Edwin Mierkiewicz
- Title
- Professor and Program Coordinator for Ph.D. and M.S. in Engineering Physics
- Edwin.Mierkiewicz@erau.edu Email
- Department
- Physical Sciences Department
- College
- College of Arts & Sciences
Office Hours
Tuesday: 2:00 - 4:00 pm; Thursday: 11:00 - 12:45 pm; Also by appointment
External Links
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Education
- Ph.D. - Doctor of Philosophy in Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences: Astronomy, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Currently Teaching
- EP 800: Dissertation
- PS 113: Introductory Physics I
Research Projects
- Auroral and Atmospheric Physics
- CEDAR: Physics of the Hydrogen Geocorona
- Measuring Interstellar Temperature and Ionization Variations Using Observations of Faint Diffuse [OII] Emission
- High Spectral Resolution Observations of Lunar Exospheric Emissions
- Resolving Physical Conditions of Diffuse Ionized Gas throughout the Milky Way-Magellanic System
Publications
- Investigation of the energetic and radiative transfer properties of exospheric hydrogen with the Hydrogen Emission Line Interferometric eXplorer (HELIX) Pure Portfolio (2024)
- Advancing Our Understanding of Martian Proton Aurora Through a Coordinated Multi-Model Comparison Campaign Pure Portfolio (2023)
- Latitudinal and radial dependence of the lunar sodium exospheric temperature and linewidths Pure Portfolio (2023)
- Advancing Our Understanding of Martian Proton Aurora through a Coordinated Multi-Model Comparison Campaign Publications (2023)
- Interhemispheric ionosphere-plasmasphere system shows a high sensitivity to the exospheric neutral hydrogen density Pure Portfolio (2023)
- Selenographic and Local Time Dependence of Lunar Exospheric Sodium as Observed by LADEE Pure Portfolio (2022)
- Neutral Hydrogen in the Terrestrial Thermosphere and Exosphere Pure Portfolio (2021)
- Proton Aurora on Mars Pure Portfolio (2019)
- Geocoronal Hydrogen Emission Variation Over Two Solar Cycles Pure Portfolio (2019)
- High-Resolution Potassium Observations of the Lunar Exosphere Pure Portfolio (2019)
- Signatures of Thermospheric-Exospheric Coupling of Hydrogen in Observed Seasonal Trends of H α Intensity Pure Portfolio (2019)
- High-Resolution, Ground-Based Observations of the Lunar Sodium Exosphere During the Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer (LADEE) Mission Pure Portfolio (2018)
- New Constraints on the Escape of Sodium and Potassium From the Moon Pure Portfolio (2018)
- High-Resolution Spectroscopic Observations of Potassium Emissions in the Lunar Exosphere Pure Portfolio (2018)
- High-Resolution Spectroscopic Observations of Potassium Emissions in the Lunar Exosphere Pure Portfolio (2017)
- High-Resolution, Ground-Based Observations of the Lunar Exosphere During the Month of May from 2013 to 2016 Pure Portfolio (2017)
- MAVEN/IUVS Perispse Lyman-Alpha Observations: Variability and Constraints on H and CO2 Abundance Pure Portfolio (2017)
- Improved Velocity Distributions for Exospheric Na and K Surrounding the Moon Pure Portfolio (2017)
- Constraining Balmer Alpha Fine Structure Excitation Measured in Geocoronal Hydrogen Observations Publications (2017)
- Constraining Balmer Alpha Fine Structure Excitation Measured in Geocoronal Hydrogen Observations Pure Portfolio (2017)
- First Performance Results of a New Field-Widened Spatial Heterodyne Spectrometer for Geocoronal Hα Research Publications (2017)
- First Performance Results of a New Field-Widened Spatial Heterodyne Spectrometer for Geocoronal Hα Research Pure Portfolio (2017)
- Geocoronal Fine-Structure Cascade Excitation Constraints for Ground-Based Observations and Modeling Pure Portfolio (2016)
- Geocoronal Fine-Structure Cascade Excitation Constraints for Ground-Based Observations and Modeling Pure Portfolio (2016)
- Investigating Near Space Interaction Regions: Developing a Remote Observatory Pure Portfolio (2016)
- ExoDyn: A Cube-Satellite Constellation for the In-Situ Measurement of Upper Atmospheric Composition Pure Portfolio (2016)
- ExoDyn: A Cube-Satellite Constellation for the In-Situ Measurement of Upper Atmospheric Composition Pure Portfolio (2016)
- The Wisconsin H-Alpha Mapper Sky Survey Pure Portfolio (2016)
- The Wisconsin H-Alpha Mapper Sky Survey Pure Portfolio (2016)
- Exospheric and Interplanetary Hydrogen Sensing From a Translunar CubeSat Platform by the Tomographic Hydrogen Emission Observatory (THEO) Pure Portfolio (2015)
- New Analysis of the Deep Impact Comet 9P/Tempel 1 Event Using High Resolution Spectroscopy: Evidence From 630 NM [O( 1 D)] Emission Pure Portfolio (2015)
- Development and Field Tests of Narrowband All-Reflective Spatial Heterodyne Spectrometer Pure Portfolio (2015)
- First Performance Results of a New Geocoronal Balmer-Alpha Field-Widened Spatial Heterodyne Spectrometer Pure Portfolio (2015)
- Response of Thermospheric Hydrogen to Solar Variability and Greenhouse Gases Pure Portfolio (2015)
- Geocoronal Balmer-Alpha Emission Observed by the Wisconsin H-Alpha Mapper During the Southern Sky Survey Pure Portfolio (2015)
- ExoCube INMS with Neutral Hydrogen Mode Pure Portfolio (2015)
- First Performance Results of a New Geocoronal Balmer-Alpha Field-Widened Spatial Heterodyne Spectrometer Pure Portfolio (2015)
- Geocoronal Balmer-Alpha Emission Observed by the Wisconsin H-Alpha Mapper During the Southern Sky Survey Pure Portfolio (2015)
- Lunar Sodium and Potassium Exosphere in May 2014 Pure Portfolio (2015)
- ExoCube: In-Situ Measurement of Composition in the Exosphere, Thermosphere and Topside Ionosphere Pure Portfolio (2014)
- High-Spectral Resolution, May 2013 Ground-Based Observations of the Lunar Sodium and Potassium Exosphere Pure Portfolio (2014)
- The Geocoronal H α Cascade Component Determined from Geocoronal H β Intensity Measurements Publications (2014)
- The Geocoronal H α Cascade Component Determined from Geocoronal H β Intensity Measurements Pure Portfolio (2014)
- High-Resolution Spectroscopy of the Lunar Sodium Exosphere Publications (2014)
- High-Resolution Spectroscopy of the Lunar Sodium Exosphere Pure Portfolio (2014)
- High-Spectral Resolution, Ground-Based Observations of the Lunar Sodium and Potassium Exosphere During the LADEE Mission Pure Portfolio (2014)
- Exospheric Studies Pure Portfolio (2014)
- Investigation of Solar Cyclic and Climatic Trends in Upper Atmosphere Hydrogen Distributions Pure Portfolio (2013)
- Line Profile Measurements of the Lunar Exospheric Sodium Pure Portfolio (2012)
- Observed Seasonal Variations in Exospheric Effective Temperatures Publications (2012)
- Observed Seasonal Variations in Exospheric Effective Temperatures Pure Portfolio (2012)
- Sodium Atoms in the Lunar Exotail: Observed Velocity and Spatial Distributions Physical Sciences - Daytona Beach (2012)
- Sodium Atoms in the Lunar Exotail: Observed Velocity and Spatial Distributions Pure Portfolio (2012)
- Observed and Modeled Solar Cycle Variation in Geocoronal Hydrogen Using NRLMSISE-00 Thermosphere Conditions and the Bishop Analytic Exosphere Model Publications (2012)
- Observed and Modeled Solar Cycle Variation in Geocoronal Hydrogen Using NRLMSISE-00 Thermosphere Conditions and the Bishop Analytic Exosphere Model Pure Portfolio (2012)
- Spectral Response of the OII Spatial Heterodyne Spectrometer Pure Portfolio (2012)
- The Wisconsin H-Alpha Mapper Sky Survey: A First Look At the Global Distribution of Diffuse Ionized Gas in the Milky Way Pure Portfolio (2011)
- Early Results from the Wisconsin H-Alpha Mapper Southern Sky Survey Pure Portfolio (2011)
- Studying the Temperature and Ionization State of the Warm Ionized Medium Pure Portfolio (2011)
- Studying the Temperature and Ionization State of the Warm Ionized Medium Pure Portfolio (2011)
- The Wisconsin H-Alpha Mapper Sky Survey: A First Look At the Global Distribution of Diffuse Ionized Gas in the Milky Way Pure Portfolio (2011)
- Early Results from the Wisconsin H-Alpha Mapper Southern Sky Survey Pure Portfolio (2011)
- Development and field tests of narrowband all-reflective spatial heterodyne spectrometers Pure Portfolio (2011)
- The University of Wisconsin’s Long-Term Geocoronal Hydrogen Data Set Pure Portfolio (2010)
- Geocoronal Balmer-Alpha Doppler Widths and Effective Temperatures Near Solar Maximum Pure Portfolio (2010)
- The University of Wisconsin’s Long-Term Geocoronal Hydrogen Data Set Pure Portfolio (2010)
- Early Results From the Wisconsin H-Alpha Mapper Southern Sky Survey Pure Portfolio (2010)
- Early Results From the Wisconsin H-Alpha Mapper Southern Sky Survey Pure Portfolio (2010)
- High Resolution Spectroscopy of the Lunar Sodium Exosphere Pure Portfolio (2009)
- SHS Observations of the 3727Å O Doublet Pure Portfolio (2009)
- Monitoring the Outer Region of the Neutral Atmosphere Pure Portfolio (2009)
- Monitoring the Outer Region of the Neutral Atmosphere Pure Portfolio (2009)
- Geocoronal Hydrogen Observations Spanning Three Solar Minima Publications (2008)
- Geocoronal Hydrogen Observations Spanning Three Solar Minima Pure Portfolio (2008)
- Was a Long-Lived, High Velocity Gas Jet Produced by the Comet Tempel 1 Deep Impact Event: Evidence from High Spectral Resolution [OI] 630 nm Interference Spectra Physical Sciences - Daytona Beach (2008)
- Was a Long-Lived, High Velocity Gas Jet Produced By the Comet Tempel 1 Deep Impact Event: Evidence From High Spectral Resolution [OI] 630 NM Interference Spectra Pure Portfolio (2008)
- A Coordinated Multi-Line Investigation Aimed At Deriving Hydrogen Densities in the Upper Atmosphere Pure Portfolio (2008)
- A Spatial Heterodyne Spectrometer for Diffuse H-A Spectroscopy Pure Portfolio (2008)
- Geocoronal Hydrogen Observations Spanning Three Solar Minima Pure Portfolio (2008)
- Geocoronal Hydrogen Observations Spanning Three Solar Minima Pure Portfolio (2008)
- WHAM Observations of the Extended Lunar Sodium Tail Pure Portfolio (2008)
- WHAM Observations of the Extended Lunar Sodium Tail Pure Portfolio (2008)
- Observations of Io and the Plasma Torus During 2007 and 2008 Pure Portfolio (2008)
- OH Absorption Spectroscopy in a Flame Using Spatial Heterodyne Spectroscopy Pure Portfolio (2007)
- The First Detection of Diffuse Interstellar [OII] Emission and Confirmation That Variations in [NII]/Hα Trace Variations in Temperature Publications (2007)
- The First Detection of Diffuse Interstellar [OII] Emission and Confirmation That Variations in [NII]/Hα Trace Variations in Temperature Pure Portfolio (2007)
- 1997 and 2006 Solar Minimum Comparisons of Geocoronal Hydrogen Pure Portfolio (2007)
- 1997 and 2006 Solar Minimum Comparisons of Geocoronal Hydrogen Pure Portfolio (2007)
- A Near-UV Spatial Heterodyne Spectrometer for Interstellar [OII] Emission Line Studies Pure Portfolio (2007)
- Comet 73P/Schwassmann-Wachmann 3: O(1D) and H2O Production Rates Pure Portfolio (2007)
- A near-UV spatial heterodyne spectrometer for interstellar [OII] emission line studies Pure Portfolio (2007)
- Comet 73P/Schwassmann-Wachmann 3: O(1D) and H2O Production Rates Pure Portfolio (2007)
- Velocity Resolved Observations of the Extended Lunar Sodium Tail Pure Portfolio (2007)
- The Observed Velocity Structure of the Lunar Sodium Tail Pure Portfolio (2006)
- Radial Velocity Observations of the Extended Lunar Sodium Tail Physical Sciences - Daytona Beach (2006)
- Radial Velocity Observations of the Extended Lunar Sodium Tail Pure Portfolio (2006)
- Detection of Diffuse Interstellar [O II] Emission from the Milky Way Using Spatial Heterodyne Spectroscopy Physical Sciences - Daytona Beach (2006)
- Detection of Diffuse Interstellar [O II] Emission from the Milky Way Using Spatial Heterodyne Spectroscopy Pure Portfolio (2006)
- High Resolution Fabry-Perot Spectroscopy of Comet Fragments 73P/Schwassmann-Wachmann 3-B, C Pure Portfolio (2006)
- Integral Field Spectroscopy of the B and C Fragments of Comet 73P/Schwassmann-Wachmann 3 Pure Portfolio (2006)
- Geocoronal Hydrogen Studies Using Fabry-Perot Interferometers, Part 2: Long-Term Observations Pure Portfolio (2006)
- Geocoronal Hydrogen Studies Using Fabry-Perot Interferometers, Part 1: Instrumentation, Observations, and Analysis Pure Portfolio (2006)
- Solar Cycle Influences Seen in Ground-Based Geocoronal Hydrogen Measurements Pure Portfolio (2006)
- Geocoronal Balmer Alpha Line Profile Observations and Forward-Model Analysis Pure Portfolio (2006)
- Solar Cycle Influences Seen in Ground-Based Geocoronal Hydrogen Measurements Pure Portfolio (2006)
- Use of a Near UV Spatial Heterodyne Spectrometer for Interstellar [OII] Emission Line Studies: Characteristics, Calibration, and Atmospheric Foreground Characterization Pure Portfolio (2006)
- Development of Spatial Heterodyne Spectroscopy and Observation of O2 Nightglow Pure Portfolio (2005)
- Spatial Heterodyne Spectroscopy of NASA Deep Impact Encounter With Comet Tempel 1 Pure Portfolio (2005)
- Applications of Spatial Heterodyne Spectroscopy for Remote Sensing of Diffuse UV-Vis Emission Line Sources in the Solar System Pure Portfolio (2005)
- Insuring Data Quality in Long Term Observations of Geocoronal Hydrogen Emissions Pure Portfolio (2005)
- The First Detection of Diffuse Interstellar [OII] Emission From the Milky Way Using Spatial Heterodyne Spectroscopy Pure Portfolio (2005)
- Geocoronal Hydrogen Studies Using Fabry-Perot Interferometers Publications (2004)
- Geocoronal Hydrogen Studies Using Fabry-Perot Interferometers Pure Portfolio (2004)
- First Light Performance of a Near UV Spatial Heterodyne Spectrometer for Interstellar Emission Line Studies Pure Portfolio (2004)
- Applications of Reflective Spatial Heterodyne Spectroscopy to UV Exploration in the Solar System Pure Portfolio (2004)
- Data-Model Comparison Search Analysis of Coincident PBO Balmer α, EURD Lyman β Geocoronal Measurements From March 2000 Publications (2004)
- Data-Model Comparison Search Analysis of Coincident PBO Balmer α, EURD Lyman β Geocoronal Measurements From March 2000 Pure Portfolio (2004)
- Observations of Solar Cyclical Variations in Geocoronal H Alpha Column Emission Intensities Pure Portfolio (2004)
- Observations of Solar Cyclical Variations in Geocoronal Hα Column Emission Intensities Physical Sciences - Daytona Beach (2004)
- Observations of Solar Cyclical Variations in Geocoronal Hα Column Emission Intensities Pure Portfolio (2004)
- Applications of High Etendue Line-Profile Spectroscopy and Spectro-Polarimetry to the Study of the Atmospheric and Magnetospheric Environments of the Jovian Icy Moons Pure Portfolio (2003)
- Applications of UV Spatial Heterodyne Spectroscopy for High Resolution Studies of Diffuse Emission Line Sources in the Solar System Pure Portfolio (2003)
- Applications of High Étendue Line-Profile Spectro-Polarimetry to the Study of the Atmospheric and Magnetospheric Environments of the Jovian Icy Moons Pure Portfolio (2003)
- Determination of Atomic Hydrogen Densities in the MLT and Thermospheric Regions From Coincident Ground-Based and Satellite Airglow Data Pure Portfolio (2003)
- Spatial Heterodyne Spectroscopy: An Emerging Technology for Interference Spectroscopy Pure Portfolio (2003)
- Production, Outflow, Velocity, and Radial Distribution of H2O and OH in the Coma of Comet C/1995 O1 (Hale-Bopp) from Wide-field Imaging of OH Physical Sciences - Daytona Beach (2002)
- Production, Outflow, Velocity, and Radial Distribution of H2O and OH in the Coma of Comet C/1995 O1 (Hale-Bopp) from Wide-field Imaging of OH Pure Portfolio (2002)
- Observations of Geocoronal H-Alpha Emission Intensities Over Changing Solar Geophysical Conditions Pure Portfolio (2002)
- Fabry-Perot Observations of the Hydrogen Geocorona Pure Portfolio (2002)
- WHAM Geocororal Hydrogen Emission Observations Over Changing Solar Geophysical Conditions Pure Portfolio (2001)
- Geocoronal H-A [Alpha] Intensity Measurements Using the Wisconsin H-A [Alpha] Mapper Fabry-Perot Facility Physical Sciences - Daytona Beach (2001)
- Geocoronal H-A [Alpha] Intensity Measurements Using the Wisconsin H-A [Alpha] Mapper Fabry-Perot Facility Pure Portfolio (2001)
- Evidence for Collisional Effects in the Radial Distributions of OH and C in the Coma of C/1995 O1 (Hale-Bopp) Pure Portfolio (1999)
- A Systematic Program for Ground-Based Fabry-Perot Observations of the Neutral Hydrogen Exosphere Pure Portfolio (1999)
- The Wisconsin/GSFC Hale-Bopp Observing Campaign Pure Portfolio (1997)
- Neutral Atomic Emissions From Comet Hale-Bopp Pure Portfolio (1997)
- Photopolarimetric Observations of CI(1657 Angstroms) and Dust Continuum Emissions From Comet Hale-Bopp with the WISP Sounding Rocket Pure Portfolio (1997)
- UV Photopolarimetric Imaging of C/1995 O1 (Hale-Bopp) With the Wide Field Imaging Survey Polarimeter (WISP) Pure Portfolio (1997)
- Fabry-Perot Observations of Comet Hale-Bopp H_2O(+) Velocity Fields Pure Portfolio (1997)
- The Wisconsin/GSFC Hale-Bopp Observing Campaign Pure Portfolio (1997)
- Observations of Comet C/1995 O1 (Hale-Bopp) at the Burrell Schmidt Telescope Pure Portfolio (1997)
- Experimental Results of Neutron Fluence Outside an Iron Shield in the Forward Direction Publications (1996)
- Experimental Results of Neutron Fluence Outside an Iron Shield in the Forward Direction Pure Portfolio (1996)
- A Relative Measurement of the Longitudinal Neutron Flux Produced in High-Energy Hadronic Showering in Iron Pure Portfolio (1994)
- Experimental Results On Low-Energy Neutron Leakage in Hadronic Showers from FNAL T-821 Pure Portfolio (1993)