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43
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5009
National Ranking
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Overview

Iain M. Reid is affiliated with the University of Adelaide in Australia. Their research primarily focuses on various aspects of physics and astronomy, particularly within Earth and planetary sciences. The main fields of study encompass a range of topics including atmospheric science, aerospace engineering, oceanography, and global and planetary change.

Their work covers several key areas including ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics, solar and space plasma dynamics, astro and planetary science, atmospheric ozone and climate, planetary science and exploration, GNSS positioning and interference, and geophysics and gravity measurements.

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Iain M. Reid include:

  • Wen Yi
  • Xianghui Xue
  • Xiankang Dou
  • Na Li
  • Tingdi Chen

Iain M. Reid has published extensively in notable venues such as:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Atmospheric Measurement Techniques
  • Remote Sensing
  • Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres
  • Journal of Geophysical Research Space Physics

Among recent publications, representative papers include:

  • Comparison between the Mesospheric Winds Observed by Two Collocated Meteor Radars at Low Latitudes (2022, Remote Sensing)
  • Climatology of Interhemispheric Mesopause Temperatures Using the High-Latitude and Middle-Latitude Meteor Radars (2021, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres)
  • Design of Meteor and Ionospheric Irregularity Observation System and First Results (2022, Journal of Geophysical Research Space Physics)
  • Australian Lidar Measurements of Aerosol Layers Associated with the 2015 Calbuco Eruption (2020, Atmosphere)
  • First Observations of Antarctic Mesospheric Tidal Wind Responses to Recurrent Geomagnetic Activity (2021, Geophysical Research Letters)

Best Publications

  • An empirical model of the Earth's horizontal wind fields: HWM07

    D. P. Drob;J. T. Emmert;G. Crowley;J. M. Picone

  • HF Doppler Measurements of Mesospheric Gravity Wave Momentum Fluxes

    R. A. Vincent;I. M. Reid

  • Buckland Park all‐sky interferometric meteor radar

    David A. Holdsworth;Iain M. Reid;Manuel A. Cervera;Manuel A. Cervera

  • Analysis and interpretation of airglow and radar observations of quasi-monochromatic gravity waves in the upper mesosphere and lower thermosphere over Adelaide, Australia (35°S, 138°E)

    R.L. Walterscheid;J.H. Hecht;R.a. Vincent;I.m. Reid

  • The deep propagating gravity wave experiment (deepwave): an airborne and ground-based exploration of gravity wave propagation and effects from their sources throughout the lower and middle atmosphere

    David C. Fritts;Ronald B. Smith;Michael J. Taylor;James D. Doyle

  • An intense traveling airglow front in the upper mesosphere–lower thermosphere with characteristics of a bore observed over Alice Springs, Australia, during a strong 2 day wave episode

    R. L. Walterscheid;J. H. Hecht;L. J. Gelinas;M. P. Hickey

  • Measurements of mesospheric gravity wave momentum fluxes and mean flow accelerations at Adelaide, Australia

    Iain M. Reid;Robert A. Vincent

  • Comparison of simultaneous wind measurements using colocated VHF meteor radar and MF spaced antenna radar systems

    Manuel A. Cervera;Iain M. Reid

  • A simple model of atmospheric radar backscatter: Description and application to the full correlation analysis of spaced antenna data

    David A. Holdsworth;Iain M. Reid

  • VHF radar echoes observed in the summer and winter polar mesosphere over Andøya, Norway

    Peter Czechowsky;Iain M. Reid;Rüdiger Rüster;Gerhard Schmidt

  • Observations of mesospheric wind velocities: 1. Gravity wave horizontal scales and phase velocities determined from spaced wind observations

    C. E. Meek;I. M. Reid;A. H. Manson

  • Observations of mesospheric wind velocities: 2. Cross sections of power spectral density for 48–8 hours, 8–1 hours, and 1 hour to 10 min over 60–110 km for 1981

    C. E. Meek;I. M. Reid;A. H. Manson

  • Global-scale tidal variability during the PSMOS campaign of June–August 1999: interaction with planetary waves

    D Pancheva;E Merzlyakov;N.J Mitchell;Yu Portnyagin

  • VHF radar measurements of the aspect sensitivity of the summer polar mesopause echoes over Andenes (69°N,16°E), Norway

    Peter Czechowsky;Iain M. Reid;Rüdiger Rüster

  • The 6.5‐day wave in the mesosphere and lower thermosphere: Evidence for baroclinic/barotropic instability

    R. S. Lieberman;D. M. Riggin;S. J. Franke;A. H. Manson

  • High-Altitude (0–100 km) Global Atmospheric Reanalysis System: Description and Application to the 2014 Austral Winter of the Deep Propagating Gravity Wave Experiment (DEEPWAVE)

    Stephen D. Eckermann;Jun Ma;Karl W. Hoppel;David D. Kuhl

  • Global-scale tidal structure in the mesosphere and lower thermosphere during the PSMOS campaign of June-August 1999 and comparisons with the global-scale wave model

    D. Pancheva;N.J. Mitchell;M.E. Hagan;A.H. Manson

  • Momentum flux estimates accompanying multiscale gravity waves over Mount Cook, New Zealand, on 13 July 2014 during the DEEPWAVE campaign

    Katrina Bossert;David C. Fritts;Pierre Dominique Pautet;Bifford P. Williams

  • Comparison of atmospheric parameters derived from meteor observations with CIRA

    Manuel A. Cervera;Iain M. Reid

  • Gravity wave motions in the upper middle atmosphere (60―110 km)

    I.M. Reid

  • An intense traveling airglow front in the upper mesosphere--lower thermosphere with characteristics

    Richard L. Walterscheid;James H Hecht;Lynette Jean Gelinas;M. P. Hickey

Frequent Co-Authors

Robert A. Vincent
Robert A. Vincent University of Adelaide
Toshitaka Tsuda
Toshitaka Tsuda Kyoto University
Takuji Nakamura
Takuji Nakamura National Institute of Polar Research
Baiqi Ning
Baiqi Ning Chinese Academy of Sciences
C. E. Meek
C. E. Meek University of Saskatchewan
Guozhu Li
Guozhu Li Chinese Academy of Sciences
Xiankang Dou
Xiankang Dou University of Science and Technology of China
Richard L. Walterscheid
Richard L. Walterscheid The Aerospace Corporation
David C. Fritts
David C. Fritts G & A Technical Software (United States)
Weixing Wan
Weixing Wan Chinese Academy of Sciences

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