Dr Neil Rogers

Research Fellow

Research Overview

I study space weather, discovering how the solar wind drives changes in the Earth’s magnetosphere, triggering geomagnetic storms and aurorae. I analyse multi-decadal datasets of spacecraft plasma and magnetic field measurements and apply Extreme Value Theory to assess the risk of extreme “1-in-100 year” geomagnetic events.

I’m developing a Met Office forecasting service to warn of shortwave radio communications outages during solar flares, geomagnetic storms, and solar energetic particle events. Since 2010, I’ve also advised ESA and Airbus on the ionospheric impacts to the BIOMASS Earth Observation radar satellite. I’m currently examining “travelling ionospheric disturbances” detected in BIOMASS satellite images.

Selected Publications

Climatological Statistics of Extreme Geomagnetic Fluctuations with Periods from 1 s to 60 min
Rogers, N., Wild, J., Eastoe, E., Huebert, J. 11/11/2021 In: Space Weather. 19, 11
Journal article

A Global Climatological Model of Extreme Geomagnetic Field Fluctuations
Rogers, N., Wild, J., Eastoe, E., Gjerloev, J., Thomson, A. 18/02/2020 In: Journal of Space Weather and Space Climate. 10, p. 5. 1 p.
Journal article

Quantifying Uncertainty in OMNI Solar Wind Measurements Projected from L1 to the Earth's Bow Shock
Rogers, N., Wild, J., Grocott, A. 31/08/2026 In: Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics. 131, 8, 26 p.
Journal article

Ionosphere & Thermosphere Model - Launch Day
Participation in workshop, seminar, course

UK Space Weather and Space Environment Meeting III
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience

Ionospheric Effects on the Biomass Space Radar Mission
Invited talk

Space weather and the solid Earth: the hazard to technology at the Earth’s surface
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience

National Astronomy Meeting 2019
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience

2nd TRANSMIT Summer School
Participation in workshop, seminar, course

  • Space and Planetary Physics
  • Space Weather