[SPA] SPA SECTION NEWSLETTER, Volume XXV, Issue 60

[Newsletter Editor]

AMERICAN GEOPHYSICAL UNION
SPA SECTION NEWSLETTER
Volume XXV, Issue 60
Sep.26,2018

***********************************************************************

Table of Contents

1. The Passing of Eigil Friis-Christensen

***********************************************************************

Announcement Submission Website: http://goo.gl/forms/qjcm4dDr4g


1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1

The Passing of Eigil Friis-Christensen

From: Michael Hesse, Therese Moretto (Therese.jorgensen at uib.no)

Dear friends and colleagues,

Eigil Friis-Christensen passed away on 21st September 2018 after severe illness.

Eigil had tremendous impact as a scientific leader, working tirelessly throughout his career to promote interdisciplinary approaches and international collaboration.  His scientific achievements include ground-breaking studies of the interaction between Earth’s magnetic field and the solar wind, in particular using data from the Greenland magnetometer chain that he initiated and installed in the 1970s; the Oersted and Swarm satellite missions to explore Earth’s magnetic field, and investigations of the connection between global temperature and the length of the solar cycle. 

He was highly regarded and recognized internationally for his many achievements.  To list just a few:  In 1997 he initiated the "Decade of Geopotential Field Research" within the IUGG, between 2007 and 2011 he served as president of IAGA, in 2009 he was awarded EGU’s Petrus Peregrinus Medal for "his fundamental contributions to our knowledge of the Earth’s magnetic field from space and his innovative leadership in geomagnetism" and also was elected a fellow of the AGU for "his pathbreaking cross-disciplinary scientific research and multi-national leadership in initiating new space-based research missions." 

Eigil's quiet and kind personality, combined with his dedication to science and his ability to inspire his younger colleagues and promote their individual careers, will be remembered by all who had the privilege to work with him.

We have lost an outstanding scientist and a remarkable person.


***** SUBSCRIPTION AND ANNOUNCEMENT REQUESTS *****

The AGU Space Physics and Aeronomy (SPA) Section Newsletter is issued approximately weekly. Back issues are available at:

http://spa.agu.org/category/newsletters/

To request announcements for distribution by the newsletter, please use the online submission form at:
http://goo.gl/forms/qjcm4dDr4g

To subscribe to the newsletter, please go to the web page at:
http://lists.igpp.ucla.edu/mailman/listinfo/spa
(Do not use this web page to post announcements.)

NOTE: Due to the large number of SPA-related sessions at major conferences, the SPA Newsletter can no longer accept announcement requests for individual sessions at AGU, AOGS, COSPAR, EGU, or IAGA Meetings. Titles and web links (if available) of these sessions will be distributed in a special issue of the Newsletter before the abstract deadline.

SPA Web Site: http://spa.agu.org/

SPA Newsletter Editorial Team: Peter Chi (Editor), Guan Le (Co-Editor), Sharon Uy, Marjorie Sowmendran, Todd King, and Kevin Addison

*************** END OF NEWSLETTER ****************