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  • 2006 - Fellow of the Royal Society, United Kingdom

Overview

Mike Lockwood is a researcher affiliated with the University of Reading in the United Kingdom. Their academic contributions primarily reside in the field of Physics and Astronomy, with a notable focus on subfields such as Astronomy and Astrophysics, Molecular Biology, Oceanography, Geophysics, and Atmospheric Science.

The main topics addressed in their work include Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics, Ionosphere and Magnetosphere Dynamics, Geomagnetism and Paleomagnetism Studies, Astro and Planetary Science, Geophysics and Gravity Measurements, Earthquake Detection and Analysis, and Solar Radiation and Photovoltaics.

They have a significant record of publications in several scientific venues. The most frequent publication venues for their work are:

  • Solar Physics
  • Space Weather
  • Journal of Geophysical Research Space Physics
  • Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences
  • Journal of Space Weather and Space Climate

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Mike Lockwood include:

  • The Solar Orbiter magnetometer, 2020, Astronomy and Astrophysics
  • Semi-annual, annual and Universal Time variations in the magnetosphere and in geomagnetic activity: 1. Geomagnetic data, 2020, Journal of Space Weather and Space Climate
  • Recalibration of the Sunspot-Number: Status Report, 2023, Solar Physics
  • A Computationally Efficient, Time-Dependent Model of the Solar Wind for Use as a Surrogate to Three-Dimensional Numerical Magnetohydrodynamic Simulations, 2020, Solar Physics
  • Extreme Space-Weather Events and the Solar Cycle, 2021, Solar Physics

Their frequent co-authors, with whom they have collaborated extensively, include:

  • M. J. Owens
  • Luke Barnard
  • Christopher J. Scott
  • Yutian Chi
  • K. A. McWilliams

Mike Lockwood was awarded the title of Fellow of the Royal Society, United Kingdom, in 2006, reflecting a recognized standing within the scientific community.

Best Publications

  • SOLAR INFLUENCES ON CLIMATE

    L. J. Gray;L. J. Gray;J. Beer;M. Geller;J.D. Haigh

  • Excitation and decay of solar-wind driven flows in the magnetosphere-ionosphere system

    S.W.H. Cowley;Mike Lockwood

  • A doubling of the Sun's coronal magnetic field during the past 100 years

    Mike Lockwood;R. Stamper;M. N. Wild

  • Dependence of convective flows and particle precipitation in the high‐latitude dayside ionosphere on the X and Y components of the interplanetary magnetic field

    S. W. H. Cowley;J. P. Morelli;Mike Lockwood

  • The cleft ion fountain

    Mike Lockwood;M. O. Chandler;J. L. Horwitz;J. H. Waite

  • A new source of suprathermal O+ions near the dayside polar cap boundary

    Mike Lockwood;J. H. Waite;T. E. Moore;J. F. E. Johnson

  • Recent oppositely directed trends in solar climate forcings and the global mean surface air temperature

    Mike Lockwood;Claus Fröhlich

  • Midday auroral breakup events and related energy and momentum transfer from the magnetosheath

    P. E. Sandholt;Mike Lockwood;T. Oguti;S. W. H. Cowley

  • Are cold winters in Europe associated with low solar activity

    Michael Lockwood;Michael Lockwood;Richard Giles Harrison;Tim James Woollings;Sami K. Solanki

  • The variation of reconnection rate at the dayside magnetopause and cusp ion precipitation

    Mike Lockwood;M. F. Smith

  • The Solar Orbiter magnetometer

    T. S. Horbury;H. O’Brien;I. Carrasco Blazquez;M. Bendyk

  • Production of polar cap electron density patches by transient magnetopause reconnection

    M. Lockwood;H. C. Carlson

  • Earth's magnetospheric cusps

    M. F. Smith;Mike Lockwood

  • The dependence of high-latitude dayside ionospheric flows on the North-South component of the IMF: a high time resolution correlation analysis using EISCAT polar and AMPTE UKS and IRM data

    A. Etemadi;S.W.H. Cowley;Mike Lockwood;B.J.I. Bromage

  • First imaging of corotating interaction regions using the STEREO spacecraft

    A. P. Rouillard;A. P. Rouillard;J. A. Davies;R. J. Forsyth;A. Rees

  • Potential influences on the United Kingdom's floods of winter 2013/14

    Chris Huntingford;Terry Marsh;Adam A. Scaife;Elizabeth J. Kendon

  • The excitation of plasma convection in the high‐latitude ionosphere

    Mike Lockwood;S. W. H. Cowley;M. P. Freeman

  • The ionospheric signatures of flux transfer events and solar wind dynamic pressure changes

    Mike Lockwood;S. W. H. Cowley;P. E. Sandholt;R. P. Lepping

  • Interplanetary magnetic field control of dayside auroral activity and the transfer of momentum across the dayside magnetopause

    Mike Lockwood;P.E. Sandholt;S.W.H. Cowley;T. Oguti

  • Solar Influence on Global and Regional Climates

    Mike Lockwood;Mike Lockwood

  • Stereoscopic imaging of an Earth‐impacting solar coronal mass ejection: A major milestone for the STEREO mission

    Chris J. Davis;J. A. Davies;Michael Lockwood;Michael Lockwood;A. P. Rouillard;A. P. Rouillard

  • THE RISE AND FALL OF OPEN SOLAR FLUX DURING THE CURRENT GRAND SOLAR MAXIMUM

    M. Lockwood;M. Lockwood;M. Lockwood;A. P. Rouillard;A. P. Rouillard;I. D. Finch

Frequent Co-Authors

Stanley W. H. Cowley
Stanley W. H. Cowley University of Leicester
Jøran Moen
Jøran Moen University of Oslo
Mark Lester
Mark Lester University of Leicester
Ilya Usoskin
Ilya Usoskin University of Oulu
Per Even Sandholt
Per Even Sandholt University of Oslo
Lesley J. Gray
Lesley J. Gray University of Oxford
Steve E. Milan
Steve E. Milan University of Leicester
Richard Harrison
Richard Harrison University of Reading
Harald U. Frey
Harald U. Frey University of California, Berkeley

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