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Liliana Macotela

Senior Researcher

licr@norceresearch.no
+47 402 86 950
Forskningsparken Tromsø, Sykehusvn 23, 9019 Tromsø

I am active in the fields of space surveillance and tracking, the Earth's ionosphere variability, atmospheric electricity , and geospace-atmosphere interactions , particularly in polar and high-latitude regions (ORCID, SCOPUS).

Research Themes

  • Space Debris Surveillance using Ground-Based Radar
    • Space debris detection and tracking using ground-based radar systems
  • Ionospheric Variability & Space Weather Effects
    • Ionospheric dynamics in response to solar and geomagnetic activity
    • Seasonal asymmetries and long-term trends in the ionosphere
    • Use of VLF signals to probe D-region ionospheric disturbances due to solar flares across solar cycles
  • Atmospheric Electricity & Global Atmospheric Electric Circuit
    • Monitoring atmospheric electric fields and their periodicities
    • Global and local influences on the Carnegie curve and electric field anomalies
  • VLF/ELF Radio Wave Propagation
    • Ground-based observations of natural and man-made VLF emissions and their spectral structures
  • Geospace-Atmosphere Coupling in Polar Regions
    • Multi-instrumental observations of polar ionospheric and atmospheric processes


Position of Trust

  • Editor in Chief , Media and Communication, Solar-Terrestrial Sciences (ST) Division, European Geosciences Union (from 2025: EGU_ST)
  • Scientific Discipline Representative , Scientific Committee on Solar-Terrestrial Physics (from 2023: SCOSTEP)

Awards

  • Physikerin der Woche, German Physical Society (2021)
  • Young Scientist Award, International Union of Radio Science (URSI), Asia-Pacific Radio Science Conference (2019)

Outreach Activities

  • Coordinator of the Space Weather Peru Initiative
Liliana Macotela

Division

Energy & Technology

Research Groups

Earth Observation

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