Horizon 2020 space – Mapping of UK university expertise and resources against the H2020 space topics
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This document provides information on expertise in Earth observation and space research capabilities across various UK universities and research organizations. It includes a matrix mapping research capabilities to Horizon 2020 space call topics. profiles for each organization are also included, highlighting areas of expertise relevant to Earth observation such as land cover classification, big data processing, instrumentation development, and more. The document is intended to facilitate consortium building and identifying expertise for specific topics.
Horizon 2020 space – Mapping of UK university expertise and resources against the H2020 space topics
- 1. Horizon 2020 Space – UK University/RTO Expertise & Interest UK academia has traditionally been a very strong player in EU research funding, and their knowledge and expertise of the proposal process and coordination administration is a key and valuable asset. However, the importance of having a balanced consortium with a clear market potential and commercialisation route for the project’s technology or service has never been greater. UK universities and research institutes often need the market knowledge and experience industry can offer. Likewise, industry can often have little or no knowledge of the proposal process and don’t have the resources or capability to write, submit or coordinate a proposal. To help UK research and industry work more closely together, a matrix of UK academic space research capability against the priorities of the space calls in Horizon 2020 was produced to highlight which upcoming topics researchers have expertise in. This is an updated version of the first matrix covering the 2017 calls. Many universities and research organisations across the UK responded, and the information has been presented to allow for consortium building or the search for expertise around a particular topic. The intention is for this document to be continuously updated, so if you would like to add your organisation’s information or update an existing profile, please email: NCP-Space@innovateuk.gov.uk.
- 2. SPACE CALL TOPIC 2016/17 Aberystwyth University Cardiff University De Montfort University Heriot-Watt University National Centre for Earth Observation Open University RAL Space UK Astronomy Technology Centre University College London University of Bradford University of Brighton University of Glasgow University of Hertfordshire University of Kent University of Leicester University of Manchester University of Nottingham University of Oxford University of Portsmouth University of Reading University of Southampton University of St Andrews University of Surrey University of the West of England, Bristol EARTH OBSERVATION EO-1-2017: Downstream applications X X X X X X X X X X X X EO-2-2017: EO Big Data Shift X X X X X X X X X X X EO-3-2017: Preparation for a European capacity to monitor CO2 anthropogenic emissions X X X X APPLICATIONS IN SATELLITE NAVIGATION GALILEO-1-2017: EGNSS Transport applications X X X GALILEO-2-2017: EGNSS mass market applications X X X GALILEO-3-2017: EGNSS professional applications X X X GALILEO-4-2017: EGNSS awareness raising and capacity building X X X COMPETITIVENESS OF THE EUROPEAN SPACE SECTOR COMPET-1-2017: Technologies for European non- dependence and competitiveness X X X X X X X X X COMPET-2-2017: Competitiveness in Earth observation mission technologies X X X X X X X X X X COMPET-3-2017: High speed data chain X X X X X COMPET-4-2017: Scientific data exploitation X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X COMPET-5-2017: Space Weather X X X X X X X X X X X Please click on a title below, or click on the X to jump to the organisation’s profile for that topic.
- 3. Earth Observation The profiles under the heading Earth Observation have relevance to the following topics: • EO-1-2017: Downstream applications • EO-2-2017: EO big data shift • EO-3-2017: Preparation for a European capacity to monitor CO2 anthropogenic emissions An outline of Earth Observation resources and expertise can be found below from the following organisations: • Aberystwyth University • Cardiff University • National Centre for Earth Observation • RAL Space • UK Astronomy Technology Centre • University of Bradford • University of Hertfordshire • University of Leicester • University of Manchester • University of Nottingham • University of Oxford • University of Portsmouth • University of Reading • University of Surrey • University of West of England, Bristol
- 4. Aberystwyth University The Earth Observation and Ecosystem Dynamics (EOED) Laboratory are internationally recognised for their expertise in open source software development and large scale data processing with the field of remote sensing and earth observation. EOED are primarily focused on the application of remotely sensed data for terrestrial (primarily vegetation) studies, with current projects spanning the globe. EOED led on the development of the National Phase 1 habitat map for Wales and have worked with the governments in New Zealand and Queensland in their national mapping programmes. For example, EOED have provided key software tools for producing the current forest height and structure map for Australia (30 m resolution), atmospheric correction tools that are being used widely and expertise and software tools for image processing, object oriented classification and change detection which are being used to build monitoring systems, such as the Global Mangrove Watch. EOED have a strong track record in implementing EO systems using high performance computing (HPC) and ‘big data’ well beyond the capabilities of the off the shelve EO software. EOED have specific expertise in: • Land cover / habitat classification and monitoring using EO data • Retrievals of Energy Fluxes & Soil Moisture using EO data • Habitat suitability modelling and fusion / parameterisation with EO data • Large scale LiDAR data processing and analysis – including full waveform • Estimation of above ground biomass and forest growth modelling We also have a large equipment pool, including multiple UAV’s (fixed wing and multi-copter) with many instruments which can be flown on these platforms. EOED is part of the Aberystwyth Centre for Space and Earth Monitoring (ACSEM; http://www.aber.ac.uk/acsem/). More information is available from http://www.aber.ac.uk/en/iges/research-groups/earth-observation-laboratory/ Contact name: Dr Pete Bunting Email: pfb@aber.ac.uk Cardiff University • EO instrumentation concept, modelling, design, build • Overall system design, detectors, optics, cryogenics, filters, readout, etc. • Particular expertise in IR/FIR/sub-mm • Icecloud observation instrument concept • Temperature & humidity sounding (meteorology) instrument concept Contact name: Pete Hargrave Email: hargravepc@cardiff.ac.uk National Centre for Earth Observation NCEO is a NERC research centre with more than 80 scientists distributed across leading UK universities and research organisations and led by Professor John Remedios at the University of Leicester. NCEO provides the UK with core expertise in: • Earth observation science • Earth observation data sets and merging techniques
- 5. • Model evaluation using Earth observation data and data assimilation methods to underpin Earth system research. NCEO provides a key component of the UK’s international contribution to environmental science. NCEO scientists have expertise across the complete range of Copernicus services focusing particularly on land, ocean, atmosphere, climate and emergency management. In principle, therefore, NCEO scientists and facilities managed by NCEO (Centre for Environmental Data Archival, Field Spectroscopy Facility and NERC Earth Observation Data Acquisition and Analysis Service) could contribute to a wide range of applications and services, including big data and, particularly the new CO2 topic. In more detail: NCEO-Leicester: Forest biomass, land surface and sea surface temperature (potentially foundation of many applications), CO2 and CH4 retrievals, assessment of atmospheric CO2 v land model surface fluxes, Earth System Model evaluation, precipitation, water vapour, humidity, trace gases NCEO-Reading: Data assimilation theory, land and ocean model data assimilation, precipitation and water cycle, sea surface temperature data sets NCEO-Edinburgh: Land surface and atmospheric composition data assimilation, emphasis on global carbon fluxes, emissions, atmospheric concentrations, tropospheric ozone data sets NCEO-PML: Ocean data assimilation, emphasis on biogeochemistry NCEO-Leeds: Atmospheric composition data assimilation, global emissions and atmospheric concentrations of CH4 and CO2, inversion of CO and CO2, observing system simulation experiments, tropospheric ozone NCEO-UCL: Forest biomass, fire impact, land surface model development NCEO-Kings: Fire radiative power NCEO-RAL Remote Sensing Group: Methane, tropospheric ozone retrieval, cloud, aerosol NCEO-Imperial: radiation CEDA: Big data NCEO-CEH: land surface influence on rainfall NCEO-Oxford: aerosols, cloud, CO2, methane Contact name: a) Dr Zofia Stott, Impacts Manager b) Professor John Remedios, Director Email: a) zof.stott@nceo.ac.uk b) jjr8@leicester.ac.uk RAL Space Data archive capabilities – Victoria Bennett Contact name: Sarah Nash Email: sarah.nash@stfc.ac.uk UK Astronomy Technology Centre Development of space and cryogenic mechanisms and technologies relevant to UV, Optical and Infrared sensing. Deployable Optics, Active Optics and Adaptive Optics (ground and space based) High sensitivity, low noise instruments Light weighting and size reduction of optical / IR instruments and components Contact name: Donald MacLeod Email: donald.macleod@stfc.ac.uk
- 6. University of Bradford Cloud computing expert to manage Big data processing in real time Contact name: Mariam Kiran Email: m.kiran@bradford.ac.uk University of Hertfordshire The University of Hertfordshire has a strong research activity in cyber-physical systems, ranging from efficient design of large-scale application to fault-tolerant solutions. The university has applied these concepts to software architectures for satellite communication systems and is extending these activities towards application- specific solutions including a Knowledge Transfer Partnership to address EO-1- 2016/17: Downstream applications and EO-2-2016: Downstream services for public authorities Contact name: Dr Raimund Kirner Email: r.kirner@herts.ac.uk University of Leicester Our Earth observation science expertise is internationally recognised with research into remote sensing, atmospheric and surface science. Using satellite data, the University studies key challenges such as climate change, air quality and monitoring of land use. It carries out research into the design, build, data analysis and use of sophisticated sensors to support EO missions. (see www.le.ac./space for further details and detailed contacts) The University has considerable expertise in large data sets and analysis. Latter includes Mathematics and Computer Science Departments. Specific interests include: • Land cover, forest monitoring and other land surface applications of EO • LiDAR, SAR and optical as well as hyperspectral remote sensing applications • Sentinel-1 and 2 monitoring application development and validation • Copernicus land monitoring service and its evolution Contact name: a) Prof. Paul Monks (air quality) b) Prof. Heiko Balzter (land monitoring) c) Dr. Sarah Stevens (general enquiries) Email: a) psm7@le.ac.uk b) hb91@le.ac.uk c) sjs94@leicester.ac.uk University of Manchester Our EO expertise comes from two of our schools: The School of Earth and Environmental Science (SEES) consists of 40 academic staff, many with world- leading backgrounds and active research interests as end-users or developers of remote sensing data and instrumentation. These include: • FTIR remote sensing and retrieval algorithm development for the measurement of tropospheric trace gas concentrations • Aerosol number and mass concentration profiles and chemical and type speciation using lidar • Cloud microphysical retrieval using satellite and airborne NIR and visible hyperspectral imaging • Cloud microphysical retrieval using satellite radar and lidar systems • Volcanic trace gas and aerosol emission using DOAS and UV spectrometry
- 7. • Aircraft-based remote sensing – leading development of FTIR and LIDAR for the NERC Facility for Airborne Atmospheric Measurement (FAAM). • Novel development of drone-based remote sensing using open path absorption spectroscopy for the detection and quantification of greenhouse gas fugitive emissions and mass fluxes from hotspots. These research interests are underpinned by an extensive track record of NERC and ERC funding in particular totalling well over 30M Euros since 2010 related to these activities. Together, they represent end-to-end research and development capability in sensor design, software and algorithm development, validation and calibration and application for an extensive range of high impact science. The School of Environment, Education, and Development (SEED) consists of academic and academic- related staff who use remote sensing data to address a range of contemporary environmental issues. EO activities in SEED are focused on the application of remotely sensed data to address a wide range of contemporary environmental issues. SEED has particular expertise in burn severity of moorland fires, ecological restoration modelling and monitoring and cryosphere monitoring. SEED engages in both fundamental research and projects designed to respond to stakeholder needs, through the development of EO-derived products. Existing expertise at SEED includes the Cryosphere Research at Manchester (CRAM) group, a Manchester-based multidisciplinary, cross-faculty and cross-university research group consisting of 40 researchers and PhD students and run by the University of Manchester, and the Knowledge for Wildfire project. The latter provides a 300-strong stakeholder network and representation on the England and Wales Wildfire Forum (EWWF). The SEED group has experience of working with EO data across a range of temporal and spatial scales. SEED has specific expertise in: • Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) and Interferometric SAR (InSAR) Optical (Sentinel-2A, Sentinel-3) and SAR (Sentinel-1A, Sentinel-1B)– data fusion • Laboratory, field and airborne spectroscopy and imaging spectroscopy of vegetation. Drone- based remote sensing for development of terrestrial applications and EO validation. • Integration of EO data in peatland eco-hydrological applications • Analysis of EO satellite data for cryosphere applications and for vegetation assessment • Laboratory scale instrumentation, including high-performance infrared imaging of flame propagation and behaviour in peat soils. • Integration of satellite-derived fire products with attended fire statistics for fire regime studies • Laser and radar altimetry Contact name: Dr Grant Allen (SEES) Dr Stefania Amici (SEED) Dr Angela Harris Email: grant.allen@manchester.ac.uk stefania.amici@manchester.ac.uk angela.harris@manchester.ac.uk University of Nottingham The Nottingham Geospatial Institute (NGI) is a leading cross-disciplinary research and postgraduate teaching institute at The University of Nottingham. It brings together the expertise of the Faculty of Engineering and the School of Geography on our campuses in the UK and China. In addition, it provides support to start-ups, SMEs and companies through its knowledge transfer unit GRACE. The NGI is able to provide expertise in: • Environmental monitoring • Health monitoring of structures and Building Information Monitoring • Photogrammetry • Remote sensing, (digital, multi-spectral, conventional imagery, terrestrial laser scanning) through space-based, airbourne (including UAVs) and terrestrial systems
- 8. • Novel use of Copernicus I data for land deformation monitoring • Sensor integration • Geoinformatics and data modelling • Algorithm development • System optimisation • Geospatial intelligence • Open source GIS • Location based services • Computer visualisation • Semantics, including open or crowd sourced data and software • Reasoning and cognition The cross-disciplinary research of the NGI supports the following application-focussed themes: • Disaster response and mitigation • Environmental monitoring • Global food security • Integrated transport Contact name: Prof. Stuart Marsh Email: stuart.marsh@nottingham.ac.uk University of Oxford • Atmospheric remote sensing of temperatures, composition and aerosols • Surface observation (ocean, biosphere, GIS) • Geophysics (tectonics, volcanism, data pipelines) • Computer science: Big data shift • Testing facilities (https://www2.physics.ox.ac.uk/enterprise/services-and-specialist- equipment/space-instruments) • Spacecraft subsystems: deployable structures; entry/re-entry aerodynamics. Contact name: Simon Jackman Email: simon.jackman@mpls.ox.ac.uk University of Portsmouth Institute of Cosmology and Gravitation: The ICG is engaged in a “citizen science” project partnered with Hampshire County Council explore the use of satellite imaging for determining land-use. We have expertise in running citizen science projects, handling of large imaging data, and explore citizen science as a tool for public engagement. Contact name: Gill Prosser Email: gill.prosser@port.ac.uk University of Reading The University of Reading (Institute for Environmental Analytics) has considerable expertise in exploiting EO data, both in terms of scientific application (e.g. through the National Centre for Earth Observation) and the early-stage development of services, working with commercial partners.
- 9. The University has recently formed the Institute for Environmental Analytics with some of these partners to better enable the exploitation of EO data in the public and private sectors. The IEA includes “big data” expertise and is involved in a number of projects to design and build infrastructures for better EO data exploitation. Contact name: Jon Blower Email: j.blower@the-iea.org University of Surrey Earth Observation applications, with a particular emphasis on the use of SAR (EO-1- 2016/17; EO-2-2016; EO-3-2016; EO-2-2017; COMPET-4-2017) Contact name: Raffealla Guida Email: r.guida@surrey.ac.uk University of the West of England, Bristol European Smart Cities Innovation – challenge the delivery of public services is undergoing fundamental transformation stimulated by both internal management reform and external technological ICT innovation. Internal management reform is a response to the complexity of city management, a challenge too great for expert top-down governance alone. The stimulation of bottom-up ideas as well as top-down sponsoring and steering embodied in open urban governance and the integrated management approach, is now accepted as an essential framework for the definition of co-ordinated policy models securing sustainable urban development. Opportunity - ICT driven technological innovation provides the essential catalyst for the realisation of the full potential of open integrated urban development at the local scale, by leveraging social networking, crowd sourcing and collaborative ICT technologies. This bottom-up engagement with urban stakeholders secures not only greater understanding of complex city processes, but also enhanced citizen empowerment, and democratic legitimacy for the challenge of change. Bottom-up engagement is now viewed as an essential dimension of city management. Open urban governance, developed in the context of European Smart Cities research and peer reviewed publication, aims to secure the full deployment of ICT tools embedded within existing systems of urban governance, to support collaborative e-governance and policy modeling, and to offer in-depth analysis of local assets and needs, as expressed by the local community. Focus: • Targets EU Copernicus Land monitoring system, extending the in-situ components of Copernicus Urban Atlas applications through the empowerment of citizens and citizen associations in decision- making and co-production of city region strategies and action plans, supporting smart, green and inclusive growth; • Extends the operational capacity of the Urban Atlas and generates geospatial assessment methodologies and applications to specify the development potential of urban land; • Facilitates the development of common solutions, based on breakthrough applications conceptualised as common and generic ICT applications applicable to the 695 Urban Atlas cities throughout Europe (EU investment 87meuro 2014-2020); • Develops a sustainable business model based on highly effective ICT enabled user-defined solutions, supporting a knowledge-based economy driven by SME’s, and the exponential take-up of the policy making tools developed (Copernicus Programme 48,000 jobs 2030) EU Research - selected
- 10. • URBIS – urban vacant land applications for urban atlas (ICT-PSP, European Commission, 2014 – 2017) • DECUMANUS – EO and smart city applications (FP7 Space call, European Commission, 2013 – 2016) • urbanApi - urban planning tools and intelligence (FP7 DG INFSO, European Commission, 2011 – 2014) • Lifewatch - Biodiversity infrastructure service plan (FP7, European Commission 2008 – 2011) • HUMBOLDT – Data Harmonisation and Service Integration (FP6, European Commission, 2006 – 2010) • BOSS4GMES - integrated sustainable services for GMES (FP6, European Commission, 2006 – 2009) • European Topic Centre -- Spatial Information Analysis (ETC-SIA) - Scientific support for European Environment Agency urban programme (European Environment Agency, 2011 - 2014) • GSELand Information Services (European Space Agency, 2006 – 2008) • IntelCities Integrated Project (FP6 European Commission, 2004 - 2006) • GMES – Global Monitoring for Urban Europe (European Space Agency, 2003 – 2005) Contact name: David Ludlow Email: david.ludlow@uwe.ac.uk
- 11. Satellite Navigation The profiles under the heading Satellite Navigation have relevance to the following topics: • GALILEO-1-2017: EGNSS transport applications • GALILEO-2-2017: EGNSS mass market applications • GALILEO-3-2017: EGNSS professional applications • GALILEO-4-2017: EGNSS awareness raising and capacity building An outline of Satellite Navigation resources and expertise can be found below from the following organisations: • De Montfort University • University of Hertfordshire • University of Nottingham
- 13. University of Nottingham The Nottingham Geospatial Institute (NGI) has been involved in the development of the European GNSS programme since its inception. The Nottingham Geospatial Building was built as a test facility for satellite positioning and navigation technologies. It incorporates a roof-top testing track for GNSS and INS, and a simulation laboratory. The core of Institute research activity in this area has traditionally focused around satellite navigation and positioning systems. More recently, this has expanded with R&D into ubiquitous positioning and navigation technologies using: different grades of inertial sensors; signals of opportunity, for example: Locatalites, pseudolites, Ultra-wide band, GSM/GPRS, Wi-Fi, DAB, DTV, IMES, Bluetooth, and computer vision systems. EGNSS awareness raising and capacity building The NGI works with UK and European partners to provide professional training and awareness courses in GNSS and Geospatial Technologies for specific sectors of industry. It has experience of running a range of courses form half-day introduction workshops to MSc level training modules adapted to user needs. These have been carried out at the NGIs own training centre and across Europe. Current research ranges from fundamental science to wider engineering and environmental applications, with an ever increasing diversity, from network-based GNSS RTK, Precise Point Positioning, software receiver engineering, and mobile phone applications, to imagery and communications based positioning and navigation. The NGI is able to provide expertise and testing facilities for: • Multi-constellation satellite navigation and other positioning systems • Integration of sensors and multi-GNSS constellations with signals of opportunity • Ubiquitous positioning from low-cost to ultra high precision positioning and navigation solutions • Software defined receivers • Development of advanced algorithms • Wider exploration of bioscience, engineering and environmental applications Each of these topics supports the NGIs main application themes: • Disaster response and mitigation • Environmental monitoring • Global food security including precision agriculture and machine control) • Integrated transport (including autonomous systems) Since 2002 the NGI has hosted BIGF, a unique archive of RINEX format GNSS data, metadata and derivative products for use in research, funded by NERC. This provides 15 minute interval updates of atmospheric water vapour across the UK. Contact name: Prof. Terry Moore Email: terry.moore@nottingham.ac.uk
- 14. Space Technology The profiles under the heading Space Technology have relevance to the following topics: • COMPET-1-2017: Technologies for European non-dependence and competitiveness • COMPET-2-2017: Competitiveness in Earth observation mission technologies • COMPET-3-2017: High speed data chain An outline of Space Technology resources and expertise can be found below from the following organisations: • Cardiff University • National Centre for Earth Observation • Open University • RAL Space • UK Astronomy Technology Centre • University College London • University of Bradford • University of Brighton • University of Hertfordshire • University of Kent • University of Leicester • University of Manchester • University of Oxford • University of Surrey
- 15. Cardiff University Detector expertise. Leading EU-FP7 project “SPACEKIDS” and led ESA review on novel TIR detectors for satellite applications. Running current ESA contract on low dark current MCT arrays. Development of Type-II superlattice arrays. Contact name: Pete Hargrave Email: HargravePC@cardiff.ac.uk National Centre for Earth Observation NCEO is a NERC research centre with more than 80 scientists distributed across leading UK universities and research organisations and led by Professor John Remedios at the University of Leicester. NCEO provides the UK with core expertise in: • Earth observation science • Earth observation data sets and merging techniques • Model evaluation using Earth observation data and data assimilation methods to underpin Earth system research. NCEO provides a key component of the UK’s international contribution to environmental science. NCEO scientists have expertise across the complete range of Copernicus services focusing particularly on land, ocean, atmosphere, climate and emergency management. In principle, therefore, NCEO scientists and facilities managed by NCEO (Centre for Environmental Data Archival, Field Spectroscopy Facility and NERC Earth Observation Data Acquisition and Analysis Service) could contribute to a wide range of applications and services, including big data and, particularly the new CO2 topic. In more detail: NCEO-Leicester: Forest biomass, land surface and sea surface temperature (potentially foundation of many applications), CO2 and CH4 retrievals, assessment of atmospheric CO2 v land model surface fluxes, Earth System Model evaluation, precipitation, water vapour, humidity, trace gases NCEO-Reading: Data assimilation theory, land and ocean model data assimilation, precipitation and water cycle, sea surface temperature data sets NCEO-Edinburgh: Land surface and atmospheric composition data assimilation, emphasis on global carbon fluxes, emissions, atmospheric concentrations, tropospheric ozone data sets NCEO-PML: Ocean data assimilation, emphasis on biogeochemistry NCEO-Leeds: Atmospheric composition data assimilation, global emissions and atmospheric concentrations of CH4 and CO2, inversion of CO and CO2, observing system simulation experiments, tropospheric ozone NCEO-UCL: Forest biomass, fire impact, land surface model development NCEO-Kings: Fire radiative power NCEO-RAL Remote Sensing Group: Methane, tropospheric ozone retrieval, cloud, aerosol NCEO-Imperial: radiation CEDA: Big data NCEO-CEH: land surface influence on rainfall NCEO-Oxford: aerosols, cloud, CO2, methane Contact name: c) Dr Zofia Stott, Impacts Manager d) Professor John Remedios, Director Email: c) zof.stott@nceo.ac.uk d) jjr8@leicester.ac.uk
- 16. Open University The Open University has patented valve technology for high performance, low mass, low leak rate proportional valves for propulsion applications. Contact name: Simon Sheridan Email: simon.sheridan@open.ac.uk RAL Space • Bespoke electronics for use with detector arrays – Nick Waltham • Field trials for autonomous robotic operations – Rain Irshad • Advanced optics and electronics for EO systems using TDI, large focal planes & hyper-spectral imaging – Nick Waltham • Atmospheric sounding instruments development – Brian Ellison/Damien Weidmann Contact name: Sarah Nash Email: sarah.nash@stfc.ac.uk UK Astronomy Technology Centre Development of space and cryogenic mechanisms and technologies relevant to UV, Optical and Infrared sensing. Deployable Optics, Active Optics and Adaptive Optics (ground and space based) High sensitivity, low noise instruments Light weighting and size reduction of optical / IR instruments and components Contact name: Donald MacLeod Email: donald.macleod@stfc.ac.uk University College London Physics & Astronomy Department: a) Optical metrology – OSL (Optical Science Laboratory) b) Infrared spectroscopy and calibration measurements Contact name: a) Prof. Peter Doel b) Dr. Giorgio Savini Email: a) apd@star.ucl.ac.uk b) g.savini@ucl.ac.uk University of Bradford • Building complex simulation which require extreme computing to process them • Machine learning to find data patterns Contact name: Mariam Kiran Email: m.kiran@bradford.ac.uk University of Brighton School CEM: We are expert in thermal management of space components. We are particularly expert in two-phase passive systems such as heat pipes, loop heat pipes. We are carrying out experimental tests,
- 17. and also design and simulations of the thermal systems. We are using our own codes, but we may use also standard software such as SINDA/FLUINT and ESATAN. We are interested in participating in projects where the heat transfer can be an issue, such as for cryo- coolers, thermalization of mirrors, electronic cooling, radiator design. Moreover we are expert in planning, building and performing tests in microgravity conditions, such as parabolic flights, sounding rockets and even on the International Space Station. Contact name: Marco Marengo Email: m.marengo@brighton.ac.uk University of Hertfordshire The Optical Networks Research Group within the School of Engineering & Technology carries out research funded by the EU FP7 ICT programme and Innovate UK, including a Knowledge Transfer Partnership. The Group Research track record includes: • Waveforms design for next generation optical and wireless networks • FPGA implementation of next generation transceivers for terrestrial/satellite • Mm-wave Radio over Fibre (RoF) for Distributed Antenna Systems • 5G link simulation and experimental evaluation • Protocols and algorithms for next generation optical networks • System level simulation for interference mitigation in 5G RANs • Application of software defined network (SDN) for 5G backhauling • FPGA implementation of next generation Optical and Wireless DSP algorithms • New decoders for the DVB-S2x standard Contact name: Dr Pandelis Kourtessis Dr Milos Milosavljevic Email: p.kourtessis@herts.ac.uk m.milosavljevic@herts.ac.uk University of Kent Space antenna technology; smart antennas; phased array antennas; U16 - Space qualified GaN components and demonstrators. U23 – Development of large deployable structures for antennas. Active antennas for radar - exploring lower (P and S) and higher (X and Ka) frequency ranges - Transmit/Receive Modules (TRMs), digital beam-forming and waveform generation, large deployable reflectors. Radars and sensors for small satellites; Technologies to advance in fractionated systems and formation flying for Earth Observation. Re-configurable high data rate links including high frequency bands: direct and interoperable links between LEO satellites and links to Earth and mobile or aerial platforms (including X band, Ka band and optical), or direct links between GEO satellites and Earth or mobile or aerial platforms, and inter-satellite links (beyond the specifications of the European Data Relay System – EDRS). Contact name: Prof. Steven Gao Email: s.gao@kent.ac.uk
- 18. University of Leicester The University is home to wide-ranging engineering expertise of relevance to Space and other applications including: mechanical, thermal and optical engineering; space nuclear power systems; orbital and radiation analysis; digital and analogue electronics (including high speed electronics), and embedded (FPGA and processor) systems. Space Research Centre’s expertise includes concepts for the next generation of instrumentation, tools and techniques for surface planetary science which may have applications to robotics. Science activities, see Space Exploration and Science) may also have such applications. (see www.le.ac./space for further details and detailed contacts) Contact name: a) Professor Mark Sims b) Dr. Sarah Stevens Email: a) mrs@le.ac.uk b) sjs94@leicester.ac.uk University of Manchester The University has a strong heritage of space research encompassing pioneering radio astronomy at Jodrell Bank, astrophysics, planetary science, space instrumentation and space technology development. The following are the some of the areas where we have space related expertise and capabilities. Spacecraft systems: We support the continued growth of the space industry through the development of novel and innovative solutions to existing and new problems, through new systems approaches and technologies. We have key expertise in: • Very low Earth orbit satellite technologies – developing platform technologies to enable a significant reduction in operational altitude to support Earth observation • Orbital aerodynamics characterization tools for application to satellite dynamics and end-of-life drag sails • Constellation deployment strategies - developing design and optimization methodologies for constellation deployment to enable promising mission architectures • Electric propulsion - developing numerical, analytical and experimental tools for the design and testing of high performance electric propulsion technologies. Lightweight materials & structures: Focus of our Composites Centre includes low cost, low energy, low cycle time manufacture of composites and more specifically structural textile composites, non-destructive and SHM testing with state of the art X-ray tomography equipment in the Henry Moseley X-ray Imaging Facility and design and failure analysis of polymer composites. The Centre also houses the National Composites Certification & Evaluation Facility, NCCEF, that serves short-term needs of the industry, which can lead to long term R&D collaboration. NCCEF is an independent ISO 17025 accredited test laboratory (test centre No 4566), assessed by the United Kingdom Accreditation Service (UKAS) against a suite of international ASTM composite material test procedures. Matter in Extremes: There is an increasing demand for design and qualification of matter subject to environmental (dynamic flow; erosion, chemical attack; corrosion), radiological, mechanical (high temperature and pressure) or
- 19. pulse power loading (high-current, high-voltage discharge; lightning) in demanding and extreme environments. Manchester possesses a unique world-leading capability, which can test and diagnose behaviour across the scales and create material models that will allow in silico design and qualification of matter to engineer the future. Experimental resources include extremes-on-a-microscope for processes at the microscale, testing laboratories for components at the mesoscale and macrolabs for structural investigations at large scale; all of these sit within the university or on the sites of the family of partners collaborating in the effort. Control systems and decision making: With the establishment of the Joint Advanced Control Systems Laboratory with the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC), the School of EEE continues to work on decision and control issues of aerospace and spacecraft, in particular, on various issues related to deep space exploration, such as: • Intelligent fusion of multiple platforms, multiple sources • Spacecraft coordination for multiple complex tasks • Consensus and cooperative control of multiple spacecraft • Flight environment intelligent sensing, prediction, active control and utilization • Control of complicated dynamical objects with unknown structure and unknown parameters Contact name: Dr Peter Roberts Email: peter.c.e.roberts@manchester.ac.uk University of Oxford • Robotics – Paul Newman (Eng. Sci) • Deployable structures – Zhong You (Eng Sci) • Entry vehicles / Hypersonic satellite drag & deorbit – Matt McGilvray (Eng Sci) • Telecomms – Chris Stevens (Eng. Sci) • EO Mission Technology – Don Grainger (Physics) • High Speed data chain – David Wallom (e-Research Centre) Contact name: Colin Wilson Email: colin.wilson@physics.ox.ac.uk University of Surrey a) Micro/Nano-satellite technologies (COMPET-1-2016; COMPET-1-2017; COMPET-2-2017); Space power systems (COMPET-1-2016; COMPET-1-2017) b) Electronic propulsion (COMPET-3-2016) c) Space robotics (COMPET-4-2016) d) Space autonomous systems (COMPET-4-2016) e) In-orbit constellation maintenance (COMPET-3-2016) f) On-board data handling (COMPET-1-2016; COMPET-1-2017; COMPET-2-2017; COMPET-3-2017) g) Structural integrity of satellite & payloads, including spacecraft structures, space mechanisms and materials (COMPET-1-2016; COMPET-3-2016; COMPET-1-2017) h) Space debris removal (COMPET-1-2016; COMPET-4-2016; COMPET-1-2017) Contact name: a) Craig Underwood b) Aaron Knoll c) Chakravarthini Saaj d) Yang Gao Email: a) c.underwood@surrey.ac.uk b) a.knoll@surrey.ac.uk c) c.saaj@surrey.ac.uk d) yang.gao@surrey.ac.uk
- 21. Space Exploration and Science The profiles under the heading Space Exploration and Science have relevance to the following topics: • COMPET-4-2017: Science data exploitation • COMPET-5-2017: Space weather An outline of Space Exploration and Science resources and expertise can be found below from the following organisations: • Aberystwyth University • Cardiff University • National Centre for Earth Observation • Open University • RAL Space • University of Bradford • University of Glasgow • University of Leicester • University of Manchester • University of Nottingham • University of Oxford • University of Portsmouth • University of Reading • University of Southampton • University of St Andrews • University of Surrey
- 22. Aberystwyth University Science data exploitation: The Space Physics group specialises in the development of image processing, data analysis and modelling tools for solar & heliospheric, planetary and magnetospheric observations. Members of the group publish regularly in high-impact journals (>100 unique refereed publications from 2010-2014, see http://users.aber.ac.uk/hum2/SSP_publications_2010_2015.pdf). The group has specific expertise in: • Advanced magnetohydrodynamic modelling of the solar atmosphere (coronal loops & jets), of critical importance in understanding coronal heating and interpreting data from the latest solar missions. • Analysis of lunar surface composition, morphology and resources. • Study of atmospheric loss at Venus • Development of widely-used image processing tools for solar remote sensing data, revealing previously undetected phenomena • Advanced data analysis of near-Earth solar wind plasma conditions • Observation and modelling of energetic particles in the terrestrial magnetosphere ring current and radiation belts Instrumentation: The group has expertise in the development of bespoke instrumentation for materials characterisation and remote sensing, design of optical systems and embedded control. We have extensive manufacturing facilities, both manual and CNC, enabling in house manufacture of flight hardware. Extensive research facilities enable in-house characterisation and calibration of both active (sensors etc.) and passive (calibration targets etc.) instrument components. We are involved in the following projects: • World class expertise in planetary X-ray fluorescence instrumentation. CoPi on ESA BepiColombo SIXS, PI on Indian Chandrayaan1 C1XS, PI on ESA Smart1 DCIXS • Group members are Co-Is on the international instrument teams for the ExoMars PanCam, CLUPI and ISEM instruments and are designing, developing, manufacturing and characterising the radiometric calibration targets for all three instruments. The group is responsible for developing and implementing the radiometric calibration process, facilities and data processing pipeline for the PanCam instrument. • Technology Development for PanCam 2020 project. The group is involved in a project to develop hyperspectral camera technology based on a linear variable filter, which would be suitable for future planetary exploration missions. • Aurora Technology Transfer – developing terrestrial applications for space technology. Development of a technology demonstrator using the linear filter technology from the PanCam 2020 project to create a hyperspectral camera for UAV-based crop inspection, targeting the spectral region around chlorophyll absorption edge. • Solarwind Sherpas - the group is part of this world-leading group of eclipse scientists, leading to new discoveries of the corona and of importance in testing new instruments concepts for future ground- and space-based missions. The group has recently proposed a 4-channel high-resolution spectrometer for eclipse studies, with an element of development for future space proposals. Space weather: The group is becoming increasingly involved in space weather, and is developing some of the most advanced tools for calibration & analysis of coronagraph data of the extended corona (detection/analysis of Coronal Mass Ejections, and tomography of the quiescent background corona/solar wind). A group member is vice- chair of the COSPAR Space Weather Panel and an author of the recent COSPAR Space Weather Roadmap DOI:10.1016/j.asr.2015.03.02·. We are co-leaders of the EU funded Planetary Space Weather activity of Europlanet 2020. The group is heavily involved with the CORIMP CME catalogue (currently http://alshamess.ifa.hawaii.edu/CORIMP/, soon to moved to Aberystwyth), a major new web server for solar/coronal data products with emphasis on space weather (http://eagle.imaps.aber.ac.uk/, under development), and has a Leverhulme award for further space weather prediction development. Our
- 23. science expertize also covers terrestrial and planetary effects of space weather (geoeffectiveness), space radiation environments and ionospheric radio propagation (in collaboration with Qinetiq). Contact: Prof Reyer Zwiggelaar Email: rrz@aber.ac.uk Cardiff University • PI institute for Herschel-SPIRE • Build & testing of Planck-HFI focal plane instrument • JWST-MIRI & NIRSPEC – calibration sources & optical coatings • Filters for many projects, including Mars rovers/orbiters Contact name: Pete Hargrave Email: HargravePC@cardiff.ac.uk National Centre for Earth Observation NCEO scientists support the development of EO missions in a number of ways outlined below. Their primary interest is as customers for data from new space missions. In order to ensure new missions meet scientific requirements they participate in: • Studies for concepts for new missions: Support for the development of future mission concepts in preparation for the next generation of space missions. The activities include consideration of new observations not previously measured from space, participation in airborne campaigns to demonstrate the feasibility of mission concepts under study by space agencies, targeted studies to consolidate promising but scientifically immature mission concepts, toolboxes (including models, simulation tools, spectral libraries and algorithms) to stimulate the development of future mission concepts. • Science team membership: Many missions include mission science teams, which are intimately involved with mission development (eg participate in key meetings) to ensure mission development continues to meet science needs and to place them in a good position to exploit mission data early after launch. • Pre-launch development: development of algorithms in anticipation of launch of planned missions to develop methods to exploit data, eg retrievals and observation operators for data assimilation. In general we would encourage technologists to work closely with the scientific community. Contact name: a) Dr Zofia Stott, Impacts Manager b) Professor John Remedios, Director Email: a) zof.stott@nceo.ac.uk b) jjr8@leicester.ac.uk
- 24. Open University The Open University (OU) is home to a large group of researchers engaged in space research configured around three main areas – (1) Astronomy (2) Planetary and Space Sciences and (3) Space Instrumentation. The OU has wide-ranging research interests in origins, systems and processes with respect to the evolution and chemistry of materials that form the stars and planetary bodies, the processes and natural systems that shape the environment of our habitable world, and the essential properties of a Solar System that allows life to develop on one of its planets. These are pursued through: • laboratory investigations (analyses of meteorites, cometary dust, lunar samples, material from Mars) • space environmental simulations and studies of hypervelocity impacts • Hardware and data roles in space missions (e.g. Rosetta, Gaia, JUICE, BepiColombo, ExoMars TGO, ExoMars Schiaparelli, ExoMars 2020, Lunar Resource (Luna-27), Athena, Euclid, SMILE, OGRE, WSO, WFIRST, UKube-1, AlSat-1N). • R&D in CCD and CMOS imaging sensor technologies for all space applications (e.g. GNC cameras) • Space technology translation and knowledge exchange for terrestrial applications • Computational atmospheric, surface and subsurface modelling and data analysis through assimilation techniques The OU is the Headquarters of the Europlanet consortium – a group of around 90 European organisations engaged in planetary science research, plus the OU coordinates the Research Infrastructure project of the same name. The OU leads or is partner in other key EU and ESA projects and programmes: • EURO-CARES - European Curation of Astromaterials Returned from the Exploration of Space • MIARD - Multi-instrument analysis of Rosetta data – Establishing a new paradigm for cometary activity • UPWARDS - Understanding Planet Mars With Advanced Remote-sensing Datasets and Synergistic Studies • MarMITE - Mars Modelling Information Tool for Engineers • EUSPACE-AWE - EU SPACE AWARENESS - Outreach through education • EAC – European Astrobiology Campus – An Erasmus+ programme to develop teaching in Astrobiology. • ASTERICS – Astronomy ESFRI & Research Infrastructure Cluster • LUVMI – an agile rover for the rapid location and identification of volatiles in lunar polar regions • PROSPECT – leading the development of the sample analysis package to detect water ice and other volatiles at the south pole of the Moon in the ESA-Russia Lunar Resource (Luna-27) mission • Phobos Sample Return: various projects aimed at investigating the acquisition, integrity and analysis of samples and the planetary protection classification and implications of the mission (SterLim) Scientific Instrumentation; The OU has extensive expertise in Scientific Instrumentation in numerous areas: Mass Spectrometry: OU utilised its heritage in laboratory analyses of Apollo and meteorite samples to develop a new range of lightweight mass spectrometers for studies of light elements and volatiles throughout the solar system. Ptolemy made the first in-situ measurements of the chemical composition of a comet (Rosetta Philae lander) and is now being developed for ExoMars Surface Platform (2020) and ESA’s PROSPECT volatiles analysis package for the Luna Resource (Luna-27) collaboration with Russia (2021). Plans for mass spectrometers on penetrators (Moon, Europa) are well-advanced. Spectroscopy: OU leads the UV-VIS instrument within NOMAD which will investigate methane in the Mars atmosphere on board ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter
- 25. Dust Detection and Physical Properties: Extensive heritage in dust detectors and physical properties/environmental sensors for various target bodies. Imaging: The OU houses the Centre for Electronic Imaging (CEI), a collaboration between The OU and e2v technologies plc. CEI's primary focus is on the development of imaging sensors for space applications, with expertise in X-ray spectroscopy and the study of the effects of radiation damage. The CEI are involved in detector development for many current and future missions (e.g. Gaia, Euclid, IXO/Athena, Chandrayaan-1 & 2, UKube-1). Astronomers at the OU have leading roles in many major international projects and facilities, including SuperWASP, JCMT Legacy Surveys, LOFAR, and Herschel. COMPET-4-2017 Scientific data exploitation; OU expertise lies in Solar system exploration including Exoplanets; Mars atmospheric research and surface science; design of optical instrumentation; and data exploitation from previous missions, including Rosetta. The OU has facilities to study lunar samples and has EU funding (EuroCares) that utilises this. The OU has a unique combination of analytical and environmental laboratories for characterising the chemical and isotopic composition of Solar System materials and for simulating planetary environments. The Planetary Environments group has access to high-spec computing (GIS workstations and a cluster) for processing planetary imagery. Importantly, they have access to SocetSet software for photogrammetry. COMPET-5-2017: Space weather; The OU is engaged in several collaborative projects considering space weather, so OU has project experience and expertise to further engage here. The OU’s expertise in outreach and dissemination supports such projects. Contact name: Gemma Maldar Email: gemma.maldar@open.ac.uk RAL Space • Scientific instrumentation for exploration missions, including evolved gas analysers – Nick Waltham/Chris Howe • Space physics data analysis and exploitation – Chris Perry • Space weather expertise – Mike Hapgood Contact name: Sarah Nash Email: sarah.nash@stfc.ac.uk University of Bradford • Building complex simulation which require extreme computing to process them • Machine learning to find data patterns Contact name: Mariam Kiran Email: m.kiran@bradford.ac.uk University of Glasgow a) i) Knowledge of solar activity (especially solar flares); ii) Analysis of space-based solar imaging data and spectroscopy data, across the entire electromagnetic spectrum (radio wavelengths to gamma- rays); iii) Morphological image processing, Bayesian approaches to signal analysis; iv) Theory and modelling of physics of space plasmas and radiation production mechanisms
- 26. b) Expertise in development of mass spectrometer technologies for space flight and rover deployment, specifically, development of technologies for in situ planetary geochronology. Exploitation of isotope data for temporally constraining processes and events in geological histories of planetary, asteroid and lunar bodies. Resources: state-of-the-art Ar/Ar dating facility. c) Expertise in the analysis of extraterrestrial samples (cosmic dust, meteorites). Resources include scanning and transmission electron microscopes and Raman microscopes. Contact name: a) Lyndsay Fletcher b) Darren Mark c) Martin Lee Email: a) lyndsay.fletcher@glasgow.ac.uk b) darren.mark@glasgow.ac.uk c) martin.lee@glasgow.ac.uk University of Leicester Research scientists at the University of Leicester have a long and distinguished record of discovery in space science. Every year since 1967 has seen a Leicester-built instrument operating in space. We hold, and have held, vital roles in many space missions for space agencies including NASA, European Space Agency, UK Space Agency, ISRO (India) and JAXA (Japan), covering astronomical, planetary and Earth observation science missions. These include NASA/ESA’s James Webb Space Telescope, ESA’s Bepi- Colombo mission, and ESA’s and EUMETSAT’s Meteosat Second Generation missions. 4 directly relevant research groups: X-ray and Observational Astrophysics: one of the world’s leaders in high energy and observational astrophysics. This Group has a broad multi-wavelength research programme ranging from Gamma-ray through to gravitational wave and detection of exoplanets. Radio and Space Plasma Physics: at the forefront of research into the interaction of planetary environments with the solar wind, including space weather. Experimental studies are conducted with spacecraft and ground based facilities including radars, some of which are designed and built in-house. Activities within our Space Research Centre: are focused on novel sensors and optics for both space and interdisciplinary applications; engineering capability in space; and planetary science including concepts for the next generation of instrumentation, tools and techniques and planetary materials and their analysis. (see www.le.ac./space for further details and detailed contacts) Theoretical Astrophysics: detailed theoretical modelling of astrophysical phenomena ranging from black holes to planetary formation and comparison to data. Relevant details include: • Experience of working with major space science data sets, such as from ESA missions including Cluster, Mars Express, Venus Express, NASA missions such as Polar, IMAGE, Van Allen Probes, other missions such as DMSP, AMPERE. • Experience of bringing together different data sets, e.g. Space and ground based to provide added value – for example EU Framework 7 project ECLAT. • Space Weather expertise at Earth and Mars. Use of data to understand the physical principles behind Space weather as well as the investigation of effects of large Space weather events as well as small, but continuous space weather disturbances. Use of ground based and space based facilities. • Operation of SuperDARN radars continuously to provide the measurements of electric field in the ionosphere crucial to predicting the response in the ionosphere and upper atmosphere of space weather events.
- 27. • Expertise in X-ray/EUV/UV detectors and optics, data analysis and satellite operations, science expertise in study of stars and interstellar space Contact name: a) Professor Mark Sims b) Prof Martin Barstow c) Prof Mark Lester d) Dr. Sarah Stevens Email: a) mrs@le.ac.uk b) mab@le.ac.uk c) mle@le.ac.uk d) sjs94@leicester.ac.uk University of Manchester The School of Earth and Environmental Science consists of 60 academic staff, many with world-leading backgrounds and active research interests in the laboratory study of extraterrestrial materials. Laboratory study of extraterrestrial materials includes chemical, mineralogic and isotopic studies of meteorites, presolar grains, lunar samples, and samples returned from missions to comets and asteroids. Research topics include the formation and early evolution of the Solar System, the record of nucleosynthetic processes recorded by presolar grains, composition and geology of small bodies (asteroids and comets), formation and geologic history of the Moon and Mars. Instrumentation used to address these questions includes: 1. A range of mass spectrometry techniques including noble gas mass spectrometry, secondary ion mass spectrometry (ToF-SIMS and NanoSIMS) and inductively-coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS). 2. Spatially resolved microbeam techniques for mineralogical analysis including scanning electron microcopy (SEM), electron probe microanalysis (EPMA) and SIMS. These research interests are underpinned by an extensive track record of external funding, totaling around £5M of chiefly STFC and European funding. Contact name: Dr Katie Joy Email: katherine.joy@manchester.ac.uk University of Nottingham The Nottingham Geospatial Institute has concentrated significant research effort into monitoring and studying the effects of the disturbed ionosphere as a result of solar irregularities that cause GNSS signal scintillation. This information supports research into the following topics: • Ionospheric Scintillation Monitoring & Mitigation • GNSS Tropospheric Effects & Meteorology Contact name: Dr. Marcio Aquino Email: marcio.aquino@nottingham.ac.uk University of Oxford • Planetary Science: IR radiometry & spectrometry; meteorological sensing. Neil Bowles (Physics) • Astrophysics & cosmology: wide range of data exploitation topics; also new detectors & technologies – Dmitra Rigopoulou, Physics. • Plasma Physics modelling – Alexander Shekochin Contact name: Colin Wilson Email: colin.wilson@physics.ox.ac.uk
- 28. University of Portsmouth Institute of Cosmology and Gravitation: The ICG is a world-leading department in the study of observational tests of the laws of gravity, dark matter and dark energy on cosmic scales. We have 11 members of staff, 20 postdoctoral researchers and 20 PhD students examining different aspects of theoretical and observational cosmology. We are experts in the exploitation of data from space telescopes. We have also been involved in the definition of space instrumentation with ESA. We own a 3700 core HPC system, SCIAMA-2, which we use for the required processing of observations, data analysis, and comparison with theory. Contact name: David Bacon Email: david.bacon@port.ac.uk University of Reading Institute for Environmental Analytics: The Department of Meteorology at the University of Reading includes the Space and Atmospheric Electricity (SPATE) group, whose research interests include Atmospheric electricity and Ionospheric physics, Heliospheric physics, Magnetospheric physics, and Space weather and climate. Contact name: Prof. Chris Scott Email: chris.scott@reading.ac.uk University of Southampton • Atomic oxygen and UV sensors (already flown on ISS) • Modelling of radiation environments, in particular Solar Energetic Particle Events(SEPEs) and radiation effects on electronics • Space debris modelling Contact name: a) Steve Gabriel b) Hugh Lewis (space debris) Email: a) sbg2@soton.ac.uk b) H.G.Lewis@soton.ac.uk University of St Andrews Solar and Magnetospheric Theory Group (School of Mathematics & Statistics): Academic staff at SMTG are: Prof Alan W. Hood (Head of Group), Prof Thomas Neukirch, Prof Clare E. Parnell, Prof Ineke De Moortel, Dr Andy N. Wright, Dr Duncan H. Mackay and Dr Vasilis Archontis. The Head of Group, Prof Alan Hood, is given as the first point of contact below. SMTG members are at the forefront of: • Flux emergence simulations (studied the emergence through the photosphere to the corona; showed the formation of standard and blowout jets and eruption of coronal flux ropes in a CME-like manner) • Coronal MHD waves and forward modelling (revised the spatial damping profile for propagating transverse waves in a flux tube with a wide inhomogeneous layer; modelled the effect of the optically
- 29. thin line-of-sight integration on observed Doppler shift oscillations to clarify the interpretation of observed waves and oscillations) • 3D magnetic reconnection (established many new characteristics of 3D reconnection and then proposed many regimes for 3D reconnection -spine, fan, separator, quasi-separatrix layer) • Long term global coronal field modelling (the only long term simulations of the Sun’s global coronal magnetic field to incorporate observational data as a boundary driving mechanism) • Magnetospheric MHD waves (founded the 'waveguide' model of the magnetosphere, established the theory for wave coupling in 2D, identified nonlinear mechanisms for producing small scales in auroral Alfven waves through coupling to a responsive ionosphere) • Solar particle acceleration mechanisms (developed a fully analytical theory of collapsing magnetic traps) • Kinetic theory of current sheets (first ever analytical solution for a nonlinear, force-free, collisionless current sheet) • Space weather: development of a new real time, data-driven mathematical model to simulate the storage and release of energy in the Sun’s atmosphere. The science model has been highly successfully and is able to reproduce the timing and energy release of a Coronal Mass Ejection. The simulation technique is highly relevant for space weather prediction (and is currently being tested as a real-time, data-driven operational framework). Contact name: Prof Alan W. Hood Email: awh@st-andrews.ac.uk University of Surrey a) Radiation environment & effects (COMPET-5-2017); Scientific instrumentation (COMPET-5-2016) b) Space weather (COMPET-5-2017) In-orbit instruments and data sources, high level expertise from several research academics / fellows, with focus on space weather effects (in space and within atmospheres). Space weather measurements and models. On-site facilities include the Realistic Electron Environment Facility (REEF). Currently involved in EU Spacestorm project. Contact name: a) Craig Underwood b) Keith Ryden Email: a) c.underwood@surrey.ac.uk b) k.ryden@surrey.ac.uk