Mathew Owens

Research interests:

• The heliospheric magnetic field
• The source of the slow solar wind
• Empirical and numerical space-weather forecasting
• Reconstructions of long-term solar variability
• Long-term trends in thunderstorm occurrence
• More information can be found here. A list of publications is available here.

Externally funded research projects:

• Current: What determines the open solar magnetic flux? (STFC funded)
• Current: Solar wind forecasting from L5 (ESA funded)
• Current: Space Weather Empirical Ensemble Package (STFC SWIMMR)
• Finished: Creation/destruction of heliospheric magnetic flux (STFC funded)
• Finished: Solar wind data assimilation (NERC funded)
• Finished: Space Weather Impact on Ground-based Systems (NERC funded)
• Finished: Driving Space Weather forecasts with real data (NERC funded)
• Finished: The heliosphere and space weather under space-climate change (STFC funded)
• Finished: Geomagnetic, sunspot and cosmogenic nuclide reconstructions of the solar magnetic field (Leverhulme funded)

Current postdoctoral & graduate student supervision

• Anna-Marie Frost. Studying solar wind formation through in situ observations.
• Lauren James. Studying the evolution of coronal mass ejections in the heliosphere. Co-supervised with Prof Chris Scott
• Harriet Turner. Studying solar wind forecasting through data assimilation.
• Sarah Watson. Solar Wind Interactions with Planets and Minor Planetary Bodies. Co-supervised with Prof Chris Scott
• Dr Luke Barnard Working on solar wind modeling and assimilation of Heliospheric Imager data.
• Dr Stephanie Yardley Working on sources of slow solar wind.