Trevor Harris
School of Physics, Chemistry and Earth Sciences
Faculty of Sciences, Engineering and Technology
Eligible to supervise Masters and PhD - email supervisor to discuss availability.
Dr Trevor Harris is an Adjunct Associate Professor with the Space and Atmospheric Physics Group at the University of Adelaide, where he researches ionospheric physics topics and advises and assists the post-graduate research program and student education.
Dr Harris' paid employment is with BAE Systems Australia as a Technical Specialist in their Over-The-Horizon-Radar programs.
Dr Harris started his career in the Department of Defence, Australia, researching scientific aspects affecting
high-frequency (HF) radar and communications and the interactions with emerging technologies and
new capabilities. He remained there for over 30 years, gaining experience in remote sensing,
experimentation, modelling, analysis and interpretation of the upper atmosphere and near-space
environment and its impacts on capabilities and missions. He has worked on spread Doppler clutter, ionospheric disturbances, HF comms, regional engagement, and national and international collaborations. He has been deeply involved in over-the-horizon radar coordinate registration research, ionospheric specification, and production of the JORN operational near-real-time regional ionospheric model. Over his career he has been team lead for the coordinate registration system for JORN, international engagement projects, system design and implementation, and Head-of-Group for the JORN science team and Data & Information Fusion.
Over the last ten years his research has concentrated on observation and modelling of ionospheric
dynamics over varying time-spatial scales. He has undertaken extensive international collaborations with military over-the-horizon radar, HF communications, and the scientific R&D communities.
Dr Harris has regularly been on program and organising committees for physics conferences,
contributed over 100 presentations and papers in his field, including a book chapter on
ionospheric effects on HF propagation, and supervised several post-graduate students. He is a regular reviewer for international scientific journals and open access publications; an active participant in the TIGER SuperDARN R&D group; the current Vice-Chair of the Australian Institute of Physics Solar-Terrestrial & Space Physics Group and the National Committee for Space and Radio Science representative on Comm-G of Union Radio-Scientifique Internationale (URSI). He is a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Physics and member of the American Geophysical Union.
He is a strong advocate of promoting STEM and equity in the education system, and a strong supporter of the Australian Space industry and Space research.
Dr Harris received the Bachelor of Science degree (BSc) from James Cook University, North Queensland, in 1985, with a double major in Physics and Mathematics. His BSc Honours in 1986 was in Oceanography using an HF surface-wave radar. He gained his PhD degree in 1994 from the University of Adelaide in Atmospheric Physics.
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Appointments
Date Position Institution name 2023 - ongoing OTHR Technical Specialist BAE Systems Australia 2017 - ongoing Adjunct Associate Professor University of Adelaide 1987 - 2020 Discipline Lead Coordinate Registration Defence Science and Technology -
Education
Date Institution name Country Title 1990 - 1993 University of Adelaide Australia PhD 1983 - 1986 James Cook University of North Queensland Australia Bachelor of Science (Hons) -
Postgraduate Training
Date Title Institution Country Graduate Certificate in Management (Scientific Leadership) University of South Australia Australia -
Research Interests
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Journals
Year Citation 2024 Jonker, J. R., Cervera, M. A., Harris, T. J., Holdsworth, D. A., MacKinnon, A. D., Neudegg, D., & Reid, I. M. (2024). Doppler variations in radar observations of resident space objects: Likely Ionospheric Pc1 plasma waves. Advances in Space Research, 74(5), 2430-2451.
Scopus12023 Carter, B. A., Pradipta, R., Dao, T., Currie, J. L., Choy, S., Wilkinson, P., . . . Harris, T. J. (2023). The Ionospheric Effects of the 2022 Hunga Tonga Volcano Eruption and the Associated Impacts on GPS Precise Point Positioning Across the Australian Region. Space Weather, 21(5), 19 pages.
Scopus82021 Pederick, L., Harris, T., MacKinnon, A., & Reid, I. (2021). Response of a Polarimetric Antenna to Ionospherically Propagated Signals. IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation, 69(11), 1.
Scopus5 WoS12019 Gardiner-Garden, R., Cervera, M., Debnam, R., Harris, T., Heitmann, A., Holdsworth, D., . . . Warne, G. (2019). A description of the Elevation sensitive Oblique Incidence Sounder Experiment (ELOISE). Advances in Space Research, 64(10), 1887-1914.
Scopus4 WoS22017 Harris, T. J., & Pederick, L. H. (2017). A Robust Automatic Ionospheric O/X Mode Separation Technique for Vertical Incidence Sounders. Radio Science, 52(12), 1534-1543.
Scopus18 WoS102017 Harris, T. J., Cervera, M. A., Pederick, L. H., & Quinn, A. D. (2017). Separation of O/X Polarization Modes on Oblique Ionospheric Soundings. Radio Science, 52(12), 1522-1533.
Scopus21 WoS132017 Pederick, L., Cervera, M., & Harris, T. (2017). Interpreting Observations of Large-Scale Traveling Ionospheric Disturbances by Ionospheric Sounders. Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics, 122(12), 12556-12569.
Scopus15 WoS102016 Harris, T. J., Quinn, A. D., & Pederick, L. H. (2016). The DST group ionospheric sounder replacement for JORN. Radio Science, 51(6), 563-572.
Scopus22 WoS182014 Cervera, M., & Harris, T. (2014). Modeling ionospheric disturbance features in quasi-vertically incident ionograms using 3-D magnetoionic ray tracing and atmospheric gravity waves. Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics, 119(1), 431-440.
Scopus85 WoS642012 Harris, T., Cervera, M., & Meehan, D. (2012). SpICE: a program to study small-scale disturbances in the ionosphere. Journal of Geophysical Research, 117(A6), A06321-1-A06321-12.
Scopus30 WoS232008 Lynn, K. J. W., Gardiner-Garden, R., Sjarifudin, M., Terkildsen, M., Shi, J., & Harris, T. J. (2008). Large-scale travelling atmospheric disturbances in the night ionosphere during the solar-terrestrial event of 23 May 2002. Journal of Atmospheric and Solar Terrestrial Physics, 70(17), 2184-2195.
Scopus102007 Sojka, J. J., Thompson, D. C., Scherliess, L., Schunk, R. W., & Harris, T. J. (2007). Assessing models for ionospheric weather specifications over Australia during the 2004 Climate and Weather of the Sun-Earth-System (CAWSES) campaign. Journal of Geophysical Research Space Physics, 112(9), 14 pages.
Scopus152006 Lynn, K. J. W., Harris, T. J., & Sjarifudin, M. (2006). Relationships between electron density, height and sub-peak ionospheric thickness in the night equatorial ionosphere. Annales Geophysicae, 24(5), 1343-1353.
Scopus152004 Lynn, K. J. W., Sjarifudin, M., Harris, T. J., & Le Huy, M. (2004). Combined TOPEX/Poseidon TEC and ionosonde observations of negative low-latitude ionospheric storms. Annales Geophysicae, 22(8), 2837-2847.
Scopus202000 Lynn, K. J. W., Harris, T. J., & Sjarifudin, M. (2000). Stratification of the F2 layer observed in Southeast Asia. Journal of Geophysical Research Space Physics, 105(A12), 27147-27156.
Scopus521997 Harris, T., & Vincent, R. (1997). A minimal coherence time for the solar tides in the middle atmosphere. Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics, 59(10), 1179-1196.
Scopus1 WoS11995 Poole, L. M. G., & Harris, T. J. (1995). The propagation of the mesospheric two-day wave in the southern hemisphere. Journal of Atmospheric and Terrestrial Physics, 57(13), 1661-1666.
Scopus61994 Harris, T. J. (1994). A long-term study of the quasi-two-day wave in the middle atmosphere. Journal of Atmospheric and Terrestrial Physics, 56(5), 569-579.
Scopus731993 Schlapp, D. M., & Harris, T. J. (1993). Lunar tidal analysis of 6 yr of mesospheric wind data at Adelaide. Journal of Atmospheric and Terrestrial Physics, 55(13), 1629-1635.
Scopus81993 Harris, T. J., & Vincent, R. A. (1993). The quasi-two-day wave observed in the equatorial middle atmosphere. Journal of Geophysical Research, 98(D6), 10481-10490.
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Book Chapters
Year Citation 2021 Cervera, M. A., Harris, T. J., Holdsworth, D. A., & Netherway, D. J. (2021). Ionospheric Effects on HF Radio Wave Propagation. In Ionosphere Dynamics and Applications (pp. 441-492). Wiley.
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Conference Papers
Year Citation 2023 Jonker, J., Cervera, M., Holdsworth, D., Neudegg, D., Harris, T., MacKinnon, A., & Reid, I. (2023). Impact of Ionospheric Doppler Perturbations on Space Domain Awareness Observations. In Proceedings of the IEEE Radar Conference (pp. 1-6). Online: IEEE.
DOI Scopus22023 Pederick, L., Harris, T., MacKinnon, A., & Reid, I. (2023). Vector-sensing antenna for measuring the direction of arrival of ionospherically propagated HF radio signals. In Proceedings of the IEEE Radar Conference (pp. 1-6). Online: IEEE.
DOI2016 Unewisse, A., Cervera, M., Pederick, L., Harris, T., & Cool, A. (2016). Airglow observations from ELOISE. In Proceedings of the 16th Australian Space Research Conference (2016) (pp. 139-150). Sydney, NSW: National Space Society of Australia. 2015 Harris, T. J., Quinn, A. D., & Lindsay, L. M. (2015). The DSTO ionospheric sounder replacement for JORN. In 2015 1st Ursi Atlantic Radio Science Conference Ursi at Rasc 2015 (pp. 1 page). SPAIN, Gran Canaria: IEEE.
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Current Higher Degree by Research Supervision (University of Adelaide)
Date Role Research Topic Program Degree Type Student Load Student Name 2018 Co-Supervisor Determining the Angle of Arrival of Ionospherically-Propagated HF Radio Signals using Compact Polarimetric Antennas Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Part Time Mr Lenard Hume Pederick -
Past Higher Degree by Research Supervision (University of Adelaide)
Date Role Research Topic Program Degree Type Student Load Student Name 2018 - 2019 Co-Supervisor A New Empirical Climatological Model of ionospheric foF2 and hmF2 and Review of the International Reference Ionosphere Master of Philosophy Master Full Time Mr Daniel James Field
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