Prof. Patrick Irwin

I'm a University Lecturer in this department, working on remote sensing of planetary atmospheres. I have been a co-investigator on a number of spacecraft missions, such as Cassini/CIRS, Venus Express/VIRTIS and Rosetta/VIRTIS and I'm also involved with ground-based observations of the giant planets with telescopes such as IRTF, Gemini, UKIRT and VLT. My main research interests at present are the study of the gas giants, especially the 'Ice Giants' - Uranus and Neptune.

Research interests

Planetary Atmospheres

Radiative transfer and retrievals

Selected publications

The bolometric Bond albedo and energy balance of Uranus

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 91̽�� University Press (OUP) (2025)

Patrick GJ Irwin, Daniel D Wenkert, Amy A Simon, Emma Dahl, Heidi B Hammel

Clouds and Ammonia in the Atmospheres of Jupiter and Saturn Determined From a Band‐Depth Analysis of VLT/MUSE Observations

Journal of Geophysical Research E: Planets American Geophysical Union 130:1 (2025)

Patrick GJ Irwin, Steven M Hill, Leigh N Fletcher, Charlotte Alexander, John H Rogers

Modelling the seasonal cycle of Uranus’s colour and magnitude, and comparison with Neptune

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 91̽�� University Press 527:4 (2024) 11521-11538

Patrick Irwin, Jack Dobinson, Arjuna James, Nicholas Teanby, Amy Simon, Leigh Fletcher, Michael Roman, Glenn Orton, Michael Wong, Daniel Toledo, Santiago Pérez-Hoyos, Julie Beck

Hazy blue worlds: A holistic aerosol model for Uranus and Neptune, including dark spots

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets Wiley 127:6 (2022) e2022JE007189

Pgj Irwin, Na Teanby, Ln Fletcher, D Toledo, Gs Orton, Mh Wong, Mt Roman, S Pérez‐Hoyos, A James, J Dobinson

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