Chris Kelly is a software engineer working on the acquisition and pre-processing of atmospheric composition observational datasets for ECMWF. His work contributes to the Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service (CAMS) forecast and reanalysis efforts. He is also involved in the CO2 Monitoring and Verification Support Capacity (CO2MVS). Chris utilises observations from a range of instruments, notably including those on-board the family of Sentinel satellites developed by ESA for the Copernicus programme.
Chris gained a background in atmospheric chemistry from his PhD research project on the chemistry and transport of layered phenomena in the upper atmosphere. He has experience of satellite instrument operations from his previous position where he worked on the ESA Solar Orbiter mission.
- Atmospheric chemistry and composition
- Satellite data pre-processing
- Binary Universal Form for the Representation of meteorological data (BUFR)
- 2023-present: Software Engineer (Forecasts and Services Department), ECMWF
- 2020-2023: Research Fellow (Department of Space and Climate Physics), University College London, UK
- 2016-2020: PhD (School of Earth and Environment), University of Leeds, UK
- 2013-2016: BSc Physics with Astrophysics (College of Engineering, Mathematics, and Physical Sciences), University of Exeter, UK
- 2024
- Daniel Verscharen, David Stansby, Adam Finley, Christopher Owen, Timothy Horbury, Marco Velli, Stuart Bale, Philippe Louarn, Andrei Fedorov, Roberto Bruno, Stefano Livi, Gethyn Lewis, Chandrasekhar Anekallu, Christopher Kelly, Gillian Watson, Dhiren Kataria, Helen O'Brien, Vincent Evans, Virginia Angelini (September 2024) The solar wind angular-momentum flux observed during Solar Orbiter's first orbit. DOI: 10.5194/egusphere-egu21-6306
- 2021
- C. J. Owen, A. C. Foster, R. Bruno, S. Livi, P. Louarn, M. Berthomier, A. Fedorov, C. Anekallu, D. Kataria, C. W. Kelly, G. R. Lewis, G. Watson, L. Berčič, D. Stansby, G. Suen, D. Verscharen, V. Fortunato, G. Nicolaou, R. T. Wicks, I. J. Rae, B. Lavraud, T. S. Horbury, H. O’Brien, V. Evans, V. Angelini (December 2021) Solar Orbiter observations of the structure of reconnection outflow layers in the solar wind, Astronomy & Astrophysics. DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202140944
- Daniel Verscharen, David Stansby, A J Finley, Christopher Owen, T Horbury, M Maksimovic, M Velli, S D Bale, P Louarn, A Fedorov, R Bruno, S Livi, Yu V Khotyaintsev, A Vecchio, Gethyn Lewis, C Anekallu, Christopher Kelly, G Watson, Dhiren Kataria, H O'Brien, V Evans, et al (June 2021) The angular-momentum flux in the solar wind observed during Solar Orbiter's first orbit, Astronomy and Astrophysics: a European journal. DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202140956
- Christopher Owen, D O Kataria, Laura Bercic, T S Horbury, M Berthomier, Daniel Verscharen, R Bruno, S Livi, P Louarn, C Anekallu, Christopher Kelly, Gethyn Lewis, G Watson, V Fortunato, G Mele, Georgios Nicolaou, Robert T Wicks, H O'Brien, V Evans, V Angelini (July 2021) High-cadence measurements of electron pitch-angle distributions from Solar Orbiter SWA-EAS burst mode operations, Astronomy and Astrophysics: a European journal. DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202140959
- Laura Bercic, Daniel Verscharen, Christopher Owen, L Colomban, M Kretzschmar, T Chust, M Maksimovic, Dhiren Kataria, C Anekallu, E Behar, M Berthomier, R Bruno, V Fortunato, Christopher Kelly, Y V Khotyaintsev, Gethyn Lewis, S Livi, P Louarn, G Mele, et al (July 2021) Whistler instability driven by the sunward electron deficit in the solar wind. High-cadence Solar Orbiter observations, Astronomy and Astrophysics: a European journal. DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202140970
- 2019
- David R. Jackson, Tim J. Fuller‐Rowell, Dan J. Griffin, Matthew J. Griffith, Christopher W. Kelly, Daniel R. Marsh, Maria‐Theresia Walach (September 2019) Future Directions for Whole Atmosphere Modeling: Developments in the Context of Space Weather, Space Weather. DOI: 10.1029/2019SW002267
- 2018
- C. W. Kelly, M. P. Chipperfield, J. M. C. Plane, W. Feng, P. E. Sheese, K. A. Walker, C. D. Boone (August 2018) An Explanation for the Nitrous Oxide Layer Observed in the Mesopause Region, Geophysical Research Letters n. 15, pp. 7818-7827. DOI: 10.1029/2018GL078895