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Dr Andy Smith

Senior Research Fellow

Department: Mathematics, Physics and Electrical Engineering

Key Publications

Identifying Typical Relativistic Electron Pitch Angle Distributions: Evolution During Geomagnetic Storms, Killey, S., Rae, J., Smith, A., Bentley, S., Watt, C., Chakraborty, S., Ozeke, L., Walach, M., Sandhu, J., Rasinskaite, D. 16 Feb 2025, In: Geophysical Research Letters
Relativistic Electron Acceleration and the “Ankle” Spectral Feature in Earth’s Magnetotail Reconnection, Sun, W., Oka, M., Øieroset, M., Turner, D., Phan, T., Cohen, I., Li, X., Huang, J., Smith, A., Slavin, J., Poh, G., Genestreti, K., Gershman, D., Dokgo, K., Le, G., Nakamura, R., Burch, J. 10 Jan 2025, In: The Astrophysical Journal Letters
Severe Space Weather Impacts on UK Critical National Infrastructure, Allcock, M., Pidgeon, A., Black , G., Prestwood, E., Frayling, A., Cucaro, S., Lecky, W., Coxon, J., Smith, A., Bentley, S., Watt, C., Wicks, R., Rae, J. 1 Jan 2025
Automatic Encoding of Unlabeled Two Dimensional Data Enabling Similarity Searches: Electron Diffusion Regions and Auroral Arcs, Smith, A., Rae, J., Stawarz, J., Sun, W., Bentley, S., Koul, A. Jan 2024, In: Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics
Estimating Interplanetary Magnetic Field Conditions at Mercury's Orbit From MESSENGER Magnetosheath Observations Using a Feedforward Neural Network, Bowers, C., Jackman, C., Azari, A., Smith, A., Wright, P., Rutala, M., Sun, W., Healy, A. 1 Dec 2024, In: Journal of Geophysical Research: Machine Learning and Computation
Evaluating Auroral Forecasts Against Satellite Observations Under Different Levels of Geomagnetic Activity, Mooney, M., Forsyth, C., Marsh, M., Bradley, L., Finnigan, T., Forde, F., Garrigan, F., Mancini‐Tuffier, C., Mancini‐Tuffier, T., Roberts, E., Vessoni, P., Powell, J., Clark, S., Lao, C., Smith, A., Jackson, D., Bingham, S., Sharpe, M., Hughes, T., Chisham, G., Milan, S. Aug 2024, In: Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics
Evolution of Energetic Proton Parallel Pressure Anisotropy at Geosynchronous Altitudes: Potential Role in Triggering Substorm Expansion Phase Onset, Babu, S., Mann, I., Dimitrakoudis, S., Ozeke, L., Rae, I., Forsyth, C., Smith, A. 28 Jun 2024, In: Geophysical Research Letters
Ion-Scale Magnetic Flux Ropes and Loops in Earth's Magnetotail: An Automated, Comprehensive Survey of MMS data between 2017 and 2022, Smith, A., Sun, W., Slavin, J., Rae, J. Mar 2024, In: Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics
On the Association of Substorm Identification Methods, Lao, C., Forsyth, C., Freeman, M., Smith, A., Mooney, M. Sep 2024, In: Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics
Plasma Sheet Counterparts for Auroral Beads and Vortices in Advance of Fast Flows: New Evidence for Near‐Earth Substorm Onset, Babu, S., Mann, I., Donovan, E., Smith, A., Dimitrakoudis, S., Sydora, R., Kale, A. Jun 2024, In: Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

PGR Supervision

Matthis Houlès AI-Based Forecasts of Solar Eruptive Events Start Date: 23/09/2024
Matthew Billcliff Long Horizon Forecasting of a Global Geomagnetic Activity Index Using a Coupled Numerical Model and Machine Learning Approach from Near-Sun Data Start Date: 01/10/2023

Qualifications

Physics PhD July 31 2018
Fellow Royal Astronomical Society (RAS) 2022

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