PhD Theses in Space Physics

2025

• Sara Gasparini (2025), On the quantification of Mesoscale Auroral Dynamics (external link)

2024

• Ingrid Bjørge-Engeland (2024), The connection between lightning currents, TGF intensities and Elves (external link)
• Reham Zakaria Ahmed Mohamed Abdelsamed Elhawary (2024), Exploring Geospace Dynamics Through Ground Magnetic Perturbations during Substorms (external link)
• Josephine Alessandra Salice (2024), The Nature of High-Energy Tail Electron Precipitation (external link)
• Margot Decotte (2024), Auroral Region Morphology and the Influence of Earth’s Rotation on Geospace Dynamics (external link)
• Simon James Walker (2024), Deciphering Spatio-Temporal Variations in the Auroral Ionosphere using Magnetometer Data (external link)
• Michael Madelaire (2024), The Ionospheric Current System and its Temporal Evolution during Rapid Solar Wind Dynamic Pressure Increases (external link)

2023

• Jone Øvretvedt Edvartsen (2023), Investigating the impact of space weather on the polar atmosphere using rigorous statistical methods (external link)
• Eldho Midhun Babu (2023), Modelling the Spatial Extent of Medium Energy Electron Precipitation (external link)
• Susanne Flø Spinnangr (2023), Investigation of the Effect of Transient and Temporal Variations on Magnetic Reconnection : Using Kinetic PIC Simulations (external link)

2022

• Håkon Midthun Kolstø (2022), Magnetic Reconnection and Heavy Ions (external link)
• Chris Alexander Kallevik Skeie (2022), Aircraft and spacecraft observations of high-energy radiation associated with lightning leaders (external link)
• Anders Lindanger (2022), Spectral Analysis of Terrestrial Gamma-ray Flashes and Their Connection to Lightning Discharges (external link)

2021

• Katie Herlingshaw (2021), Characterising Mesoscale Fast Flow Channels in the Polar Cap Ionosphere (external link)
• Carolina Maiorana (2021), Geographical Characteristics and Meteorological Environment of Terrestrial Gamma-ray Flashes (external link)
• Fasil Tesema Kebede (2021), Energetic electron precipitation of pulsating aurorae and their mesospheric effects (external link)

2019

• Anders Ohma (2019), How Asymmetries in Geospace Evolve During Increased Tail Reconnection

2018

• Alexander Broberg Skeltved (2018), Evaluating the production scenarios of terrestrial gamma-ray flashes
• Norah Kaggwa Kwagala (2018), Thermally excited 630.0 nm emissions in the polar Ionosphere (external link)
• Annet Eva Zawedde (2018), The Impact of Energetic Electron Precipitation on Mesospheric Hydroxyl Radical (external link) 

2017

• Paul Tenfjord (2017), Solar wind energy transfer and the asymmetric geospace
• Beate Krøvel Humberset (2017), Scale size-dependent characteristics of the magnetosphere-ionosphere system using auroral imaging (external link)

2016

• Jone Peter Reistad (2016), Mechanisms responsible for asymmetric aurora between the conjugate hemispheres (external link)
• Linn-Kristine Ødegaard (2016), Energetic particle precipitation into the middle atmosphere - optimization and applications of the NOAA POES MEPED data (external link)
• Christer van der Meeren (2016), Mesoscale ionospheric plasma irregularities and scintillation over Svalbard (external link)

2014

• Ragnhild (Schrøder Hansen) Nisi (2014), Constraining the properties of Terrestrial Gamma-ray Flashes

2012

• Thomas Gjesteland (2012), Properties of Terrestrial Gamma ray Flashes. Modelling and Analysis of BATSE and RHESSI data (external link)

2010

• Karl Magnus Laundal (2010), Auroral imaging as a tracer of global magnetospheric dynamics (external link)

2009

• Kristian Snekvik (2009), Observations of field aligned currents in the plasma sheet. Two kinds of field aligned currents generated during magnetotail convection (external link)
• Marit Irene J. Sandanger (2009), Dynamics of the storm time ring current and relativistic electrons. Particle scattering by ion cyclotron waves inside the anisotropic proton zone

2008

• Hilde Nesse Tyssøy (2008), Effects of energetic particle precipitation on the upper mesosphere and lower thermosphere
• Marita Sørbø (2008), Energetic particles at low altitudes in the equatorial region. Temporal/spatial variations and implications for the source region

2007

• Camilla Sætre (2007), The effect of energetic electron precipitation on the nitric oxide density in the lower thermosphere (external link)

2005

• Arve Aksnes (2005), Ionospheric global conductances derived from remote sensing of UV and X-ray emissions
• Arne Åsnes (2005), Substorm injections and wave-particle interactions causing energetic electron precipitation - Remote sensing of auroral X-rays and particle measurements at geosynchronous orbit

2003

• Kjellmar Oksavik (2003), A study of temporal and spatial variations in the polar cusp/cleft region using multi-instrument techniques

1999

• Nikolai Østgaard (1999), The dynamics of energetic electron precipitation during substorms Utilization of the remote sensing technique of X rays

1998

• Stein Egil Håland (1998), Energetic Particle Signatures of Reconnection and Flux Rope Formation in the Magnetotail

1997

• Rune Stadsnes (1997), Dynamics of a magnetospheric substorm