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Dr. Barbara J. Thompson

Laboratory for Solar & Space Physics
NASA/GSFC
Code 671, Solar Physics Branch
Greenbelt, MD 20771
UNITED STATES

tel: +1 301-286-3405
e-mail: Barbara.J.Thompson@nasa.gov

IHY Roles:

Director of Operations, IHY Secretariat
IHY Website Editor
Team Member, United States Organizing Committee
Team Member, IHY/United Nations Basic Space Science Observatory Development Initiative
Team Member, IGY Gold History Program

Science Interests:

Coronal mass ejections, save disturbances on the Sun, 3-D magnetic evolution of the corona, interplanetary transient disturbances, CME impacts on geospace, and space weather.