Professor Adrian Grocott FHEA

Professor of Solar-Terrestrial Physics

Research Interests

Coupling of the solar wind with the Earth's magnetosphere; the impact of this interaction on the upper atmosphere, via processes collectively referred to as 'Space Weather'.

Magnetospheric substorms; the storage and explosive release of solar wind energy in the magnetosphere, resulting in the aurora (northern lighrs) and enhanced atmospheric electrical current systems.

Electrodynamics of the sub-auroral ionosphere; coupling to the inner magnetosphere and radiation belts.

Geomagnetic storms; extreme driving of the magnetosphere-ionosphere system, large-scale expansion of the auroral zone into the mid-latitudes.

Modelling the Time-Variability of the Ionospheric Electric Field: Introducing the TiVIE model
Oral presentation

Average Ionospheric Electric Field Morphologies during Geomagnetic Storm Phases
Oral presentation

SuperDARN observations during geomagnetic storms, geomagnetically active times and enhanced solar wind driving
Oral presentation

High-latitude ionospheric convection morphologies during geomagnetic storm phases
Oral presentation

National Astronomy Meeting 2019
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience

SuperDARN Workshop
Participation in workshop, seminar, course

EGU General Assembly 2017
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience

UK-Japan Frontiers of Science Symposium
Invited talk

Birkeland Centre for Space Science Biannual Workshop
Participation in workshop, seminar, course

Max Planck Inst Solar Syst Res, Max Planck Society
Visiting an external academic institution

Magnetosphere-Ionosphere, Solar-Terrestrial (MIST) Spring Meeting
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience

Discussion Meeting: Current and Future Research with the Super Dual Auroral Radar Network
Invited talk

SuperDARN Workshop
Participation in workshop, seminar, course

School
School Engagement

AGU Fall Meeting 2014
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience

SuperDARN Workshop, Longyearbyen, Svalbard
Participation in workshop, seminar, course

Magnetosphere-Ionosphere, Solar-Terrestrial (MIST) Spring Meeting
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience

AGU Fall Meeting 2013
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience

ISAS Workshop on Magnetospheric Plasmas
Participation in workshop, seminar, course

Stein Haaland
Hosting an academic visitor

AGU Fall Meeting 2012
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience

Cluster-THEMIS Workshop, Univ. Colorado
Participation in workshop, seminar, course

Japan Geoscience Union Annual Meeting
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience

SuperDARN Workshop, Shanghai, China
Participation in workshop, seminar, course

GEMSIS International Workshop: Current status and future perspectives in space weather research
Participation in workshop, seminar, course

Initial results from the Falkland Islands Radar: Sub-auroral ion drifts, gravity waves, and the Weddell Sea Anomaly
Invited talk

IUGG 2011
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience

SuperDARN Workshop, Darthmouth, USA
Participation in workshop, seminar, course

Akebono 20th Anniversary Workshop
Participation in workshop, seminar, course

Western Pacific Geophysical Meeting
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience

Institute of Space and Astronautical Science; Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency; Sagamihara; Kanagawa; Japan
Visiting an external academic institution

SuperDARN Workshop, Hermanus, South Africa
Participation in workshop, seminar, course

The Tenth International Conference on Substorms
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience

JSPS Invitation Fellowship at the National Institute of Polar Research, Tokyo, Japan
Fellowship awarded competitively

  • Space and Planetary Physics
  • Space Weather