Dr Wayan Suparta

In front of Mt. Erebus on Crater Hill, Antarctica (2007)

In US Air Force Helicopter from Hooper Shoulder, Antarctica (2008)

 

Dr Grahame J Fraser with me at his House (Christchurch) on 31 December 2009

Home Research

Current Research Grant

  • GPS-based Physical Mechanism Development for Upper-Lower Atmospheric Coupling Studies, MOHE: UKM-LL-07-FRGS0211-2010 (Dec 2010 - Nov 2012).
  • A New Technique for ENSO Atmospheric Observation via Ground-based GPS Receivers, MOHE: UKM-LL-08-FRGS0212-2010 (Dec 2010 - Nov 2012).
  • Solar terrestrial observations between Polar and Equatorial regions (2010 – 2015) - PKT1/2003
  • Satellite-based global lightning and severe storm monitoring using GPS receivers (2010 - 2012) - UKM-GGPM-ICT-122/2010.
  • Polar atmospheric water vapour/Ionospheric sensing using GPS (2002 - 2006)
  • Polar-Equatorial Geospace Ionospheric, Magnetic Storms, and Water Vapour Characterization for the Advancement of Space Weather Prediction (2006 - 2010)
  • Polar-Equatorial Geospace Characterization for the Advancement of Space and climate Prediction (2008 - 2013)

Research Experience

  • Electronics Communications
  • Satellite Communication
  • Remote sensing: GPS, Radar and Radiometer
  • Instrumentation system and Computer
  • Semiconductor Devices and Thin Film Fabrication (Nano Technology)
  • Superposed Epoch Analysis and Kalman Filter
  • Atmospheric Sciences and Solar-terrestrial Physics
  • Polar Sciences

 

Current Research

A. GPS Meteorology

  • Lightning monitoring using GPS Data
  • ENSO observations using ground-based GPS receivers
  • Pollution monitoring over Malaysia using GPS sensing
  • Space-based GPS Meteorology of LEO satellites
  • Better weather prediction using GPS

B.  Space Meteorology and Aerospace Science

  • Solar-Terrestrial effects and Ionospheric Physics
  • Upper-lower atmospheric coupling studies through polar conjugate points
  • Modeling of solar charged particles for satellite anomalies monitoring
  • Interhemispheric conjugate auroral studies
  • Natural disasters
  • Gravity Waves

C.  Climate Change

  • Polar warming and its connection to the tropical climate and global climate change
  • Middle Atmosphere investigation: Ozone Holes Studies
  • Quantification of asymmetric and similarities between Polar (Antarctic and Arctic) and Equatorial regions

D. Electronics Communications Application

  • Near Field Communication (NFC) Technology
  • Instrumentation and remote sensing

 

Real-Time UKM Automatic Weather System