Dr Adrian Grocott
LecturerResearch Interests
Coupling of the solar wind with the Earth's magnetosphere, and the impact of this interaction on the upper atmosphere, through processes collectively referred to as 'Space Weather'.
Magnetospheric substorms: a phenomenon involving the storage and explosive release of solar wind energy in the magnetosphere, resulting in the visible aurora and enhanced atmospheric electrical current systems.
Electrodynamics of the mid-latitude ionosphere, that is typically magnetically conjugate to the inner magnetosphere and radiation belts.
Geomagnetic storms, where the auroral zone expands equatorwards to more inhabited latitudes where the effects of Space Weather are more readily apparent.
The influence of IMF clock angle timescales on the morphology of ionospheric convection
Grocott, A., Milan, S.E. 07/2014 In: Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics. 119, 7, p. 5861-5876. 16 p.
Journal article
Thermospheric density perturbations in response to substorms
Clausen, L.B.N., Milan, S.E., Grocott, A. 06/2014 In: Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics. 119, 6, p. 4441-4455. 15 p.
Journal article
Dynamic auroral storms on Saturn as observed by the Hubble Space Telescope
Nichols, J.D., Badman, S.V., Baines, K.H., Brown, R.H., Bunce, E.J., Clarke, J.T., Cowley, S.W.H., Crary, F.J., Dougherty, M.K., Gerard, J., Grocott, A., Grodent, D., Kurth, W., Melin, H., Mitchell, D., Pryor, W.R., Stallard, T.S. 28/05/2014 In: Geophysical Research Letters. 41, 10, 8 p.
Letter
Interplanetary magnetic field control of the ionospheric field-aligned current and convection distributions
Juusola, L., Milan, S.E., Lester, M., Grocott, A., Imber, S.M. 04/2014 In: Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics. 119, 4, p. 3130–3149. 20 p.
Journal article
Traveling ionospheric disturbances in the Weddell Sea Anomaly associated with geomagnetic activity
Milan, S.E., Grocott, A., De Larquier, S., Lester, M., Yeoman, T.K., Freeman, M.P., Chisham, G. 10/2013 In: Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics. 118, 10, p. 6608-6617. 10 p.
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Characteristics of medium-scale travelling ionospheric disturbances observed near the Antarctic Peninsula by HF radar
Grocott, A., Hosokawa, K., Ishida, T., Lester, M., Milan, S.E., Freeman, M.P., Sato, N., Yukimatu, A.S. 09/2013 In: Journal of Geophysical Research. 118, 9, p. 5830–5841. 12 p.
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On the performance of global magnetohydrodynamic models in the Earth's magnetosphere
Honkonen, I., Rastätter, L., Grocott, A., Pulkkinen, A., Palmroth, M., Raeder, J., Ridley, A.J., Wiltberger, M. 05/2013 In: Space Weather. 11, 5, p. 313-326. 14 p.
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An examination of inter-hemispheric conjugacy in a subauroral polarization stream
Kunduri, B.S.R., Baker, J.B.H., Ruohoniemi, J.M., Clausen, L.B.N., Grocott, A., Thomas, E.G., Freeman, M.P., Talaat, E.R. 28/08/2012 In: Journal of Geophysical Research. 117, A8, 17 p.
Journal article
Comparison between SuperDARN flow vectors and equivalent ionospheric currents from ground magnetometer arrays
Weygand, J.M., Amm, O., Angelopoulos, V., Milan, S.E., Grocott, A., Gleisner, H., Stolle, C. 25/05/2012 In: Journal of Geophysical Research. 117, A5, 9 p.
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A quantitative deconstruction of the morphology of high-latitude ionospheric convection
Grocott, A., Milan, S.E., Imber, S.M., Lester, M., Yeoman, T.K. 17/05/2012 In: Journal of Geophysical Research. 117, A5, 16 p.
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Cassini VIMS observations of latitudinal and hemispheric variations in Saturn’s infrared auroral intensity
Badman, S.V., Tao, C., Grocott, A., Kasahara, S., Melin, H., Brown, R.H., Baines, K.H., Fujimoto, M., Stallard, T. 1/12/2011 In: Icarus. 216, 2, p. 367-375. 9 p.
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Dynamic subauroral ionospheric electric fields observed by the Falkland Islands radar during the course of a geomagnetic storm
Grocott, A., Milan, S.E., Baker, J.B.H., Freeman, M.P., Lester, M., Yeoman, T.K. 11/2011 In: Journal of Geophysical Research. 116, A11, 16 p.
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Midnight sector observations of auroral omega bands
Wild, J., Woodfield, E., Donovan, E., Fear, R., Grocott, A., Lester, M., Fazakerley, A., Lucek, E., Khotyaintsev, Y., Andre, M., Kadokura, A., Hosokawa, K., Carlson, C., McFadden, J., Glassmeier, K., Angelopoulos, V., Björnsson, G. 18/03/2011 In: Journal of Geophysical Research. 116, A00I30, 20 p.
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A superposed epoch analysis of auroral evolution during substorms: local time of onset region
Milan, S.E., Grocott, A., Hubert, B. 14/10/2010 In: Journal of Geophysical Research. 115, A5, 9 p.
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Merging of magnetic islands as an efficient accelerator of electrons
Tanaka, K.G., Yumura, T., Fujimoto, M., Shinohara, I., Badman, S.V., Grocott, A. 7/10/2010 In: Physics of Plasmas. 17, 10, 11 p.
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Variation of Saturn's UV aurora with SKR phase
Nichols, J.D., Cecconi, B., Clarke, J.T., Cowley, S.W.H., Gérard, J., Grocott, A., Grodent, D., Lamy, L., Zarka, P. 6/08/2010 In: Geophysical Research Letters. 37, 15, 5 p.
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South-north asymmetry of field-aligned currents in the magnetotail observed by Cluster
Shi, J.K., Cheng, Z.W., Zhang, T.L., Dunlop, M., Liu, Z.X., Torkar, K., Fazakerley, A., Lucek, E., Rème, H., Dandouras, I., Lui, A.T.Y., Pu, Z.Y., Walsh, A.P., Volwerk, M., Lahiff, A.D., Taylor, M.G.G.T., Grocott, A., Kistler, L.M., Lester, M., Mouikis, C., Shen, C. 29/07/2010 In: Journal of Geophysical Research. 115, A7, 10 p.
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Superposed epoch analysis of the ionospheric convection evolution during substorms: IMF BY dependence
Grocott, A., Milan, S., Yeoman, T., Sato, N., Yukimatu, A., Wild, J. 05/2010 In: Journal of Geophysical Research. 115, A5, 13 p.
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Local determination of ionospheric plasma convection from coherent scatter radar data using the SECS technique
Amm, O., Grocott, A., Lester, M., Yeoman, T.K. 12/03/2010 In: Journal of Geophysical Research. 115, A3, 7 p.
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Magnetosonic Mach number dependence of the efficiency of reconnection between planetary and interplanetary magnetic fields
Grocott, A., Badman, S.V., Cowley, S., Milan, S., Nichols, J., Yeoman, T. 18/07/2009 In: Journal of Geophysical Research. 114, A7, 9 p.
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Cluster and Double Star multipoint observations of a plasma bubble
Walsh, A.P., Fazakerley, A.N., Lahiff, A.D., Volwerk, M., Grocott, A., Dunlop, M.W., Lui, A.T.Y., Kistler, L.M., Lester, M., Mouikis, C., Pu, Z., Shen, C., Shi, J., Taylor, M.G.G.T., Lucek, E., Zhang, T.L., Dandouras, I. 16/02/2009 In: Annales Geophysicae. 27, 2, p. 725-743. 19 p.
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A superposed epoch analysis of auroral evolution during substorm growth, onset and recovery: open magnetic flux control of substorm intensity
Milan, S.E., Grocott, A., Forsyth, C., Imber, S.M., Boakes, P.D., Hubert, B. 11/02/2009 In: Annales Geophysicae. 27, 2, p. 659-668. 10 p.
Journal article
Superposed epoch analysis of the ionospheric convection evolution during substorms: onset latitude dependence
Grocott, A., Wild, J., Milan, S., Yeoman, T. 5/02/2009 In: Annales Geophysicae. 27, 2, p. 591-600. 10 p.
Journal article
Open magnetic flux and magnetic flux closure during sawtooth events
Hubert, B., Milan, S.E., Grocott, A., Cowley, S.W.H., Gérard, J.C. 3/12/2008 In: Geophysical Research Letters. 35, 23, 6 p.
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Magnetotail dipolarization and associated current systems observed by Cluster and Double Star
Volwerk, M., Lui, A.T.Y., Lester, M., Walsh, A.P., Alexeev, I., Cao, X., Dunlop, M.W., Fazakerley, A.N., Grocott, A., Kistler, L., Lun, X., Mouikis, C., Pu, Z., Shen, C., Shi, J.K., Taylor, M.G.G.T., Baumjohann, W., Nakamura, R., Runov, A., Vörös, Z., Zhang, T.L., Takada, T., Rème, H., Klecker, B., Carr, C.M. 8/08/2008 In: Journal of Geophysical Research. 113, A8, 13 p.
Journal article
Near-Earth substorm features from multiple satellite observations
Lui, A.T.Y., Volwerk, M., Dunlop, M.W., Alexeev, I.V., Fazakerley, A.N., Walsh, A.P., Lester, M., Grocott, A., Mouikis, C., Henderson, M.G., Kistler, L.M., Shen, C., Shi, J.K., Zhang, T.L., Rème, H. 07/2008 In: Journal of Geophysical Research. 113, A7, 17 p.
Journal article
Interplanetary magnetic field control of fast azimuthal flows in the nightside high-latitude ionosphere
Grocott, A., Milan, S.E., Yeoman, T.K. 24/04/2008 In: Geophysical Research Letters. 35, 8, 5 p.
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The influence of magnetospheric substorms on SuperDARN radar backscatter
Wild, J.A., Grocott, A. 04/2008 In: Journal of Geophysical Research. 113, 6 p.
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Observed tail current systems associated with bursty bulk flows and auroral streamers during a period of multiple substorms
Forsyth, C., Lester, M., Cowley, S.W.H., Dandouras, I., Fazakerley, A.N., Fear, R.C., Frey, H.U., Grocott, A., Kadokura, A., Lucek, E., Rème, H., Milan, S.E., Watermann, J. 4/02/2008 In: Annales Geophysicae. 26, 1, p. 167-184. 8 p.
Journal article
Auroral streamers and magnetic flux closure
Hubert, B., Kauristie, K., Amm, O., Milan, S.E., Grocott, A., Cowley, S.W.H., Pulkkinen, T.I. 9/08/2007 In: Geophysical Research Letters. 34, 15, 6 p.
Journal article
Multi-scale observations of magnetotail flux transport during IMF-northward non-substorm intervals
Grocott, A., Yeoman, T.K., Milan, S.E., Amm, O., Frey, H.U., Juusola, L., Nakamura, R., Owen, C.J., Rème, H., Takada, T. 30/07/2007 In: Annales Geophysicae. 25, 7, p. 1709-1720. 12 p.
Journal article
The magnetosphere under weak solar wind forcing
Farrugia, C.J., Grocott, A., Sandholt, P.E., Cowley, S.W.H., Miyoshi, Y., Rich, F.J., Jordanova, V.K., Torbert, R.B., Sharma, A. 1/02/2007 In: Annales Geophysicae. 25, 1, p. 191-205. 15 p.
Journal article
A decade of the Super Dual Auroral Radar Network (SuperDARN): scientific achievements, new techniques and future directions
Chisham, G., Lester, M., Milan, S.E., Freeman, M.P., Bristow, W.A., Grocott, A., Mcwilliams, K.A., Ruohoniemi, J.M., Yeoman, T.K., Dyson, P.L., Greenwald, R.A., Kikuchi, T., Pinnock, M., Rash, J.P.S., Sato, N., Sofko, G.J., Villain, J., Walker, A.D.M. 01/2007 In: Surveys in Geophysics. 28, 1, p. 33-109. 77 p.
Journal article
Towards a synthesis of substorm electrodynamics: HF radar and auroral observations
Grocott, A., Lester, M., Parkinson, M.L., Yeoman, T.K., Dyson, P.L., Devlin, J.C., Frey, H.U. 21/12/2006 In: Annales Geophysicae. 24, 12, p. 3365-3381. 17 p.
Journal article
Dayside flow bursts and high-latitude reconnection when the IMF is strongly northward
Hu, H., Yeoman, T.K., Lester, M., Liu, R., Yang, H., Grocott, A. 13/09/2006 In: Annales Geophysicae. 24, 8, p. 2227-2242. 16 p.
Journal article
Compression of the Earth's magnetotail by interplanetary shocks directly drives transient magnetic flux closure
Hubert, B., Palmroth, M., Laitinen, T.V., Janhunen, P., Milan, S.E., Grocott, A., Cowley, S.W.H., Pulkkinen, T., Gérard, J. 31/05/2006 In: Geophysical Research Letters. 33, 10, 4 p.
Journal article
Dayside and nightside reconnection rates inferred from IMAGE FUV and Super Dual Auroral Radar Network data
Hubert, B., Milan, S.E., Grocott, A., Blockx, C., Cowley, S.W.H., Gérard, J. 28/03/2006 In: Journal of Geophysical Research. 111, A3, 16 p.
Journal article
Cluster observations of a magnetic field cavity in the plasma sheet
Draper, N.C., Lester, M., Cowley, S.W.H., Bosqued, J.M., Grocott, A., Wild, J.A., Bogdanova, Y.V., Fazakerley, A.N. 2006 In: Advances in Space Research. 38, 8, p. 1738-1743. 6 p.
Journal article
Space- and ground-based investigations of solar wind-magnetosphere-ionosphere coupling
Milan, S.E., Wild, J.A., Grocott, A., Draper, N.C. 2006 In: Advances in Space Research. 38, 8, p. 1671-1677. 7 p.
Journal article
Cluster magnetotail observations of a tailward-travelling plasmoid at substorm expansion phase onset and field aligned currents in the plasma sheet boundary layer
Draper, N.C., Lester, M., Cowley, S.W.H., Wild, J.A., Milan, S.E., Provan, G., Grocott, A., Fazakerley, A.N., Lahiff, A., Davies, J.A., Bosqued, J.M., Dewhurst, J.P., Nakamura, R., Owen, C.J., Watermann, J.F., Henderson, M.G., Singer, H.J., Donovan, E. 12/2005 In: Annales Geophysicae. 23, 12, p. 3667-3683. 17 p.
Journal article
Modulation of dayside reconnection during northward interplanetary magnetic field
Provan, G., Lester, M., Cowley, S.W.H., Grocott, A., Milan, S.E., Hubert, B., Khan, H. 20/10/2005 In: Journal of Geophysical Research. 110, A10, 13 p.
Journal article
Interhemispheric observations of the ionospheric signature of tail reconnection during IMF-northward non-substorm intervals
Grocott, A., Yeoman, T.K., Milan, S.E., Cowley, S.W.H. 28/07/2005 In: Annales Geophysicae. 23, 5, p. 1763-1770. 8 p.
Journal article
Pulsed flows observed during an interval of prolonged northward IMF
Provan, G., Lester, M., Grocott, A., Cowley, S.W.H. 3/06/2005 In: Annales Geophysicae. 23, 4, p. 1207-1225. 19 p.
Journal article
Localized fast flow disturbance observed in the plasma sheet and in the ionosphere
Nakamura, R., Amm, O., Laakso, H., Draper, N.C., Lester, M., Grocott, A., Klecker, B., Mccrea, I.W., Balogh, A., Rème, H., André, M. 28/02/2005 In: Annales Geophysicae. 23, 2, p. 553-566. 14 p.
Journal article
Formation and motion of a transpolar arc in response to dayside and nightside reconnection
Milan, S.E., Hubert, B., Grocott, A. 19/01/2005 In: Journal of Geophysical Research. 110, A1, 11 p.
Journal article
A joint cluster and ground-based instrument study of two magnetospheric substorm events on 1st september 2002
Draper, N.C., Lester, M., Wild, J.A., Milan, S.E., Provan, G., Grocott, A., Cowley, S.W.H., Bogdanova, Y.V., Dewhirst, J.P., Fazakerley, A.N., Davies, J.A., Bosqued, J.M. 12/2004 In: Annales Geophysicae. 22, 12, p. 4217-4228. 12 p.
Journal article
The influence of IMF By on the nature of the nightside high-latitude ionospheric flow during intervals of positive IMF Bz
Grocott, A., Badman, S.V., Cowley, S.W.H., Yeoman, T.K., Cripps, P.J. 8/04/2004 In: Annales Geophysicae. 22, 5, p. 1755-1764. 10 p.
Journal article
Multi-instrument observations of the ionospheric counterpart of a bursty bulk flow in the near-Earth plasma sheet
Grocott, A., Yeoman, T., Nakamura, R., Cowley, S., Frey, H., Rème, H., Klecker, B. 21/03/2004 In: Annales Geophysicae. 22, 4, p. 1061-1075. 15 p.
Journal article
Ionospheric flow during extended intervals of northward but BY-dominated IMF
Grocott, A., Cowley, S., Sigwarth, J. 02/2003 In: Annales Geophysicae. 21, 2, p. 509-538. 30 p.
Journal article
Solar wind-magnetosphere-ionosphere interactions in the earth's plasma environment
Cowley, S.W.H., Davies, J.A., Grocott, A., Khan, H., Lester, M., McWilliams, K.A., Milan, S.E., Provan, G., Sandholt, P.E., Wild, J.A., Yeoman, T.K. 01/2003 In: Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London A. 361, 1802, p. 113-126. 14 p.
Journal article
Polar, Cluster and SuperDARN evidence for high latitude merging during southward IMF: temporal/spatial evolution
Maynard, N.C., Ober, D.M., Burke, W.J., Scudder, J.D., Lester, M., Dunlop, M.W., Wild, J.A., Grocott, A., Farrugia, C.J., Lund, E., Russell, C.T., Weimer, D.R., Siebert, K.D., Balogh, A., André, M., Rème, H. 2003 In: Annales Geophysicae. 21, 12, p. 2233-2258. 26 p.
Journal article
Excitation of twin-vortex flow in the nightside high-latitude ionosphere during an isolated substorm
Grocott, A., Cowley, S., Sigwarth, J., Watermann, J., Yeoman, T. 10/2002 In: Annales Geophysicae. 20, 10, p. 1577-1601. 25 p.
Journal article
SuperDARN Workshop, Longyearbyen, Svalbard
Participation in workshop, seminar, course
Magnetosphere-Ionosphere, Solar-Terrestrial (MIST) Spring Meeting
Participation in conference
AGU Fall Meeting 2013
Participation in conference
ISAS Workshop on Magnetospheric Plasmas
Participation in workshop, seminar, course
SuperDARN-Cluster EDI joint studies
Hosting an academic visitor
AGU Fall Meeting 2012
Participation in conference
Cluster-THEMIS Workshop, Univ. Colorado
Participation in workshop, seminar, course
Japan Geoscience Union Annual Meeting
Participation in conference
SuperDARN Workshop, Shanghai, China
Participation in workshop, seminar, course
GEMSIS International Workshop: Current status and future perspectives in space weather research
Participation in workshop, seminar, course
Initial results from the Falkland Islands Radar: Sub-auroral ion drifts, gravity waves, and the Weddell Sea Anomaly
Invited talk
IUGG 2011
Participation in conference
SuperDARN Workshop, Darthmouth, USA
Participation in workshop, seminar, course
JSPS Invitation Fellowship at the National Institute of Polar Research, Tokyo, Japan
Fellowship awarded competitively
Akebono 20th Anniversary Workshop
Participation in workshop, seminar, course
Western Pacific Geophysical Meeting
Participation in conference
Visiting Scientist at the Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, Japan
Research and Teaching at External Organisation
SuperDARN Workshop, Hermanus, South Africa
Participation in workshop, seminar, course
The Tenth International Conference on Substorms
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