James O'Donoghue

James O'Donoghue

Research Associate Professor

Publications

You can also find my articles on my Google Scholar profile.
    1. J. O'Donoghue, L. Moore, T. Stallard, B. Kurth, et al. Sub-auroral Heating at Jupiter Following a Solar Wind Compression. Geophys. Res. Lett., Under Review Nov 2024.
    2. Melin, H., O'Donoghue, J., Moore, L., et al. Ionospheric irregularities at Jupiter observed by JWST. Nat. Astron. 8, 1000–1007, doi:10.1038/s41550-024-02305-9, 2024.
    3. Agiwal, O., Cao, H., Hsu, H-W., Moore, L., .. O'Donoghue, J. [6], et al. Current Events at Saturn: Ring–Planet Electromagnetic Coupling. Planet. Sci. J. 5, 134, doi:10.3847/PSJ/ad4343, 2024.
    4. Bockelee-Morvan, D., Lellouch, E., Poch, O., Quirico, E., .. O'Donoghue, J. [7], et al. Composition and thermal properties of Ganymede’s surface from JWST/NIRSpec and MIRI observations. Astronomy & Astrophysics 681, p. A27, doi:10.1051/0004-6361/202347326, 2024.
    5. Cao, X., Chu, X., Hsu, H-W., Cao, H., .. O'Donoghue, J. [6], et al. Science return of probing magnetospheric systems of ice giants. Front. Astron. Space Sci. 11:1203705. doi:10.3389/fspas.2024.1203705, 2024.
    6. Wang, R., Stallard, T. S., Melin, H., Baines, K. H., .. O'Donoghue, J. [6], et al. Asymmetric ionospheric jets in Jupiter's aurora. J. Geophys. Res. Space Phys. 128, 12, doi:10.1029/2023JA031861, 2023.
    7. J. O'Donoghue, Stallard, T., What the Upper Atmospheres of Giant Planets Reveal. Remote Sensing, 14, 6326, doi:10.3390/rs14246326, 2022.
    8. Chowdhury, M. N., Stallard, T. S., Baines, K. H., Provan, G., .. O'Donoghue, J. [6], et al. Saturn’s weather-driven aurorae modulate oscillations in the magnetic field and radio emissions. Geophys. Res. Lett., doi:10.1029/2021GL096492, 2022.
    9. O'Donoghue, J., Moore, L., Melin, H., Stallard, T. S., et al. Global upper-atmospheric heating on Jupiter by the polar aurorae. Nature, doi:10.1038/s41586-021-03706-w, 2021.
    10. Moore, L., Moses, J. I., Melin, H., Stallard, T. S., .. O'Donoghue, J. [5], et al. Atmospheric implications of the lack of H3+ detection at Neptune. Phil. Trans. R. Soc. A. 37820200100, doi:10.1098/rsta.2020.0100, 2020.
    11. Yurchenko, S. N., Tennyson, J., Miller, S., Melnikov, V. V., .. O'Donoghue, J. [5], et al. ExoMol line lists – XL. Rovibrational molecular line list for the hydronium ion (H3O+). Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 497(2), Pages 2340-2351, doi:10.1093/mnras/staa2034, 2020.
    12. O'Donoghue, J., Moore, L., Connerney, J. E. P., Melin, H., et al. Observations of the chemical and thermal response of 'ring rain' on Saturn's ionosphere. Icarus, 322, Pages 251-260, doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2018.10.027, 2019.
    13. Moore, L., Melin, H., O'Donoghue, J. [5], et al. Modelling H3+ in planetary atmospheres: effects of vertical gradients. Phil. Trans. R. Soc. A., 377, 20190067, doi:10.1098/rsta.2019.0067, 2019.
    14. Ray, L. C., Lorch, C. T. S., .. O'Donoghue, J. [5], et al. Why is the H3+ hot spot above Jupiter's Great Red Spot so hot? Phil. Trans. R. Soc. A., 377, 20180407, doi:10.1098/rsta.2018.0407, 2019.
    15. Melin, H., Fletcher, L. N., Stallard, T. S., .. O'Donoghue, J. [5], et al. The H3+ ionosphere of Uranus: decades-long cooling and local-time morphology. Phil. Trans. A., doi:10.1098/rsta.2018.0408, 2019.
    16. Stallard, T., Baines, K., Melin, H., Bradley, T., .. O'Donoghue, J. [6], et al. Local-time averaged maps of H3+ emission, temperature and ion winds. Phil. Trans. A., doi:10.1098/rsta.2018.0405, 2019.
    17. Moore, L., Galand, M., Kliore, A., Nagy, A., .. O'Donoghue, J. [5], et al. Saturn's ionosphere: ring rain and other drivers. In book chapter: Saturn in the 21st Century, Cambridge University Press, doi:10.1017/9781316227220, 2018.
    18. Hsu, H. W., Schmidt, J., Kempf, S., Postberg, F., Moragas-Klostermeyer, G., Sei{\ss}, M., Hoffmann, H., Burton, M., Ye, S., Kurth, W. S., Horanyi, M., Khawaja, N., Spahn, F., Schirdewahn, D., O'Donoghue, J. [7], Moore, L., Cuzzi, J., Jones, G. H., Srama, R. In situ collection of dust grains falling from Saturn's rings into its atmosphere. Science, 362 (6410), doi:10.1126/science.aau1017, 2018.
    19. Stallard, T., Burrell, A. G., Melin, H., Fletcher, L. N., Miller, S., Moore, L., O'Donoghue, J. [6], et al. Identification of Jupiter's magnetic equator through H3+ ionospheric emission. Nat. Astron., 2(7), doi:10.1038/s41550-018-0523-z, 2018.
    20. Melin, H., Fletcher, L. N., Stallard, T. S., Johnson, R. E., O'Donoghue, J. [5], Moore, L., Donnelly, P. T. The quest for H3+ at Neptune: deep burn observations with NASA IRTF iSHELL. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 474(3), Pages 3714-3719, doi:10.1093/mnras/stx3029, 2018.
    21. O'Donoghue, J., Moore, L., Connerney, J. E. P., Melin, H., et al. Re-detection of the ionospheric H3+ signature of Saturn's "ring rain". Geophys. Res. Lett., 44(11), Pages 11762-11769, doi:10.1002/2017GL075932, 2017.
    22. Stallard, T., Melin, H., Miller, S., O'Donoghue, J. [6], et al. Great Cold Spot in Jupiter's upper atmosphere. Geophys. Res. Lett., 44(7), Pages 3000-3008, doi:10.1002/2016GL071956, 2017.
    23. Moore, L., O'Donoghue, J., Melin, H., Stallard, T., et al. Variability of Jupiter's IR H3+ aurorae during Juno approach. Geophys. Res. Lett., 44, Pages 4513-4522, doi:10.1002/2017GL073156, 2017.
    24. O'Donoghue, J., Moore, L., Stallard, T. S., Melin, H., et al. Heating of Jupiter's upper atmosphere above the Great Red Spot. Nature, 536(7615), Pages 190-192, doi:10.1038/nature18940, 2016.
    25. Stallard, T., Clarke, J. T., Melin, H., Miller, S., Nichols, J. D., O'Donoghue, J. [6], et al. Stability within Jupiter's polar auroral 'Swirl region' over moderate timescales. Icarus, 268, Pages 145-155, doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2015.12.044, 2016.
    26. O'Donoghue, J., Melin, H., Stallard, T. S., Provan, G., Moore, L., Badman, S. V., Cowley, S. W. H., Baines, K. H., Miller, S., Blake, J. S. D. Ground-based observations of Saturn's auroral ionosphere over three days: trends in H3+ temperature, density and emission with Saturn local time and planetary period oscillation. Icarus, 263, Pages 44-55, doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2015.04.018, 2016.
    27. Melin, H., Badman, S. V., Stallard, T. S., Cowley, S. W. H., Dyudina, U., Nichols, J. D., Provan, G., O'Donoghue, J. [7], et al. Simultaneous multi-scale and multi-instrument observations of Saturn's aurorae during the 2013 observing campaign. Icarus, 263, Pages 56-74, doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2015.08.021, 2016.
    28. Stallard, T. S., Melin, H., Miller, S., Badman, S. V., Baines, K. H., Brown, R. H., Blake, J. S. D., O'Donoghue, J. [6], et al. Cassini VIMS observations of H3+ emission on the nightside of Jupiter. J. Geophys. Res. Space Physics, 120, Pages 6948-6973, doi:10.1002/2015JA021097, 2016.
    29. Moore, L., O'Donoghue, J., Mueller-Wodarg, I., Galand, M., Mendillo, M. Saturn ring rain: Model estimates of water influx into Saturn's atmosphere. Icarus, 245, Pages 355-366, doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2014.08.041, 2015.
    30. Mousis, O., Fletcher, L. N., .. O'Donoghue, J. [6], et al. Scientific rationale for Saturn's in situ exploration. Planetary and Space Science, 104, Pages 29-47, doi:10.1016/j.pss.2014.09.014, 2014.
    31. Melin, H., Stallard, T. S., .. O'Donoghue, J. [5], et al. On the anti-correlation between H3+ temperature and density in giant planet ionospheres. Mon. Not. R. Astron. Soc., doi:10.1093/mnras/stt2299, 2013.
    32. Melin, H., Stallard, T. S., S. Miller, T. R. Geballe, L. R. Trafton, O'Donoghue, J.. Post-equinoctial observations of the ionosphere of Uranus. Icarus, 223(2), Pages 741-748, doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2013.01.012, 2013.
    33. O'Donoghue, J., Stallard, T. S., Melin, H., Jones, G. H., et al. Conjugate observations of Saturn's northern and southern aurorae. Icarus, 229, Pages 214-220, doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2013.11.009, 2013.
    34. O'Donoghue, J., Stallard, T. S., Melin, H., Jones, G. H., Cowley, S. W. H., Miller, S., Baines, K. H., Blake, J. S. D. The domination of Saturn's low-latitude ionosphere by ring `rain'. Nature, 496(7444), Pages 193-195, doi:10.1038/nature12049, 2013.
    35. Stallard, T. S., Melin, H., S. Miller, O'Donoghue, J. [6], et al. Temperature changes and energy inputs in giant planet atmospheres: what we are learning from H3+. Phil. Trans. Roy. Soc., 370, Pages 5213-5224, doi:10.1098/rsta.2012.0028, 2012.
    36. Melin, H., Stallard, T. S., S. Miller, Gustin, J., Galand, M., Badman, S. V., Pryor, W. R., O'Donoghue, J. [7], et al. Simultaneous Cassini VIMS and UVIS observations of Saturn's southern aurora: Comparing emissions from H, H2, and H3+ at a high spatial resolution. Geophys. Res. Lett., 38, L15203, doi:10.1029/2011GL048457, 2011.