CV Tiera Laitinen

Fields of expertise
Earth's magnetosphere
Magnetic reconnection
Projects
IMPEX
Air drag variations due to space weather
Editor-in-chief for Avaruusluotain
University and other degrees
PhD in theoretical physics, University of Helsinki 2007
Previous professional appointments
Post-doctoral scientist at the Swedish Institute for Space Physics (IRF) 2008 - 2009
List of publications
Here are listed my scientific publications in refereed journals. Some of my other publications are listed in the Finnish version of this CV.
T.V. Laitinen, T.I. Pulkkinen, M. Palmroth, P. Janhunen, H. E. J. Koskinen: The magnetotail reconnection region in a global MHD simulation. Ann. Geophys., 23, 3753–3764, 2005. Abstract, Full PDF
T. I. Pulkkinen, M. Palmroth, E. I. Tanskanen, P. Janhunen, H. E. J. Koskinen, T. V. Laitinen: New interpretation of magnetospheric energy circulation. Geophys. Res. Lett. 33, L07101, 2006. Abstract
B. Hubert, M. Palmroth, T. V. Laitinen, P. Janhunen, S. E. Milan, A. Grocott, S. W. H. Cowley, T. Pulkkinen, and J.-C. Gérard: Compression of the Earth's magnetotail by interplanetary shocks directly drives transient magnetic flux closure. Geophys. Res. Lett., 33, L10105, doi:10.1029/2006GL026008, 2006. Abstract
T.V. Laitinen, T.I. Pulkkinen, M. Palmroth, P. Janhunen, H. E. J. Koskinen: On the characterization of magnetic reconnection in global MHD simulations. Ann. Geophys. 24, 3059–3069, 2006. Abstract, Full PDF
M. Palmroth, T.V. Laitinen, T.I. Pulkkinen: Magnetopause energy and mass transfer: Results from a global MHD simulation. Ann. Geophys. 24, 3467–3480, 2006. Abstract, Full PDF
T.V. Laitinen, R. Nakamura, A. Runov, H. Rème, E.A. Lucek: Global and local disturbances in the magnetotail during reconnection. Ann. Geophys., 25, 1025–1035, 2007. Abstract, Full PDF
T.V. Laitinen, M. Palmroth, T.I. Pulkkinen, P. Janhunen, H. E. J. Koskinen: Continuous reconnection line and pressure-dependent energy conversion on the magnetopause in a global MHD model. J. Geophys. Res., 112, A11201, 2007. Abstract
T.I. Pulkkinen, M. Palmroth, T.V. Laitinen: Energy as a tracer of magnetospheric processes: GUMICS-4 global MHD results and observations compared. J. Atm. Solar-Terr. Phys., 70, 687–707, 2008. Abstract, Full article
Andréeová, K., T. I. Pulkkinen, T. V. Laitinen, and L. Prech: Shock propagation in the magnetosphere: Observations and MHD simulations compared. J. Geophys. Res. 113, A09224, 2008, doi: 10.1029/2008JA013350. Abstract
Pulkkinen, T. I., M. Palmroth, H. E. J. Koskinen, T. V. Laitinen, C. C. Goodrich, V. G. Merkin, and J. G. Lyon (2010), Magnetospheric modes and solar wind energy coupling efficiency, J. Geophys. Res., 115, A03207, doi:10.1029/2009JA014737. Abstract
Hietala, H., Laitinen, T. V., Andreeova, K., Vainio, R., Vaivads, E., Andre, M., Palmroth, M., Pulkkinen, T. I., Koskinen, H. E. J., Lucek, E. A., and Reme, H., Supermagnetosonic Jets behind a Collisionless Quasi-parallel Shock, Phys. Rev. Lett., 103, 245001, 2009, doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.103.245001. Abstract, Full PDF
Laitinen, T. V., Khotyaintsev, Y. V., André, M., Vaivads, A., and Rème, H.: Local influence of magnetosheath plasma beta fluctuations on magnetopause reconnection, Ann. Geophys., 28, 1053-1063, doi:10.5194/angeo-28-1053-2010, 2010. Abstract, Full PDF
André, M., Vaivads, A., Khotyaintsev, Y. V., Laitinen, T., Nilsson, H., Stenberg, G., Fazakerley, A., Trotignon, J. G.: Magnetic reconnection and cold plasma at the magnetopause. Geophys. Res. Lett. 37, L22108, 2010. Abstract
Palmroth, M., Laitinen, T. V., Anekallu, C. R., Pulkkinen, T. I., Dunlop, M., Lucek, E. A., and Dandouras, I., Spatial dependence of magnetopause energy transfer: Cluster measurements verifying global simulations, Ann. Geophys., 29, 823-838, 2011. Abstract, Full PDF
Hietala, H., N. Partamies, T. V. Laitinen, G. Facskó, A. Vaivads, H. E. J. Koskinen, I. Dandouras, H. Rème, E. A. Lucek, L. Clausen: Effects of supermagnetosonic subsolar magnetosheath jets: from magnetopause perturbations to ionospheric convection. Ann. Geophys., 30, 33-48, 2012. Abstract, Full PDF
P. Janhunen, M. Palmroth, T. Laitinen, I. Honkonen, L. Juusola, G. Facsko, T.I. Pulkkinen: The GUMICS-4 global MHD magnetosphere–ionosphere coupling simulation. J. Atm. Solar-Terr. Phys. 80, 48–59, 2012. Full PDF