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Patrick J. Espy is affiliated with the Norwegian University of Science and Technology in Norway. Their research primarily spans the fields of Physics and Astronomy as well as Earth and Planetary Sciences. Within these fields, they focus on subfields including Astronomy and Astrophysics, Atmospheric Science, Geophysics, Oceanography, and Global and Planetary Change.

The main topics covered in Patrick J. Espy's body of work include:

  • Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics
  • Atmospheric Ozone and Climate
  • Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics
  • Geophysics and Gravity Measurements
  • Earthquake Detection and Analysis
  • Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations
  • Seismic Waves and Analysis

They have contributed to several recent publications, including:

  • "Atmospheric tomography using the Nordic Meteor Radar Cluster and Chilean Observation Network De Meteor Radars: network details and 3D-Var retrieval" (2021), Atmospheric Measurement Techniques
  • "Climatological Westward-Propagating Semidiurnal Tides and Their Composite Response to Sudden Stratospheric Warmings in SuperDARN and SD-WACCM-X" (2021), Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres
  • "Electrojet Estimates From Mesospheric Magnetic Field Measurements" (2021), Journal of Geophysical Research Space Physics
  • "Benchmarking microbarom radiation and propagation model against infrasound recordings: a vespagram-based approach" (2021), Annales Geophysicae
  • "Tidal Variations in the Mesosphere and Lower Thermosphere Before, During, and After the 2009 Sudden Stratospheric Warming" (2021), Journal of Geophysical Research Space Physics

Their frequent coauthors include:

  • R. E. Hibbins
  • Yvan Orsolini
  • Willem E. van Caspel
  • Stefan Bender
  • L. J. Paxton

Patrick J. Espy has published repeatedly in several scientific venues, with concentration in these journals:

  • Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres
  • Journal of Geophysical Research Space Physics
  • Annales Geophysicae
  • Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
  • Atmospheric Measurement Techniques

Best Publications

  • Franck–Condon Factors, r‐Centroids, Electronic Transition Moments, and Einstein Coefficients for Many Nitrogen and Oxygen Band Systems

    Forrest R. Gilmore;Russ R. Laher;Patrick J. Espy

  • The Aeronomy of Ice in the Mesosphere (AIM) mission: Overview and early science results

    James M. Russell;Scott M. Bailey;Larry L. Gordley;David W. Rusch

  • Observations of stratospheric warmings and mesospheric coolings by the TIMED SABER instrument

    D. E. Siskind;L. Coy;P. Espy

  • The excitation and collisional deactivation of metastable N(²P) atoms in auroras

    E.C. Zipf;P.J. Espy;C.F. Boyle

  • Comparison of Mesospheric Winds From a High-Altitude Meteorological Analysis System and Meteor Radar Observations During the Boreal Winters of 2009-2010 and 2012-2013

    J McCormack;K Hoppel;D Kuhl;R de Wit

  • Trends and variability of mesospheric temperature at high-latitudes

    P.J Espy;P.J Espy;J Stegman

  • Interannual variations of the quasi‐16‐day oscillation in the polar summer mesospheric temperature

    P. J. Espy;J. Stegman;G. Witt

  • Evidence for non‐local‐thermodynamic‐equilibrium rotation in the OH nightglow

    W. R. Pendleton;P. J. Espy;M. R. Hammond

  • Measurements of ultraviolet radiation from a 5-km/s bow shock

    Peter W. Erdman;Edward C. Zipf;Patrick Espy;Carl L. Howlett

  • Observations of gravity wave forcing of the mesopause region during the January 2013 major Sudden Stratospheric Warming

    Rosmarie Johanna De Wit;Robert Hibbins;Patrick Joseph Espy;Yvan Orsolini

  • Stratospheric gravity wave characteristics and seasonal variations observed by lidar at the South Pole and Rothera, Antarctica

    Chihoko Yamashita;Chihoko Yamashita;Xinzhao Chu;Han-Li Liu;Patrick J. Espy

  • ALOHA‐93 measurements of intrinsic AGW characteristics using airborne airglow imager and groundbased Na wind/temperature lidar

    G. R. Swenson;M. J. Taylor;P. J. Espy;C. Gardner

  • Flight Measurements of Low-Velocity Bow Shock Ultraviolet Radiation

    Peter W. Erdman;Edward C. Zipf;Patrick Espy;Carl Howlett

  • Seasonal variations of the gravity wave momentum flux in the Antarctic mesosphere and lower thermosphere

    P. J. Espy;G. O.L. Jones;G. R. Swenson;J. Tang

  • Tidal modulation of the gravity‐wave momentum flux in the Antarctic mesosphere

    P. J. Espy;G. O.L. Jones;G. R. Swenson;J. Tang

  • Direct observations of nitric oxide produced by energetic electron precipitation into the Antarctic middle atmosphere

    David A. Newnham;Patrick J. Espy;Mark A. Clilverd;Craig J. Rodger

  • Observations of 2-dimensional airglow structure and Na density from the ALOHA, October 9, 1993 ‘storm flight’

    G. R. Swenson;P. J. Espy

  • Mesospheric Na layer at extreme high latitudes in summer

    John M. C. Plane;Rachel M. Cox;Jun Qian;William M. Pfenninger

  • Polar mesospheric clouds observed by an iron Boltzmann lidar at Rothera (67.5°S, 68.0°W), Antarctica from 2002 to 2005: Properties and implications

    Xinzhao Chu;Patrick J. Espy;Graeme J. Nott;Graeme J. Nott;Jan C. Diettrich

  • Toward an Improved Representation of Middle Atmospheric Dynamics Thanks to the ARISE Project

    E. Blanc;L. Ceranna;A. Hauchecorne;A. Charlton-Perez

  • Observation of a quasi 16‐day oscillation in the polar summer mesospheric temperature

    P. J. Espy;G. Witt

  • Observations of gravity wave forcing of themesopause region during the January 2013 major Sudden Stratospheric Warming

    R. J. deWit;R. E. Hibbins;P. J. Espy;Y. J. Orsolini

Frequent Co-Authors

Michael J. Taylor
Michael J. Taylor Utah State University
Yvan J. Orsolini
Yvan J. Orsolini Norwegian Institute for Air Research
Xinzhao Chu
Xinzhao Chu University of Colorado Boulder
Donal P. Murtagh
Donal P. Murtagh Chalmers University of Technology
Mark A. Clilverd
Mark A. Clilverd British Antarctic Survey
Graham V. Candler
Graham V. Candler University of Minnesota
Deborah A. Levin
Deborah A. Levin University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Chester S. Gardner
Chester S. Gardner University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Larry J. Paxton
Larry J. Paxton Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory
Annika Seppälä
Annika Seppälä University of Otago

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