Geomagnetism/Geophysicist

Location: Edinburgh

Tel: 0131 650 0235

E-mail Dr Brian Hamilton

Biography

• 2006–current: Geomagnetism Team, British Geological Survey
• 2006: PhD University of Glasgow, Solar Physics
• 2001: MSc Queen Mary College, University of London, Astrophysics
• 1997–2000: Spacecraft Operations Engineer, EADS Astrium
• 1997: MSc University of Glasgow, Information Technology

• 1996: BSc University of Glasgow, Physics and Astronomy

Research interests

• Geomagnetic field modelling
• Long-term trends in geomagnetic fields
• Particle acceleration in solar flares

Skills

• Geomagnetic field modelling
• Programming: Fortran/MPI, bash, Python , C/C++, Matlab

Current projects and collaboration

• Oil industry Consortium – BGS Global Geomagnetic Model
• US National Geophysical Data Center - World Magnetic Model
• IAGA V-MOD – International Geomagnetic Reference Field
• Interpolation In-Field Reference (IIFR)
• NERC-funded Research Consortium GEOSPACE
• Ground Water Environmental Change and Management

Professional association

• Member of the Institute of Physics

Published outputs

• NERC Open Research Archive — Dr Brian Hamilton

Key Papers

THOMSON A W P, HAMILTON B, MACMILLAN S, REAY S (2010), A novel weighting method for satellite magnetic data and a new global magnetic field model, Geophysical Journal International, Vol 181, 250-260.

HAMILTON B, FLETCHER L, MCCLEMENTS K G, THYAGARAJA A (2005), Electron Acceleration at Reconnecting X-Points in Solar Flares, Astrophysical Journal, Vol 625, 496-505.

HAMILTON B, MCCLEMENTS K G, FLETCHER L, THYAGARAJA A (2003), Field-Guided Proton Acceleration at Reconnecting x-Points in Flares, Solar Physics, 214, 339-352

• Geomagnetism