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Leigh N. Fletcher is affiliated with the University of Leicester in the United Kingdom and has a research portfolio focused primarily on physics and astronomy. Their work concentrates on subfields such as astronomy and astrophysics, atmospheric science, aerospace engineering, ecology, and molecular biology.

Their research addresses several main topics including astro and planetary science, planetary science and exploration, atmospheric ozone and climate, stellar, planetary, and galactic studies, isotope analysis in ecology, solar and space plasma dynamics, as well as astrophysics and star formation studies.

Fletcher has published extensively in respected scientific venues with frequent contributions to arXiv (Cornell University), the Journal of Geophysical Research Planets, The Planetary Science Journal, Nature Astronomy, and Icarus.

Some recent notable publications authored or coauthored by Fletcher include:

  • Ice Giant Systems: The scientific potential of orbital missions to Uranus and Neptune, 2020, Planetary and Space Science
  • Microwave observations reveal the deep extent and structure of Jupiter's atmospheric vortices, 2021, Science
  • High-resolution UV/Optical/IR Imaging of Jupiter in 2016-2019, 2020, The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series
  • The depth of Jupiter's Great Red Spot constrained by Juno gravity overflights, 2021, Science
  • Evidence for Multiple Ferrel-Like Cells on Jupiter, 2021, Geophysical Research Letters

Leigh N. Fletcher collaborates frequently with several researchers in planetary and atmospheric sciences. Key coauthors include Glenn S. Orton, Michael T. Roman, Michael H. Wong, P. G. J. Irwin, and Imke de Pater, reflecting a network of joint research efforts in related fields.

Best Publications

  • JUpiter ICy moons Explorer (JUICE): An ESA mission to orbit Ganymede and to characterise the Jupiter system

    O. Grasset;M.K. Dougherty;A. Coustenis;E.J. Bunce

  • The NEMESIS planetary atmosphere radiative transfer and retrieval tool

    P.G.J. Irwin;N.A. Teanby;R. de Kok;L.N. Fletcher

  • A chemical survey of exoplanets with ARIEL

    Giovanna Tinetti;Pierre Drossart;Paul Eccleston;Paul Hartogh

  • Methane and its isotopologues on Saturn from Cassini/CIRS observations

    LN Fletcher;GS Orton;Nicholas A Teanby;Pgj Irwin

  • Phosphine on Jupiter and Saturn from Cassini/CIRS

    L.N. Fletcher;G.S. Orton;N.A. Teanby;P.G.J. Irwin

  • Optimal estimation retrievals of the atmospheric structure and composition of HD 189733b from secondary eclipse spectroscopy

    J.-M. Lee;L. N. Fletcher;P. G. J. Irwin

  • EChO - Exoplanet Characterisation Observatory

    G. Tinetti;J. P. Beaulieu;T. Henning;M. Meyer

  • Deep winds beneath Saturn’s upper clouds from a seasonal long-lived planetary-scale storm

    A. Sánchez-Lavega;T. del Río-Gaztelurrutia;R. Hueso;J. M. Gómez-Forrellad

  • Oxygen compounds in Titan's stratosphere as observed by Cassini CIRS

    R. de Kok;P. G. J. Irwin;Nicholas A Teanby;E. Lellouch

  • EChO - Exoplanet Characterisation Observatory

    G. Tinetti;J. P. Beaulieu;T. Henning;M. Meyer

  • Vertical profiles of HCN, HC3N, and C2H2 in Titan's atmosphere derived from Cassini/CIRS data

    Nicholas A Teanby;P. G. J. Irwin;R. de Kok;S. Vinatier

  • DETERMINATION OF THE MINIMUM MASSES OF HEAVY ELEMENTS IN THE ENVELOPES OF JUPITER AND SATURN

    Olivier Mousis;Olivier Mousis;Ulysse Marboeuf;Jonathan I. Lunine;Yann Alibert

  • Temperature and Composition of Saturn's Polar Hot Spots and Hexagon

    L. N. Fletcher;P. G. J. Irwin;G. S. Orton;N. A. Teanby

  • Depth of a strong jovian jet from a planetary-scale disturbance driven by storms

    A. Sánchez-Lavega;G. S. Orton;R. Hueso;E. García-Melendo

  • Saturn's tropospheric composition and clouds from Cassini/VIMS 4.6-5.1 μm nightside spectroscopy

    Leigh N. Fletcher;Kevin H. Baines;Thomas W. Momary;Adam P. Showman

  • Mid-infrared mapping of Jupiter’s temperatures, aerosol opacity and chemical distributions with IRTF/TEXES

    Leigh N. Fletcher;T.K. Greathouse;G.S. Orton;J.A. Sinclair

  • A Gemini ground-based transmission spectrum of WASP-29b: a featureless spectrum from 515 to 720 nm

    N. P. Gibson;N. P. Gibson;S. Aigrain;J. K. Barstow;T. M. Evans

  • Semi-annual oscillations in Saturn's low-latitude stratospheric temperatures.

    Glenn S Orton;Padma A Yanamandra-Fisher;Brendan M Fisher;A James Friedson

  • Latitudinal variations of HCN, HC3N, and C2N2 in Titan's stratosphere derived from Cassini CIRS data

    Nicholas A Teanby;Pgj Irwin;R de Kok;CA Nixon

  • The optical transmission spectrum of the hot Jupiter HAT-P-32b: clouds explain the absence of broad spectral features?

    N. P. Gibson;S. Aigrain;J. K. Barstow;T. M. Evans

  • Saturn's north polar cyclone and hexagon at depth revealed by Cassini/VIMS

    Kevin H. Baines;Thomas W. Momary;Leigh N. Fletcher;Adam P. Showman

  • Mapping potential vorticity dynamics on saturn: Zonal mean circulation from Cassini and Voyager data

    P.L. Read;B.J. Conrath;L.N. Fletcher;L.N. Fletcher;P.J. Gierasch

  • Detection of hydrogen sulfide above the clouds in Uranus’s atmosphere

    Patrick G. J. Irwin;Daniel Toledo;Ryan Garland;Nicholas A. Teanby

Frequent Co-Authors

Glenn S. Orton
Glenn S. Orton California Institute of Technology
Patrick G. J. Irwin
Patrick G. J. Irwin University of Oxford
Agustín Sánchez-Lavega
Agustín Sánchez-Lavega University of the Basque Country
Sushil K. Atreya
Sushil K. Atreya University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Ricardo Hueso
Ricardo Hueso University of the Basque Country
Nicholas A Teanby
Nicholas A Teanby University of Bristol
Tristan Guillot
Tristan Guillot Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Andrew P. Ingersoll
Andrew P. Ingersoll California Institute of Technology
Suzanne Aigrain
Suzanne Aigrain University of Oxford
Peter L. Read
Peter L. Read University of Oxford

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