LYNN KISTLER

Associate Professor, Department of Physics
Associate Professor, Space Science Center (EOS)

(603) 862-1399
E-mail: lynn.kistler@unh.edu

Expertise:

Space plasma physics, Instrument development

Professional Interests:

Dr. Kistler has been involved in studies of ion acceleration, transport and loss throughout the magnetosphere, including the ring current, the plasma sheet, and the auroral zone using data from AMPTE, Equator-S, FAST, and CLUSTER.

Dr. Kistler has been involved in the design and testing of ion composition instruments for AMPTE (CHEM), CLUSTER (CIS), Equator-S (ESIC), FAST (TEAMS), ACE (SEPICA) and STEREO (PLASTIC) missions. She developed design specifications and participated in the calibrations of all these sensors. She was the lead investigator for the Equator-S Ion composition Instrument (ESIC). She is responsible for the ongoing in-flight calibrations of the CLUSTER ion composition instrument.

Education:

1987	Ph.D. in Physics , University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland
1983	M.S. in Physics , University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland
1981	B.S. in Physics , Harvey Mudd College, Claremont, California

Publications:

2002	Motion of auroral ion outflow structures observed with CLUSTER CIS and IMAGE FUV L.M. Kistler J. Geophys. Res., 107(A8), 10.1029/2001JA005075, 2002.
2000	Testing electric and magnetic field models of the storm-time inner magnetosphere L.M. Kistler, D.J. Larson J. Geophys. Res., 105, 25221-25231, 2000.
2000	Extended magnetio reconnection at the Earth’s magnetopause from detection of bidirectional jets T.D. Phan, L.M. Kistler, B. Klecker, G. Haerendel, G. Paschmann, B. Sunnerup, W. Baumjohann, M.B. Bavassano-Cattaneo, C.W. Carlson, A.M. DiLellis, K.H. Fornacon, L.A. Frank, M. Fujimoto, E. Georgescu, S. Kokubun, E. Möbius, T. Mukai, M. Oieroset, W.R. Paterson, H. Reme Nature, 404, 848-850, 2000.
1999	Testing Electric Field Models Using Ring Current Ion Energy Spectra from the Equator-S Ion Composition (ESIC) Experiment L.M. Kistler, B. Klecker, V.K. Jordanova, E. Möbius, M.A. Popecki, D. Patel, J.A. Sauvaud, H. Reme, A.M. DiLellis, A. Korth, M. McCarthy, R. Cerulli, M.B. Bavassano-Cattaneo, L. Eliasson, C.W. Carlson, G.K. Parks, G. Paschmann, G. Haerendel Ann. Geophys., 17,11611-1621, 1999.
1989	Energy Spectra of the Major Ion Species in the Ring Current During Geomagnetic Storms L.M. Kistler, F.M. Ipavich, D.C. Hamilton, G. Gloeckler, B. Wilken, G. Kremser, W. Stüdemann J. Geophys. Res., 94, 3579-3599, 1989.