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Robert H. HolzworthProfessor Emeritus of Earth & Space Science |
Earth and Space Sciences
Room
263 Johnson Hall
(206) 685-7410 (office)
(206) 685-3815 (fax)
Pictures from
the MASS rocket campaign,
Ph.D., Physics, University of California, Berkeley, 1977.
Asst. Res. Physicist, Space Science Lab, UC Berkeley, 1977 - 8.
Member of the Technical Staff, Space Science Lab, The Aerospace Corp., Los
Angeles, 1978-82
UW Faculty since 1982
Experimental space plasma physics,
atmospheric and magnetospheric electrodynamics, middle atmosphere
electrodynamics, thunderstorm and lightning electrodynamics.
My research involves the experimental investigation of electrical parameters in the Earth's environment, in particular, the study of the electromagnetic energy flow that couples separated environments such as the atmosphere, the ionosphere, and the magnetosphere. Current active projects (2024/2025) include ground-based, and rocket experiments to study atmospheric and space electrodynamics especially as relates to lightning (World Wide Lightning Location network) (see wwlln.net which I manage, and plasma waves in the ionosphere/magnetosphere (SMART rocket, a joint NAVY/NASA launch scheduled for 1st Qtr 2025 from Wake Island in the mid Pacific. Additionally I am working with Atmospheric Sciences faculty on the effects of aerosols on lightning occurrence.
We have a team of about seven faculty and technical staff who help in running the WWLLN network, and the SMART payload, for which Prof. Michael McCarthy and I are coPIs for the primary instrument , a vector electric field sensor
Email Bob at bobholz@ess.washington.edu .
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