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Professor Richard Holme

Professor of Geophysics Earth, Ocean and Ecological Sciences

    Research

    Research Interest 1

    Modelling of the geomagnetic field, and fields of the other planets.
    Geophysical inverse theory.

    Research Group Membership

    Research Grants

    Determining Earth Evolution from Palaeomagnetism

    LEVERHULME TRUST (UK)

    August 2017 - March 2024

    Phanerozoic palaeomagnetic variations and their implications for the Earth's deep interior

    NATURAL ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH COUNCIL

    December 2016 - September 2021

    Modelling the Jovian magnetic field and its variation from all available data

    LEVERHULME TRUST (UK)

    October 2008 - October 2011

    A new approach to archaeological dating using geomagnetic field modelling.

    NATURAL ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH COUNCIL

    October 2006 - June 2010

    How strong is the memory of the geomagnetic field? A critical appraisal of reversal asymmetry in precambrian rocks of Scotland

    NATURAL ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH COUNCIL

    August 2010 - January 2012

    Investigation of the global geomagnetic field during the last field reversal.

    NATURAL ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH COUNCIL

    January 2004 - September 2007

    Probing Earth's deep interior with rapid changes in geomagnetic field and Earth rotation

    NATURAL ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH COUNCIL

    May 2015 - September 2018

    Targeted palaeomagnetic studies and geomagnetic field modelling to probe dynamics of the geodynamo

    NATURAL ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH COUNCIL

    August 2011 - September 2016

    Very long timescale variations in the palaeomagnetic record and the evolution of the Earth's deep interior

    NATURAL ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH COUNCIL

    December 2010 - June 2014

    SWARM

    THE UNIVERSITY OF READING (UK)

    April 2013 - September 2013

    Salary costs for the Quinghe Zhang paid by RAL

    SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY FACILITIES COUNCIL

    February 2010 - April 2010

    Calibration and Cleaning of Magnetic Satellite Data

    NATURAL ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH COUNCIL

    February 2010 - December 2012

    Polar Geomagnetism: From Inner Core to Ionosphere

    NATURAL ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH COUNCIL

    October 2008 - September 2011

    Geomagnetic earth observation from space (GEOSPACE).

    NATURAL ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH COUNCIL

    September 2004 - January 2010