Summary
Professor of Physics
My work specialises on the study of atmospheres around planets and other bodies (moons) in our solar system. I investigate their global characteristics and variability, including atmospheric waves and travelling perturbations.
Through a combination of numerical simulations and analysis of data from spacecraft such as Cassini/Huygens, Venus Express, ExoMars and in the future JUICE, I work to understand how the atmospheres interact with the solar wind and space environment.
More fundamentally, I study the highly non-linear and complex physical processes dominating in atmosphere and space environments under different external boundary conditions, including distance from the Sun, size and mass of the planet or moon, basic composition and magnetic and plasma environment.
I am Co-PI of the Radio and Plasma Wave Instrument onboard ESA's JUICE mission which is due for launch to Jupiter and its Galilean moons in 2023.
Publications
Journals
Moses JI, Brown ZL, Koskinen TT, et al., 2023, Saturn’s atmospheric response to the large influx of ring material inferred from Cassini INMS measurements, Icarus, Vol:391, ISSN:0019-1035, Pages:1-40
Brown ZL, Medvedev AS, Starichenko ED, et al., 2022, Evidence for Gravity Waves in the Thermosphere of Saturn and Implications for Global Circulation, Geophysical Research Letters, Vol:49, ISSN:0094-8276
Greaves JS, Richards AMS, Bains W, et al., 2021, Phosphine gas in the cloud deck of Venus (vol 5, pg 655, 2021), Nature Astronomy, Vol:5, ISSN:2397-3366, Pages:726-728
Agiwal O, Cao H, Cowley SWH, et al., 2021, Constraining the Temporal Variability of Neutral Winds in Saturn's Low-Latitude Ionosphere Using Magnetic Field Measurements, Journal of Geophysical Research-planets, Vol:126, ISSN:2169-9097
Siddle AG, Mueller-Wodarg ICF, Bruinsma S, et al., 2021, Density structures in the martian lower thermosphere as inferred by Trace Gas Orbiter accelerometer measurements, Icarus, Vol:357, ISSN:0019-1035