PRESENT POSITION (since 1993)

Astrophysicist, Space Physics Data Facility, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

EDUCATION

B.S. (Hon.) in Astronomy, University of Arizona

M.S. & Ph.D. in Astronomy, University of Maryland

EXPERIENCE

1992-93 Chief Scientist

Hughes STX Corporation

1985-92 Senior Scientist

Atlantic Research Corporation (ARC) Professional Services Group, Inc.

1984-85 Research Assistant

Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC)

Instructor

Specific Diagnostics

 

RESEARCH INTERTEST

Dr. Fung is responsible for the space radiation environment modeling (SREM) effort at the Space Physics Data Facility, Space Science Data Operations Office. SREM is important for the understanding and prediction of the space radiation environment, which has significant impact on space mission designs and operations, space systems and instrument development, as well as analysis of space mission data. Dr. Fung is leading a team to study the physics of the Earth's radiation belts and to construct a new generation of trapped radiation environment models. Additionally, as a Participating Scientist on the Imager for Magnetopause-to-Aurora Global Exploration (IMAGE) Mission (the first MidEx mission to be launched in January 2000), Dr. Fung is a member of the Radio Plasma Imager (RPI) Team, Theory and Modeling Team, as well as the Public Outreach, Education, Teaching and Reaching Youth (POETRY) effort.

 

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

Fung, S. F., and K. C. Hsieh, 'Is the isotropy of the speed of light a convention?' American Journal of Physics, vol. 48, 654-657, 1980.

Fung, S. F., K. Papadopoulos, and C. S. Wu, 'Generation of electron plasma waves in the upstream solar wind,' Journal of Geophysical Research, vol. 87, 8077-8080, 1982.

Fung, S. F., and K. Papadopoulos, 'The emission of narrow-band Jovian kilometric radiation,' Journal of Geophysical Research, vol. 92, 8579-8593, 1987.

Fung, S. F., and R. A. Hoffman, 'On the spectrum of the secondary auroral electrons,' Journal of Geophysical Research, 93, 2715-2724, 1988.

Fung, S. F., and R. A. Hoffman, 'A search for parallel electricfields by observing auroral secondary electrons and atmospheric photoelectrons in the low altitude auroral zone,' Journal of Geophysical Research, 96, 3533-3548, 1991.

Fung, S. F., and R. A. Hoffman, 'Finite geometry effects of field- aligned currents,' Journal of Geophysical Research, 97, 8569-8579, 1992.

Escoubet, C. P., M. F. Smith, S. F. Fung, P. C. Anderson, R. A. Hoffman, E. M. Basinska, and J. M. Bosqued, Staircase ion signature in the polar cusp: a case study, Geophys. Res. Lett., 19, ,1735-1738, 1992.

Green, J. L., and S. F. Fung, Radio sounding of the magnetosphere from a lunar-based VLF array, Adv. Space Res., 14, 217-221, 1994.

Fung, S. F., and A. F. Vinas, 'Excitation of high frequency electromagnetic waves by energetic electrons with an effective loss cone distribution,' J. Geophys. Res., 99, 8671-8686, 1994.

Calvert, W., R. F. Benson, D. L. Carpenter, S. F. Fung, D. L. Gallagher, J. L. Green, D. M. Haines, P. H. Reiff, B. W. Reinisch, M. F. Smith, and W. W. L. Taylor, The feasibility of radio sounding in the magnetosphere, Radio Sci., in press, 1995.

Kessel, R. L., S.-H. Chen, J. L. Green, S. F. Fung, S. A. Boardsen, L. C. Tan, T. E. Eastman, J. D. Craven, and L. A. Frank, Evidence of high-latitude reconnection during northward IMF: Hawkeye observations, Geophys. Res. Lett., 23, 583-586, 1996.

Fung, S. F., Recent development in the NASA trapped radiation models, Proceedings of the Radiation belt Workshop: Models and Standards, Brussels, Belgium, Geophysical Monogr. 97, AGU, Washington, D. C., 79-91, 1996.

Fung, S. F., and J. L. Green, Global imaging and radio remote sensing of the magnetosphere, submitted to the Proceedings of the Radiation belt Workshop: Models and Standards, Brussels, Belgium, Geophysical Monogr. 97, AGU, Washington, D. C., 285-290, 1996.

Green, J. L., S. F. Fung, and J. L. Burch, Application of magnetospheric imaging techniques to global substorm dynamics, Proceedings of the Third International Substorm Conference, ICS-3, European Space Agency Publications SP-389, 655-661, 1996 .

Fung, S. F., D. M. Boscher, L. C. Tan, J. F. Cooper, and D. S. Evans, Modeling the low-altitude trapped radiation environment, in the Proceedings of the ESA Symposium On Environment Modelling For Space-Based Applications, ESA SP-392, ESA, the Netherlands, pp. 65-74, 1996.

Boscher, D. S. F. Fung, L. C. Tan, J. F. Cooper, and W. N. Spjeldvik, Spatial distributions of the inner radiation belt electrons: a comparison between observations and radial diffusion theory predictions, Proceedings of the Committee on Space Research (COSPAR) 31st Scientific Assembly, Adv. Space Res., 20, 369-372, 1997.

Fung, S. F., L. C. Tan, D. Bilitza, D. Boscher, J. F. Cooper, and W. N. Spjeldvik, An investigation of the spatial variations of the energetic trapped electrons at low altitudes, Proceedings of the Committee on Space Research (COSPAR) 31st Scientific Assembly, Adv. Space Res., in press, 1997.

Fung, S. F., T. E., Eastman, S. A. Boardsen, and S.-H. Chen, High-altitude cusp positions sampled by the Hawkeye satellite, in Proc. First Alfven Conference on Low-Latitude Magnetospheric Processes, Physics and Chemistry of the Earth, Pergamon Press, 22, 653-662, 1997.

Fung, S. F., L. C. Tan, D. Bilitza, D. Boscher, and J. F. Cooper, An investigation of the spatial variations of the energetic trapped electrons at low altitudes, Proceedings of the Committee on Space Research (COSPAR) 31st Scientific Assembly, Adv. Space Res., 21, 1661-1664, 1998.

Tan, L. C., S. F. Fung, R. L. Kessel, S.-H. Chen, J. L. Green, and T. E. Eastman, Ion temperature anisotropies in the Earth's high-latitude magnetosheath: Hawkeye observations, Geophys. Res. Lett., 25, 587-590, 1998.

Tan, L. C., S. F. Fung, and S. A. Boardsen, Bulk flow velocity analysis of suprathermal ions in the presence of ion anisotropy, Measurement Techniques in Space Plasma: Particles, Geophys. Monogr., 102, AGU, Washington, D. C., 79-84, 1998.

Green, J. L. , W. W. L. Taylor, S. F. Fung, R. F. Benson, W. Calvert, B. W. Reinisch, D. L. Gallagher, and P. H. Reiff, Radio remote sensing of magnetospheric plasmas, Measurement Techniques in Space Plasma: Fields, Geophys. Monogr., 103, AGU, Washington, D. C., 193-198, 1998.

Benson, R. F., J. L. Green, S. F. Fung, B. W. Reinisch,W. Calvert, D. M. Haines, J.-L. Bougeret, R. Manning, D. L. Carpenter, D. L. Gallagher, P. H. Reiff, and W. W. L. Taylor, Magnetospheric radio sounding on the IMAGE Mission, The Radio Science Bulletin , 285, Union Radio-Scientifique Internationale (URSI), 9-20, 1998.

Fung, S. F., and L. C. Tan, Time correlation of low-altitude relativistic trapped electron fluxes with solar wind speeds, Geophys. Res. Lett., 25, 2361-2364, 1998.

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