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Planetary Geology
Principals - Alan Gillespie,
John Adams,
Gary
Hansen, Amit
Muskin
Support - Laura
Gilson
- Composition
of
the
non-ice
materials
on
the
Jovian
satellites
Europa, Callisto, and Ganymede.
- Surface
composition of the Saturnian satellites using
upcoming data from the Visual and Infrared Mapping Spectrometer (VIMS)
aboard the Cassini spacecraft. Begins full operation in 2004.
- High-energy
ion
bombardment
of
planetary
analogue
materials.
Attempting
to simulate conditions and processes in parts of
the Solar System that have intense radiation.
- Calibration
of
spectrometers
on
current
NASA
and
ESA
missions:
the Galileo NIMS, Cassini VIMS, Mars Express HRSC camera, Rosetta
VIRTIS, and the DAWN spectrometer.
- Surface
composition and mapping lithologic units on Mars
using data from the High
Spatial
Resolution
Camera
(HRSC)
aboard the European Space Agency spacecraft, the Mars Express, HiRISE, CTX and Themis.
- Radiative
transfer in planetary atmospheres and surfaces
- Analysis
of remotely sensed spectra
- Optical
properties of materials
- Calibration
of
radiation
measuring
instruments
- Hebes
Chasma
formation, Mars
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