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Jeffrey J. Love

I am a Research Geophysicist in the Geomagnetism Program of the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). My research has encompassed a variety of subjects related to the Earth’s magnetic field.

These days, I work in collaboration with colleagues on three subjects: 1. Using geomagnetic monitoring data and magnetotelluric survey data to evaluate geoelectric hazards of concern to the electric-power grid industry. 2. Statistical analysis of the rare occurrences of extremely intense magnetic storms. 3. Analysis of historical records of past space-weather events and their impacts.

Research theme: Geomagnetic Hazards

Magnetic storms; Solar-terrestrial interaction; Magnetotellurics; Induced geoelectric fields; Space climatology; Geophysical monitoring; Rare, extreme, historical geophysical events; Earthquake prediction; Hypothesis testing; Time series analysis; Statistical analysis

Professional Experience

  • USGS, Golden, CO, Research Geophysicist, Advisor for Geomagnetic Research, 2006 - Present

  • Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris, Universite Paris Diderot, France, Visiting Professor, September 2015

  • Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris, Universite Paris Diderot, France, Visiting Research Scientist, October 2012

  • USGS, Golden, CO, Supervisory Research Geophysicist, Geomagnetism Group Leader, 20

Education and Certifications

  • Harvard University, Geophysics, Ph.D. 1993

  • University of California, Berkeley, Physics and Applied Mathematics, A.B. 1985

Affiliations and Memberships*

  • Space Weather Operations Response and Mitigation (SWORM) of the National Science and Technology Council, 2015 - Present

  • Electromagnetic Pulse Research and Development (EMPRAD) of the National Science

Science and Products

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Book review: Earth’s magnetism in the age of sail

For many centuries, the source, behavior, and even the essential nature of geomagnetism were enigmatic. Despite this, the effect of geomagnetism was familiar, by imparting a directional preference on the magnetized needle of the compass and providing a useful, if somewhat annoyingly complicated, reference for navigators. Although the compass seems to have first been invented in China, it was the E
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Natural Hazards Mission Area, Geomagnetism Program, Geologic Hazards Science Center

Paleointensity in Hawaiian Scientific Drilling Project Hole (HSDP2): Results from submarine basaltic glass

Paleointensity estimates based on the high quality Thellier‐Thellier data from the early Brunhes (420–780 ka) are rare (only 30 in the published literature). The Second Hawaiian Scientific Drilling Project (HSDP2) drill hole recovered submarine volcanics spanning the approximate time period of 420–550 ka. These are of particular interest for absolute paleointensity studies owing to the abundance o
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L. Tauxe, Jeffrey J. Love
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Natural Hazards Mission Area, Geomagnetism Program, Geologic Hazards Science Center

Gaussian statistics for palaeomagnetic vectors

With the aim of treating the statistics of palaeomagnetic directions and intensities jointly and consistently, we represent the mean and the variance of palaeomagnetic vectors, at a particular site and of a particular polarity, by a probability density function in a Cartesian three-space of orthogonal magnetic-field components consisting of a single (unimoda) non-zero mean, spherically-symmetrical
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Jeffrey J. Love, C.G. Constable
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Natural Hazards Mission Area, Geomagnetism Program, Geologic Hazards Science Center

Geodynamo

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Natural Hazards Mission Area, Geomagnetism Program, Geologic Hazards Science Center

Science and Products

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Book review: Earth’s magnetism in the age of sail

For many centuries, the source, behavior, and even the essential nature of geomagnetism were enigmatic. Despite this, the effect of geomagnetism was familiar, by imparting a directional preference on the magnetized needle of the compass and providing a useful, if somewhat annoyingly complicated, reference for navigators. Although the compass seems to have first been invented in China, it was the E
Authors
Jeffrey J. Love
By
Natural Hazards Mission Area, Geomagnetism Program, Geologic Hazards Science Center

Paleointensity in Hawaiian Scientific Drilling Project Hole (HSDP2): Results from submarine basaltic glass

Paleointensity estimates based on the high quality Thellier‐Thellier data from the early Brunhes (420–780 ka) are rare (only 30 in the published literature). The Second Hawaiian Scientific Drilling Project (HSDP2) drill hole recovered submarine volcanics spanning the approximate time period of 420–550 ka. These are of particular interest for absolute paleointensity studies owing to the abundance o
Authors
L. Tauxe, Jeffrey J. Love
By
Natural Hazards Mission Area, Geomagnetism Program, Geologic Hazards Science Center

Gaussian statistics for palaeomagnetic vectors

With the aim of treating the statistics of palaeomagnetic directions and intensities jointly and consistently, we represent the mean and the variance of palaeomagnetic vectors, at a particular site and of a particular polarity, by a probability density function in a Cartesian three-space of orthogonal magnetic-field components consisting of a single (unimoda) non-zero mean, spherically-symmetrical
Authors
Jeffrey J. Love, C.G. Constable
By
Natural Hazards Mission Area, Geomagnetism Program, Geologic Hazards Science Center

Geodynamo

No abstract available.
Authors
Jeffrey J. Love
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Natural Hazards Mission Area, Geomagnetism Program, Geologic Hazards Science Center

*Disclaimer: Listing outside positions with professional scientific organizations on this Staff Profile are for informational purposes only and do not constitute an endorsement of those professional scientific organizations or their activities by the USGS, Department of the Interior, or U.S. Government

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