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Govardan Gopakumar

Physics and Astronomy · Purdue University West Lafayette

OpenAlex ORCID
Early career · publishing since 2020Rising activity
GaN-based semiconductor devices and materialsAcoustic Wave Resonator TechnologiesSemiconductor Quantum Structures and DevicesIonosphere and magnetosphere dynamicsGNSS positioning and interference

Publications

20

Citations

70

Est. group size

~4

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

7

Publishing since 2020

Research summary
AI-generated

Govardan Gopakumar studies the upper atmosphere, focusing on ionospheric phenomena such as sporadic-E layers (temporary dense patches of charged particles in the atmosphere) and their effects on satellite navigation signals (GNSS scintillation) over the Arabian Peninsula. This work combines space physics with practical implications for satellite-based positioning systems. The listed OpenAlex topic scores are all effectively zero, suggesting limited categorization data, but the publication titles clearly point to ionospheric and GNSS-related research.

Ionosphere and sporadic-E layersGNSS signal scintillationSpace weather and meteor flux effectsSatellite navigation interferenceRegional atmospheric studies (Arabian Peninsula)

Publication activity was minimal or absent from 2017-2019, picked up with a small cluster in 2020-2021, paused in 2022-2023, and shows a marked increase from 2024 onward, indicating a recently growing output.

Generated by claude-sonnet-5 from public bibliographic data · Jul 20, 2026

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 3.2/year recently
1718192020: 3 publications202021: 1 publication2122232024: 4 publications242025: 3 publications252026: 9 publications926
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • AIP Publishing×7
  • Applied Physics Letters×2
  • Journal of Applied Physics×2
  • arXiv (Cornell University)×2
  • Optical Materials Express×1
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Last updated Jul 20, 2026.

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