlynczak), International Symposium on Coupling Processes in the Equatorial Atmosphere (CPEA Symposium), Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan, March 20-23, 2007.
Oscillation of Venus' Upper Atmosphere
(with A. Konopliv), EGU General Assembly, Vienna, Austria, 15 - 20 April 2007.
Satellite Drag Variability at Earth, Mars and Venus due to Solar Rotation (with S. Bruinsma, F.G. Lemoine, B.R. Bowman, A. Konopliv), AIAA/AAS Astrodynamics Specialist Conference, Keystone Resort & Conference Center, Keystone, Colorado, August 21-24, 2006.
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Recent Seminars |
Vertical Coupling by the Semidiurnal Tide in Earth's Atmosphere, NCAR Advanced Study Program, February 13, 2008.
Dynamics of the Thermosphere, Tutorial lecture at the Student Workshop, NSF-CEDAR meeting, 24-29 June, 2007, Santa Fe, New mexico. |
Current Students |
Eric Sutton, Effects of solar disturbances on the thermosphere densities and winds from CHAMP and GRACE accelerometer data
Raj Sharma, Planetary wave-tide interactions in the atmospheres of Earth and Mars using a time-dependent nonlinear spectral model, 0 -250 km.
John Creasey, Gravity waves and their effects in Mars' atmosphere.
Xiaoli Zhang, Troposphere-MLT coupling due to migrating and nonmigrating tides.
| Recent Courses and Educational Activities |
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| ASEN5335 Aerospace Environments: The Space Weather of Solar-Planetary Interactions and Effects on Systems.
Co-Director and Lecturer, School on the Physics of the Equatorial Atmosphere, International Center for Theoretical Physics (ICTP),Trieste, Italy, September 24-October 6, 2001.
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