Planetary Physics

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Exoplanets

Geophysical Fluid Dynamics

We study the fundamental principles underlying the dynamics of planetary atmospheres using numerical models and laboratory experiments.

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Planetary Science

Studying geophysical processes throughout our solar system and beyond

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People

Suzanne Aigrain

Professor of Astrophysics
Raymond Pierrehumbert

Halley Professorship of Physics
Peter Read

Professor of Physics
Caroline Terquem

Professor of Physics
Neil Bowles

University Lecturer
Simon Calcutt

University Research Lecturer
Patrick Irwin

Professor of Planetary Physics
Jean-Loup Baudino

Postdoctoral Research Assistant
Graham Lee

Post-Doctoral Researcher - Bernoulli Fellow
Daniel Toledo Carrasco

Postdoctoral Research Assistant
Alexandru Valeanu

Graduate Student
Tristram Warren

Postdoctoral Research Assistant
Kerri Donaldson Hanna

UKSA Aurora Research Fellow
Matthias Tecza

Harmoni Instrument Scientist
Colin Wilson

Researcher
Juan Alday Parejo

Graduate Student
Helena Bates

Graduate student
Ashwin Braude

Graduate student
Eloïse Brown

Graudate Student
Andrew Bunting

Grad Student
Rupert Dodkins

Graduate Student
Rory Evans

Graduate student
Ryan Garland

Graduate student
Mark Hammond

Graduate student
Andrea Alejandra Hidalgo Valadez

Graduate student
Chin-Min Liu

Graduate student
Cherry Qian

Graduate student
Jake Taylor

Graduate Student
Susie Wright

Graduate student
Norbert Zicher

Graduate Student
Jon Temple

Technical Specialist - Flight Systems
Jane Hurley

Post-doctoral Research Associate
Vinesh Rajpaul

Visiting researcher
Fred Taylor

Halley Professor of Physics Emeritus

Publications

Wave number selection in the presence of noise: Experimental results
Chaos American Institute of Physics (2018)
D Zhilenko, O Krivonosova, M Gritsevich et al.
Assessing the long-term variability of acetylene and ethane in the stratosphere of Jupiter
ICARUS 305 (2018) 301-313
H Melin, LN Fletcher, PT Donnelly et al.
An experimental investigation of blocking by partial barriers in a rotating baroclinic annulus
Geophysical and Astrophysical Fluid Dynamics (2017) 1-33
SD Marshall, PL Read
Haze and cloud structure of Saturn's North Pole and Hexagon Wave from Cassini/ISS imaging
Icarus (2018)
JF Sanz-Requena, S Pérez-Hoyos, A Sánchez-Lavega et al.
The Origin of Titan's External Oxygen: Further Constraints from ALMA Upper Limits on CS and CH2NH
ASTRONOMICAL JOURNAL 155 (2018) ARTN 251
NA Teanby, MA Cordiner, CA Nixon et al.
LRG-BEASTS III: ground-based transmission spectrum of the gas giant orbiting the cool dwarf WASP-80
MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY 474 (2018) 876-885
J Kirk, PJ Wheatley, T Louden et al.
MKID digital readout tuning with deep learning
Astronomy and Computing 23 (2018) 60-71
R Dodkins, S Mahashabde, K O'Brien et al.
Spatial variations in Titan's atmospheric temperature: ALMA and Cassini comparisons from 2012 to 2015
Icarus (2018)
AE Thelen, CA Nixon, NJ Chanover et al.
Venus Upper Clouds and the UV Absorber From MESSENGER/MASCS Observations
JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-PLANETS 123 (2018) 145-162
S Perez-Hoyos, A Sanchez-Lavega, A Garcia-Munoz et al.
Retrieval of H<inf>2</inf>O abundance in Titan's stratosphere
Icarus 311 (2018) 288-305
S Bauduin, PGJ Irwin, E Lellouch et al.
Descent rate models of the synchronization of the Quasi-Biennial Oscillation by the annual cycle in tropi...
Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences American Meteorological Society (2018)
K Rajendran, I Moroz, SM Osprey et al.
Dynamical models to explain observations with SPHERE in planetary systems with double debris belts
ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS 611 (2018) ARTN A43
C Lazzoni, S Desidera, F Marzari et al.
The GTC exoplanet transit spectroscopy survey VIII. Flat transmission spectrum for the warm gas giant WAS...
ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS 609 (2018) ARTN A33
H Parviainen, E Palle, G Chen et al.
The Atmospheric Chemistry Suite (ACS) of Three Spectrometers for the ExoMars 2016 Trace Gas Orbiter
SPACE SCIENCE REVIEWS 214 (2018) UNSP 7
O Korablev, F Montmessin, A Trokhimovskiy et al.
Exploring the Atmosphere of Neoproterozoic Earth: The Effect of O-2 on Haze Formation and Composition
ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL 858 (2018) ARTN 119
SM Horst, C He, MS Ugelow et al.
Jupiter's auroral-related stratospheric heating and chemistry II
ICARUS 300 (2018) 305-326
JA Sinclair, GS Orton, TK Greathouse et al.
Analysis of gaseous ammonia (NH3) absorption in the visible spectrum of Jupiter
ICARUS 302 (2018) 426-436
PGJ Irwin, N Bowles, AS Braude et al.
Detection of hydrogen sulfide above the clouds in Uranus's atmosphere
Nature Astronomy 2 (2018) 420-427
PGJ Irwin, D Toledo, R Garland et al.
New spectro-photometric characterization of the substellar object HR2562B using SPHERE
ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS 612 (2018) ARTN A92
D Mesa, J-L Baudino, B Charnay et al.
Investigations of the Mars Upper Atmosphere with ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter
SPACE SCIENCE REVIEWS 214 (2018) UNSP 29
MA Lopez-Valverde, J-C Gerard, F Gonzalez-Galindo et al.
Seasonal evolution of C2N2, C3H4, and C4H2 abundances in Titan's lower stratosphere
ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS 609 (2018) ARTN A64
M Sylvestre, NA Teanby, S Vinatier et al.
The Oxford space environment goniometer
The Review of scientific instruments 88 (2017) 124502-124502
TJ Warren, NE Bowles, K Donaldson Hanna et al.
On the energy dissipation rate at the inner edge of circumbinary discs
MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY 464 (2017) 2429-2440
C Terquem, JCB Papaloizou
New constraints on Ganymede's hydrogen corona
Planetary and Space Science 148 (2017) C
J Alday, L Roth, N Ivchenko et al.
On the formation of planetary systems in photoevaporating transition discs
MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY 464 (2017) 924-932
C Terquem
Detection of a hydrogen corona at Callisto
Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets 122 (2017) 1046-1055
L Roth, J Alday, TM Becker et al.
Jupiter's North Equatorial Belt expansion and thermal wave activity ahead of Juno's arrival
GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS 44 (2017) 7140-7148
LN Fletcher, GS Orton, JA Sinclair et al.
A precise optical transmission spectrum of the inflated exoplanet WASP-52b
MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY 470 (2017) 742-754
T Louden, PJ Wheatley, PGJ Irwin et al.
Radial-velocity fitting challenge II. First results of the analysis of the data set
ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS 598 (2017) ARTN A133
X Dumusque, F Borsa, M Damasso et al.
CASTAway: An asteroid main belt tour and survey
Advances in Space Research (2017)
NE Bowles, C Snodgrass, A Gibbings et al.
Seismic Coupling of Short-Period Wind Noise Through Mars' Regolith for NASA's InSight Lander
SPACE SCIENCE REVIEWS 211 (2017) 485-500
NA Teanby, J Stevanovic, J Wookey et al.
CoRoT 223992193: Investigating the variability in a low-mass, pre-main sequence eclipsing binary with evi...
ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS 599 (2017) ARTN A27
E Gillen, S Aigrain, C Terquem et al.
Regimes of Axisymmetric Flow and Scaling Laws in a Rotating Annulus with Local Convective Forcing
Fluids 2 (2017) 41-41
S Wright, S Su, H Scolan et al.
The thermal structure of the Venus atmosphere
ICARUS 294 (2017) 124-155
SS Limaye, S Lebonnois, A Mahieux et al.
Forward and inverse kinetic energy cascades in Jupiter's turbulent weather layer
NATURE PHYSICS 13 (2017) 1135-+
RMB Young, PL Read
Composite infrared spectrometer (CIRS) on Cassini
Applied Optics 56 (2017) 5274-5294
DE Jennings, FM Flasar, VG Kunde et al.
Sulfur dioxide in the Venus atmosphere: I. Vertical distribution and variability
ICARUS 295 (2017) 16-33
AC Vandaele, O Korablev, D Belyaev et al.
Sulfur dioxide in the Venus Atmosphere: II. Spatial and temporal variability
ICARUS 295 (2017) 1-15
AC Vandaele, O Korablev, D Belyaev et al.
The Castalia mission to Main Belt Comet 133P/Elst-Pizarro
Advances in Space Research (2017)
C Snodgrass, GH Jones, H Boehnhardt et al.
Estimation of the atmospheric boundary layer height during different atmospheric conditions
International Journal of Remote Sensing 38 (2017) 3203-3218
D Toledo, C Córdoba-Jabonero, JA Adame et al.
Comparison of aerosol lidar retrieval methods for boundary layer height detection using ceilometer aeroso...
Atmospheric Measurement Techniques 10 (2017) 1609-1622
V Caicedo, B Rappenglück, B Lefer et al.
The PanCam Instrument for the ExoMars Rover
ASTROBIOLOGY 17 (2017) 511-541
AJ Coates, R Jaumann, AD Griffiths et al.
The Martian Planetary Boundary Layer
in The Atmosphere and Climate of Mars, Cambridge University Press (2017) 7
PL Read, B Galperin, SE Larsen et al.
The Global Circulation
in The Atmosphere and Climate of Mars, Cambridge University Press (2017) 9
JR Barnes, RM Haberle, RJ Wilson et al.
DREAMS-SIS: The Solar Irradiance Sensor on-board the ExoMars 2016 lander
Advances in Space Research 60 (2017) 103-120
I Arruego, V Apéstigue, J Jiménez-Martín et al.
Measurement of dust optical depth using the solar irradiance sensor (SIS) onboard the ExoMars 2016 EDM
Planetary and Space Science 138 (2017) C
D Toledo, I Arruego, V Apéstigue et al.
Jupiter's auroral-related stratospheric heating and chemistry I
ICARUS 292 (2017) 182-207
JA Sinclair, GS Orton, TK Greathouse et al.
Moist convection and the 2010-2011 revival of Jupiter's South Equatorial Belt
ICARUS 286 (2017) 94-117
LN Fletcher, GS Orton, JH Rogers et al.
Independent evolution of stratospheric temperatures in Jupiter's northern and southern auroral regions fr...
GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS 44 (2017) 5345-5354
JA Sinclair, GS Orton, TK Greathouse et al.
Kepler observations of the asteroseismic binary HD 176465
ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS 601 (2017) ARTN A82
TR White, O Benomar, VS Aguirre et al.
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