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geodesy is? Take a look at this video
My principal research interests
(see also the tabs above for publications)
Improving our understanding of
Antarctic ice mass balance using
data from the Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE)
Using GPS measurements of 3d crustal movements to
understand 1) changes in the Antarctic ice sheet since
Last Glacial Maximum; and 2) the structure of Earth
(lithosphere & mantle)
Absolute
sea level change
over past few centuries using tide gauge data and GPS measurements of
their vertical movement
Ice
sheet dynamics (ice streams and
ice shelves), such as vertical tidal motion, tidal modulation of flow,
long-term changes in elevation and velocity
Improving the accuracy and precision of
GPS/GNSS
time series to enable further advances in our understanding of the solid earth, ice sheets
and tropospheric water vapour,
including the
Detection of Offsets in GPS timeseries Experiment (DOGEx)
PhD opportunities: Thinking
of undertaking a PhD?
See a
list of suggested topics and feel free to discuss ideas with me.
Postdoctoral positions:
If you have a Ph. D., a strong C.V., and would like to do
research in Newcastle, I am particularly keen to encourage and help you to
apply for Fellowships (e.g., EU Marie Curie, NERC, Royal Society). Contact
me to discuss submitting a proposal.
Research Hosting Programme: If you would be interested
to visit Newcastle for an extended period of research, contact me to discuss
ideas. For those with a strong C.V. relative to opportunity, we can also
apply for funding.
I work most
closely with my colleagues in the Newcastle geodesy group
(part of a wider
geomatics group).
Together the Newcastle geodesy group uses
geodetic tools to work on problems relating to Earth geophysics, notably
Earth's global water cycle, sea level change and polar ice mass balance. We
also seek to advance the accuracy and precision of those geodetic tools
(e.g., Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS/GPS), GRACE and SLR). The
group consists of:
Philip Moore,
Professor of Space Geodesy: orbit determination, gravity fields, real-time
GNSS orbit and clock determination
Peter Clarke,
Professor of Geophysical Geodesy: Earth deformations (from tidal to secular
periods), tectonics, reference frames
Stuart Edwards,
Senior Lecturer: Water vapour from altimeters, engineering deformations
Nigel Penna,
Lecturer in Geomatics: GPS error modelling and mitigation, tidal effects in
geodetic studies, precipitable water vapour estimation using GPS
Rory Bingham,
School Fellow: Consistent multi-technique geodetic estimates of present-day
contributions to regional sea level change
Ian Thomas,
Research Associate: GPS-based estimates of precipitable water in Antarctica,
GPS-based ocean tide loading displacements and global GPS reprocessing
(1995-present; GAMIT and GIPSY)
Sophie Bassett,
Research Associate: Secular geocentre motion, glacial isostatic adjustment
Liz Petrie,
Research Associate: Effects on GPS of higher order ionospheric terms,
elastic rebound in Antarctica, global GPS reprocessing
Kirill Palamartchouk,
Research Associate:
High precision GPS for deformation and reservoir compaction monitoring,
effects on GPS of higher order ionospheric terms
Ian Martin, Junior
Research Associate: GPS geodesy, GPS software/algorithm development, glacial
dynamics, networks of sensors
My wife, Julia, and I have been living in
the UK on 'Tyneside' since September 2001, in
Newcastle
upon Tyne until 2007 and now over the River Tyne in
Gateshead, after moving
from
Tasmania, Australia. Julia now
looks after our three (!) daughters, Lara (5), April (3) and Chloe (1) on a
full-time basis. We recently shifted to a
brand new church in
Gateshead. A number of Christian lecturers and researchers recently
wrote an open letter to
the students of Newcastle University to encourage them to consider the
Christian faith. The Christian faith may be summarised briefly:
there are two ways to live ...
