Research project

How does the aurora heat the upper atmosphere?

Lead researcher:

Dr Daniel Whiter
Status:

Active

Staff

Lead researcher

Dr Daniel Whiter

Associate Professor

Research interests

Earth's aurora
Auroral acceleration and structuring mechanisms
Effects of auroral precipitation on the upper atmosphere

Connect with Daniel

Email: D.Whiter@soton.ac.uk

Research outputs

Morphological evolution and spatial profile changes of poleward moving auroral forms

Anton Goertz, Noora Partamies, Daniel Whiter & Lisa Baddeley, 2022, Annales Geophysicae

DOI: 10.5194/angeo-41-115-2023

Type: article

Fine-scale electric fields and Joule heating from observations of the Aurora

Patrik Krcelic, Robert Fear, Daniel Whiter, Betty Lanchester, Mark Lester, Anasuya Aruliah & Larry Paxton, 2022, Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics, 128(2)

DOI: 10.1029/2022JA030628

Type: article

The altitude of green OI 557.7 nm and blue N2+ 427.8 nm aurora

Daniel Whiter, Noora Partamies, Björn Gustavsson & Kirsti Kauristie, 2022, Annales Geophysicae

DOI: 10.5194/angeo-41-1-2023

Type: article

Magnetic local time (MLT) dependence of auroral peak emission height and morphology

Noora Partamies, Daniel Whiter, Kirsti Kauristie & Stefano Massetti, 2022, Annales Geophysicae, 40(5), 605-618

DOI: 10.5194/angeo-40-605-2022

Type: article

A perspective on substorm dynamics using 10 years of auroral kilometric radiation observations from wind

James E. Waters, Caitriona M. Jackman, Daniel K. Whiter, Colin Forsyth, Alexandra R. Fogg, Laurent Lamy, Baptiste Cecconi, Xavier Bonnin & Karine Issautier, 2022, Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics, 127(9)

DOI: 10.1029/2022JA030449

Type: article