Professor Forbes’ research interests fall within the broad category of “solar-planetary relations” and include the upper atmosphere environments of Earth, Mars, and Venus; coupling of upper atmosphere environments to lower altitudes and to solar variability; geomagnetic storm effects on satellite drag variability; the vertical propagation of tides and planetary waves in planetary atmospheres and their role in defining space weather; and utilization of numerical models, satellite drag measurements and satellite remote sensing data to elucidate atmospheric variability.
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solar-planetary relationships, atmosphere-ionosphere coupling, atmospheric tides, satellite drag, space weather
