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You can visit my staff page on Northumbria University’s website, or visit my page on Northumbria University’s Research Portal for more details about me and my research.
STFC Ernest Rutherford Fellow in the Solar and Space Physics group at Northumbria University.
You can visit my staff page on Northumbria University’s website, or visit my page on Northumbria University’s Research Portal for more details about me and my research.
Angeline G Burrell, McArthur Jones Jr, Kate A Zawdie, John C Coxon & Alexa J Halford (2023). Tips for writing a good recommendation letter, Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences, 10. https://doi.org/10.3389/fspas.2023.1114821.
Laura J Fryer, Robert C Fear, Imogen L Gingell, John C Coxon, Minna Palmroth, Sanni Hoilijoki, Pekka Janhunen, Anita Kullen & Paul A Cassak (2023). 3D GUMICS simulations of northward IMF magnetotail structure. Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics, 128, e2023JA031317. https://doi.org/10.1029/2023JA031317
John C Coxon, Gareth Chisham, Mervyn P Freeman, Brian J Anderson & Robert C Fear (2022). Distributions of Birkeland current density observed by AMPERE are heavy-tailed or long-tailed. Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics, 127, e2021JA029801. https://doi.org/10.1029/2021JA029801
Joseph WB Eggington, John C Coxon, Robert M Shore, Ravindra T Desai, Lars Mejnertsen, Jeremy P Chittenden & Jonathan P Eastwood (2022). Response timescales of the magnetotail current sheet during a geomagnetic storm: Global MHD simulations. Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences, 9, 966164. https://doi.org/10.3389/fspas.2022.966164
John C Coxon, Robert C Fear, Jade A Reidy, Laura J Fryer & James Plank (2021). Hot plasma in the magnetotail lobe shows characteristics consistent with closed field lines trapped in the lobes. Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics, 126, e2021JA029516. https://doi.org/10.1029/2021JA029516
Laura J Fryer, Robert C Fear, John C Coxon & Imogen L Gingell (2021). Observations of closed magnetic flux embedded in the lobes during periods of Northward IMF. Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics, 126, e2021JA029281. https://doi.org/10.1029/2021JA029281
Mike Lockwood, Mathew J Owens, Luke A Barnard, Clare EJ Watt, Chris J Scott, John C Coxon & Kathryn A McWilliams (2020). Semi‐annual, annual and Universal Time variations in the magnetosphere and in geomagnetic activity: 3. Modelling. Journal of Space Weather and Space Climate, 10, 61. https://doi.org/10.1051/swsc/2020062
Mike Lockwood, Kathryn A McWilliams, Mathew J Owens, Luke A Barnard, Clare EJ Watt, Chris J Scott, Allan R Macneil & John C Coxon (2020). Semi-annual, annual and Universal Time variations in the magnetosphere and in geomagnetic activity: 2. Response to solar wind power input and relationships with solar wind dynamic pressure and magnetospheric flux transport. Journal of Space Weather and Space Climate, 10, 30. https://doi.org/10.1051/swsc/2020033
Mike Lockwood, Mathew J Owens, Luke A Barnard, Carl Haines, Chris J Scott, Kathryn A McWilliams & John C Coxon (2020). Semi-annual, annual and Universal Time variations in the magnetosphere and in geomagnetic activity: 1. Geomagnetic data. Journal of Space Weather and Space Climate, 10, 23. https://doi.org/10.1051/swsc/2020023
Michaela K Mooney, Colin Forsyth, I Jonathan Rae, Gareth Chisham, John C Coxon, Mike S Marsh, David R Jackson, Suzy Bingham & Benoît Hubert (2020). Examining local time variations in the gains and losses of open magnetic flux during substorms. Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics, 125, e2019JA027369. https://doi.org/10.1029/2019JA027369
Vladimir B Ovodenko, Maxim V Klimenko, Irina E Zakharenkova, Alexey V Oinats, Daria S Kotova, Alexander V Nikolaev, Ilya V Tyutin, Denis D Rogov, Konstantin G Ratovsky, Dmitriy V Chugunin, Pavel A Budnikov, John C Coxon, Brian J Anderson & Alexander A Chernyshov (2020). Spatial and temporal evolution of different‐scale ionospheric irregularities in Central and East Siberia during the 27–28 May 2017 geomagnetic storm. Space Weather, 18, e2019SW002378. https://doi.org/10.1029/2019SW002378
John C Coxon, Robert M Shore, Mervyn P Freeman, Robert C Fear, Stephen D Browett, Andrew W Smith, Daniel K Whiter & Brian J Anderson (2019), Timescales of Birkeland currents driven by the IMF. Geophysical Research Letters, 46, 7893–7901. https://doi.org/10.1029/2018GL081658
Robert C Fear, John C Coxon & Caitríona M Jackman (2019). The contribution of flux transfer events to Mercury’s Dungey cycle. Geophysical Research Letters, 46, 14239–14246. https://doi.org/10.1029/2019GL085399
Robert M Shore, Mervyn P Freeman, John C Coxon, Evan G Thomas, Jesper W Gjerloev & Nils Olsen (2019), Spatial variation in the responses of the surface external and induced magnetic field to the solar wind. Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics, 124, 6195–6211. https://doi.org/10.1029/2019JA026543
Lorenzo Trenchi, John C Coxon, Robert C Fear, Jonathan P Eastwood, Malcolm W Dunlop, Karlheinz J Trattner, Daniel J Gershman, Daniel B Graham, Yuri Khotyaintsev & Benoit Lavraud (2019). Signatures of magnetic separatrices at the borders of a crater flux transfer event connected to an active X‐line. Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics, 124, 8600–8616. https://doi.org/10.1029/2018JA026126
John C Coxon, Steve E Milan & Brian J Anderson (2018). A review of Birkeland current research using AMPERE, in Electric Currents in Geospace and Beyond (eds Andreas Keiling, Octav Marghitu & Michael Wheatland). https://doi.org/10.1002/9781119324522.ch16
John C Coxon, Mervyn P Freeman, Caitríona M Jackman, Colin Forsyth, I Jonathan Rae & Robert C Fear (2018). Tailward propagation of magnetic energy density variations with respect to substorm onset times. Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics, 123, 4741–4754. https://doi.org/10.1029/2017JA025147.
Colin Forsyth, Mark Shortt, John C Coxon, I Jonathan Rae, Mervyn P Freeman, Nadine ME Kalmoni, Caitríona M Jackman, Brian J Anderson, Steve E Milan & Angeline G Burrell (2018). Seasonal and temporal variations of field‐aligned currents and ground magnetic deflections during substorms. Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics, 123, 2696–2713. https://doi.org/10.1002/2017JA025136.
German Farinas Perez, Flavia R Cardoso, David G Sibeck, Walter D Gonzalez, Gabor Facsko, John C Coxon & Asher D Pembroke (2018). Generation mechanism for interlinked flux tubes on the magnetopause. Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics, 123, 1337–1355. https://doi.org/10.1002/2017JA024664.
Steve E Milan, Jennifer A Carter, Harneet Sangha, Karl M Laundal, Nikolai Østgaard, Paul Tenfjord, Jone P Reistad, Kristian Snekvik, John C Coxon, Haje Korth & Brian J Anderson (2018), Timescales of dayside and nightside field‐aligned current response to changes in solar wind‐magnetosphere coupling. Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics, 123, 7307–7319. https://doi.org/10.1029/2018JA025645
Andrew W Smith, Caitríona M Jackman, Christopher M Frohmaier, John C Coxon, James A Slavin & Robert C Fear (2018). Evaluating single‐spacecraft observations of planetary magnetotails with simple Monte Carlo simulations: 1. Spatial distributions of the neutral line. Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics, 123, 10109–10123. https://doi.org/10.1029/2018JA025958
Andrew W Smith, Caitríona M Jackman, Christopher M Frohmaier, Robert C Fear, James A Slavin, John C Coxon (2018). Evaluating single spacecraft observations of planetary magnetotails with simple Monte Carlo simulations: 2. Magnetic flux rope signature selection effects. Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics, 123, 10124–10138. https://doi.org/10.1029/2018JA025959
John C Coxon, I Jonathan Rae, Colin Forsyth, Caitríona M Jackman, Robert C Fear & Brian J Anderson (2017). Birkeland currents during substorms: Statistical evidence for intensification of Regions 1 and 2 currents after onset and a localized signature of auroral dimming. Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics, 122, 6455–6468. https://doi.org/10.1002/2017JA023967.
Robert C Fear, Lorenzo Trenchi, John C Coxon & Steve E Milan (2017). How much flux does a flux transfer event transfer? Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics, 122, 12,310–12,327. https://doi.org/10.1002/2017JA024730.
Steve E Milan, Lasse BN Clausen, John C Coxon, Jennifer A Carter, Maria-Theresia Walach, Karl M Laundal, Nikolai Østgaard, Paul Tenfjord, Jone P Reistad, Kristian Snekvik, Haje Korth & Brian J Anderson (2017). Overview of solar wind-magnetosphere-ionosphere-atmosphere coupling and the generation of magnetospheric currents. Space Science Reviews, 206, 547–573. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11214-017-0333-0.
John C Coxon, Caitríona M Jackman, Mervyn P Freeman, Colin Forsyth & I Jonathan Rae (2016). Identifying the magnetotail lobes with Cluster magnetometer data. Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics, 121, 1436–1446. https://doi.org/10.1002/2015JA022020.
John C Coxon, Steve E Milan, Jennifer A Carter, Lasse BN Clausen, Brian J Anderson & Haje Korth (2016). Seasonal and diurnal variations in AMPERE observations of the Birkeland currents compared to modeled results. Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics, 121, 4027–4040. https://doi.org/10.1002/2015JA022050.
Jennifer A Carter, Steve E Milan, John C Coxon, Maria-Theresia Walach & Brian J Anderson (2016). Average field-aligned current configuration parameterized by solar wind conditions. Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics, 121, 1294–1307. https://doi.org/10.1002/2015JA021567.
Colin Forsyth, I Jonathan Rae, Kyle R Murphy, Mervyn P Freeman, Chia-Lin Huang, Harlan E Spence, Alexander J Boyd, John C Coxon, Caitríona M Jackman, Nadine ME Kalmoni & Clare EJ Watt (2016). What effect do substorms have on the content of the radiation belts?. Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics, 121, 6292–6306. https://doi.org/10.1002/2016JA022620.
Karl M Laundal, Ingrid Cnossen, Steve E Milan, Stein E Haaland, John C Coxon, Nicholas M Pedatella, Matthias Förster & Jone P Reistad (2016). North–South Asymmetries in Earth’s Magnetic Field: Effects on High-Latitude Geospace. Space Science Reviews, 206, 225–257. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11214-016-0273-0.
John C Coxon, Steve E Milan, Lasse BN Clausen, Brian J Anderson & Haje Korth (2014a). The magnitudes of the regions 1 and 2 Birkeland currents observed by AMPERE and their role in solar wind-magnetosphere-ionosphere coupling. Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics, 119, 9804–9815. https://doi.org/10.1002/2014JA020138.
John C Coxon, Steve E Milan, Lasse BN Clausen, Brian J Anderson & Haje Korth (2014b). A superposed epoch analysis of the regions 1 and 2 Birkeland currents observed by AMPERE during substorms. Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics, 119, 9834–9846. https://doi.org/10.1002/2014JA020500.
Colin Forsyth, Clare EJ Watt, I Jonathan Rae, Andrew N Fazakerley, Nadine ME Kalmoni, Mervyn P Freeman, Peter D Boakes, Rumi Nakamura, Iannis Dandouras, Lynn M Kistler, Caitríona M Jackman, John C Coxon & Chris Carr (2014). Increases in plasma sheet temperature with solar wind driving during substorm growth phases. Geophysical Research Letters, 41, 8713–8721. https://doi.org/10.1002/2014GL062400.
Victor A Sergeev, Alexander V Nikolaev, Marina V Kubyshkina, Nikolai A Tsyganenko, Howard J Singer, Juan V Rodriguez, Vassilis Angelopoulos, Rumi Nakamura, Steve E Milan, John C Coxon, Brian J Anderson & Haje Korth (2014). Event study combining magnetospheric and ionospheric perspectives of the substorm current wedge modeling. Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics, 119, 9714–9728. https://doi.org/10.1002/2014JA020522.
Lasse BN Clausen, Joseph BH Baker, J Michael Ruohoniemi, Steve E Milan, John C Coxon, Simon Wing, Shin-ichi Ohtani & Brian J Anderson (2013). Temporal and spatial dynamics of the regions 1 and 2 Birkeland currents during substorms. Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics, 118, 3007–3016. https://doi.org/10.1002/jgra.50288.
Lasse BN Clausen, Steve E Milan, Joseph BH Baker, J Michael Ruohoniemi, Karl-Heinz Glassmeier, John C Coxon & Brian J Anderson (2013). On the influence of open magnetic flux on substorm intensity: ground- and space-based observations. Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics, 118, 2958–2969. https://doi.org/10.1002/jgra.50308.
John C Coxon (2015). The role of Birkeland currents in the Dungey Cycle, PhD thesis, University of Leicester, Leicester, UK. https://hdl.handle.net/2381/32438.
Michael W Liemohn, McArthur Jones Jr, Xochitl Blanco-Cano, John C Coxon, Alexa J Halford & Chigomezyo Ngwira (2023). Editorial: Driving towards a more diverse space physics research community—perspectives, initiatives, strategies, and actions, Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences, 10, https://doi.org/10.3389/fspas.2023.1292058.
John C Coxon, Anasuya Aruliah, Sarah N Bentley, Robert M Shore (2022). RAS Specialist Discussion Meeting report, Astronomy & Geophysics, 63(1), 30–34, https://doi.org/10.1093/astrogeo/atac011.
Angeline G Burrell, McArthur Jones Jr, Alexa J Halford, Kate A Zawdie, John C Coxon (2021). Bypassing the bias, Astronomy & Geophysics, 62(5), 28–29, https://doi.org/10.1093/astrogeo/atab090.
John C Coxon & Sebastien de Larquier (2020), johncoxon/tsyganenko: v2020.0.0, https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3937277.
John C Coxon, Jasmine Kaur Sandhu, Gabrielle Provan & James Wild (2018). Public engagement with MIST science, Astronomy & Geophysics, 59(6), 29–31. https://doi.org/10.1093/astrogeo/aty276.
Jasmine Kaur Sandhu, Georgina A Graham, Sarah N Bentley & John C Coxon (2018). Autumn MIST 2017, Astronomy & Geophysics, 59(2), 26–29. https://doi.org/10.1093/astrogeo/aty090.
Sarah V Badman, John C Coxon, Katie Raymer & Arianna M Sorba (2017). London MIST 2016, Astronomy & Geophysics, 58(5). 32–34. https://doi.org/10.1093/astrogeo/atx175.
John C Coxon, Jasmine Kaur Sandhu, Nadine ME Kalmoni, Rebecca L Gray, Joe Kinrade & Ian McCrea (2016). Autumn MIST 2015, Astronomy & Geophysics, 57(3), 21–24. https://doi.org/10.1093/astrogeo/atw099.
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