Neil Thomson
Associate Professor
Physics
Otago University
New Zealand
Biography
BSc(Hons) & PhD in Physics from Otago. Post Doc at Max Planck Institut fur Aeronomy, Lindau am Harz (now Max Planck Institut fur Solar System Research). Space physicist at Physics and Engineering Lab., DSIR, Lower Hutt (now IRL) for ~4 years. Then lecturer - senior lecurer - associate professor, in Physics at Otago. Study leaves (space physics, 1984-2005) at Stanford and British Antarctic Survey (Sheffield & Cambridge).
Research Interest
My research interests are centered on measuring and understanding these effects, most recently concentrating on the quiet earth-ionosphere waveguide height and sharpness which provides the reference baseline for all these changes. This involves experimental observations both here and around the word, together with the modeling of the results and their underlying physics. I also have research interests at greater heights, in the Earth’s plasmasphere (~ 10,000 km altitude) which again involve radio propagation both observational and modeling (ray tracing).
