Richard Sonnenfeld

1.8k citations
54 papers · 1.2k indexed · h-index 17
Topics
Lightning and Electromagnetic Phenomena (25 papers)Force Microscopy Techniques and Applications (14 papers)Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics (12 papers)

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Richard Sonnenfeld

53 papers receiving 1.2k citations

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Richard Sonnenfeld
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  • Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 767
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering 487
  • Astronomy and Astrophysics 280
  • Biomedical Engineering 254
  • Electrochemistry 231
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Initial results from precision spark resistance measurements
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Sprite Streamer Interactions at 100,000 Frames per Second
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Analysis of Electric Field Change, Interferometric, and Lightning Mapping Data to Study Intra-Cloud Lightning
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High-time-resolution Imaging of Lightning with the Long Wavelength Array
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Development of the Langmuir Electric Field Array (LEFA)
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Analysis of Charge Transport during Lightning Using Balloon Borne Electric Field Sensors and LMA
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About Richard Sonnenfeld

Richard Sonnenfeld is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Structural Biology and Acoustics and Ultrasonics, having authored 54 papers that have together received 1.2k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Lightning and Electromagnetic Phenomena (25 papers), Force Microscopy Techniques and Applications (14 papers) and Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics (12 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Structural Biology (104 citations), Electrochemistry (231 citations) and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics (767 citations). Richard Sonnenfeld has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Austria and Japan. Frequent co-authors include Paul K. Hansma, J. Schneir, P. K. Hansma, Bruce C. Schardt, B. Drake, H. E. Edens, Othmar Marti, P. R. Krehbiel, W. P. Winn and Robert J. Hamers. Their work appears in journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres.

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