Research Interests

Atmospheric, Planetary and Space Physics

Contact E-Mail: lyatsky@cspar.uah.edu 

Recent Publications

Lyatsky, W., and A. Tan, Latitudinal effect in semiannual variation of geomagnetic activity, J. Geophys. Res., accepted, 2002 in press.
Lyatsky, W., A. Tan, and G. V. Khazanov, Solar Wind Disturbances Responsible for Geomagnetic Storms, J. Geophys. Res., accepted, 2002 in press.
Kozlovsky, A., A. Koustov, W. Lyatsky, J. Kangas, G. Parks, and D. Chua, Ionospheric convection in the postnoon auroral oval: SuperDARN and Polar UVI observations, J. Geophys. Res., accepted, 2002 in press.
Benkevitch, L. V., W. Lyatsky, A. V. Koustov, G. J. Sofko, and A. M. Hamza, Substorm onset times as derived from geomagnetic indices, Geophys. Res. Lett., 28, No. 11, 2002.
Lyatsky, W., P. T. Newell, and A. M. Hamza, Solar illumination as cause of the equinoctial preference for geomagnetic activity, Geophys. Res. Lett., 28, 2353-2356, 2001.
Lyatsky, W., and A. M. Hamza, Possible role of ion demagnetization in the plasma sheet in auroral arc and substorm generation, Space Sci. Rev., 95, 373-385, 2001.
Lyatsky, W., and A. M. Hamza, Seasonal and diurnal variations of geomagnetic activity and their role in Space Weather forecast, Canad. J. Phys., 76, 907-920, 2001.
Lyatsky, W., L. L. Cogger, B. Jackel, A. M. Hamza, W. J. Hughes, D. Murr, and Ole Rasmussen, Substorm development as observed by Interball UV imager and 2-D magnetic array, J. Atmos. Solar-Terr. Phys., 63, 1609-1621, 2001.
Lyatsky, W., and A. M. Hamza, A possible role of magnetosphere-ionosphere coupling in auroral arc generation, Ann. Geophys., 18, 1108-1117, 2000.
Benkevich, L., W. Lyatsky, and L. L. Cogger, Field-aligned currents between conjugate hemispheres, J. Geophys. Res., 105, 27,727- 27,738, 2000.