Professor Adrian Grocott FHEA
Professor of Solar-Terrestrial PhysicsResearch 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.
PhD Supervision Interests
Research projects are available in the field of solar-terrestrial physics, magnetospheric dynamics and magnetosphere-ionosphere coupling. For details of current opportunities see: https://www.lancaster.ac.uk/physics/study/current-phds/#d.en.349042
Resolving uncertainty in the solar wind driving of the magnetosphere
01/04/2024 → 31/03/2027
Research
DRivers and Impacts of Ionospheric Variability with EISCAT-3D (DRIIVE)
11/04/2022 → 10/04/2026
Research
EISCAT_3D: Fine-scale structuring, scintillastion, and electrodynamics (FINESSE)
11/04/2022 → 10/04/2026
Research
Space Weather Instrumentation, Measurement, Modelling and Risk: Ionosphere (N3) (SWIMMR-I)
01/06/2020 → 30/09/2024
Research
Space Weather Instrumentation, Measurement, Modelling and Risk: Thermosphere (SWIMMR-T)
01/06/2020 → 31/03/2024
Research
SD-WACCM: Predicting the Upper Atmospheric Response to Extremes of Space Weather Forcing
01/03/2020 → 29/02/2024
Research
Space and Planetary Research at Lancaster University
01/04/2018 → 30/09/2022
Research
Time Variability of the ionospheric electric field: solar wind driving and atmospheric feedback
01/12/2016 → 29/02/2020
Research
Plasma environments in the solar system
01/04/2015 → 31/08/2018
Research
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 and Planetary Physics
- Space and Planetary Physics