First-authored, refereed papers of W. Dean Pesnell


A list of first-authored, refereed publications of 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: 28
No. of citations: 3982

2024

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

2020

  1. Lessons learned from predictions of Solar Cycle 24 [44]
    Pesnell, W. Dean, Journal of Space Weather and Space Climate, 10, 60

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

2014

  1. The Time-dependent Chemistry of Cometary Debris in the Solar Corona [8]
    Pesnell, W. D. & Bryans, P., ApJ, 785, 50
  2. Predicting Solar Cycle 24 Using a Geomagnetic Precursor Pair [26]
    Pesnell, W. Dean, Solar Physics, 289, 2317

2012

  1. Solar Cycle Predictions (Invited Review) [134]
    Pesnell, W. Dean, Solar Physics, 281, 507
  2. The Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) [3201]
    Pesnell, W. Dean, Thompson, B. J. & Chamberlin, P. C., Solar Physics, 275, 3

2008

  1. Predictions of Solar Cycle 24 [161]
    Pesnell, William Dean, Solar Physics, 252, 209

2004

  1. 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

2001

  1. 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
  2. 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

1993

  1. Momentum transfer collision frequency of O+-O [72]
    Pesnell, W. D., Omidvar, Kazem & Hoegy, Walter R., Geophysical Research Letters, 20, 1343

1990

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

1989

  1. Properties of Eoetvoes Spheres [3]
    Pesnell, W. Dean, ApJ, 344, 851
  2. Some Thoughts on the Rapidly Oscillating AP Stars [2]
    Pesnell, W. Dean, ApJ, 339, 1038

1987

  1. Weight functions in adiabatic stellar pulsations. I - Radially symmetric motion [8]
    Pesnell, W. Dean, Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, 99, 975
  2. A New Driving Mechanism for Stellar Pulsations [31]
    Pesnell, W. Dean, ApJ, 314, 598

1986

  1. The Structure of the Thermal Modes in Pulsating Stars [10]
    Pesnell, W. D. & Buchler, J. R., ApJ, 303, 740
  2. 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

1984

  1. Thermal response of stellar envelopes during nonradial pulsations [4]
    Pesnell, W. D., ApJ, 285, 778


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