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Department of Meteorology – University of Reading

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Professor Christopher Scott (formerly Davis)

Professor in Space & Atmospheric Physics. School Director of Wellbeing, Inclusion, Diversity and Equality (WIDE) Athena SWAN Lead

Responsibilities:

Laboratory Manager

Research Interests:

  • Space Weather
  • Solar Terrestrial Physics
  • Auroral physics
  • The Earth's ionosphere
  • Atmospheric Electricity
  • Solar wind influences on Earth's Atmosphere
  • Long-term changes to Earth's ionosphere and thermosphere
  • Lightning signatures in archaeological data

Research Projects:

  • Driving Space Weather forecasts with real data : Can determining background solar wind conditions by using data from the NASA STEREO spacecraft improve the accuracy of space weather forecast models?

Postdoctoral & graduate student supervision

  • Luke Barnard PDRA working on improving space weather forecasts by initialising solar wind models with data from the NASA STEREO spacecraft
  • Kim Tucker-Hood Postgraduate Met Office CASE student using NASA STEREO data to investigate the interaction of Coronal Mass Ejections with the solar wind STEREO spacecraft

Other interests

  • Citizen Science project Solar Stormwatch (www.solarstormwatch.com)
  • Improvisational theatre
  • Playing drums

Centaur Publications

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Number of items: 100.

2023

Watson, Sarah and Scott, Chris ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6411-5649 (2023) A comet's tale. Astronomy & Geophysics, 64 (6). pp. 3-4. ISSN 1366-8781 (In Press)

Chi, Yutian ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9315-4487, Shen, Chenglong ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3577-5223, Liu, Junyan ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0006-7051-0438, Zhong, Zhihui ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5627-2377, Owens, Mathew ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2061-2453, Scott, Christopher ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6411-5649, Barnard, Luke ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9876-4612, Yu, Bingkun ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2758-1960, Heyner, Daniel, Auster, Hans-Ulrich, Richter, Ingo ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5324-4039, Wang, Yuming ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8887-3919, Zhang, Tielong, Guo, Jingnan ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8707-076X, Sánchez-Cano, Beatriz ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0277-3253, Pan, Zonghao, Zou, Zhuxuan ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0008-9920-9600, Xu, Mengjiao ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2924-7520, Cheng, Long ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0578-6244, Su, Zhenpeng ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5577-4538, Mao, Dongwei, Zhang, Zhiyong, Wang, Can ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2865-4626, Wu, Zhiyong, Wang, Guoqiang ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6618-4928, Xiao, Sudong, Liu, Kai ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2573-1531, Hao, Xinjun, Li, Yiren, Chen, Manming and Lockwood, Mike ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7397-2172 (2023) The dynamic evolution of multipoint interplanetary coronal mass ejections observed with BepiColombo, Tianwen-1, and MAVEN. The Astrophysical Journal Letters, 951 (1). L14. ISSN 0004-637X doi: https://doi.org/10.3847/2041-8213/acd7e7

Yu, Bingkun, Chi, Yutian, Owens, Mathew ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2061-2453, Scott, Christopher J. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6411-5649, Shen, Chenglong, Xue, Xianghui, Barnard, Luke ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9876-4612, Zhang, Tielong, Heyner, Daniel, Auster, Hans-Ulrich, Richter, Ingo, Guo, Jingnan, Sanchez-Cano, Beatriz, Pan, Zonghao, Zou, Zhuxuan, Su, Zhenpeng, Wu, Zhiyong, Wang, Guoqiang, Xiao, Sudong, Liu, Kai, Hao, Xinjun, Li, Yiren, Chen, Manming, Dou, Xiankang and Lockwood, Mike ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7397-2172 (2023) Tianwen-1 and MAVEN observations of the response of Mars to an interplanetary coronal mass ejection. The Astrophysical Journal. ISSN 0004-637X (In Press)

Barnard, Luke, Owens, Mathew ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2061-2453, Scott, Chris ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6411-5649, Lang, Matthew ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1904-3700 and Lockwood, Mike ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7397-2172 (2023) SIR-HUXt—A particle filter data assimilation scheme for CME time-elongation profiles. Space Weather, 21 (6). e2023SW003487. ISSN 1542-7390 doi: https://doi.org/10.1029/2023SW003487

James, Lauren A., Scott, Christopher J. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6411-5649, Barnard, Luke A., Owens, Mathew J. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2061-2453, Lang, Matthew S. and Jones, Shannon R. (2023) Sensitivity of model estimates of CME propagation and arrival time to inner boundary conditions. Space Weather, 21 (4). e2022SW003289. ISSN 1542-7390 doi: https://doi.org/10.1029/2022SW003289

2022

Yu, Bingkun, Xue, Xianghui, Scott, Christopher J. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6411-5649, Jia, Mingjiao, Feng, Wuhu, Plane, John M. C., Marsh, Daniel R., Hedin, Jonas, Gumbel, Jörg and Dou, Xiankang (2022) Comparison of middle- and low-latitude sodium layer from a ground-based lidar network, the Odin satellite, and WACCM-Na model. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 22 (17). pp. 11485-11504. ISSN 1680-7324 doi: https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-22-11485-2022

Lockwood, Mike ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7397-2172, Owens, Mathew J. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2061-2453, Barnard, Luke A., Scott, Chris J. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6411-5649, Frost, Anna M., Yu, Bingkun and Chi, Yutian (2022) Application of historic datasets to understanding open solar flux and the 20th-century grand solar maximum. 1. Geomagnetic, ionospheric, and sunspot observations. Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Science, 9. ISSN 2296-987X doi: https://doi.org/10.3389/fspas.2022.960775

Yu, Bingkun, Xue, Xianghui, Scott, Christopher J. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6411-5649, Yue, Xinan and Dou, Xiankang (2022) An empirical model of the ionospheric sporadic E layer based on GNSS radio occultation data. Space Weather, 20 (8). e2022SW003113. ISSN 1542-7390 doi: https://doi.org/10.1029/2022SW003113

Barnard, L., Owens, M. J. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2061-2453, Scott, C. J. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6411-5649, Lockwood, M. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7397-2172, de Koning, C. A., Amerstorfer, T., Hinterreiter, J., Möstl, C., Davies, J. A. and Riley, P. (2022) Quantifying the uncertainty in CME kinematics derived from geometric modeling of heliospheric imager data. Space Weather, 20 (1). e2021SW002841. ISSN 1542-7390 doi: https://doi.org/10.1029/2021SW002841

Chi, Yutian, Shen, Chenlong, Scott, Chris ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6411-5649, Xu, Mengjiao, Owens, Mathew ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2061-2453, Wang, Yuming and Lockwood, Mike ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7397-2172 (2022) Predictive capabilities of corotating interaction regions using STEREO and Wind in-situ observations. Space Weather, 20 (7). e2022SW003112. ISSN 1542-7390 doi: https://doi.org/10.1029/2022SW003112

2021

Chi, Yutian, Scott, Christopher, Shen, Chenglong, Barnard, Luke, Owens, Mathew ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2061-2453, Xu, Mengjiao, Zhang, Jie, Jones, Shannon, Zhong, Zhong, Yu, Bingkun, Lang, Matthew ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1904-3700, Wang, Yuming and Lockwood, Mike ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7397-2172 (2021) Modelling the observed distortion of multiple (ghost) CME fronts in STEREO Heliospheric imagers. The Astrophysical Journal Letters, 917. L16. ISSN 0004-637X doi: https://doi.org/10.3847/2041-8213/ac1203

Yu, Bingkun, Scott, Christopher J., Xue, Xianghui, Yue, Xinan, Chi, Yutian, Dou, Xiankang and Lockwood, Mike ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7397-2172 (2021) A signature of 27-day solar rotation in the concentration of metallic ions within the terrestrial ionosphere. Astrophysical Journal, 916 (2). ISSN 0004-637X doi: https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/ac0886

Owens, Mathew J. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2061-2453, Lockwood, Mike ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7397-2172, Barnard, Luke A. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9876-4612, Scott, Chris J. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6411-5649, Haines, Carl ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9010-0720 and Macneil, Allan ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4802-1209 (2021) Extreme space-weather events and the solar cycle. Solar Physics, 296 (82). ISSN 0038-0938 doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11207-021-01831-3

Scott, Christopher J., Jones, Shannon and Barnard, Luke A. (2021) Inferring thermospheric composition from ionogram profiles: a calibration with the TIMED spacecraft. Annales Geophysicae, 39 (2). pp. 309-319. ISSN 0992-7689 doi: https://doi.org/10.5194/angeo-39-309-2021

Yu, Bingkun, Xue, Xianghui, Scott, Christopher J., Wu, Jianfei, Yue, Xinan, Feng, Wuhu, Chi, Yutian, Marsh, Daniel R., Liu, Hanli, Dou, Xiankang and Plane, John M. C. (2021) Interhemispheric transport of metallic ions within ionospheric sporadic E layers by the lower thermospheric meridional circulation. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 21 (5). pp. 4219-4230. ISSN 1680-7316 doi: https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-21-4219-2021

Lockwood, Mike ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7397-2172, Haines, Carl, Barnard, Luke A., Owens, Mathew J. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2061-2453, Scott, Chris J., Chambodut, Aude and McWilliams, Kathryn A. (2021) Semi-annual, annual and Universal Time variations in the magnetosphere and in geomagnetic activity: 4. Polar Cap motions and origins of the Universal Time effect. Journal of Space Weather and Space Climate, 11. 15. ISSN 2115-7251 doi: https://doi.org/10.1051/swsc/2020077

Yu, Bingkun, Scott, Chris, Xue, Xianghui, Yue, Xinan and Dou, Xiankang (2021) Using GNSS radio occultation data to derive critical frequencies of the ionospheric sporadic E layer in real time. GPS Solutions, 25 (1). ISSN 1521-1886 doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10291-020-01050-6

2020

Lockwood, Mike, Owens, Mathew J. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2061-2453, Barnard, Luke A., Watt, Clare E., Scott, Chris J., Coxon, John C. and McWilliams, Kathryn A. (2020) Semi-annual, annual and Universal Time variations in the magnetosphere and in geomagnetic activity: 3. Modelling. Journal of Space Weather and Space Climate, 10. 61. ISSN 2115-7251 doi: https://doi.org/10.1051/swsc/2020062

Barnard, Luke, Owens, Mathew, Scott, Chris and de Koning, Curt (2020) Ensemble CME modelling constrained by heliospheric imager observations. AGU Advances, 1 (3). ISSN 2576-604X doi: https://doi.org/10.1029/2020AV000214

Yu, Bingkun, Scott, Chris ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6411-5649, Xue, Xianghui, Yue, Xinan and Dou, Xiankang (2020) Derivation of global ionospheric sporadic E critical frequency (foEs) data from the amplitude variations in GPS/GNSS radio occultations. Royal Society Open Science, 7 (7). 200320. ISSN 2054-5703 doi: https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.200320

Lockwood, Mike ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7397-2172, McWilliams, Kathryn A., Owens, Mathew J., Barnard, Luke A., Watt, Clare E., Scott, Chris J., Macneil, Allan R. and Coxon, John C. (2020) Semi-annual, annual and Universal Time variations in the magnetosphere and in geomagnetic activity: 2. Response to solar wind power input and relationships with solar wind dynamic pressure and magnetospheric flux transport. Journal of Space Weather and Space Climate, 10. 30. ISSN 2115-7251 doi: https://doi.org/10.1051/swsc/2020033

Lockwood, Mike, Owens, Mathew J., Barnard, Luke A., Haines, Carl, Scott, Chris J., McWilliams, Kathryn A. and Coxon, John C. (2020) Semi-annual, annual and universal time variations in the magnetosphere and in geomagnetic activity: 1. geomagnetic data. Journal of Space Weather and Space Climate, 10. 23. ISSN 2115-7251 doi: https://doi.org/10.1051/swsc/2020023

Chi, Yutian, Scott, Chris, Shen, Chenglong, Owens, Mathew, Lang, Matthew, Xu, Mengjiao, Zhong, Zhihui, Zhang, Jie, Wang, Yuming and Lockwood, Mike (2020) Using "ghost front" to predict the arrival time and speed of CMEs at Venus and Earth. The Astrophysical Journal, 899 (2). 143. ISSN 0004-637X doi: https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/aba95a

Jones, S. R. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7716-3532, Scott, C. J, ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6411-5649, Barnard, L. A. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9876-4612, Highfield, R. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2507-5458, Lintott, C. J. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5578-359X and Baeten, E. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2556-3152 (2020) The visual complexity of coronal mass ejections follows the solar cycle. Space Weather, 18 (10). e2020SW002556. ISSN 1542-7390 doi: https://doi.org/10.1029/2020SW002556

2019

Yu, Bingkun, Xue, Xianghui, Kuo, Chengling, Lu, Gaupeng, Scott, Chris, Wu, Jianfei, Ma, Ju, Dou, Xiankang, Gao, Qi, Ning, Baiqi, Hu, Lianhuan, Wang, Guojun, Jia, Mingjiao, Yu, Chao and Qie, Xiushu (2019) The intensification of metallic layered phenomena above thunderstorms through the modulation of atmospheric tides. Scientific Reports, 9 (1). 17907. ISSN 2045-2322 doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-54450-1

Valdivieso Da Costa, Maria, Owens, Mathew J., Scott, Chris J., Hawkins, Ed, Burt, Stephen and Craig, Philip (2019) Thunderstorm occurrence at ten sites across Great Britain over 1884–1993. Geoscience Data Journal, 6 (2). pp. 222-233. ISSN 2049-6060 doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/gdj3.75

Barnard, L. A., Owens, M. O., Scott, C. J. and Jones, S. R. (2019) Extracting inner‐heliosphere solar wind speed information from Heliospheric Imager observations. Space Weather, 17 (6). pp. 925-938. ISSN 1542-7390 doi: https://doi.org/10.1029/2019SW002226

Scott, C. J., Owens, M. J., de Koning, C. A., Barnard, L. A., Jones, S. R. and Wilkinson, J. (2019) Using ghost fronts within STEREO Heliospheric Imager data to infer the evolution in longitudinal structure of a coronal mass ejection. Space Weather, 17 (4). pp. 539-552. ISSN 1542-7390 doi: https://doi.org/10.1029/2018SW002093

Stephenson, F. Richard, Willis, David M., Hayakawa, Hisashi, Ebihara, Yusuke, Scott, Christopher J., Wilkinson, Julia and Wild, Matthew N. (2019) Do the Chinese astronomical records dated AD 776 January 12/13 describe an auroral display or a lunar halo? A critical re-examination. Solar Physics, 294. 36. ISSN 0038-0938 doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11207-019-1425-7

Hayakawa, Hishashi, Stephenson, F. Richard, Uchikawa, Yuta, Ebihara, Yusuke, Scott, Christopher J., Wild, Matthew N., Wilkinson, Julia and Willis, David M. (2019) The celestial sign in the Anglo-Saxon chronicle in the 770s: insights on contemporary solar activity. Solar Physics, 294 (4). 42. ISSN 0038-0938 doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11207-019-1424-8

Lockwood, Mike, Bentley, Sarah N., Owens, Mathew J., Barnard, Luke A., Scott, Chris J., Watt, Clare E. and Allanson, Oliver (2019) The development of a space climatology: 1. solar-wind magnetosphere coupling as a function of timescale and the effect of data gaps. Space Weather, 17 (1). pp. 133-156. ISSN 1542-7390 doi: https://doi.org/10.1029/2018SW001856

Lockwood, Mike, Bentley, Sarah N., Owens, Mathew J., Barnard, Luke A., Scott, Chris J., Watt, Clare E., Allanson, Oliver and Freeman, Mervyn P. (2019) The development of a space climatology: 2. the distribution of power input into the magnetosphere on a 3-hourly timescale. Space Weather, 17 (1). pp. 157-179. ISSN 1542-7390 doi: https://doi.org/10.1029/2018SW002016

Lockwood, Mike, Bentley, Sarah N., Owens, Mathew J., Barnard, Luke A., Scott, Chris J., Watt, Clare E., Allanson, Oliver and Freeman, Mervyn P. (2019) The development of a space climatology: 3. Models of the evolution of distributions of space weather variables with timescale. Space Weather, 17 (1). pp. 180-209. ISSN 1542-7390 doi: https://doi.org/10.1029/2018SW002017

Jones, Shannon, Scott, Chris and Barnard, Luke, (2019) Researching solar storms with citizen scientists: engaging with four thousand volunteer research assistants. Open Research Case Studies. Report. University of Reading

2018

Willis, D. M., Wilkinson, J., Scott, C. J., Wild, M. N., Stephenson, F. R., Hayakawa, H., Brugge, R. and Macdonald, L. T. (2018) Sunspot observations on 10 and 11 February 1917: a case study in collating known and previously undocumented records. Space Weather, 16 (11). pp. 1740-1752. ISSN 1542-7390 doi: https://doi.org/10.1029/2018SW002012

Lockwood, Mike, Owens, Mathew, Barnard, Luke, Scott, Chris, Watt, Clare and Bentley, Sarah (2018) Space climate and space weather over the past 400 years: 2. Proxy indicators of geomagnetic storm and substorm occurrence. Journal of Space Weather and Space Climate, 8. A12. ISSN 2115-7251 doi: https://doi.org/10.1051/swsc/2017048 (Manuscript number swsc170036)

Scott, Christopher J. and Major, Patrick (2018) The ionospheric response over the UK to major bombing raids during World War II. Annales Geophysicae, 36 (5). pp. 1243-1254. ISSN 0992-7689 doi: https://doi.org/10.5194/angeo-36-1243-2018

2017

Jones, Shannon R., Barnard, Luke A., Scott, Christopher J., Owens, Mathew J. and Wilkinson, Julia (2017) Tracking CMEs using data from the Solar Stormwatch project; observing deflections and other properties. Space Weather, 15 (9). pp. 1125-1140. ISSN 1542-7390 doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/2017sw001640

Barnard, Luke, de Koning, Curt A., Scott, Christopher J., Owens, Mathew J., Wilkinson, Julia and Davies, Jackie A. (2017) Testing the current paradigm for space weather prediction with heliospheric imagers. Space Weather, 15 (6). pp. 782-803. ISSN 15427390 doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/2017SW001609

Lockwood, Mike, Owens, Mathew J., Barnard, Luke A., Scott, Chris J. and Watt, Clare E. (2017) Space climate and space weather over the past 400 years: 1. the power input to the magnetosphere. Journal of Space Weather and Space Climate, 7. A25. ISSN 2115-7251 doi: https://doi.org/10.1051/swsc/2017019

2016

Lockwood, Mike, Scott, Chris J., Owens, Mathew J., Barnard, Luke and Willis, D. M. (2016) Tests of sunspot number sequences: 1. Using ionosonde data. Solar Physics, 291 (9). pp. 2785-2809. ISSN 0038-0938 doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11207-016-0855-8

Lockwood, M., Owens, M. J., Barnard, L., Scott, C. J., Usoskin, I. G. and Nevanlinna, H. (2016) Tests of sunspot number sequences: 2. Using geomagnetic and auroral data. Solar Physics, 291 (9-10). pp. 2811-2828. ISSN 1573-093X doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11207-016-0913-2

Aplin, K. L., Scott, Chris J and Gray, Suzanne L (2016) Atmospheric changes from solar eclipses. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences, 374 (2077). 20150217. ISSN 1364-503X doi: https://doi.org/10.1098/rsta.2015.0217 (themed issue: Atmospheric effects of solar eclipses stimulated by the 2015 UK eclipse)

Portas, Antonio M, Barnard, Luke, Scott, Chris and Harrison, R Giles (2016) National Eclipse Weather Experiment use and evaluation of a citizen science tool for schools outreach. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences, 374 (2077). 20150223. ISSN 1364-503X doi: https://doi.org/10.1098/rsta.2015.0223 (Themed issue: Atmospheric effects of solar eclipses stimulated by the 2015 UK eclipse)

Scott, Chris J., Bradford, John, Bell, Steve A., Wilkinson, Julia, Barnard, Luke, Smith, David and Tudor, Steffan (2016) Using the ionospheric response to the solar eclipse on 20th March 2015 to detect spatial structure in the solar corona. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences, 374 (2077). 20150216. ISSN 1364-503X doi: https://doi.org/10.1098/rsta.2015.0216

Lockwood, M., Owens, M. J., Barnard, L. A., Bentley, S., Scott, C. J. and Watt, C.E. (2016) On the origins and timescales of geoeffective IMF. Space Weather, 14 (6). pp. 406-432. ISSN 1542-7390 doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/2016SW001375

Wilkinson, Julia, Scott, Christopher J. and Willis, David M. (2016) Going with the floe. Astronomy and Geophysics, 57 (2). 2.37-2.42. ISSN 1366-8781 doi: https://doi.org/10.1093/astrogeo/atw075

2015

Barnard, L., Scott, C.J., Owens, M., Lockwood, Mike, Crothers, S. R., Davies, J. A. and Harrison, R. A. (2015) Differences between the CME fronts tracked by an expert, an automated algorithm, and the Solar Stormwatch project. Space Weather, 13 (10). pp. 709-725. ISSN 1542-7390 doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/2015SW001280

Barnard, Luke, Scott, Chris, Owens, Mathew, Lockwood, Mike, Tucker-Hood, Kim, Wilkinson, Julia, Harder, Briana and Baeten, Elisabeth (2015) Solar stormwatch: tracking solar eruptions. Astronomy & Geophysics, 56 (4). 4.20-4.24. ISSN 1366-8781 doi: https://doi.org/10.1093/astrogeo/atv131

Scott, C. J. and Stamper, R. (2015) Global variation in the long-term seasonal changes observed in ionospheric F-region data. Annales Geophysicae, 33 (4). pp. 449-455. ISSN 0992-7689 doi: https://doi.org/10.5194/angeo-33-449-2015

Tucker-Hood, Kimberley, Scott, Chris, Owens, Mathew, Jackson, David, Barnard, Luke, Davies, Jackie A., Crothers, Steve, Lintott, Chris, Simpson, Robert, Savani, Neel P., Wilkinson, J., Harder, B., Eriksson, G. M., Baeten, E. M. L. and Wan Wah, Lily Lau (2015) Validation of a priori CME arrival predictions made using real-time heliospheric imager observations. Space Weather, 13 (1). pp. 35-48. ISSN 1542-7390 doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/2014SW001106

Owens, Mathew J., Scott, Chris J., Bennett, A. J., Thomas, S. R., Lockwood, Mike, Harrison, R. Giles and Lam, Mai Mai (2015) Lightning as a space-weather hazard: UK thunderstorm activity modulated by the passage of the heliospheric current sheet. Geophysical Research Letters, 42 (22). pp. 9624-9632. ISSN 0094-8276 doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/2015GL066802

Usoskin, I. G., Arlt, R., Asvestari, E., Hawkins, Ed, Käpylä, M., Kovaltsov, G. A., Krivova, N., Lockwood, Mike, Mursula, K., O'Reilly, J., Owens, Mathew, Scott, Chris J., Sokoloff, D. D., Solanki, S. K., Soon, W. and Vaquero, J. M. (2015) The Maunder minimum (1645-1715) was indeed a grand minimum: a reassessment of multiple datasets. Astronomy & Astrophysics, 581. A95. ISSN 0004-6361 doi: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201526652

Thomas, S. R., Owens, Matt J., Lockwood, Mike, Barnard, Luke and Scott, Chris J. (2015) Near-earth cosmic ray decreases associated with remote coronal mass ejections. The Astrophysical Journal, 801 (1). 5. ISSN 1538-4357 doi: https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-637X/801/1/5

2014

Barnard, L., Scott, C., Owens, M., Lockwood, M., Tucker-Hood, K., Thomas, S., Crothers, S., Davies, J. A., Harrison, R., Lintott, C., Simpson, R., O'Donnell, J., Smith, A. M., Waterson, N., Bamford, S., Romeo, F., Kukula, M., Owens, B., Savani, N., Wilkinson, J., Baeten, E., Poeffel, L. and Harder, B. (2014) The Solar Stormwatch CME catalogue: results from the first space weather citizen science project. Space Weather, 12 (12). pp. 657-674. ISSN 1542-7390 doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/2014SW001119

Owens, M. J., Scott, C. J., Lockwood, M., Barnard, L., Harrison, R. G., 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

Thomas, S. R., Owens, M. J., Lockwood, Mike and Scott, C. J. (2014) Galactic cosmic ray modulation near the heliospheric current sheet. Solar Physics, 289 (7). pp. 2653-2668. ISSN 1573-093X doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11207-014-0493-y

Scott, C. J., Harrison, R.G., Owens, M.J., Lockwood, M. and Barnard, L. (2014) Evidence for solar wind modulation of lightning. Environmental Research Letters, 9 (5). 055004. ISSN 1748-9326 doi: https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/9/5/055004

Lockwood, M., Nevanlinna, H., Vokhmyanin, M., Ponyavin, D., Sokolov, S., Barnard, L., Owens, M. J., Harrison, R. G., Rouillard, A. P. and Scott, C. J. (2014) Reconstruction of geomagnetic activity and near-Earth interplanetary conditions over the past 167 yr - Part 3: improved representation of solar cycle 11. Annales Geophysicae, 32 (4). pp. 367-381. ISSN 1432-0576 doi: https://doi.org/10.5194/angeo-32-367-2014

Lockwood, M., Nevanlinna, H., Barnard, L., Owens, M. J., Harrison, R. G., Rouillard, A. P. and Scott, C. J. (2014) Reconstruction of geomagnetic activity and near-Earth interplanetary conditions over the past 167 yr - Part 4: Near-Earth solar wind speed, IMF, and open solar flux. Annales Geophysicae, 32 (4). pp. 383-399. ISSN 1432-0576 doi: https://doi.org/10.5194/angeo-32-383-2014

Scott, C. J., Stamper, R. and Rishbeth, H. (2014) Long-term changes in thermospheric composition inferred from a spectral analysis of ionospheric F-region data. Annales Geophysicae, 32 (2). pp. 113-119. ISSN 0992-7689 doi: https://doi.org/10.5194/angeo-32-113-2014

2013

Xiong, Ming, Davies, Jackie A., Feng, Xueshang, Owens, Matt, Harrison, Richard A., Davis, Chris J. and Liu, Ying D. (2013) Using coordinated observations in polarized white light and Faraday rotation to probe the spatial position and magnetic field of an interplanetary sheath. The Astrophysical Journal, 777 (1). 32. ISSN 0004-637X doi: https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-637X/777/1/32

Lockwood, Mike, Barnard, L., Nevanlinna, H., Owens, M.J., Harrison, R.G., Rouillard, A. P. and Davis, Chris J. (2013) Reconstruction of geomagnetic activity and near-Earth interplanetary conditions over the past 167 yr – Part 1: A new geomagnetic data composite. Annales Geophysicae, 31 (11). pp. 1957-1977. ISSN 0992-7689 doi: https://doi.org/10.5194/angeo-31-1957-2013

Lockwood, M., Barnard, L., Nevanlinna, H., Owens, M.J., Harrison, R.G., Rouillard, A. P. and Davis, Chris J. (2013) Reconstruction of geomagnetic activity and near-Earth interplanetary conditions over the past 167 yr – Part 2: A new reconstruction of the interplanetary magnetic field. Annales Geophysicae, 31 (11). pp. 1979-1992. ISSN 0992-7689 doi: https://doi.org/10.5194/angeo-31-1979-2013

2012

Savani, N. P., Davies, J. A., Davis, Chris J., Shiota, D., Rouillard, A. P., Owens, Matt J, Kusano, K., Bothmer, V., Bamford, S. P., Lintott, C. J. and Smith, A. (2012) Observational tracking of the 2D structure of coronal mass ejections between the sun and 1 AU. Solar Physics, 279 (2). pp. 517-535. ISSN 0038-0938 doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11207-012-0041-6

Lockwood, Mike, Owens, Matt, Barnard, Luke, Scott, Chris and Thomas, Simon (2012) Solar cycle 24: what is the sun up to? Astronomy and Geophysics, 53 (3). 3.09-3.15. ISSN 1366-8781 doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-4004.2012.53309.x

Davis, Chris J., Davies, J. A., Owens, Matt and Lockwood, Mike (2012) Predicting the arrival of high-speed solar wind streams at Earth using the STEREO Heliospheric Imagers. Space Weather, 10 (2). ISSN 1542-7390 doi: https://doi.org/10.1029/2011SW000737

Lugaz, N., Kintner, P., Möstl, C., Jian, L. K., Davis, Chris J. and Farrugia, C. J. (2012) Heliospheric Observations of STEREO-Directed Coronal Mass Ejections in 2008 – 2010: Lessons for Future Observations of Earth-Directed CMEs. Solar Physics, 279 (2). pp. 497-515. ISSN 0038-0938 doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11207-012-0007-8

Davies, J. A., Harrison, R. A., Perry, C. H., Möstl, C., Lugaz, N., Rollett, T., Scott, Chris J., Crothers, S. R., Temmer, M., Eyles, C. J. and Savani, N. P. (2012) A self-similar expansion model for use in solar wind transient propogation studies. The Astrophysical Journal, 750 (23). ISSN 0004-637X doi: https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-637X/750/1/23

2011

Barnard, L., Lockwood, M., Hapgood, M. A., Owens, Matt J., Davis, Chris J. and Steinhilber, F. (2011) Predicting space climate change. Geophysical Research Letters, 38. L16103. ISSN 0094-8276 doi: https://doi.org/10.1029/2011GL048489

Owens, Matt J., Lockwood, Mike, Barnard, L. and Davis, Chris J. (2011) Solar cycle 24: implications for energetic particles and long-term space climate change. Geophysical Research Letters, 38. L19106. ISSN 0094-8276 doi: https://doi.org/10.1029/2011GL049328

Davis, Chris J., de Koning, C. A., Davies, J. A., Biesecker, D., Millward, G., Dryer, M., Deehr, C., Webb, D. F., Schenk, K., Freeland, S. L., Möstl, C., Farrugia, C. J. and Odstrcil, D. (2011) A comparison of space weather analysis techniques used to predict the arrival of the Earth-directed CME and its shockwave launched on 8 April 2010. Space Weather, 9 (1). S01005. ISSN 1542-7390 doi: https://doi.org/10.1029/2010SW000620

Davis, Chris J., Davies, J. A., St Cyr, O. C., Campbell-Brown, M., Skelt, A., Kaiser, M., Meyer-Vernet, Nicole, Crothers, S., Lintott, C., Smith, A., Bamford, S. and Baeten, E. M. L. (2011) The distribution of interplanetary dust between 0.96 and 1.04 au as inferred from impacts on the STEREO spacecraft observed by the heliospheric imagers. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 420 (2). pp. 1355-1366. ISSN 0035-8711 doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2966.2011.20125.x

Lockwood, Mike, Owens, Matt J., Barnard, L., Davis, Chris J. and Steinhilber, F. (2011) The persistence of solar activity indicators and the descent of the sun into Maunder Minimum conditions. Geophysical Research Letters, 38. L22105. ISSN 0094-8276 doi: https://doi.org/10.1029/2011GL049811

2010

Rouillard, A. P., Davies, J. A., Lavraud, B., Forsyth, R. J., Savani, N. P., Bewsher, D., Brown, D. S., Sheeley, N. R., Scott, Chris J., Harrison, R. A., Howard, R. A., Vourlidas, A., Lockwood, M., Crothers, S. R. and Eyles, C. J. (2010) Intermittent release of transients in the slow solar wind: 1. Remote sensing observations. Journal of Geophysical Research, 115. A04103. ISSN 0148-0227 doi: https://doi.org/10.1029/2009JA014471

Rouillard, A. P., Lavraud, B., Davies, J. A., Savani, N. P., Burlaga, L. F., Forsyth, R. J., Sauvaud, J.-A., Opitz, A., Lockwood, M., Luhmann, J. G., Simunac, K. D. C., Galvin, A. B., Davis, Chris J. and Harrison, R. A. (2010) Intermittent release of transients in the slow solar wind: 2. In situ evidence. Journal of Geophysical Research, 115. A04104. ISSN 0148-0227 doi: https://doi.org/10.1029/2009JA014472

Davis, Chris J., Kennedy, J. and Davies, J. A. (2010) Assessing the accuracy of CME speed and trajectory estimates from STEREO observations through a comparison of independent methods. Solar Physics, 263 (1-2). pp. 209-222. ISSN 0038-0938 doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11207-010-9535-2

2009

Rouillard, A. P., Savani, N. P., Davies, J. A., Lavraud, B., Forsyth, R. J., Morley, S. K., Opitz, A., Sheeley, N. R., Burlaga, L. F., Sauvaud, J.-A., Simunac, K. D. C., Luhmann, J. G., Galvin, A. B., Crothers, S. R., Davis, Chris J., Harrison, R. A., Lockwood, M., Eyles, C. J., Bewsher, D. and Brown, D. S. (2009) A multispacecraft analysis of a small-scale transient entrained by solar wind streams. Solar Physics, 256 (1-2). pp. 307-326. ISSN 0038-0938 doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11207-009-9329-6

Davis, Chris J., Davies, J. A., Lockwood, Michael, Rouillard, A. P., Eyles, C. J. and Harrison, R. A. (2009) Stereoscopic imaging of an Earth-impacting solar coronal mass ejection: a major milestone for the STEREO mission. Geophysical Research Letters, 36. L08102. ISSN 0094-8276 doi: https://doi.org/10.1029/2009GL038021

Eyles, C. J., Harrison, R. A., Davis, Chris J., Waltham, N. R., Shaugnessy, B. M., Mapson-Menard, H. C. A., Bewsher, D., Crothers, S. R., Davies, J. A., Simnett, G. M., Howard, R. A., Moses, J. D., Newmark, J. S., Socker, D. G., Halain, J.-P., Defise, J.-M., Mazy, E. and Rochus, P. (2009) The Heliospheric Imagers onboard the STEREO mission. Solar Physics, 254 (2). pp. 387-445. ISSN 0038-0938 doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11207-008-9299-0

Harrison, Richard A., Davis, Chris J. and Davies, Jackie A. (2009) Pre-CME onset fuses: do the STEREO heliospheric imagers hold the clues to the CME onset process? Solar Physics, 259 (1-2). pp. 277-296. ISSN 0038-0938 doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11207-009-9417-7

Davis, Chris J., Bell, S A, Stamper, R, Poole, A W V, McKinnell , A and Wilkinson, P (2009) A potential lag between the open solar magnetic source flux and solar EUV and X-ray emissions as measured by the Earth's ionosphere during total solar eclipses. Annales Geophysicae, 27 (6). pp. 2449-2456. ISSN 0992-7689 doi: https://doi.org/10.5194/angeo-27-2449-2009

Savani, N, Rouillard, A.P., Davies, J.A., Owens, Mathew James, Forsyth, R.J., Davis, Chris J. and Harrison, R.A. (2009) The radial width of a coronal mass ejection between 0.1 and 0.4 AU estimated from the heliospheric imager on STEREO. Annales Geophysicae, 27 (11). pp. 4349-4358. ISSN 0992-7689 doi: https://doi.org/10.5194/angeo-27-4349-2009

Rouillard, A. P., Davies, J. A., Forsyth, R. J., Savani, N. P., Sheeley, N. R., Thernisien, A., Zhang, T.-L., Howard, R. A., Anderson, B., Carr, C. M., Tsang, S., Lockwood, M., Scott, Chris J., Harrison, R. A., Bewsher, D., Fränz, M., Crothers, S. R., Eyles, C. J., Brown, D. S., Whittaker, I., Hapgood, M., Coates, A. J., Jones, G. H., Grande, M., Frahm, R. A. and Winningham, J. D. (2009) A solar storm observed from the Sun to Venus using the STEREO, Venus Express, and MESSENGER spacecraft. Journal of Geophysical Research, 114 (A7). A07106. ISSN 0148-0227 doi: https://doi.org/10.1029/2008JA014034

2008

Rouillard, A. P., Davies, J. A., Forsyth, R. J., Rees, A., Scott, Chris J., Harrison, R. A., Lockwood, Michael, Bewsher, D., Crothers, S. R., Eyles, C. J., Hapgood, M. and Perry, C. H. (2008) First imaging of corotating interaction regions using the STEREO spacecraft. Geophysical Research Letters, 35 (10). L10110. ISSN 0094-8276 doi: https://doi.org/10.1029/2008GL033767

Davis, Chris J. and Lo , K H (2008) An enhancement of the ionospheric sporadic‐E layer in response to negative polarity cloud‐to‐ground lightning. Geophysical Research Letters, 35. L05815. ISSN 0094-8276 doi: https://doi.org/10.1029/2007GL031909

2006

Johnson, C.J. and Davis, Chris J. (2006) The location of lightning affecting the ionospheric sporadic-E layer as evidence for multiple enhancement mechanisms. Geophysical Research Letters, 33. L07811. ISSN 0094-8276 doi: https://doi.org/10.1029/2005GL025294

2005

Davis, Chris J. and Johnson, C. G. (2005) Lightning-induced intensification of the ionospheric sporadic E layer. Nature, 435. pp. 799-801. ISSN 0028-0836 doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/nature03638

2001

Davis, Chris J., Clarke, E. M., Bamford, R. A., Lockwood, Mike and Bell, S. A. (2001) Long term changes in EUV and X-ray emissions from the solar corona and chromosphere as measured by the response of the Earth’s ionosphere during total solar eclipses from 1932 to 1999. Annales Geophysicae, 19 (3). pp. 263-273. ISSN 0992-7689 doi: https://doi.org/10.5194/angeo-19-263-2001

2000

Davis, Chris J., Lockwood, Mike, Bell, S. A., Smith, J. A. and Clarke, E. M. (2000) Ionospheric measurements of relative coronal brightness during the total solar eclipses of 11 August, 1999 and 9 July, 1945. Annales Geophysicae, 18 (2). pp. 182-190. ISSN 0992-7689 doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00585-000-0182-z

1999

Lockwood, Mike, Wild, M. N., Stamper, R., Davis, Chris J. and Grande, M. (1999) Predicting solar disturbance effects on navigation systems. Journal of Navigation, 52 (2). pp. 203-216. ISSN 0373-4633 doi: https://doi.org/10.1017/S0373463399008279

Lockwood, Mike and Davis, Chris J. (1999) The correct application of Poynting's theorem to the time-dependent magnetosphere: reply to Heikkila. Annales Geophysicae, 17 (2). pp. 178-181. ISSN 0992-7689 doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00585-999-0178-2

1998

Lockwood, Mike, Davis, Chris J., Onsager, T. G. and Scudder, J. D. (1998) Modelling signatures of pulsed magnetopause reconnection in cusp ion dispersion signatures seen at middle altitudes. Geophysical Research Letters, 25 (5). pp. 591-594. ISSN 0094-8276 doi: https://doi.org/10.1029/98GL00185

1997

Scott, Chris J., Wild, M. N., Lockwood, Mike and Tulunay, Y. K. (1997) Ionospheric and geomagnetic responses to changes in IMF B_Z: a superposed epoch study. Annales Geophysicae, 15 (2). pp. 217-230. ISSN 1432-0576 doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00585-997-0217-9

1996

Lockwood, Mike and Davis, Chris J. (1996) On the longitudinal extent of magnetopause reconnection pulses. Annales Geophysicae, 14 (9). pp. 865-878. ISSN 1432-0576 doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00585-996-0865-1

Davis, Chris J. and Lockwood, Mike (1996) Predicted signatures of pulsed reconnection in ESR data. Annales Geophysicae, 14 (12). pp. 1246-1256. ISSN 1432-0576 doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00585-996-1246-5

Lockwood, Mike and Davis, Chris J. (1996) An analysis of the accuracy of magnetopause reconnection rate variations deduced from cusp ion dispersion characteristics. Annales Geophysicae, 14 (2). pp. 149-161. ISSN 1432-0576 doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00585-996-0149-9

1995

Lockwood, Mike, Davis, Chris J., Smith, M. F., Onsager, T. G. and Denig, W. F. (1995) Location and characteristics of the reconnection X line deduced from low-altitude satellite and ground-based observations: 2. Defense Meteorological Satellite Program and European Incoherent Scatter data. Journal of Geophysical Research, 100 (A11). p. 21803. ISSN 0148-0227 doi: https://doi.org/10.1029/95JA01339

Lockwood, Mike and Davis, Chris J. (1995) Occurrence probability, width and number of steps of cusp precipitation for fully pulsed reconnection at the dayside magnetopause. Journal of Geophysical Research, 100 (A5). pp. 7627-7640. ISSN 0148-0227 doi: https://doi.org/10.1029/94JA02197

1994

Lockwood, Mike, Onsager, T. G., Davis, Chris J., Smith, M. F. and Denig, W. F. (1994) The characteristics of the magnetopause reconnection X-line deduced from low-altitude satellite observations of cusp ions. Geophysical Research Letters, 21 (24). pp. 2757-2760. ISSN 0094-8276 doi: https://doi.org/10.1029/94GL02696

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