Research Interests



Sampling Aspects in Remote Sensing (Dr. I. Astin)
  • Extremes in deep-ocean currents
  • Physics of oceanic tides
  • Active and passive remote sensing of clouds
  • Bayesian statistical methods in remote sensing

    • Marine Acoustics & Remote Sensing (Dr. P. Blondel)
  • Experimental studies of high-frequency acoustic scattering (laboratory and sea trials)
  • Theoretical acoustics (validation of scattering models and sonar data processing)
  • Seabed mapping and acoustic characterisation
  • End-user applications (habitat mapping, geo-hazards, underwater archaeology)
  • Military applications (Mine Counter-Measures, Rapid Environmental Assessment)

    • Radio Propagation in the Atmosphere & Space Environment (Prof. P. S. Cannon)
  • Space-based radar systems
  • Satellite-to-ground radio propagation

    • Instrumentation for Atmospheric Science (Dr. S. R. Davies)
  • State-of-the-art Schottky detectors for high-frequency radiometers
  • Millimetre-wave heterodyne radiometers for atmospheric sensing and astronomy
  • Wide-band LTG GaAs optoelectronic detectors
  • Imaging airglow cameras for atmospheric wave investigation (new development)

    • Image Processing for Remote Sensing (Dr. A. N. Evans)
  • Cloud tracking using algorithms for non-rigid motion
  • Identification of atmospheric wave signatures in airglow data (in development)
  • Texture analysis in synthetic aperture radar images
  • Speckle reduction in radar and sonar imagery
  • Segmentation of multichannel images

    • Atmospheric Electrodynamics (Dr. M. Füllekrug)
  • Intense lightning discharges - “super bolts”
  • Global lightning activity
  • Sprites and upper-atmosphere lightning
  • Space weather and ionospheric monitoring
  • Precision measurements of fundamental physical constants

    • Solar-Terrestrial Science & GPS (Dr. C. N. Mitchell)
  • Dynamics of the ionosphere and plasmasphere during storm events
  • Effects of the ionosphere on global navigation satellite systems
  • Use of GNSS satellites (inc. GPS) to image the ionosphere
  • Space weather and ionospheric monitoring

    • Dynamics & Coupling of the Mesosphere & Thermosphere (Prof. N. J. Mitchell)
  • Coupling and dynamics of the middle atmosphere at polar, middle and equatorial latitudes
  • VHF meteor radar measurements of wind and temperature
  • Winds, waves and tides in the mesosphere and lower thermosphere

    • Seabed Acoustics (Prof. N. G. Pace)
  • Acoustic Scattering from seabed
  • Detection/classification/identification of targets in/on seabed
  • Novel high frequency sonar
  • Acoustic communication

    • Radio Propagation in the Troposphere (Dr. R. J. Watson)
  • Measurement of tropospheric water vapour using radiometers and GPS satellites
  • Measurement of precipitation using weather radar
  • Radio propagation in the troposphere and fade mitigation strategies

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