Dr Kevin Pearson

Senior Research Officer

Geography

+44 (0) 1792 606302

k.j.pearson@swansea.ac.uk

Intermediate Welsh Speaker

Academic Office - 204
Second Floor
Wallace Building
Singleton Campus

Research Links

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5848-7614

About

Dr Kevin Pearson is a Research Officer in the Department of Geography, Swansea University.

Publications

Research Highlights

Pearson, K. & North, P. (2025). EOCIS: Swansea University Global Aerosol Optical Depth products from the Along-Track Scanning Radiometers and Sea and Land Surface Temperature Radiometers
https://doi.org/10.5285/17d83baf50a644d89a4fb78ca6cccec1, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa69080
https://dx.doi.org/10.5285/17d83baf50a644d89a4fb78ca6cccec1
Pearson, K., North, P., Heckel, A., Hornero, A., Kinne, S., Popp, T., Sogacheva, L., & Griesfeller, J. (2025). Atmospheric aerosol measurements from the ATSR-SLSTR series of dual-view satellite instruments 1995–2022. Scientific Data, 12(1)
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-025-04694-6, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa69079
Pearson, K., Good, S., Merchant, C., Prigent, C., Embury, O., & Donlon, C. (2019). Sea Surface Temperature in Global Analyses: Gains from the Copernicus Imaging Microwave Radiometer. Remote Sensing, 11(20), 2362
https://doi.org/10.3390/rs11202362, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa52781
Pearson, K., Merchant, C., Embury, O., & Donlon, C. (2018). The Role of Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer 2 Channels within an Optimal Estimation Scheme for Sea Surface Temperature. Remote Sensing, 10(2), 90
https://doi.org/10.3390/rs10010090, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa51940
White, B., Buchanan, A., Birch, C., Stier, P., Pearson, K., & Pearson, K. (2018). Quantifying the Effects of Horizontal Grid Length and Parameterized Convection on the Degree of Convective Organization Using a Metric of the Potential for Convective Interaction. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 75(2), 425-450.
https://doi.org/10.1175/JAS-D-16-0307.1, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa51941

All Research

Journal Articles

Pearson, K., North, P., Heckel, A., Hornero, A., Kinne, S., Popp, T., Sogacheva, L., & Griesfeller, J. (2025). Atmospheric aerosol measurements from the ATSR-SLSTR series of dual-view satellite instruments 1995–2022. Scientific Data, 12(1)
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-025-04694-6, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa69079
Embury, O., Merchant, C., Good, S., Rayner, N., Høyer, J., Atkinson, C., Block, T., Alerskans, E., Pearson, K., Worsfold, M., McCarroll, N., & Donlon, C. (2024). Satellite-based time-series of sea-surface temperature since 1980 for climate applications. Scientific Data, 11(1)
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-024-03147-w, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa69081
Pearson, K., Good, S., Merchant, C., Prigent, C., Embury, O., & Donlon, C. (2019). Sea Surface Temperature in Global Analyses: Gains from the Copernicus Imaging Microwave Radiometer. Remote Sensing, 11(20), 2362
https://doi.org/10.3390/rs11202362, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa52781
Pearson, K., Merchant, C., Embury, O., & Donlon, C. (2018). The Role of Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer 2 Channels within an Optimal Estimation Scheme for Sea Surface Temperature. Remote Sensing, 10(2), 90
https://doi.org/10.3390/rs10010090, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa51940
White, B., Buchanan, A., Birch, C., Stier, P., Pearson, K., & Pearson, K. (2018). Quantifying the Effects of Horizontal Grid Length and Parameterized Convection on the Degree of Convective Organization Using a Metric of the Potential for Convective Interaction. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 75(2), 425-450.
https://doi.org/10.1175/JAS-D-16-0307.1, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa51941
Pearson, K., Shaffrey, L., Methven, J., Hodges, K., & Pearson, K. (2015). Can a climate model reproduce extreme regional precipitation events over England and Wales?. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, 141(689), 1466-1472.
https://doi.org/10.1002/qj.2428, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa51942
Pearson, K., Lister, G., Birch, C., Allan, R., Hogan, R., Woolnough, S., & Pearson, K. (2014). Modelling the diurnal cycle of tropical convection across the ‘grey zone’. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, 140(679), 491-499.
https://doi.org/10.1002/qj.2145, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa51943
Pearson, K., Hogan, R., Allan, R., Lister, G., Holloway, C., & Pearson, K. (2010). Evaluation of the model representation of the evolution of convective systems using satellite observations of outgoing longwave radiation. Journal of Geophysical Research, 115(D20)
https://doi.org/10.1029/2010JD014265, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa51944
Pearson, K. & Pearson, K. (2007). Are superhumps good measures of the mass ratio for AM CVn systems?. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 379(1), 183-189.
https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2966.2007.11932.x, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa51945
Pearson, K., Hynes, R., Steeghs, D., Jonker, P., Haswell, C., King, A., O’Brien, K., Nelemans, G., Mendez, M., & Pearson, K. (2006). Multiwavelength Observations of EXO 0748−676. II. Emission‐Line Behavior. The Astrophysical Journal, 648(2), 1169-1180.
https://doi.org/10.1086/506191, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa51947
Hynes, R., Horne, K., O’Brien, K., Haswell, C., Robinson, E., King, A., Charles, P., Pearson, K., & Pearson, K. (2006). Multiwavelength Observations of EXO 0748–676. I. Reprocessing of X‐Ray Bursts. The Astrophysical Journal, 648(2), 1156-1168.
https://doi.org/10.1086/505592, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa51948
Hynes, R., Robinson, E., Pearson, K., Gelino, D., Cui, W., Xue, Y., Wood, M., Watson, T., Winget, D., Silver, I., & Pearson, K. (2006). Further Evidence for Variable Synchrotron Emission in XTE J1118+480 in Outburst. The Astrophysical Journal, 651(1), 401-407.
https://doi.org/10.1086/507669, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa51946
Pearson, K. & Pearson, K. (2006). Superhumps: confronting theory with observation. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 371(1), 235-244.
https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2966.2006.10631.x, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa51949
Pearson, K., Horne, K., Skidmore, W., & Pearson, K. (2005). Fireballs, Flares, and Flickering: A Semianalytic, LTE, Explosive Model from Accretion Disks to Supernovae. The Astrophysical Journal, 619(2), 999-1013.
https://doi.org/10.1086/426582, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa51951
Bramich, D., Horne, K., Bond, I., Street, R., Cameron, A., Hood, B., Cooke, J., James, D., Lister, T., Mitchell, D., Pearson, K., Penny, A., Quirrenbach, A., Safizadeh, N., Tsapras, Y., & Pearson, K. (2005). A survey for planetary transits in the field of NGC 7789. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 359(3), 1096-1116.
https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2966.2005.08973.x, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa51950
Skidmore, W., O'Brien, K., Horne, K., Gomer, R., Oke, J., Pearson, K., & Pearson, K. (2003). High-speed Keck spectroscopy of flares and oscillations in AE Aquarii. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 338(4), 1057-1066.
https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-8711.2003.06173.x, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa51954
Pearson, K. & Pearson, K. (2003). Superhumps, magnetic fields and the mass ratio in AM Canum Venaticorum. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 346(2), L21-L25.
https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-2966.2003.07290.x, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa51955
Pearson, K., Horne, K., Skidmore, W., & Pearson, K. (2003). Fireball models for flares in AE Aquarii. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 338(4), 1067-1083.
https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-8711.2003.06079.x, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa51953
Pearson, K., Wynn, G., King, A., & Pearson, K. (1997). The effect of the magnetic field of the secondary star in dwarf novae. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 288(2), 421-430.
https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/288.2.421, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa51956

Conference Contributions

Pearson, K. (2004). Rapid keck spectroscopy of cataclysmic variables. In Revista Mexicana de Astronomía y Astrofísica (Serie de Conferencias) (pp. 155-157).
SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa51952

Other Research Outputs

Pearson, K. & North, P. (2025). EOCIS: Swansea University Global Aerosol Optical Depth products from the Along-Track Scanning Radiometers and Sea and Land Surface Temperature Radiometers
https://doi.org/10.5285/17d83baf50a644d89a4fb78ca6cccec1, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa69080
https://dx.doi.org/10.5285/17d83baf50a644d89a4fb78ca6cccec1