Publications of W. Dean Pesnell

A list of publications authored or co-authored by W. Dean Pesnell, derived from the SAO/NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS). The number in brackets after each title indicates the number of citations that the paper has received.

Orcid ID: 0000-0002-8306-2500

List of publications ordered by citations
Number of papers: 78 (refereed: 75)
No. of citations: 5151
First author papers: 28 (refereed: 28)

2024

  1. An Interesting Correlation Between the Peak Slope and Peak Value of a Sunspot Cycle [3]
    Pesnell, W. Dean, Solar Physics, 299, 14

2023

  1. Helionauts: A Cross-Organization Heliophysics Forum [0]
    Attie, Raphael, Kirk, Michael, Bard, Christopher, Thompson, Barbara, da Silva, Daniel, Narock, Ayris, Mason, Emily, Pesnell, Dean, Zarro, Dominic, Addison, Kevin & Thomas, Brian, Data, Analysis and Software in Heliophysics (DASH) 2023, p. 46
  2. Recalibration of the Sunspot-Number: Status Report [68]
    Clette, F., Lefèvre, L., Chatzistergos, T., Hayakawa, H., Carrasco, V. M. S., Arlt, R., Cliver, E. W., Dudok de Wit, T., Friedli, T. K., Karachik, N., Kopp, G., Lockwood, M., Mathieu, S., Muñoz-Jaramillo, A., Owens, M., Pesnell, D., Pevtsov, A., Svalgaard, L., Usoskin, I. G., van Driel-Gesztelyi, L. & Vaquero, J. M., Solar Physics, 298, 44
  3. Turning Noise Into Data: Characterization of the Van Allen Radiation Belt Using SDO Spikes Data [3]
    Kasapis, Spiridon, Thompson, Barbara J., Rodriguez, Juan V., Attie, Raphael, Cucho-Padin, Gonzalo, da Silva, Daniel, Jin, Meng & Pesnell, William D., Space Weather, 21, e2022SW003310

2022

  1. Two New Methods for Counting and Tracking the Evolution of Polar Faculae [5]
    Hovis-Afflerbach, B. & Pesnell, W. Dean, Solar Physics, 297, 48
  2. Turning Noise into Data: Characterization of the Van Allen Radiation Belt Using SDO Spikes Data [0]
    Kasapis, Spiridon, Thompson, Barbara J., Rodriguez, Juan V., Attie, Raphael, Cucho-Padin, Gonzalo, da Silva, Daniel E., Jin, Meng & Pesnell, William D., essoar.10512640
  3. Comparing the Sun Watcher Using Active Pixel System Detector and Image Processing Instrument to the Atmosphere Imaging Assembly Instrument Through Measurements of Polar Coronal Holes [0]
    Kirk, Michael S. F., Pesnell, W. Dean, Arge, C. Nickolos, West, Matthew J. & Attié, Raphael, Solar Physics, 297, 42

2020

  1. A Note on the Opacity of the Sun's Atmosphere [2]
    Bhatia, Anand. K. & Pesnell, William. D., Atoms, 8, 37
  2. A Study of Equatorial Coronal Holes during the Maximum Phase of Four Solar Cycles [2]
    Karna, Mahendra Lal, Karna, Nishu, Saar, Steven H., Pesnell, W. Dean & DeLuca, Edward E., ApJ, 901, 124
  3. Lessons learned from predictions of Solar Cycle 24 [44]
    Pesnell, W. Dean, Journal of Space Weather and Space Climate, 10, 60

2019

  1. Orbits through polytropes [4]
    Gjerløv, Amalia & Pesnell, W. Dean, American Journal of Physics, 87, 452
  2. A Time-Distance Helioseismology Method for Quasi-Linear Geometries [0]
    Hess Webber, Shea A. & Pesnell, W. Dean, Solar Physics, 294, 151
  3. Characteristics of Ephemeral Coronal Holes [3]
    Inglis, A. R., O'Connor, R. E., Pesnell, W. D., Kirk, M. S. & Karna, N., ApJ, 880, 98

2018

  1. Effects of Version 2 of the International Sunspot Number on Naïve Predictions of Solar Cycle 25 [18]
    Pesnell, W. Dean, Space Weather, 16, 1997
  2. The flight of Newton's cannonball [5]
    Pesnell, W. Dean, American Journal of Physics, 86, 338

2017

  1. The Formation and Maintenance of the Dominant Southern Polar Crown Cavity of Cycle 24 [9]
    Karna, N., Zhang, J. & Pesnell, W. D., ApJ, 835, 135

2015

  1. Study of the 3D Geometric Structure and Temperature of a Coronal Cavity Using the Limb Synoptic Map Method [14]
    Karna, N., Zhang, J., Pesnell, W. Dean & Hess Webber, S. A., ApJ, 810, 124
  2. Appearances and Statistics of Coronal Cavities During the Ascending Phase of Solar Cycle 24 [16]
    Karna, N., Pesnell, W. D. & Zhang, J., ApJ, 810, 123

2014

  1. Using Polar Coronal Hole Area Measurements to Determine the Solar Polar Magnetic Field Reversal in Solar Cycle 24 [48]
    Karna, N., Hess Webber, S. A. & Pesnell, W. D., Solar Physics, 289, 3381
  2. The Time-dependent Chemistry of Cometary Debris in the Solar Corona [8]
    Pesnell, W. D. & Bryans, P., ApJ, 785, 50
  3. Predicting Solar Cycle 24 Using a Geomagnetic Precursor Pair [26]
    Pesnell, W. Dean, Solar Physics, 289, 2317
  4. Time-Series Analysis of Supergranule Characteristics at Solar Minimum [3]
    Williams, Peter E. & Pesnell, W. Dean, Solar Physics, 289, 1101
  5. Analysis of Supergranule Sizes and Velocities Using Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO)/ Helioseismic Magnetic Imager (HMI) and Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO)/ Michelson Doppler Imager (MDI) Dopplergrams [14]
    Williams, Peter E., Pesnell, W. Dean, Beck, John G. & Lee, Shannon, Solar Physics, 289, 11

2013

  1. Inter-hemispheric coupling during northern polar summer periods of 2002-2010 using TIMED/SABER measurements [7]
    Goldberg, R. A., Feofilov, A. G., Pesnell, W. D. & Kutepov, A. A., Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics, 104, 277

2012

  1. The Extreme-ultraviolet Emission from Sun-grazing Comets [27]
    Bryans, P. & Pesnell, W. D., ApJ, 760, 18
  2. The Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) Education and Outreach (E/PO) Program: Changing Perceptions One Program at a Time [0]
    Drobnes, E., Littleton, A., Pesnell, W. D., Beck, K., Buhr, S., Durscher, R., Hill, S., McCaffrey, M., McKenzie, D. E., Myers, D., Scherrer, D., Wawro, M. & Wolt, A., Solar Physics, 275, 391
  3. CO2(ν2)-O quenching rate coefficient derived from coincidental SABER/TIMED and Fort Collins lidar observations of the mesosphere and lower thermosphere [30]
    Feofilov, A. G., Kutepov, A. A., She, C.-Y., Smith, A. K., Pesnell, W. D. & Goldberg, R. A., Atmospheric Chemistry & Physics, 12, 9013
  4. Solar Cycle Predictions (Invited Review) [134]
    Pesnell, W. Dean, Solar Physics, 281, 507
  5. The Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) [3201]
    Pesnell, W. Dean, Thompson, B. J. & Chamberlin, P. C., Solar Physics, 275, 3
  6. Destruction of Sun-Grazing Comet C/2011 N3 (SOHO) Within the Low Solar Corona [32]
    Schrijver, C. J., Brown, J. C., Battams, K., Saint-Hilaire, P., Liu, W., Hudson, H. & Pesnell, W. D., Science, 335, 324

2011

  1. Comparisons of Supergranule Characteristics During the Solar Minima of Cycles 22/23 and 23/24 [9]
    Williams, Peter E. & Pesnell, W. Dean, Solar Physics, 270, 125
  2. Properties of Supergranulation During the Solar Minima of Cycles 22/23 and 23/24 [4]
    Williams, Peter E. & Pesnell, W. Dean, GONG-SoHO 24: A New Era of Seismology of the Sun and Solar-Like Stars, Journal of Physics Conference Series, 271, p. 012082

2009

  1. Automated detection of EUV Polar Coronal Holes during Solar Cycle 23 [76]
    Kirk, M. S., Pesnell, W. D., Young, C. A. & Hess Webber, S. A., Solar Physics, 257, 99

2008

  1. Seasonal variations of magnesium atoms in the mesosphere-thermosphere [9]
    Correira, J., Aikin, A. C., Grebowsky, J. M., Pesnell, W. D. & Burrows, J. P., Geophysical Research Letters, 35, L06103
  2. Chromospheric Lines as Diagnostics of Stellar Oscillations [0]
    Paulson, Diane B., Pesnell, W. Dean, Deming, L. Drake, Snow, Martin, Metcalfe, Travis S., Woods, Tom & Hesman, Brigette, Precision Spectroscopy in Astrophysics (Editors: Santos, Nuno C., Pasquini, Luca, Correia, Alexandre C. M. & Romaniello, Martino), p. 311
  3. Predictions of Solar Cycle 24 [161]
    Pesnell, William Dean, Solar Physics, 252, 209

2006

  1. SABER temperature observations in the summer polar mesosphere and lower thermosphere: Importance of accounting for the CO2 ν2 quanta V-V exchange [59]
    Kutepov, Alexander A., Feofilov, Artem G., Marshall, Benjamin T., Gordley, Larry L., Pesnell, W. Dean, Goldberg, Richard A. & Russell, James M., Geophysical Research Letters, 33, L21809

2005

  1. Temporal evolution of the vertical content of metallic ion and neutral species [1]
    Aikin, A. C., Grebowsky, J. M., Burrows, J. P., Correira, J. & Pesnell, W. D., Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics, 67, 1238

2004

  1. SABER observations of mesospheric temperatures and comparisons with falling sphere measurements taken during the 2002 summer MaCWAVE campaign [164]
    Mertens, Christopher J., Schmidlin, Francis J., Goldberg, Richard A., Remsberg, Ellis E., Pesnell, W. Dean, Russell, James M., Mlynczak, Martin G., López-Puertas, Manuel, Wintersteiner, Peter P., Picard, Richard H., Winick, Jeremy R. & Gordley, Larry L., Geophysical Research Letters, 31, L03105
  2. Watching meteors on Triton [9]
    Pesnell, W. Dean, Grebowsky, J. M. & Weisman, Andrew L., Icarus, 169, 482

2003

  1. Evolution of relativistic electrons during a magnetic storm as seen in low-earth orbit [0]
    Pesnell, W. Dean, Goldberg, Richard A., Chenette, D. L., Schulz, M. & Gaines, E. E., Advances in Space Research, 31, 1059

2002

  1. Meteoric Material-An Important Component of Planetary Atmospheres [14]
    Grebowsky, Joseph M., Moses, Julianne I. & Pesnell, W. Dean, Geophysical Monograph Series, 130, 235

2001

  1. Meteoric Ions in the Ionosphere of Jupiter [37]
    Kim, Y. H., Pesnell, W. Dean, Grebowsky, J. M. & Fox, J. L., Icarus, 150, 261
  2. Growth and decay of relativistic electrons during a magnetic storm as seen in low-Earth orbit [1]
    Pesnell, W. Dean, Goldberg, Richard A., Chenette, D. L., Gaines, E. E. & Schulz, M., Journal of Geophysical Research, 106, 30039
  3. Fluxes of Relativistic Electrons in Low-Earth Orbit During the Decline of Solar Cycle 22 [2]
    Pesnell, W. Dean, IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science, 48, 2016

2000

  1. Variation of mesospheric ozone during the highly relativistic electron event in May 1992 as measured by the High Resolution Doppler Imager instrument on UARS [8]
    Pesnell, W. Dean, Goldberg, Richard A., Jackman, Charles H., Chenette, D. L. & Gaines, E. E., Journal of Geophysical Research, 105, 22943
  2. Meteoric magnesium ions in the Martian atmosphere [65]
    Pesnell, William Dean & Grebowsky, Joseph, Journal of Geophysical Research, 105, 1695

1999

  1. A search of UARS data for ozone depletions caused by the highly relativistic electron precipitation events of May 1992 [16]
    Pesnell, W. Dean, Goldberg, Richard A., Jackman, Charles H., Chenette, D. L. & Gaines, E. E., Journal of Geophysical Research, 104, 165

1998

  1. Uptake coefficient of charged aerosols—implications for atmospheric chemistry [1]
    Aikin, Arthur C. & Pesnell, W. Dean, Geophysical Research Letters, 25, 1309
  2. Do meteor showers significantly perturb the ionosphere? [38]
    Grebowsky, J. M., Goldberg, R. A. & Pesnell, W. D., Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics, 60, 607
  3. Pioneer Venus Orbiter Measurements of Solar EUV Flux During Solar Cycles 21 and 22 [6]
    Mahajan, K. K., Upadhyay, Hari Om, Sethi, N. K., Hoegy, W. R., Pesnell, W. D. & Brace, L. H., Solar Physics, 177, 203

1997

  1. A comparison of solar EUV flux from langmuir probe photoelectron measurements on the pioneer venus orbiter with other solar activity indicators [0]
    Mahajan, K. K., Hoegy, W. R., Pesnell, W. D., Brace, L. H. & Sethi, N. K., Advances in Space Research, 20, 187

1995

  1. High-speed correction factor to the O(+)-O resonance charge exchange collision frequency [1]
    Omidvar, K. & Pesnell, W. D., Annales Geophysicae, 13, 253

1994

  1. Accuracy of O+-O collision cross-section deduced from ionosphere-thermosphere observations [18]
    Reddy, C. A., Hoegy, W. R., Pesnell, W. D., Mayr, H. G. & Hines, C. O., Geophysical Research Letters, 21, 2429

1993

  1. How active was solar cycle 22? [12]
    Hoegy, W. R., Pesnell, W. D., Woods, T. N. & Rottman, G. J., Geophysical Research Letters, 20, 1335
  2. Momentum transfer collision frequency of O+-O [72]
    Pesnell, W. D., Omidvar, Kazem & Hoegy, Walter R., Geophysical Research Letters, 20, 1343
  3. An Early Solar Dynamo Prediction: Cycle 23 ∼ Cycle 22 [91]
    Schatten, Kenneth H. & Pesnell, W. Dean, Geophysical Research Letters, 20, 2275

1992

  1. Dynamical interactions between the middle atmosphere and thermosphere [1]
    Mayr, H. G., Harris, I. & Pesnell, W. D., Advances in Space Research, 12, 335

1990

  1. Nonradial, Nonadiabatic Stellar Pulsations [64]
    Pesnell, W. Dean, ApJ, 363, 227

1989

  1. On the Possibility of Detecting Weak Magnetic Fields in Variable White Dwarfs [58]
    Jones, Philip W., Pesnell, W. Dean, Hansen, Carl J. & Kawaler, Steven D., ApJ, 336, 403
  2. Properties of Eoetvoes Spheres [3]
    Pesnell, W. Dean, ApJ, 344, 851
  3. Some Thoughts on the Rapidly Oscillating AP Stars [2]
    Pesnell, W. Dean, ApJ, 339, 1038

1987

  1. Pulsations of White Dwarf Stars with Thick Hydrogen or Helium Surface Layers [44]
    Cox, Arthur N., Starrfield, Sumner G., Kidman, Russell B. & Pesnell, W. Dean, ApJ, 317, 303
  2. Weight functions in adiabatic stellar pulsations. I - Radially symmetric motion [8]
    Pesnell, W. Dean, Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, 99, 975
  3. A New Driving Mechanism for Stellar Pulsations [31]
    Pesnell, W. Dean, ApJ, 314, 598

1986

  1. The Connection Between Nonradial Pulsations and Stellar Winds in Massive Stars [20]
    Abbott, D. C., Garmany, C. D., Hansen, C. J., Henrichs, H. F. & Pesnell, W. D., Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, 98, 29
  2. The Structure of the Thermal Modes in Pulsating Stars [10]
    Pesnell, W. D. & Buchler, J. R., ApJ, 303, 740
  3. Brunt-Vaeisaelae Frequency and Semiconvection [5]
    Pesnell, W. D., ApJ, 301, 204

1985

  1. On one-zone models of stellar pulsation [2]
    Pesnell, W. D., ApJ, 299, 161
  2. Observable quantities of nonradial pulsations in the presence of slowrotation. [79]
    Pesnell, W. D., ApJ, 292, 238
  3. Spherical oscillation patterns: The movie [1]
    Pesnell, W. Dean, American Journal of Physics, 53, 579
  4. An analysis of nonradial pulsations of the central star of the planetary nebula K1-16. [50]
    Starrfield, S., Cox, A. N., Kidman, R. B. & Pensnell, W. D., ApJ, 293, L23

1984

  1. Rotational mode splitting about an inclined axis [8]
    Aizenman, M. L., Hansen, C. J., Pesnell, W. D. & Cox, J. P., ApJ, 286, L43
  2. Critique of the iterative theory of stellar pulsations [0]
    Buchler, J. R. & Pesnell, W. D., ApJ, 283, 316
  3. Thermal response of stellar envelopes during nonradial pulsations [4]
    Pesnell, W. D., ApJ, 285, 778
  4. Nonradial instability strips based on carbon and oxygen partial ionization in hot, evolved stars. [95]
    Starrfield, S., Cox, A. N., Kidman, R. B. & Pesnell, W. D., ApJ, 281, 800

1983

  1. The discovery of nonradial instability strips for hot,evolved stars. [66]
    Starrfield, S. G., Cox, A. N., Hodson, S. W. & Pesnell, W. D., ApJ, 268, L27

1981

  1. Stability analysis of slow spherical motion for a gravitating fluid [0]
    Livio, M., Buchler, J. R. & Pesnell, W. D., ApJ, 243, 617

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