Sarah Reay

Sarah Reay’s Biography

•  2001 – ongoing : Geomagnetism Team, British Geological Survey
•  1996 –2000 : BSc (Hons) University of Edinburgh, Astrophysics

Research interests

• Communicating science to the public
• Geomagnetic data and metadata
• Space weather and the geomagnetic hazard to technology

Current projects and collaborations

• Magnetic Observatory Data – National Geomagnetic Service
• Interpolation In-Field Reference (IIFR)
• World Data Centre for Geomagnetism, Edinburgh

Publications
NERC Open Research Archive — Sarah Reay

Key papers

• Clarke E, Baillie O, Reay S J, Turbitt C W 2013 A method for the near real-time production of quasi-definitive magnetic observatory data [in special issue: Swarm Science Data Processing and Products — the Swarm Satellite Constellation Application and Research Facility, SCARF] Earth, Planets and Space, 65 (11). 1363-1374. 10.5047/eps.2013.10.001
• Reay S J, Clarke E, Dawson E, Macmillan S (2013) Operations of the World Data Centre for Geomagnetism, Edinburgh [in special issue: Proceedings of the 1st WDS Conference in Kyoto 2011 ] Data Science Journal, 12. WDS47-WDS51. 10.2481/dsj.WDS-005
• Reay S, Herzog D, Alex S, Kharin E, McLean S, Nose M, Sergeyeva N (2011) Magnetic Observatory Data and Metadata: Types and Availability. In: Mandea, Mioara; Korte, Monika, (eds.) Geomagnetic Observations and Models. Springer, 149-181. (IAGA Special Sopron Book Series, Vol. 5).
• Thomson A W P, Dawson E B, Reay S J 2011 Quantifying extreme behaviour in geomagnetic activity. Space Weather, 9, S10001. 10.1029/2011SW000696
• 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
• Reay S J, Allen W, Baille O, Bowe J, Clarke E, Lesur V, Macmillan S (2005) Space weather effects on drilling accuracy in the North Sea. Annales Geophysicae, 23 (9). 3081-3088

Publication downloads

• A method for the near real-time production of quasi-definitive magnetic observatory data
• Operations of the World Data Centre for Geomagnetism, Edinburgh
• Magnetic Observatory Data and Metadata: Types and Availability.
• Quantifying extreme behaviour in geomagnetic activity.
• A novel weighting method for satellite magnetic data and a new global magnetic field model
• Space weather effects on drilling accuracy in the North Sea.

Blogs

• BGS Geoblogy – St. Patrick’s Day geomagnetic storm

Skills

• Geomagnetic observatory data analysis
• Programming and web development
• Science communication