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802: Using Remote Sensing to Study Space Weather and the Earth’s Natural Space Environment - Dr. Emma Spanswick

2025/3/3
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Emma Spanswick: 我从事空间物理学研究，主要研究地球的自然空间环境，包括与上层大气无缝连接并延伸到地球周围区域的空间区域。我的研究利用遥感技术来研究空间环境动力学的物理学，并调查空间天气，即太空中所有可能影响轨道和地球上系统和技术的天文现象。我的研究项目包括三个方面：基于发现的科学研究、空间天气技术影响研究以及遥感技术的开发和部署。我开发和设计遥感仪器，并将其部署到野外收集数据。在工作之外，我喜欢与家人一起远足、骑山地自行车等户外活动，也喜欢拳击和健身。 在职业生涯中，我经历过许多挑战和挫折，例如代码调试失败和仪器研发停滞，但我坚持不懈，最终取得了成功。我最近获得了一笔巨额拨款，用于升级加拿大各地的空间环境监测基础设施，这将提升我们的研究能力，并为未来的科学突破奠定基础。如果资源无限，我最想研究的是地球空间环境的各个子系统是如何相互作用和耦合的。 Marie McNeely: 作为主持人，我引导访谈，并就Emma Spanswick的科研经历、研究方法、职业发展道路以及对空间物理学领域的见解进行提问。我关注她的科研成果，特别是最近发表在《自然》杂志上的关于结构连续发射的论文，以及她对未来研究方向的展望。此外，我还就她职业生涯中的挑战、成功经验以及对年轻科学家的建议等方面进行了深入探讨。

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Dr. Spanswick describes her work as a space physicist, encompassing research on Earth's natural space environment, space weather, and the development of remote sensing instruments. Her research program has three main components: studying the physics of the space environment, investigating space weather's technological impacts, and designing and deploying remote sensing instruments.
  • studies Earth's natural space environment and space weather
  • develops and deploys remote sensing instruments
  • three-pronged research program: discovery science, space weather impact, and instrument design

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Dr. Emma Louise Spanswick is an Associate Professor and a Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council Tier II Canada Research Chair in Geospace Dynamics and Space Plasma Physics in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Calgary. Emma studies the Earth’s natural space environment, which is connected to our upper atmosphere and extends into the region around the Earth. Emma’s research examines this environment using remote sensing to examine the physics of the dynamics of the space environment, and they also investigate space weather, which encompasses all phenomena in space that can impact systems and technologies that are in orbit and on Earth. As part of her work, Emma also develops and designs remote sensing instruments and deploys them in the field to collect data. Outside of science, Emma spends much of her time with her family, including her two sons. They enjoy hiking, mountain biking, and being outdoors together. Emma's hobbies also include boxing and going to the gym for a good workout. She completed her undergraduate studies in physics and was awarded her PhD in physics from the University of Calgary. Next, she worked at Los Alamos National Lab as a Visiting Scientist. Afterwards, she returned to the University of Calgary as a Research Scientist, and subsequently the Associate Director of the Auroral Imaging Group, before joining the faculty there in 2019. Emma was among researchers who received the 2018 Robert H. Goddard Award for Exceptional Achievement in Science, and she has been named among Avenue Magazine Calgary’s Top 40 Under 40. In this interview, she shares more about her life and science.