Jiří Šimůnek

Function:	Head of Panská Ves observatory
Position:	Research Scientist
Email:
Phone:	+420 487 870 273
Room:	Panská Ves

Education:

• Ph.D.,  Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Charles University in Prague, Dissertation „Structure of outer cusp“ , 2005
• M.S.    Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Charles University in Prague, specialization Electronics and microelectronics; Thesis: „Study of relaxation processes in the flowing afterglow“, 1987

Employment and academic experience:

• Head of the Observatory and Telemetry station Panská Ves (2007 – present)
• Scientist, Institute of Atmospheric Physics, AS CR, 2004 – present
• Associated scientist, Institute of Atmospheric Physics, AS CR (1994 – 2004)
• Research assistant, Institute of geophysics,  CAS

Professional interests:

Professional interest

• Space plasma physics – physical processes at magnetopause
• Programming of control and telemetry systems
• Backup and security of data
• Telemetry systems

As a member of team „MAGION“ received Awards of the ASCR for outstanding results of major scientific importance, 1999

Selected publications:

• Kuznetsov, V. D.; Zimovets, I.V.; Anufreychik, K.; Bezrukikh, V.; Chulkov, I. V.; Konovalov, A. A.; Kotova, G.A.; Kovrazhkin, R. A.; Moiseenko, D.; Petrukovich, A. A.; Remizov, A.; Shestakov, A.; Skalsky, A.; Vaisberg, O. L.; Verigin, M. I.; Zhuravlev, R. N.; Andreevskyi, S. E.; Dokukin, V. S.; Fomichev, V. V.; Lebedev, N. I.; Obridko, V. N.; Polyanskyi, V. P.; Styazhkin, V. A.; Rudenchik, E. A.; Sinelnikov, V. M.; Zhugzhda, Yu. D.; Ryzhenko, A. P.; Ivanov, A. V.; Simonov, A. V.; Dobrovolskyi, V. S.; Konstantinov, M. S.; Kuzin, S. V.; Bogachev, S. A.; Kholodilov, A. A.; Kirichenko, A. S.; Lavrentiev, E. N.; Reva, A. A.; Shestov, S. V.; Ulyanov, A. S.; Panasyuk, M. I.; Iyudin, A. F.; Svertilov, S. I.; Bogomolov, V. V; Galkin, V. I.; Marjin, B. V.; Morozov, O. V.; Osedlo, V. I.; Rubinshtein, I. A.; Scherbovsky, B. Ya.; Tulupov, V. I.; Kotov, Yu. D.; Yurov, V. N.; Glyanenko, A. S.; Kochemasov, A. V.; Lupar, E. E.; Rubtsov, I. V.; Trofimov, Yu. A; Tyshkevich, V. G.; Ulin, S. E.; Novikov, A. S.; Dmitrenko, V. V.; Grachev, V. M.; Stekhanov, V. N.; Vlasik, K. F.; Uteshev, Z. M.; Chernysheva, I. V.; Shustov, A. E.; Petrenko, D. V.; Aptekar, R. L.; Dergachev, V. A.; Golenetskii, S. V.; Gribovskyi, K. S.; Frederiks, D. D.; Kruglov, E. M.; Lazutkov, V. P.; Levedev, V. V.; Oleinik, F. P.; Palshin, V. D.; Repin, A. I.; Savchenko, M. I.; Skorodumov, D. V.; Svinkin, D. S.; Tsvetkova, A. S.; Ulanov, M. V.; Kozhevatov, I. E.; Sylwester, J.; Siarkowski, M.; Bąkała, J.; Szaforz, Ż.; Kowaliński, M.; Dudnik, O. V.; Lavraud, B.; Hruška, František; Kolmašová, Ivana; Santolík, Ondřej; Šimůnek, Jiří; Truhlík, Vladimír; Auster, H.-U.; Hilchenbach, M.; Venedictov, Yu.; Berghofer, G., 2016: The Sun and Heliosphere Explorer – The Interhelioprobe Mission, Geomagnetism and Aeronomy, 56, 7, pp. 781-841
• Samsonov, A. A.; Gordeev, E.; Tsyganenko, N. A.; Šafránková, J.; Němeček, Z.; Šimůnek, Jiří; Sibeck, D. G.; Toth, G.; Merkin, V. G.; Raeder, J., 2016: Do we know the actual magnetopause position for typical solar wind conditions?, Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics, 121, 7, pp. 6493-6508
• Němeček, Z.; Šafránková, J.; Lopez, R. E.; Dušík, Š.; Nouzák, L.; Přech, J.; Šimůnek, Jiří; Shue, J.-H., 2016: Solar cycle variations of magnetopause locations, Advances in Space Research, 58, 2, pp. 240-248
• Němeček, Z. ; Šafránková, J. ; Krupařová, Oksana ; Přech, L. ; Jelínek, K. ; Dušík, Š. ; Šimůnek, Jiří ; Grygorov, K. ; Shue, J.-H., 2015: Analysis of temperature versus density plots and their relation to the LLBL formation under southward and northward IMF orientations, Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics, Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics, 120, 5, pp. 3475-3488
• Gutynska, O. ; Šimůnek, Jiří ; Šafránková, J. ; Němeček, Z. ; Přech, L., 2012: Multipoint study of magnetosheath magnetic field fluctuations and their relation to the foreshock, Journal of Geophysical Research, 117, -, pp. A04214/1
• Tkachenko, O. ; Šafránková, J. ; Němeček, Z. ; Šimůnek, Jiří ; Přech, L., 2008: Observations of vortex-like structure in the cusp-magnetosheath region during northward IMF orientation, Annales Geophysicae, 26, 11, pp. 1904-1910
• Šafránková, J. ; Němeček, Z. ; Přech, L. ; Šimůnek, Jiří ; Sibeck, D. ; Sauvaud, J. A. , 2007: Variations of the flank LLBL thickness as response to the solar wind dynamic pressure and IMF orientation, Journal of Geophysical Research, 112, A7, pp. A07201/1-A07201/14
• Merka, J. ; Šafránková, J. ; Němeček, Z. ; Šimůnek, Jiří, 2005: Magion-4 High-Altitude Cusp Study, Surveys in Geophysics, 26, 1-3, pp. 57-69
• Šimůnek, Jiří ; Šafránková, J. ; Němeček, Z. ; Přech, L., 2005: Structure of the high-altitude cusp formed by the horizontal IMF, Advances in Space Research, 36, 10, pp. 1928-1933
• Tříska, Pavel ; Czapek, Alexandr ; Chum, Jaroslav ; Hruška, František ; Šimůnek, Jiří ; Šmilauer, Jan ; Truhlík, Vladimír ; Vojta, Jaroslav, 2005: Space weather effects on the MAGION-4 and MAGION-5 solar cells, Annales Geophysicae, 23, -, pp. 3111-3113

Projects:

• GA ČR. GA14-19376S, Driving of the Earth magnetosphere by ICMEs and CIRs, 2014–2016. Investigator: Šimůnek, J. Details
• GA ČR. GA205/09/0170, The role of solar wind disturbances in Space Weather, 2009-2013. Investigator: Šimůnek, J. Details
• MŠMT. ME09098, Reception and processing of science data of the CLUSTER mission at the Panska Ves observatory, 2009-2011. Investigator: Šimůnek, J. Details