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How does the aurora heat the upper atmosphere?

Staff

Lead researchers

Dr Daniel Whiter

Associate Professor
Research interests
  • Earth's aurora
  • Auroral acceleration and structuring mechanisms
  • Effects of auroral precipitation on the upper atmosphere
Connect with Daniel

Email: D.Whiter@soton.ac.uk

Research outputs

Citizen science in space and atmospheric sciences: opportunities and challenges
Maxime Grandin, Vincent Ledvina, Sophie Musset, Noora Partamies, Nathaniel Frissell, Emma Bruus, Keri A. Nicoll, Hripsime Mkrtchyan, Bea Gallardo-Lacourt, Lucilla Alfonsi, Marius O. Jonassen, Daniel Whiter, Katie Herlingshaw, Florine Enengl, Eelco Doornbos, Jia Jia, Burcu Kosar, Lisa P. Evans, Veronika Haberle, Karl M. Laundal & Mathieu Barthelemy, 2025, Surveys in Geophysics
DOI: 10.1007/s10712-025-09888-6
Type: article
SMILE winter campaign
M.-T. Walach, Y. Soobiah, J.A. Carter, D.K. Whiter, A.J. Kavanagh, M.D. Hartinger, K. Oksavik, M.L. Salzano & M.O. Archer, 2024, RAS Techniques and Instruments, 3(1), 556-564
DOI: 10.1093/rasti/rzae038
Type: article
Variability in the electrodynamics of the small scale Auroral arc
P. Krcelic, R. C. Fear, D. Whiter, B. Lanchester & N. Brindley, 2024, Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics, 129(7)
DOI: 10.1029/2024JA032623
Type: article
Morphological evolution and spatial profile changes of poleward moving auroral forms
Anton Goertz, Noora Partamies, Daniel Whiter & Lisa Baddeley, 2023, Annales Geophysicae
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-41-115-2023
Type: article
Fine-scale electric fields and Joule heating from observations of the Aurora
Patrik Krcelic, Robert Fear, Daniel Whiter, Betty Lanchester, Mark Lester, Anasuya Aruliah & Larry Paxton, 2023, Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics, 128(2)
DOI: 10.1029/2022JA030628
Type: article
The altitude of green OI 557.7 nm and blue N2+ 427.8 nm aurora
Daniel Whiter, Noora Partamies, Björn Gustavsson & Kirsti Kauristie, 2023, Annales Geophysicae
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-41-1-2023
Type: article
Magnetic local time (MLT) dependence of auroral peak emission height and morphology
Noora Partamies, Daniel Whiter, Kirsti Kauristie & Stefano Massetti, 2022, Annales Geophysicae, 40(5), 605-618
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-40-605-2022
Type: article