Dr. Keri Nicoll
Associate Professor
Responsibilities:
Research Leadership
- Atmospheric Electricity for Climate (AtmosEleC)(Marie Sklodowska-Curie Individual Fellowship)
- Impact of atmospheric electricity on weather and climate through clouds and precipitation (Royal Soc. Int. Exchange Grant)
- GLOCAEM - GLObal AtmospheriC Electricity Monitoring Network (NERC International Opportunities Fund)
- Understanding energetic particle effects on atmospheric processes (NERC Individual Fellowship)
- Charged Particle Effects on Clouds (Early Career Fellowship of the Leverhulme Trust)
Co-Investigator:
- Airborne Measurements of Charged Cloud and Aerosol (AMMCA) (FAAM Research Runway Project)
- The scientific basis for enhancing rain in the UAE via hygroscopic seeding with nano-material (UAE programme for Rain Enhancement Science)
- Electrical Aspects of Rain Generation (UAE programme for Rain Enhancement Science)
- Practical use of mini and micro-UAS for the Environmental Sciences (NERC postgraduate and professional skills award)
- Airborne Monitoring of space weather and radioactivity (STFC Technology Grant)
- Volcanic balloon-borne Laboratory (VolcLab) (NERC Technologies Fund)
Principal Investigator:
International Recognition
- AGU Early Career Award for Atmospheric and Space Electricity 2020
- Working Group Leader EU COST Action - Atmospheric Electricity Network CA15211
- Member of EU COST Action ES0802 on Unmanned Aerial Systems in Atmospheric research
- Training manager for EU Marie Curie Training Network SAINT - Science and Innovation with Thunderstorms
- Member of EU COST Action ES1005 - TOSCA (Towards a more complete assessment of the impact of solar variability on the Earth's climate)
- Member of International Space Science Institute (ISSI) Team Project on "Specification of Ionisation Sources Affecting Atmospheric Processes"
- Member of International Space Science Institute (ISSI) Team Project on "Study of Cosmic Ray Influence Upon Atmospheric Processes"
Academic Leadership and Teaching:
- Associate Fellow of the Higher Education Authority(HEA)
- PhD Admissions Tutor
- Convenor and lecturer for MT38N Atmospheric Electricity
Research Interests:
- Atmospheric electricity
- Solar-terrestrial interactions
- Space weather
- Instrumentation development
- Energetic particles and ionisation processes
- Aerosol and dust charging
- Atmospheric research using UAVs
- Planetary atmospheric electricity
Postdoctoral & graduate student supervision
- Hripsime Mkrytchan: Marie Sklodowska-Curie Individual Fellow working on investigating links between atmospheric electricity and climate (AtmosEleC) (current)
- Caleb Miller: PhD student improving fog forecasting using atmospheric electricity (current)
- Stefan Chindea: PhD student developing a smal electric field mill for use on UAVs (current)
- Blair McGiness:PhD student working on electrification processes on Venus (current)
- Ahmad Alkamali: PhD student investigating electrical modification of fog in the UAE (current)
- Sakina Ablooshi: PhD student working on how dust electrification affects atmospheric processes (current)
- James Gilmore: PhD student working on electrical pre-Conditioning of convective clouds (graduated)
- Graeme Marlton is a PhD student working on turbulence observations using specially instrument meteorological radiosondes (graduated)
Other interests
- Training initiatives for UAV use in atmospheric science
- Airborne measurements
Centaur Publications
Number of items: 72.2024
Miller, C., Nicoll, K., Westbrook, C. and Harrison, G. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0693-347X (2024) Evaluating atmospheric electricity changes as an indicator of fog formation. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society. ISSN 1477-870X (In Press)
Harrison, R. G. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0693-347X, Nicoll, K. A. and Ambaum, M. H. P. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6824-8083 (2024) Charge in non-thunderstorm clouds and fogs. Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 2702. 012001. ISSN 1742-6596 doi: https://doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/2702/1/012001 (Electrostatics 2023, 4-7 September 2023, Uxbridge, UK)
2023
Harrison, R. G. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0693-347X, Escobar Ruiz, V., Nicoll, K. and Ambaum, M. H. P. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6824-8083 (2023) Isolated corona current monitoring using a compensated light-emitting diode as an unpowered sensor. Review of Scientific Instruments, 94 (9). 094504. ISSN 1089-7623 doi: https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0170176
Nicoll, K., Escobar Ruiz, V., Harrison, G. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0693-347X, Ambaum, M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6824-8083 and Alkamali, A. (2023) A charge emitter for use in evaluating aircraft rainfall enhancement. Journal of Physics: Conference Series. ISSN 1742-6588 (In Press)
Miller, C., Nicoll, K., Westbrook, C. and Harrison, G. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0693-347X (2023) The effect of fog on atmospheric electric fields. Journal of Physics: Conference Series. ISSN 1742-6588 (In Press)
2022
Harrison, R. G. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0693-347X, Nicoll, K. A., Joshi, M. and Hawkins, E. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9477-3677 (2022) Empirical evidence for multidecadal scale global atmospheric electric circuit modulation by the El Niño-southern oscillation. Environmental Research Letters, 17 (12). 124048. ISSN 1748-9326 doi: https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/aca68c
Nicoll, K. A., Readle, A., Al Kamali, A. and Harrison, R. G. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0693-347X (2022) Surface atmospheric electric field variability at a desert site. Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics, 241. 105977. ISSN 1364-6826 doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jastp.2022.105977
Harrison, G. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0693-347X and Nicoll, K. (2022) The electricity of extensive layer clouds. Weather, 77 (11). pp. 379-383. ISSN 0043-1656 doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/wea.4307 (Special Issue: 250th anniversary of Luke Howard)
Schön, M., Nicoll, K. A., Büchau, Y. G., Chindea, S., Platis, A. and Bange, J. (2022) Fair weather atmospheric charge measurements with a small UAS. Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, 39 (11). pp. 1799-1813. ISSN 1520-0426 doi: https://doi.org/10.1175/JTECH-D-22-0025.1
Harrison, R. G. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0693-347X, Nicoll, K. A., Marlton, G. J., Tilley, D. J. and Iravani, P. (2022) Ionic charge emission into fog from a remotely piloted aircraft. Geophysical Research Letters, 49 (19). e2022GL099827. ISSN 0094-8276 doi: https://doi.org/10.1029/2022GL099827
Tacza, J., Nicoll, K. A. and Macotela, E. (2022) Periodicities in fair weather potential gradient data from multiple stations at different latitudes. Atmospheric Research, 276. 106250. ISSN 0169-8059 doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosres.2022.106250
Harrison, R. G. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0693-347X, Marlton, G. J., Ambaum, M. H. P. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6824-8083 and Nicoll, K. A. (2022) Modifying natural droplet systems by charge injection. Physical Review Research, 4 (2). L022050. ISSN 2643-1564 doi: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevResearch.4.L022050
2021
Airey, M. W. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9784-0043, Nicoll, K. A., Harrison, R. G. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0693-347X and Marlton, G. J. (2021) Characteristics of desert precipitation in the UAE derived from a ceilometer dataset. Atmosphere, 12 (10). 1245. ISSN 2073-4433 doi: https://doi.org/10.3390/atmos12101245
Tacza Anaya, J. C., Nicoll, K. A., Macotela, E. L., Kubicki, M., Odzimek, A. and Manninen, J. (2021) Measuring global signals in the potential gradient at high latitude sites. Frontiers in Earth Science, 8. ISSN 2296-6463 doi: https://doi.org/10.3389/feart.2020.614639
Harrison, G. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0693-347X, Nicoll, K., Tilley, D. J., Marlton, G., Chindea, S., Dingley, G. P., Iravani, P., Cleaver, D. J., duBois, J. L. and Brus, D. (2021) Demonstration of a remotely piloted atmospheric measurement and charge release platform for geoengineering. Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, 38 (1). pp. 63-75. ISSN 1520-0426 doi: https://doi.org/10.1175/JTECH-D-20-0092.1
Hunting, E. R., Matthews, J., Fernández de Arróyabe Hernáez, P., England, S. J., Kourtidis, K., Koh, K., Nicoll, K., Harrison, R. G. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0693-347X, Manser, K., Price, C., Dragovic, S., Cifra, M., Odzimek, A. and Robert, D. (2021) Challenges in coupling atmospheric electricity with biological systems. International Journal of Biometeorology, 65. pp. 45-58. ISSN 1432-1254 doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00484-020-01960-7
2020
Nicoll, K., Harrison, G. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0693-347X, Marlton, G. J. and Airey, M. W. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9784-0043 (2020) Consistent dust electrification from Arabian Gulf sea breezes. Environmental Research Letters, 15 (8). 084050. ISSN 1748-9326 doi: https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ab9e20
Harrison, G. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0693-347X, Nicoll, K., Mareev, E., Slyunyaev, N. and Rycroft, M. (2020) Extensive layer clouds in the global electric circuit: their effects on vertical charge distribution and storage. Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences, 476 (2238). 20190758. ISSN 1471-2946 doi: https://doi.org/10.1098/rspa.2019.0758
Harrison, R. G. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0693-347X, Nicoll, K. A., Ambaum, M. H. P. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6824-8083, Marlton, G. J., Aplin, K. L. and Lockwood, M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7397-2172 (2020) Precipitation modification by ionization. Physical Review Letters, 124 (19). 198701. ISSN 0031-9007 doi: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.124.198701
2019
Harrison, G. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0693-347X, Marlton, G., Aplin, K. L. and Nicoll, K. A. (2019) Shear-induced electrical changes in the base of thin layer cloud. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, 145 (725). pp. 3667-3679. ISSN 1477-870X doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/qj.3648
Shatalina, M. V., Mareev, E. A., Klimenko, V. V., Kuterin, F. A. and Nicoll, K. A. (2019) Experimental study of diurnal and seasonal variations in the atmospheric electric field. Radiophysics and Quantum Electronics, 62 (3). pp. 183-191. ISSN 1573-9120 doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11141-019-09966-x
Dexheimer, D., Airey, M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9784-0043, Roesler, E., Longbottom, C., Nicoll, K., Kneifel, S., Mei, F., Harrison, G. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0693-347X, Marlton, G. and Williams, P. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9713-9820 (2019) Evaluation of ARM Tethered Balloon System instrumentation for supercooled liquid water and distributed temperature sensing in mixed-phase Arctic clouds. Atmospheric Measurement Techniques, 12 (12). pp. 6845-6864. ISSN 1867-8548 doi: https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-12-6845-2019
Nicoll, K., Airey, M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9784-0043, Cimarelli, C., Bennett, A., Harrison, G. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0693-347X, Gaudin, D., Aplin, K., Koh, K. L., Knuever, M. and Marlton, G. (2019) First in‐situ observations of gaseous volcanic plume electrification. Geophysical Research Letters, 46 (6). pp. 3532-3539. ISSN 0094-8276 doi: https://doi.org/10.1029/2019GL082211
Nicoll, K. A., Harrison, R. G. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0693-347X, Barta, V., Bor, J., Brugge, R., Chillingarian, A., Chum, J., Georgoulias, A. K., Guha, A., Kourtidis, K., Kubicki, M., Mareev, E., Matthews, J., Mkrtchyan, H., Odzimek, A., Raulin, J.-P., Robert, D., Silva, H. G., Tacza, J., Yair, Y. and Yaniv, R. (2019) A global atmospheric electricity monitoring network for climate and geophysical research. Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics, 184. pp. 18-29. ISSN 1364-6826 doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jastp.2019.01.003
2018
Harrison, R. G. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0693-347X and Nicoll, K. A. (2018) Fair weather criteria for atmospheric electricity measurements. Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics, 179. pp. 239-250. ISSN 1364-6826 doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jastp.2018.07.008
Harrison, R. G. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0693-347X, Nicoll, K. A., Marlton, G. J., Ryder, C. L. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9892-6113 and Bennett, A. J. (2018) Saharan dust plume charging observed over the UK. Environmental Research Letters, 13 (5). 054018. ISSN 1748-9326 doi: https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/aabcd9
Nicoll, K. A., Harrison, R. G. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0693-347X, Silva, H. G., Salgado, R., Melgao, M. and Bortoli, D. (2018) Electrical sensing of the dynamical structure of the planetary boundary layer. Atmospheric Research, 202. pp. 81-95. ISSN 0169-8059 doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosres.2017.11.009
2017
Harrison, G. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0693-347X, Nicoll, K., Marlton, G., Williams, P. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9713-9820 and Airey, M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9784-0043 (2017) A self-calibrating wide range electrometer for in-cloud measurements. Review of Scientific Instruments, 88 (12). 126109. ISSN 0034-6748 doi: https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5011177
Airey, M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9784-0043, Harrison, G. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0693-347X, Nicoll, K., Williams, P. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9713-9820 and Marlton, G. (2017) A miniature oscillating microbalance for sampling ice and volcanic ash from a small airborne platform. Review of Scientific Instruments, 88 (8). 086108. ISSN 0034-6748 doi: https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4998971
Harrison, R. G. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0693-347X, Nicoll, K. A. and Aplin, K. L. (2017) Evaluating stratiform cloud base charge remotely. Geophysical Research Letters, 44 (12). pp. 6407-6412. ISSN 0094-8276 doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/2017GL073128
Sanchez, K. J., Roberts, G. C., Calmer, R., Nicoll, K., Hashimshoni, E., Rosenfeld, D., Ovadnevaite, J., Preissler, J., Ceburnis, D., O'Dowd, C. and Russell, L. M. (2017) Top-down and bottom-up aerosol–cloud closure: towards understanding sources of uncertainty in deriving cloud shortwave radiative flux. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 17 (16). pp. 9797-9814. ISSN 1680-7316 doi: https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-17-9797-2017
2016
Lorenz, R. D., Neakrase, L. D. V., Anderson, J. P., Harrison, R. G. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0693-347X and Nicoll, K. A. (2016) Point discharge current measurements beneath dust devils. Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics, 150-151. pp. 55-60. ISSN 1364-6826 doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jastp.2016.10.017
Sliva, H. G., Lopes, F. M., Pereira, S., Nicoll, K., Barbosa, S. M., Conceicao, R., Neves, S., Harrison, R. G. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0693-347X and Collares Pereira, M. (2016) Saharan dust electrification perceived by a triangle of atmospheric electricity stations in Southern Portugal. Journal of Electrostatics, 84. pp. 106-120. ISSN 0304-3886 doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.elstat.2016.10.002
Harrison, R. G. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0693-347X, Barth, E., Esposito, F., Merrison, J., Montmessin, F., Aplin, K. L., Borlina, C., Berthelier, J. J., Déprez, G., Farrell, W. M., Houghton, I. M. P., Renno, N. O., Nicoll, K. A., Tripathi, S. N. and Zimmerman, M. (2016) Applications of electrified dust and dust devil electrodynamics to Martian atmospheric electricity. Space Science Reviews, 203 (1-4). pp. 299-345. ISSN 0038-6308 doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11214-016-0241-8
Yaniv, R., Yair, Y., Price, C., Nicoll, K., Harrison, G. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0693-347X, Artamonov, A. and Usoskin, I. (2016) Balloon measurements of the vertical ionization profile over southern Israel and comparison to mid-latitude observations. Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics, 149. pp. 87-92. ISSN 1364-6826 doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jastp.2016.10.003
Petäjä, T., O'Connor, E. J., Moisseev, D., Sinclair, V. A., Manninen, A. J., Väänänen, R., von Lerber, A., Thornton, J. A., Nicoll, K., Petersen, W., Chandrasekar, V., Smith, J. N., Winkler, P. M., Kruger, O., Hakola, H., Timonen, H., Brus, D., Laurila, T., Asmi, E., Riekkola, M.-L., Mona, L., Massoli, P., Engelmann, R., Komppula, M., Wang, J., Kuang, C., Bäck, J., Virtanen, A., Levula, J., Ritsche, M. T. and Hickmon, N. (2016) BAECC: a field campaign to elucidate the impact of Biogenic Aerosols on Clouds and Climate. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 97 (10). pp. 1909-1928. ISSN 1520-0477 doi: https://doi.org/10.1175/BAMS-D-14-00199.1
Nicoll, K. A. and Harrison, R. G. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0693-347X (2016) Stratiform cloud electrification: comparison of theory with multiple in-cloud measurements. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, 142 (700). pp. 2679-2691. ISSN 1477-870X doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/qj.2858
Harrison, G. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0693-347X, Marlton, G., Williams, P. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9713-9820 and Nicoll, K. (2016) Coordinated weather balloon solar radiation measurements during a solar eclipse. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences, 374 (2077). 20150221. ISSN 1364-503X doi: https://doi.org/10.1098/rsta.2015.0221 (themed issue: Atmospheric effects of solar eclipses stimulated by the 2015 UK eclipse)
Marlton, G. J., Williams, P. D. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9713-9820 and Nicoll, K. A. (2016) On the detection and attribution of gravity waves generated by the 20 March 2015 solar eclipse. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences, 374 (2077). 20150222. ISSN 1364-503X doi: https://doi.org/10.1098/rsta.2015.0222 (themed issue: Atmospheric effects of solar eclipses stimulated by the 2015 UK eclipse)
Makhmutov, V., Bazilevskaya, G., Stozhkov, Y., Philippov, M., Yair, Y., Yaniv, R., Harrison, G. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0693-347X and Nicoll, K. (2016) Cosmic ray measurements in the atmosphere at several latitudes in October, 2014. In: The 34th International Cosmic Ray Conference, 30 July - 6th August 2015, The Hague, The Netherlands.
Lopes, F., Silva, H. G., Salgado, R., Potes, M., Nicoll, K. A. and Harrison, R. G. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0693-347X (2016) Atmospheric electrical field measurements near a fresh water reservoir and the formation of the lake breeze. Tellus A: Dynamic Meteorology and Oceanography, 68. 31592. ISSN 1600-0870 doi: https://doi.org/10.3402/tellusa.v68.31592
Conceição, R., Melgão, M., Silva, H. G., Nicoll, K., Harrison, R. G. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0693-347X and Reis, A. H. (2016) Transport of the smoke plume from Chiado’s fire in Lisbon (Portugal) sensed by atmospheric electric field measurements. Air Quality, Atmosphere & Health, 9 (3). pp. 275-283. ISSN 1873-9318 doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11869-015-0337-4
2015
Mironova, I. A., Aplin, K. L., Arnold, F., Bazilevskaya, G. A., Harrison, R. G. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0693-347X, Krivolutsky, A. A., Nicoll, K. A., Rozanov, E. V., Turunen, E. and Usoskin, I. (2015) Energetic particle influence on the Earth's atmosphere. Space Science Reviews, 194 (1-4). pp. 1-96. ISSN 0038-6308 doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11214-015-0185-4
Harrison, R. G. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0693-347X, Nicoll, K. A. and Ambaum, M. H. P. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6824-8083 (2015) On the microphysical effects of observed cloud edge charging. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, 141 (692). pp. 2690-2699. ISSN 1477-870X doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/qj.2554 (Part A)
Harrison, R. G. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0693-347X, Nicoll, K., Takahashi, Y. and Yair, Y. (2015) Focus on high energy particles and atmospheric processes. Environmental Research Letters, 10 (10). 100201. ISSN 1748-9326 doi: https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/10/10/100201
Marlton, G. J., Giles Harrison, R. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0693-347X, Nicoll, K. A. and Williams, P. D. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9713-9820 (2015) Note: A balloon-borne accelerometer technique for measuring atmospheric turbulence. Review of Scientific Instruments, 86 (1). 016109. ISSN 0034-6748 doi: https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4905529
2014
Harrison, R. G. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0693-347X, Nicoll, K. A. and Aplin, K. L. (2014) Vertical profile measurements of lower troposphere ionisation. Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics, 119. pp. 203-210. ISSN 1364-6826 doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jastp.2014.08.006
Owens, M. J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2061-2453, Scott, C. J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6411-5649, Lockwood, M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7397-2172, Barnard, L. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9876-4612, Harrison, R. G. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0693-347X, Nicoll, K., Watt, C. and Bennett, A. J. (2014) Modulation of UK lightning by heliospheric magnetic field polarity. Environmental Research Letters, 9 (11). 115009. ISSN 1748-9326 doi: https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/9/11/115009
Elhalel, G., Yair, Y., Nicoll, K., Price, C., Reuveni, Y. and Harrison, R. G. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0693-347X (2014) Influence of short-term solar disturbances on the fair weather conduction current. Journal of Space Weather and Space Climate, 4. A26. ISSN 2115-7251 doi: https://doi.org/10.1051/swsc/2014022
Nicoll, K. A. (2014) Space weather influences on atmospheric electricity. Weather, 69 (9). pp. 238-241. ISSN 1477-8696 doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/wea.2323
Nicoll, K. A. and Harrison, R. G. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0693-347X (2014) Detection of lower tropospheric responses to solar energetic particles at midlatitudes. Physical Review Letters, 112 (22). 225001. ISSN 0031-9007 doi: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.112.225001
Harrison, R. G. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0693-347X and Nicoll, K. A. (2014) Note: Active optical detection of cloud from a balloon platform. Review of Scientific Instruments, 85 (6). 066104. ISSN 0034-6748 doi: https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4882318
Silva, H. G., Conceição, R., Melgão, M., Nicoll, K., Mendes, P. B., Tlemçani, M., Reis, A. H. and Harrison, R. G. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0693-347X (2014) Atmospheric electric field measurements in urban environment and the pollutant aerosol weekly dependence. Environmental Research Letters, 9 (11). 114025. ISSN 1748-9326 doi: https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/9/11/114025
2013
Marlton, G., Harrison, R. G. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0693-347X and Nicoll, K. A. (2013) Atmospheric point discharge current measurements using a temperature-compensated logarithmic current amplifier. Review of Scientific Instruments, 84 (6). 066103. ISSN 0034-6748 doi: https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4810849
Harrison, R. G. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0693-347X, Nicoll, K. A. and McWilliams, K. A. (2013) Space weather driven changes in lower atmosphere phenomena. Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics, 98. pp. 22-30. ISSN 1364-6826 doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jastp.2013.03.008
Harrison, G. G. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0693-347X, Nicoll, K. A. and Lomas, A. G. (2013) Geiger tube coincidence counter for lower atmosphere radiosonde measurements. Review of Scientific Instruments, 84 (7). 076103. ISSN 0034-6748 doi: https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4815832
Houghton, I. M. P., Aplin, K. L. and Nicoll, K. (2013) Triboelectric charging of volcanic ash from the 2011 Grímsvötn eruption. Physical Review Letters, 111 (11). 118501. ISSN 0031-9007 doi: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.111.118501
Nicoll, K. (2013) A self-calibrating electrometer for atmospheric charge measurements from a balloon platform. Review of Scientific Instruments, 84 (9). 096107. ISSN 1089-7623 doi: https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4821500
2012
Rycroft, M. J., Nicoll, K. A., Aplin, K. L. and Harrison, R. G. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0693-347X (2012) Recent advances in global electric circuit coupling between the space environment and the troposphere. Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics, 90-91. pp. 198-211. ISSN 1364-6826 doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jastp.2012.03.015
Nicoll, K.A. (2012) Measurements of atmospheric electricity aloft. Surveys in Geophysics, 33 (5). pp. 991-1057. ISSN 1573-0956 doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10712-012-9188-9
Harrison, G. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0693-347X, Nicoll, K. and Lomas, A. (2012) Programmable data acquisition system for research measurements from meteorological radiosondes. Review of Scientific Instruments, 83 (3). 036106. ISSN 0034-6748 doi: https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3697717
Harrison, G. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0693-347X and Nicoll, K. (2012) Balloon-borne disposable radiometer for cloud detection. Review of Scientific Instruments, 83 (2). 025111. ISSN 0034-6748 doi: https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3685252
2011
Nicoll, K. A., Harrison, R. G. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0693-347X and Ulanowski, Z. (2011) Observations of Saharan dust layer electrification. Environmental Research Letters, 6 (1). 014001. ISSN 1748-9326 doi: https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/6/1/014001
Nicoll, K. and Harrison, G. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0693-347X (2011) Charge measurements in stratiform cloud from a balloon based sensor. Journal of Physics: Conference Series (301). 012003. ISSN 1742-6588 doi: https://doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/301/1/012003
2010
Nicoll, K. A. and Harrison, R. G. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0693-347X (2010) Experimental determination of layer cloud edge charging from cosmic ray ionisation. Geophysical Research Letters, 37 (13). L13802. ISSN 0094-8276 doi: https://doi.org/10.1029/2010GL043605
Harrison, R. G. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0693-347X, Nicoll, K., Ulanowski, Z. J. and Mather, T. (2010) Self-charging of the Eyjafjallajökull volcanic ash plume. Environmental Research Letters, 5 (2). 024004. ISSN 1748-9326 doi: https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/5/2/024004
2009
Nicoll, K. A. and Harrison, R. G. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0693-347X (2009) Vertical current flow through extensive layer clouds. Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics, 71 (17-18). 2040-2046 . ISSN 1364-6826 doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jastp.2009.09.011
Harrison, R. G. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0693-347X and Nicoll, K. A. (2009) A lightweight balloon-carried cloud charge sensor. Review of Scientific Instruments, 80 (1). 014501. ISSN 0034-6748 doi: https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3065090
2008
Rycroft, M. J., Harrison, R. G. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0693-347X, Nicoll, K. A. and Mareev, E. A. (2008) An overview of Earth's global electric circuit and atmospheric conductivity. Space Science Reviews, 137 (1-4). pp. 83-105. ISSN 0038-6308 doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11214-008-9368-6
Harrison, R.G. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0693-347X and Nicoll, K. A. (2008) Air-earth current density measurements at Lerwick; implications for seasonality in the global electric circuit. Atmospheric Research, 89 (1-2). pp. 181-193. ISSN 0169-8059 doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosres.2008.01.008
Nicoll, K. A. and Harrison, R.G. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0693-347X (2008) A double-Gerdien instrument for simultaneous bipolar air conductivity measurements on balloon platforms. Review of Scientific Instruments, 79 (8). 084502 . ISSN 0034-6748 doi: https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2964927
Rycroft, M. J., Harrison, R. G. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0693-347X, Nicoll, K. A. and Mareev, E. A. (2008) An overview of Earth’s global electric circuit and atmospheric conductivity. Space Science Reviews, 137 (1-4). pp. 83-105. ISSN 0038-6308 doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11214-008-9368-6
Last update: 1st September 2023