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Dr Pierre Cilliers
Unit: Science Research and Applications Position: Researcher Qualifications: BEng, BEng(Hons), MS, PhD, PrEngDr. Pierre Cilliers obtained BSc and Hons degrees in Engineering at University of Pretoria: He obtained a M.Sc. in Electrical Engineering at The George Washington University and a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering at The Ohio State University.
In 2004 he was appointed at the Space Science Directorate (previously Hermanus Magnetic Observatory) of the South African National Space Agency as a space physicist, where he lead the research on ionospheric tomography using GPS.
In 2010 he was appointed Adjunct Professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering at CPUT where he supervises several postgraduate students on research on Space Weather applications using CubeSats.
In 2013 he was appointed Adjunct Professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering at UCT where he supervises several postgraduate students on research on geomagnetically induced currents and other Space Weather applications.
His current research focus areas are on Ionospheric Scintillation, geomagnetically induced currents, and HF radio propagation.
He has supervised several postgraduate students at SANSA and has co-authored more than 70 peer reviewed publications since joining SANSA.
Research Interests
Ionospheric Scintillation
Geomagnetically induced currents
HF radio propagation
Publications
| Title | Author(s) | DOI Number | Link |
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| Differential magnetometer method applied to measurement of Geomagnetically induced currents in Southern African power networks | Matandirotya, E., P. J. Cilliers, R. R. Van Zyl, D. T. Oyedokun, and J. de Villiers |
10.1002/2015SW001289 |
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| The role of SANSA's geomagnetic observation network in space weather monitoring: A review | P. B. Kotzé, P. J. Cilliers, P. R. Sutcliffe |
10.1002/2015SW001279 |
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| Low latitude ionospheric scintillation and zonal plasma irregularity drifts climatology around the equatorial anomaly crest over Kenya. Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics | Olwendo, O.J., Baki, P., Cilliers, P.J., Doherty, P. and Radicella, S |
10.1016/j.jastp.2015.12.002 |
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| Geomagnetically induced current model for the Namibian High Voltage Network | Gope, G, Dax K., Reju, S. A., Cilliers, P |
10.1109/AFRCON.2015.7331982 |
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| A solar wind-based model of geomagnetic field fluctuations at a mid-latitude station | Lotz, S. I., & Cilliers, P. J |
10.1016/j.asr.2014.09.014 |
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| GPS phase scintillation at high latitudes during geomagnetic storms of 7–17 March 2012 – Part 2: Interhemispheric comparison | P. Prikryl, R. Ghoddousi-Fard, L. Spogli, C. N. Mitchell, G. Li, B. Ning, P. J. Cilliers, V. Sreeja, M. Aquino, M. Terkildsen, P. T. Jayachandran, Y. Jiao, Y. T. Morton, J. M. Ruohoniemi, E. G. Thomas, Y. Zhang, A. T. Weatherwax, L. Alfonsi, G. De Franceschi, and V. Romano |
10.5194/angeo-33-657-2015 |
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