Gemma Richardson’s Biography
- 2012 – ongoing : Geomagnetism team, British Geological Survey
- 2008 – 2013 : PhD, Polar Geomagnetism, University of Liverpool
- 2003 – 2007 : MESci Geophysics (N America), University of Liverpool
Research interests
- Space weather and geomagnetic hazard
- Geomagnetically induced currents
- Pipe-to-soil potentials
- Geomagnetic field modelling
Current projects and collaborations
- ESA Geomagnetic Expert Service Centre – Providing space weather products to ESA for display and access via the ESA space weather portal
- Solar Tsunamis – Project investigating impact of space weather on New Zealand’s infrastructure
- SWIMMR Activities in Ground Effects (SAGE) – Developing products and tools to forecast the impact of space weather on ground based technological infrastructure in the UK. Part of the wider SWIMMR project (Space Weather Instrumentation, Measurement, Modelling and Risk), a four year project to improve the UK’s capabilities for space weather monitoring and prediction
- EUHFORIA2.0 – Forecasting space weather impacts in Europe
- Space weather impacts on grounded systems (SWIGS) – Scientific study of the impacts of space weather of grounded systems
- National Grid geomagnetic hazard project – Monitoring of geomagnetically induced currents and geomagnetic conditions for National Grid
- UK Geo-Electric Field Monitoring Project – Long-term measurements of the geo-electric field at the UK observatories
ORCID
Key Papers
- Beggan, D, Richardson, G S, Baillie, O, Hübert, J, and Thomson, A W P. 2021. Geolectric field measurement, modelling and validation during geomagnetic storms in the UK, J. Space Weather Space Clim., 11, 37. https://doi.org/10.1051/swsc/2021022
- Clilverd, A, Rodger, C J, Freeman, M P, Brundell, J B, Mac Manus, D H, Dalzell, M, Clarke, E, Thomson, A W P, Richardson,G S, MacLeod, F, and Frame, I. 2021. Geomagnetically induced currents during the 07–08 September 2017 disturbed period: a global perspective, J. Space Weather Space Clim. 11, 33. https://doi.org/10.1051/swsc/2021014
- Divett, T, Mac Manus, D H, Richardson,G S, Beggan, C D, Rodger, C J, Ingham, M, Clarke, E, Thomson, A W P, Dalzell, M, and Obana, Y. 2020. Geomagnetically Induced Current Model Validation from New Zealand’s South Island, Space Weather, 18, 8. https://doi.org/10.1029/2020SW002494
- Hübert, C. D. Beggan, G. S. Richardson, T. Martyn, A. W. P. Thomson, 2020, Differential Magnetometer Measurements of Geomagnetically Induced Currents in a Complex High Voltage Network, Space weather, 18, 4. https://doi.org/10.1029/2019SW002421
- Oughton, E J, Hapgood, M, Richardson, G S, Beggan, C D, Thomso, A W P, Gibbs, M, Burnett, C, Gaunt, C T, Trichas, M, Dada, R, and Horne, R B. 2018, A Risk Assessment Framework for the Socioeconomic Impacts of Electricity Transmission Infrastructure Failure Due to Space Weather: An Application to the United Kingdom, Risk Analysis, 39. https://doi.org/10.1111/5risa.13229
- Kelly, S, Viljanen, A, Beggan, C D, and Thomson A W P. 2016. Understanding GIC in the UK and French high-voltage transmission systems during severe magnetic storms, Space Weather, 15. https://doi.org/10.1002/2016SW001469
Published outputs
NERC Open Research Archive — Gemma Samantha Kelly
Skills
- Computer programming (Python, Matlab, Fortran)
- Data analysis
- Space weather
Professional associations
- Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society
- STEM Ambassador
- 2019: Risk Analysis best paper award
- 2016: Citation for excellence in reviewing for Space Weather