Patrick Joseph Espy
Background and activities
Patrick Espy is Professor of Atmospheric and Environmental Physics at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) in Trondheim, Norway. After receiving his PhD from Utah State University in 1986, he worked in the US, Sweden and the UK before joining NTNU in 2007. His research focuses on the solar, auroral and anthropogenic forcing of middle atmospheric chemistry and dynamics. In addition to ground-based measurements, he is a member of several international rocket and satellite teams studying these phenomena.
Scientific, academic and artistic work
A selection of recent journal publications, artistic productions, books, including book and report excerpts. See all publications in the database
Journal publications
- (2019) Mesospheric nitric oxide model from SCIAMACHY data. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics. vol. 19.
- (2019) SuperDARN observations of semidiurnal tidal variability in the MLT and the response to sudden stratospheric warming events. Journal of Geophysical Research (JGR): Atmospheres. vol. 124.
- (2018) Observation of Quasiperiodic Structures in the Hydroxyl Airglow on Scales Below 100 m. Journal of Geophysical Research (JGR): Atmospheres. vol. 123 (19).
- (2018) Spatial and Temporal Structure of the Tertiary Ozone Maximum in the Polar Winter Mesosphere. Journal of Geophysical Research (JGR): Space Physics. vol. 123 (8).
- (2017) Toward an improved representation of middle atmospheric dynamics thanks to the ARISE project. Surveys in geophysics. vol. 39 (2).
- (2017) Optimizing hydroxyl airglow retrievals from long-slit astronomical spectroscopic observations. Atmospheric Measurement Techniques. vol. 10 (8).
- (2017) The SPARC water vapour assessment II: Comparison of annual, semi-annual and quasi-biennial variations in stratospheric and lower mesospheric water vapour observed from satellites. Atmospheric Measurement Techniques. vol. 10 (3).
- (2017) Comparison of mesospheric winds from a high-altitude meteorological analysis system and meteor radar observations during the boreal winters of 2009-2010 and 2012-2013. Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics. vol. 154.
- (2017) Modelling the descent of nitric oxide during the elevated stratopause event of January 2013. Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics. vol. 155.
- (2017) Planetary wave-like oscillations in the ionosphere retrieved with a longitudinal chain of ionosondes at high northern latitudes. Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics.
- (2016) The impact of energetic electron precipitation on mesospheric hydroxyl during a year of solar minimum. Journal of Geophysical Research (JGR): Space Physics. vol. 121 (6).
- (2015) The seasonal cycle of gravity wave momentum flux and forcing in the high latitude northern hemisphere mesopause region. Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics. vol. 127.
- (2015) Coupling in the middle atmosphere related to the 2013 major sudden stratospheric warming. Annales Geophysicae. vol. 33 (3).
- (2015) Observational evidence of the influence of Antarctic stratospheric ozone variability on middle atmosphere dynamics. Geophysical Research Letters. vol. 42 (19).
- (2015) Characterisation of quasi-stationary planetary waves in the Northern MLT during summer. Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics. vol. 127.
- (2015) Observations of planetary waves in the mesosphere-lower thermosphere during stratospheric warming events. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics. vol. 15 (9).
- (2015) Observations of PW activity in the MLT during SSW events using a chain of SuperDARN radars and SD-WACCM. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics Discussions. vol. 15.
- (2014) Atmospheric ozone above Troll station, Antarctica observed by a ground based microwave radiometer. Earth System Science Data. vol. 6 (1).
- (2014) Observations of gravity wave forcing of the mesopause region during the January 2013 major Sudden Stratospheric Warming. Geophysical Research Letters. vol. 41 (13).
- (2014) Characteristics and sources of gravity waves observed in noctilucent cloud over Norway. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics. vol. 14 (22).