Nicholas Mitchell

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Research interests

Profile

Prof Mitchell studied for a BSc and a PhD at The University of Sheffield. He worked at The University of Wales before joining The University of Bath in 2002.

He is a professor in Electronic and Electrical Engineering and director of the Centre for Space, Atmospheric and Oceanic Science.

Research

Prof Mitchell’s research addresses the dynamics and coupling of the Earth’s Middle Atmosphere. A particular interest is investigating the role of gravity waves, tides and planetary waves in coupling the stratosphere and mesosphere to the thermosphere above and to the troposphere below.

Prof Mitchell’s research group carries out experimental work using VHF meteor radars operated at Esrange in the Arctic, Bear Lake in the US, on Ascension Island in the equatorial Atlantic and at Rothera in the Antarctic.

These measurements are complemented by satellite observations (particularly from NASA’s EOS Aura satellite), modelling studies and measurements from other ground-based instruments such as the EISCAT radars and imagers.

There is strong collaboration with The British Antarctic Survey and leading international groups in Europe, the US, Australia and Japan.

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Projects

2 Active
7 Finished

Planetary and Gravity Waves as Drivers of Sudden Stratospheric Warmings

Wright, C. & Mitchell, N.

Natural Environment Research Council

1/07/19 → 30/06/22

Project: Research council

DRAGON-WEX: The Drake Passage and Southern Ocean Wave Experiment

Mitchell, N., Wright, C. & Hindley, N.

Natural Environment Research Council

21/10/17 → 20/10/20

Project: Research council

The South Georgia Wave Experiment

Mitchell, N.

British Antarctic Survey

4/09/17 → 20/10/17

Project: Central government, health and local authorities

The South Georgia Wave Experiment (SG-WEX)

Mitchell, N.

Natural Environment Research Council

2/12/13 → 1/12/16

Project: Research council

Wave Dynamics of the Mesosphere

Mitchell, N.

Natural Environment Research Council

17/05/10 → 16/05/13

Project: Research council

Research Output

122 Article
3 Chapter
3 Conference article
2 Review article
1 More
- 1 Poster

Coordinated Observations of 8- and 6-hr Tides in the Mesosphere and Lower Thermosphere by Three Meteor Radars Near 60^°S Latitude

Liu, G., Janches, D., Lieberman, R. S., Moffat-Griffin, T., Fritts, D. C. & Mitchell, N. J., 16 Jan 2020, In : Geophysical Research Letters. 47, 1, e2019GL086629.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

Evaluation of estimated mesospheric temperatures from 11-year meteor radar datasets of King Sejong Station (62°S, 59°W) and Esrange (68°N, 21°E)

Kam, H., Kim, Y. H., Mitchell, N. J., Kim, J. H. & Lee, C., 1 Dec 2019, In : Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics. 196, 105148.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

First Observations of Mesospheric Winds, Waves and Tides Over South Georgia

Dempsey, S., Mitchell, N., Hindley, N. & Moffat-Griffin, T., 2 Jul 2019.

Research output: Contribution to conference › Poster

Gravity waves in the winter stratosphere over the Southern Ocean: High-resolution satellite observations and 3-D spectral analysis

Hindley, N. P., Wright, C. J., Smith, N. D., Hoffmann, L., Holt, L. A., Joan Alexander, M., Moffat-Griffin, T. & Mitchell, N. J., 17 Dec 2019, In : Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics. 19, 24, p. 15377-15414 38 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

Open Access

Low-latitude thermospheric nitric oxide

Siskind, D. E., Jones, M., Drob, D. P., Mc Cormack, J. P., Hervig, M. E., Marsh, D. R., Mlynczak, M. G., Bailey, S. M., Maute, A. & Mitchell, N. J., 25 Jan 2019, In : Annales Geophysicae. 37, 1, p. 37-48 12 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

Open Access

2 Citations (Scopus)