Chris Davis
Member since: 24/11/09
Day job: I am the Project Scientist for the STEREO Heliospheric Imagers, at STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory. I lead the group here in the UK that is responsible for aligning, calibrating and analysing the data from the Heliospheric Imagers. The field of science I am involved with - solar terrestrial physics - investigates the effects of the Sun on the Earth and its space environment. Initially I studied the aurora (or Northern Lights which are generated by the solar wind) but my career appears to have been moving me sunward ever since!
Crowdsourcing
Data overload
The human touch
Solar mysteries
Thanks to everyone who has helped us with the testing of the Solar Stormwatch site over the last few weeks. With your help we are now almost ready to release the final version, where you will be able to look at all the STEREO data. We have been analysing your estimates of solar storm speeds and positions [...]
