Dr Henrik Melin

Associate Professor

Department: Mathematics, Physics and Electrical Engineering

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Key Publications

A new rotation period and longitude system for Uranus, Lamy, L., Prangé, R., Berthier, J., Tao, C., Kim, T., Roth, L., Barthélémy, M., Chaufray, J., Rymer, A., Dunn, W., Wibisono, A., Melin, H. 1 May 2025, In: Nature Astronomy
Auroral and Non‐Auroral H3+ Ion Winds at Uranus With Keck‐NIRSPEC and IRTF‐iSHELL, Thomas, E., Stallard, T., Melin, H., Chowdhury, M., Moore, L., O'Donoghue, J., Johnson, R., Wang, R., Knowles, K., Tiranti, P., Dello Russo, N., Vervack, R., Kawakita, H. 16 Apr 2025, In: Geophysical Research Letters
Discovery of H+3 and infrared aurorae at Neptune with JWST, Melin, H., Moore, L., Fletcher, L., Hammel, H., O'Donoghue, J., Stallard, T., Milam, S., Roman, M., King, O., Rowe-Gurney, N., Thomas, E., Wang, R., Tiranti, P., Harkett, J., Knowles, K. 26 Mar 2025, In: Nature Astronomy
Dominant Drivers of Jupiter's H3+ Northern Aurora: 1. Magnetic Field Strength and Planetary Local Time, Stallard, T., Thomas, E., Knowles, K., Coxon, J., Moore, L., Johnson, R., Wang, R., Melin, H., O'Donoghue, J. 22 Jul 2025, In: Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics
Dynamic infrared aurora on Jupiter, Nichols, J., King, O., Clarke, J., de Pater, I., Fletcher, L., Melin, H., Moore, L., Tao, C., Yeoman, T. 12 May 2025, In: Nature Communications
h3ppy: An open-source Python package for modelling and fitting H+3 spectra, Melin, H. 27 Mar 2025, In: The Journal of Open Source Software
Magnetic Silhouettes in Jupiter's Non-Auroral Ionosphere, Knowles, K., Stallard, T., O'Donoghue, J., Moore, L., Agiwal, O., Melin, H., Roberts, K., Tiranti, P., Rae, J., Thomas, E., Connerney, J., James, M. May 2025, In: Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics
Pole-to-Pole Vertical Ionospheric Profiles at Jupiter from JWST, Thomas, E., Stallard, T., Moore, L., Roberts, K., Melin, H., Mohamed, K., Knowles, K., Tiranti, P., O'Donoghue, J. 12 Aug 2025, In: Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics
Spatiotemporal Variations of Temperature in Jupiter’s Upper Atmosphere, Roberts, K., Moore, L., O’Donoghue, J., Melin, H., Stallard, T., Knowles, K., Schmidt, C., Tiranti, P. 15 Apr 2025, In: Planetary Science Journal
Sub‐Auroral Heating at Jupiter Following a Solar Wind Compression, O’Donoghue, J., Moore, L., Melin, H., Stallard, T., Kurth, W., Owens, M., Bhakyapaibul, T., Tao, C., Connerney, J., Knowles, K., Kita, H., Roberts, K., Tiranti, P., Agiwal, O., Johnson, R., Wang, R., Thomas, E., Murakami, G. 16 Apr 2025, In: Geophysical Research Letters

Qualifications

Physics PhD March 01 2006

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