Will Ball

Research Assistant in Astrophysics

william.ball08@ null imperial.ac.uk

Fax: +44 (0)20 759 47772
Room 1012, Level 10
Imperial College London, Astrophysics, Blackett Laboratory, Prince Consort Road, London SW7 2AZ, UK

My primary research focuses on solar irradiance variability. I am also investigating the Sun's influence on the Earth's atmosphere.

 

You can read about the background to my solar work here and about the solar irradiance modeling method employed here.

 

Publications:

Reconstruction of total solar irradiance 1974-2009, Ball, W. T., Unruh, Y. C., Krivova, N. A., Solanki, S., Wenzler, T., Mortlock, D. J., Jaffe, A. H., A&A, 541, A27 (2012)

Solar Irradiance Models and Measurements: A Comparison in the 220–240 nm wavelength band, Unruh Y. C., Ball, W. T., Krivova, N. A., Surv. Geophys. (2011)

Solar irradiance variability: a six-year comparison between SORCE observations and the SATIRE model, Ball, W., Unruh, Y., Krivova, N., Solanki, S., & Harder, J., A&A, 530, A71 (2011)