Sebastijan Mrak

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received a PhD in Electrical Engineering from Boston University in 2020. His research includes GNSS remote sensing of ionospheric irregularities and scintillations. He was a young scientist in NASA LWS Institute on Mid-latitude scintillations 2019 and is currently a team member of the ISSI 2021 team on “Multi-scale magnetosphere- ionosphere-thermosphere coupling”

Personal Bibliography

2023

S. Vadas, C. Figueiredo, E. Becker, J. Huba, D. Themens, N. Hindley, S. Mrak, I. Galkin, K. Bossert; Traveling ionospheric disturbances induced by the secondary gravity waves from the Tonga eruption on 15 January 2022 : modeling with MESORAC/HIAMCM/SAMI3 and comparison with GPS/TEC and ionosonde data, Journal of geophysical research. Space physics, vol. 128, 2023 [DOI: 10.1029/2023JA031408][COBISS: 151653635]
S. Mrak, A. Coster, K. Groves, R. Nikoukar; Ground-based infrastructure for monitoring and characterizing intermediate-scale ionospheric irregularities at mid-latitudes, Frontiers in astronomy and space sciences, 2023 [DOI: 10.3389/fspas.2023.1091340][COBISS: 141049603]

2022

Y. Nishimura, J. Goldstein, C. Martinis, Q. Ma, W. Li, S. Zhang, A. Coster, S. Mrak, J. Semeter, N. Nishitani, J. Ruohoniemi, S. Shepherd; Multi-scale density structures in the plasmaspheric plume during a geomagnetic storm, Journal of geophysical research. Space physics, vol. 127, 2022 [DOI: 10.1029/2021JA030230][COBISS: 104850947]
S. Mrak, Q. Zhu, Y. Deng, I. Dammasch, M. Dominique, M. Hairston, Y. Nishimura, J. Semeter; Modeling solar eclipses at extreme ultra violet wavelengths and the effects of nonuniform eclipse shadow on the ionosphere-thermosphere system, Journal of geophysical research. Space physics, vol. 127, 2022 [DOI: 10.1029/2022JA031058][COBISS: 132414211]
P. Cheng, J. Morton, S. Mrak, K. Chen; Identification of meteotsunami through GNSS traveling ionospheric disturbance observations, 35th International Technical Meeting of the Satellite Division of the Institute of Navigation (ION GNSS+ 2022) : September 19-23, 2022, Denver, Colorado, Proceedings of the Satellite Division's International Technical Meeting, 2022 [DOI: 10.33012/2022.18483][COBISS: 132605187]
G. Starr, S. Mrak, Y. Nishimura, M. Hirsch, P. Ishwar, J. Semeter; Automatic identification of the main ionospheric trough in total electron content images, Space weather, vol. 20, 2022 [DOI: 10.1029/2021SW002994][COBISS: 104853251]

2021

S. Mrak, J. Semeter, T. Nishimura, A. Coster, K. Groves; Space weather at mid-latitudes : leveraging geodetic GPS receivers for ionospheric scintillation science, 34th International Meeting of the Satellite Division of the Institute of Navigation, ION GNSS+2021 virtual Meeting, September 20-24, 2021 at the St. Louis, Missouri, 2021 [COBISS: 83213315]
S. Mrak, J. Semeter, Y. Nishimura, A. Coster; Extreme low-latitude total electron content enhancement and global positioning system scintillation at dawn, Space weather, vol. 19, 2021 [DOI: 10.1029/2021SW002740][COBISS: 83158531]
Y. Nishimura, S. Mrak, J. Semeter, A. Coster, P. Jayachandran, K. Groves, D. Knudsen, N. Nishitani, J. Ruohoniemi; Evolution of mid-latitude density irregularities and scintillation in North America during the 7-8 September 2017 storm, Journal of geophysical research. Space physics, vol. 126, 2021 [DOI: 10.1029/2021JA029192][COBISS: 83168259]

2020

S. Mrak, J. Semeter, Y. Nishimura, F. Rodrigues, A. Coster, K. Groves; Leveraging geodetic GPS receivers for ionospheric scintillation science, Radio science, vol. 55, 2020 [DOI: 10.1029/2020RS007131][COBISS: 47773187]
Z. Yang, S. Mrak, Y. Morton; Geomagnetic storm induced mid-latitude ionospheric plasma irregularities and their implications for GPS positioning over North America : a case study, 2020 IEEE/ION Position, Location and Navigation Symposium (PLANS) : 20-23 April 2020, Portland, OR, USA, 2020 [DOI: 10.1109/PLANS46316.2020.9110132][COBISS: 47933699]
S. Mrak, J. Semeter; GNSS remote sensing of space weather atmid-latitudes : ionospheric irregularitiesand source analysis : doctoral dissertation, 2020 [COBISS: 47818499]

2019

S. Aryal, G. Geddes, S. Finn, S. Mrak, I. Galkin, I. Cnossen, T. Cook, S. Chakrabarti; Multispectral and Multi-instrument observation of TIDs following the total solar eclipse of 21 August 2017, Journal of geophysical research. Space physics, vol. 124, 2019 [DOI: 10.1029/2018JA026333][COBISS: 47787779]
N. Sivadas, J. Semeter, Y. Nishimura, S. Mrak; Optical signatures of the outer radiation belt boundary, Geophysical research letters, vol. 46, 2019 [DOI: 10.1029/2019GL083908][COBISS: 47782659]

2018

S. Mrak, J. Semeter, D. Drob, J. Huba; Direct EUV/X-ray modulation of the ionosphere during the August 2017 total solar eclipse, Geophysical research letters, vol. 45, 2018 [DOI: 10.1029/2017GL076771][COBISS: 47794691]
M. Hairston, S. Mrak, W. Coley, A. Burrell, B. Holt, M. Perdue, M. Depew, R. Power; Topside ionospheric electron temperature observations of the 21 August 2017 eclipse by DMSP spacecraft, Geophysical research letters, vol. 45, 2018 [DOI: 10.1029/2018GL077381][COBISS: 47796739]
S. Mrak, J. Semeter, Y. Nishimura, M. Hirsch, N. Sivadas; Coincidental TID Production by tropospheric weather during the August 2017 total solar eclipse, Geophysical research letters, vol. 45, 2018 [DOI: 10.1029/2018GL080239][COBISS: 47791363]
S. Mrak, A. Hrovat, M. Vidmar, A. Vilhar; A discrete-components millimeter-wave satellite beacon receiver for Q-band propagation experiment, International journal of satellite communications and networking, vol. 36, 2018 [DOI: 10.1002/sat.1240][COBISS: 31394343]
S. Mrak, J. Semeter, M. Hirsch, G. Starr, D. Hampton, R. Varney, A. Reimer, J. Swoboda, P. Erickson, F. Lind, A. Coster, V. Pankratius; Field-aligned GPS scintillation : multisensor data fusion, Journal of geophysical research. Space physics, vol. 123, 2018 [DOI: 10.1002/2017JA024557][COBISS: 47799299]

2017

J. Semeter, S. Mrak, M. Hirsch, J. Swoboda, H. Akbari, G. Starr, D. Hampton, P. Erickson, F. Lind, A. Coster, V. Pankratius; GPS signal corruption by the discrete aurora : precise measurements from the Mahali experiment, Geophysical research letters, vol. 44, 2017 [DOI: 10.1002/2017GL073570][COBISS: 47803907]

2016

S. Mrak, M. Vidmar, A. Hrovat; Satelitski sprejemnik za spremljanje svetilniškega signala satelita Alphasat v frekvenčnem pasu Q (Ka) : magistrsko delo, 2016 [COBISS: 11356500]
A. Vilhar, A. Hrovat, S. Mrak, U. Kuhar, G. Kandus; Štiri-kanalna Alphasat sprejemna postaja za meritve svetilniških signalov v Ka- in Q-pasu = Four channel alphasat ka- and q- band beacon receiver station, Zbornik, 2016 [COBISS: 29273639]

2015

S. Mrak, U. Kuhar, A. Vilhar; Low-cost system design for tracking satellites in geosynchronous orbit, EuCAP 2015, 2015 [COBISS: 28522279]

2014

M. Cimerman, Z. Topčagić, L. Golinar, Ž. Rojec, K. Suvajac, P. Miklavčič, M. Mencin, R. Pavlovič, S. Mrak, D. Domajnko, M. Meža, U. Burnik, Č. Valentinčič, A. Sadikov, J. Zaletelj, D. Križaj; Laboratorijski merilni sistem na osnovi naprave Red Pitaya, Zbornik triindvajsete mednarodne Elektrotehniške in računalniške konference ERK 2014, 22. - 24. september 2014, Portorož, Slovenija, Zbornik ... Elektrotehniške in računalniške konference ... = Proceedings of the ... Electrotechnical and Computer Science Conference ..., 2014 [COBISS: 10776404]
S. Mrak; Izgradnja sledilnega sistema za satelit Alphasat, Zbornik triindvajsete mednarodne Elektrotehniške in računalniške konference ERK 2014, 22. - 24. september 2014, Portorož, Slovenija, Zbornik ... Elektrotehniške in računalniške konference ... = Proceedings of the ... Electrotechnical and Computer Science Conference ..., 2014 [COBISS: 10773332]
J. Vidic, S. Mrak, P. Zupanič, T. Lavrenčič, M. Meža; Razvoj mobilne aplikacije za merjenje srčnega utripa, Zbornik triindvajsete mednarodne Elektrotehniške in računalniške konference ERK 2014, 22. - 24. september 2014, Portorož, Slovenija, Zbornik ... Elektrotehniške in računalniške konference ... = Proceedings of the ... Electrotechnical and Computer Science Conference ..., 2014 [COBISS: 10764372]