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Paul Kintner

Department: ECE

Title: Professor

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Degrees earned:
 B.S. Rochester 1968
 Ph.D. Minnesota & University of Iowa 1974

Address:
Office:
 302 Rhodes Hall
 Ithaca, NY, 14853

Office Phone: (607) 255-5304

Biography:

Dr. Paul Kintner received his doctoral degree for studies of plasma physics and the space environment in the northern lights. He continued working on this subject with the Space Physics group at the University of Iowa until 1976, when he came to Cornell as a research associate. He was appointed to the faculty in 1981. Kintner is a Fellow of the American Physical Society and a senior member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. He has chaired the Living with a Star/Geospace Mission Definition Team and NASA’s Sun-Earth Connections Advisory Subcommittee.  He has served on the NRC committees on Solar and Space Physics and the Economic and Societal Impacts of Severe Solar Storms.  He recently convened the AGU Chapman Conference on Mid-latitude Ionospheric Dynamics and Disturbances, leading to a monograph by the same name.  In September 2009, he delivered the Birkland Lecture to the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters.  During the 2009-2010 academic year, Dr. Kintner will be a Jefferson Fellow for the U.S. Department of State.

Research interests:

We are investigating the interaction of GPS and other radio signals, both natural and man-made, with our space environment, sometimes called the ionosphere or magnetosphere. These waves may be electromagnetic or electrostatic and they mediate the exchange of energy and momentum in the space environment. This study includes propagation of electromagnetic signals, the amplification of both natural and man-made signals in space, and the acceleration of ionospheric plasma by waves to form the radiation belts. The study also includes the effect of the space environment on the propagation of radio signals, specifically GPS signals. Our approach is experimental. We make electric field and magnetic field measurements from sounding rockets and satellites as well as ground-based measurements using arrays of GPS receivers.  We design and manufacture our own GPS receivers for science applications, including space flight and space weather.

Selected Publications:

Kintner, P.M., J. Vago, S. Chesney, R.L. Arnoldy, K.A. Lynch, C.J. Pollock, and T.E. Moore, Localized lower hybrid acceleration of ionospheric plasma, Phys. Rev. Lett., 68(16), 2448-2451, 1992.

 

Kintner, P.M., R.L. Arnoldy, K.A. Lynch, J. Vago, C.J. Pollock, and T.E. Moore, Transverse ion acceleration and auroral electron precipitation, Adv. Space Res., 13(4), 143-48, 1993.

Powell, S.P., and P.M. Kintner, Using GPS for telemetry system clock generation and synchronization on-board sounding rockets, Proceedings, 9th International Technical Meeting, Satellite Division, Institute of Navigation (ION GPS-96), part 2, pp. 1341-48, Alexandria VA: ION, 1996.

Kintner, P.M., P.W. Schuck, and J.R. Franz, Spaced measurements and progress in understanding spaceplasma waves, Phys. Plasmas, 7(5), 2135-2141, 2000.

Kintner, P.M., P.W. Schuck, and J.R. Franz, Spaced measurements and progress in understanding spaceplasma waves, Phys. Plasmas, 7(5), 2135-2141, 2000.

Kintner, P.M., H. Kil, and E. De Paula, Fading time scales associated with GPS signals and potential consequences, Radio Sci., 36(4), 731-743, 2001.

Kintner, P.M., H. Kil, C. Deehr, and P. Schuck, Simultaneous total electron content and all-sky camera measurements of an auroral arc, J. Geophys. Res., 107(A7), 1127, doi:10.1029/2001JA000110, 2002.

Ezquer, R.G., P.M. Kintner, M.A. Cabrera, S.M. Radicella, and B. Forte, Scintillations observed at Tucuman as observed from GPS signals: First Results, Adv. Space Res., 31(3), 741-747, 2003.

Kintner, P.M., B.M. Ledvina, E.R. de Paula, and I.J. Kantor, Size, shape, orientation, speed, and duration of GPS equatorial anomaly scintillations, Radio Sci., 39, RS2012, doi:10.1029/2003RS002878, 2004.

Humphreys, T.E., M.L. Psiaki, E.M. Klatt, S.P. Powell, and P.M. Kintner, Jr., Magnetometer-based attitude and rate estimation for spacecraft with wire booms, Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics, 28, 584-593, 2005.

Kintner, P.M., and B.M. Ledvina, The ionosphere, radio navigation, and global navigation satellite systems, Adv. Space Res., 35(5), 788-811, 2005. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.asr.2004.12.076

Psiaki, M.L., S.P. Powell, H. Jung, and P.M. Kintner, Design and practical implementation of multifrequency RF front ends using direct RF sampling. IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques, 53, 3082-3089, 2005. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/TMTT.2005.855127

Psiaki, M.L., S.P. Powell, E.M. Klatt, and P.M. Kintner, Jr., Practical design and flight test of a yo-yo wire-boom deployment system, Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics 28, 85-95, 2005.

Kintner, P.M., B.M. Ledvina, and E.R. de Paula, An amplitude scintillation test pattern for evaluating GPS receiver performance, Space Weather, 3(3), S03002, doi:10.1029/2003SW000025, 2005.

Kintner, PM., Put the "Living" back into "Living With a Star", editorial, Space Weather, 3(8), S08005, 10.1029/2005SW000184, 2005.

Psiaki, M.l., T.E. Humphreys, S. Mohiuddin, S.P. Powell, A.P. Cerruti, and P.M. Kintner, Jr., Searching for Galileo, Reception and analysis of signals from GIOVE-A, GPS World, June 1, 2006.

Cerruti, A.P., P.M. Kintner, D.E. Gary, L.J. Lanzerotti, E.R. de Paula, and H.B. Vo, Observed solar radio burst effects on GPS/Wide Area Augmentation System carrier-to-noise ratio, Space Weather, 4, S10006, doi:10.1029/2006SW000254, 2006.

Frederick-Frost, K.M., K.A. Lynch, P.M. Kintner Jr., E. Klatt, D. Lorentzen, J. Moen, Y. Ogawa, and M. Widholm, SERSIO: Svalbard EISCAT Rocket Study of Ion Outflows, J. Geophys. Res., 112, A08307, doi:10.1029/2006JA011942, 2007.

Kintner, P.M., B.M. Ledvina, and E.R. de Paula, GPS and ionospheric scintillations, Space Weather, 5, S09003, doi:10.1029/2006, 2007.

Smith, A.M., C.N. Mitchell, R.J. Watson, R.W. Meggs, P.M. Kintner, K. Kauristie, and F. Honary, GPS scintillation in the high arctic associated with an auroral arc, Space Weather, 6, S03D01, doi:10.1029/2007SW000349, 2008.

Cerruti, A.P., P.M. Kintner, Jr., D.E. Gary, A.J. Mannucci, R.F. Meyer, P. Doherty, and A.J. Coster, Effect of intense December 2006 solar radio bursts on GPS receivers, Space Weather, 6, S10D07, doi:10.1029/2007SW000375, 2008.

Muella, M.T.A.H., E.R. de Paula, I.J. Kantor, I.S. Batista, J.H.A. Sobral, M.A. Abdu, P.M. Kintner, K.M. Groves, and P.F. Smorigo, GPS L-band scintillations and ionospheric irregularity zonal drifts inferred at equatorial and low-latitude regions, J. Atmos. Solar-Terr. Phys., 70(10), 1261-1272, 2008.

Immel, T.J., B. Mende, M.E. Hagan, P.M. Kintner, and S.L. England, Evidence of tropospheric effects on the ionosphere, EOS Trans., 90(9), 69-70, 2009.

Sobral, J.H.A., M.A. Abdu, T.R. Pedersen, V.M. Castilho, D.C.S. Arruda, M.T.A.H. Muella, I. S. Batista, M. Mascarenhas, E.R. de Paula, P.M. Kintner, E.A. Kherani, A.F. Medeiros, R.A. Buriti, H. Takahashi, N.J. Schuch, C.M. Denardini, C.J. Zamlutti, A.A. Pimenta, J.R. de Souza, and F.C. P. Bertoni, Ionospheric zonal velocities at conjugate points over Brazil during the COPEX campaign: Experimental observations and theoretical validations, J. Geophys. Res., doi:10.1029/2008JA013896, in press, 2009.