A selection of papers from all the places we have visited in our research

Mars

Radiative Transfer & Astrobiology

Moores, J.E., C.L. Smith and A.C. Schuerger (2017b) UV production of methane from surface and sedimenting IDPs on Mars in the light of REMS and with insights for TGO. Planetary and Space Science. V.147 pp 48-60 Doi: 10.1016/j.pss.2017.09.008

Clouds

Cooper, B.A., M. de la Torre Juarez, M. Mischna, M. Lemmon, G. Martinez, D. Kass, A. Vasavada, C. Campbell and J.E. Moores (2022) Thermal forcing of the Nocturnal Near Surface Environment by Martian Water Ice Clouds. 126 e2020JE006737. J. Geophys. Res. Planets doi: 10.1029/2020JE006737

Methane

Moores, J.E., P.L. King, C.L. Smith, G.M. Martinez, C. E. Newman, S. Guzewich, P.-Y. Meslin, C.R. Webster, P.R. Mahaffy, S.K. Atreya and A.C. Schuerger (2019c) The methane diurnal variation and micro-seepage flux at Gale Crater, Mars as constrained by the ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter and Curiosity Observations. Geophys. Res. Lett. 46 (16) pp. 9430-9438. Doi: 10.1029/2019GL083800

Dust

Smith, C.L., Lemmon, M., Moores, J.E., Guzewich, S.D., McConnochie, T.H., Newman, C.E., Khayat, A.S.J., Battalio, M., Moore, C.A. and Ellison, D. (2020) The Line-of-Sight Extinction record at Gale Crater as observed by MSL’s Mastcam and Navcam through ~ 2500 sols. J. Geophys Res. Planets. 125 (11) e2020JE006465. Doi: 10.1029/2020JE006465

Water Vapor & Ices

Innanen, A.C., M.E. Landis, P. Hayne and J.E. Moores (2022) Possible Atmospheric Water Vapour Contribution from Martian Swiss Cheese Terrain. Planetary Science Journal. 3 (10) id. 242 10 pp doi: 10.3847/PSJ/ac979e

Early Atmosphere

Godin, P.J., Ramirez, R.M., Campbell, C.L., Wizenberg, T., Nguyen, T.G., Strong, K. and Moores, J.E. (2020) Collision-Induced Absorption of Ch4- CO2 and H2-CO2 Complexes and Their Effect on the Ancient Martian Atmosphere. J. Geopys. Res. Planets. V125 (12) e2019JE006357 doi: doi.org/10.1029/2019JE006357

The Moon

Shadow and Light

Kloos, J. L., Moores, J.E., Godin, P.J. and Cloutis, E. (2021) Illumination conditions within permanently shadowed regions at the lunar poles: implications for in-situ passive remote sensing. Acta Astronautica. v178 pp. 432-451. Doi: 10.1016/j.actaastro.2020.09.012

Instrumentation & FROST

Godin, P.J., Kloos, J.L., Seguin, A. and Moores, J.E. (2020) Laboratory investigations of Lunar ice imaging in permanently shadowed regions using reflected starlight. Acta Astronautica. 178 pp 604-610. Doi: 10.1016/j.actaastro.2020.08.015

Ballistic Transport & Planetary Protection

Kloos, J.L., Moores, J.E., Sangha, J., Nguyen, T.G. and Schorghofer, N. (2019) The temporal and geographic extent of seasonal cold trapping on the Moon. J. Geophys. Res. Planets 124 (7) pp.1935-1944 doi: 10.1029/2019JE006003

The Outer

Planets

Pluto

Moores, J.E., Smith, C.L., Toigo, A. and Guzewich, S. (2017a) Penitentes as the origin of the bladed terrain of Tartarus Dorsa on Pluto. Nature. 541 p. 188-190 Doi: 10.1038/nature20779.

Titan

Smith, C.L., B.A. Cooper and J.E. Moores (2016) Possible ground fog detection from SLI imagery of Titan. Icarus. v. 271 p.269-278 . Doi: 10.1016/j.icarus.2016.02.002.

Comets

Moores, J.E., T.H. Mcconnochie, D.W. Ming, P.D. Archer, Jr. and A.C. Schuerger (2014a) The Siding Spring Cometary Encounter with Mars: A Natural Experiment for the Martian Atmosphere? Geophysical Research Letters 41 (12) 4109-4117 doi: 10.1002/2014GL060610