Dr. Martin Airey
Senior Meteorological Support Scientist
Research Interests:
- Planetary atmospheres
- Planetary geology
- Volcanology
- Atmospheric Electricity
Research Projects:
- VENI: Venusian Electricity, Nephology, and Ionisation
- UAEREP: UAE Rain Enhancement Program
- VOLCLAB: Balloon-borne volcanic laboratory
Postdoctoral & graduate student supervision:
- Lauren James (UG): Laboratory Studies of Volcanic Lightning on Venus and Early Earth
2018/19:
Biography:
- DPhil (Oxon) Earth Sciences (2015)
- MRes (Lancaster) Science of the Environment (2010)
- BSc (Hons) (Open) Geosciences (2007)
Links:
Centaur Publications
2021
Airey, M. W., Nicoll, K. A., Harrison, R. G. 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
2020
Nicoll, K., Harrison, G., Marlton, G. J. and Airey, M. W. (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
2019
Dexheimer, D., Airey, M., Roesler, E., Longbottom, C., Nicoll, K., Kneifel, S., Mei, F., Harrison, G., Marlton, G. and Williams, P. (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., Cimarelli, C., Bennett, A., Harrison, G., 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
2017
Harrison, G., Nicoll, K., Marlton, G., Williams, P. and Airey, M. (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. W., Mather, T. A., Pyle, D. M. and Ghail, R. C. (2017) The distribution of volcanism in the Beta-Atla-Themis region of Venus: its relationship to rifting and implications for global tectonic regimes. Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets, 122 (8). pp. 1626-1649. ISSN 21699097 doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/2016JE005205
Airey, M., Harrison, G., Nicoll, K., Williams, P. 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
2015
Airey, M. W., Mather, T. A., Pyle, D. M., Glaze, L. S., Ghail, R. C. and Wilson, C. F. (2015) Explosive volcanic activity on Venus: The roles of volatile contribution, degassing, and external environment. Planetary and Space Science, 113 - 114. 33 - 48. ISSN 0032-0633 doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pss.2015.01.009
Last update: 16th February 2023
