Hannes Alfven Medal 2011

摘要

The European Geophysical Union has announced its award of the 2011 Hannes Alfven Medal to Syun-Ichi Akasofu for his outstanding achievements in solar-terrestrial physics, in establishing the substorm as a fundamental concept of magnetospheric physics. Syun-Ichi Akasofu received his Ph.D. in 1961 and became professor of geophysics three years later. He has published more than 550 professional journal articles, and has authored/co-authored 10 books. In 1981, Akasofu was named one of the '1000 Most Cited Scientists'. In 2002, he was named one of the 'World's Most Cited Authors in Space Physics' by Current Contents ISI. He has in total received 16 awards and honours from various societies, universities and establishments, such as the AGU, the Royal Astronomy Society, and the Emperor of Japan.