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katia@phys.ufl.edu































Katia Matcheva

Assistant Professor


Education

PhD Johns Hopkins University (2000)

Research Group

Astrophysics Theory

Research Interest

Research interests include: physics and chemistry of the atmospheres of Solar system planets, radiative transfer models of the atmosphere, dynamics of the upper atmosphere, atmospheric gravity waves.

Selected Publications

E. Raynaud, K. Matcheva, P. Drossart, F. Roques, and B. Sicardy,“A Re-analysis of the 1971 Beta Scorpii Occultation by Jupiter: Study of Temperature Fluctuations and Detection of Wave Activity”, Icarus 168, n. 2, 324-335, 2004.

E. Raynaud, P. Drossart, K. Matcheva, B. Sicardy, W. Hubbard, F. Roques, T. Widemann, G. Gladstone, J. Waite, P. Bastien, R. Doyon, and D. Nadeau, “The 1999 HIP 9369 Occultation by the Northern Polar Region of Jupiter: Ingress and Egress Lightcurve Analysis”, Icarus 162, n. 2, 344-361, 2003.

K. Matcheva, D. Strobel and M. Flasar, “Interaction of Gravity Waves with Ionospheric Plasma: Implications for Jupiter's Ionosphere”, Icarus 152, n. 2, 347-365, 2001.

K. Matcheva and D. Strobel, “Heating of Jupiter's Thermosphere by Dissipation of Gravity Waves Due to Molecular Viscosity and Heat Conduction”, Icarus 140, n. 2, 410-423, 1999.