Solar Transients and Space Weather (STSW)
Personnel
Scott McIntosh
Doctoral Thesis
"Optimal Diagnosis of Hot Solar Plasmas", University of Glasgow, 1998.Responsibilities
STSW Section Head (2010) .Member of the HAO Science Advisory Committee.
Member of the HAO Instrumentation Advisory Committee.
Co-Investigator on the Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph (NASA SMEX mission, 2012 launch).
Interests
Scott is interested in the heating and dynamics of the outer solar atmosphere. In particular Scott's research focusses on the diagnostics of motion and MHD waves observed in the chromosphere and transition region plasmas.Recent Publications
NASA/ADS Author Search.
McIntosh, S.W., Leamon, R.J., & De Pontieu, B., "The Spectroscopic Footprint of the Fast Solar Wind", In Press Astrophysical Journal.
McIntosh, Scott W.; de Pontieu, Bart; Leamon, Robert J., 2010, "The Impact of New EUV Diagnostics on CME-Related Kinematics", Solar Physics, 265, 5.
McIntosh, S.W.; Innes, D.E.; de Pontieu, B.; Leamon, R.J., 2010, "STEREO observations of quasi-periodically driven high velocity outflows in polar plumes", Astronomy & Astrophysics, 510, 2.
McIntosh, Scott W.; De Pontieu, Bart, 2009, "High-Speed Transition Region and Coronal Upflows in the Quiet Sun", Astrophysical Journal, 707, 524.
McIntosh, Scott W.; De Pontieu, Bart, 2009, "Observing Episodic Coronal Heating Events Rooted in Chromospheric Activity", Astrophysical Journal Letters, 706, 80.
Innes, Davina; McIntosh, Scott; Pietarila, Anna, "STEREO quadrature observations of coronal dimming at the onset of mini-CMEs", Astronomy & Astrophysics, 517, L7.
De Pontieu, B., McIntosh, S.W., Hansteen, V.H, & Schrijver, C.J., 2009, "Observing the Roots of Coronal Heating—In the Chromosphere", Astrophysical Journal Letters, 701, 1.